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 298 Treesing. Idling. m.a.c. Tregagle^ or Tregeagle. A legendary personage. The name is used thus *^ Howling like Tregagle." See the Legend in Corn, Histy. Treloobing. Washing the loohs, Q.V., or slime tin, &c., so as to save the fine ore, which sinks to the bottom. Looh, Celtic Cornish, slime, sludge. Tremmin. Good, very nice, pleasant. "Good for sore eyes," i.e., good to see. "Now I call that, tremmin." In Celtic Cornish tremyn means, sight, look, aspect. Trester. A beam. " Put in a good big trester." In Celtic Cornish, troster, sl beam, a rafter, and tresters, beams, rafters. Trestrem. Bait cut up for the hooks. F. W, P., Mousehole. Tribet. A trivet. A stand or support having three legs, or feet. An andiron. It is a Celtic Cornish word. Tribute. The share or share price by contract, of ore raised, claimed by the miner. TributerS. Miners who work for *' tribute,'' (Q.V.), i.e., undertake to raise ore from the lode at a percent- age in the pound sterling, on the value of the ore brought to " grass." Triddling. Trifling, talking nonsense. Garland.