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 309 Weet. To pull the hair. W.F.P. Weet-Snob. It was a sight to see the cobbler's face as he pulled his hog's bristle and waxed thread, when we boys used to flatten our noses against his window. How he *' glazed," when we called out '' Weet snob ! If I hear anybody say weet snob ! I'll weet snob him !" Those boys ! (Weet was pronounced wheet.J St. Columb. Weeting. (A thrashing. M.A.C.) Pulling anyone about. Weeth. Afield. Weethans. Small fields. m.a.c. Well-a-fine. ^'That's all well-a-fine." '^That's all very well." "Very well considering." Middling. Wettle. An infant's inside flannel. Whap. Whop, a blow. Whaf is Celtic Cornish for a blow. Wheal. A mine, a work. See Huel. It is a Celtic Cornish word. Also spelt whel, wlieyl, and whyl. Whelk, or Whilk. See Quillaway. Whelve, or Whilve. "To turn a hollow vessel upside down." c. Whiffing. A fishing term. Trailing a fishing line with baited hook after a boat. Whim, or Whem. A large hollow drum with a perpendicular axis, and a powerful transverse beam, worked by one or two horses walking round and round in a circle. The rotation of the drum with the