Page:The ancient language, and the dialect of Cornwall.djvu/322

 302 Tye. " The same as strek, (or strake) but worked with a smaller stream of water." Pryce, T}yQY. A thatcher, or hellier (slater). Polwhele. It is a Celtic Cornish word. Udjiack. ^^ A small moveable block of wood used by builders in fitting the planks of a boat." B.V. Ugly"; or Oogly. Morose, ill-tempered. '^ Esna lukkin oogly ovver et ! " Uncle. This word, like aunt (Q.V.), is very often used instead of Mr., in speaking to, or of an aged Cornish- man, although not related to the speaker. Underground captain. The person who overlooks miners at work down in the mine. Uneave, To thaw. Polwhele, Heaving, eaving, and giving, are synonymous words. Chaucer used yeve for give^ and the true word seems to be yeaving. It is now used without the prefix un. See Heaving, and Giving, Unkid Gloomy, lonely, dull, uncanny. Unlusty. Unwieldy, very fat. Unream. To skim off the clotted or clouted cream from the surface of the scalded milk with a reamer. (Q.V.) Un-tifled> Frayed out, unravelled or frayed by wear; used of tissues. Uppa, uppa^ holye ! (Pronounced oopa, oopa, holly). When the writer was a boy the following were the words used in the boy's game of fox-hunting. When