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 244 Pull-Cronack. A small fish found in salt water pools; bully-cods, the shanny. M.A.c. Put, ox pol^ is Celtic Cornish for pond, &c., but cronec means a toad. See Bulgranack. Pul-rose. The wheel-pit. This is a Celtic Cornish word ; jpul or pol, a pit, &c., and ros, a wheel. Spelt Poul-Toz by Pryce ; and Pol-roz by Borlase. Punick. See Pinnick. Punnion-end, or Punkin-end. The gable end of a house. Pure^ or Pur. Very, quite. This is a Celtic Cornish word. (Pure, mere, very. Chaucer.) ^'He's pure and fat," i.e., He's very fat. Purgy, Thick in stature, fat, as " a purgy little chap," '' a purgy pig." Purl. Watch, " on the purl," i.e., on the watch, Polwhele, Purser. The financial agent for a mine. Purt. A niff, a tiff. '' He has taken a purt." c. Purt'ns^ Purtens^ or Portens. The heart, liver, and lungs of an animal. Purvan. Shreds of cloth. w.F.p. Purvans« B.v, See Porvan. Put going. Murdered. Put honij home or hum. Shut or close, as "put horn the door."