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 321 Gunnies. '^ Means breadth or width. A single gun- nies is three feet wide; a gunnies and a half is four feet and a half; and a double gunnies is six feet wide. The former vaults or cavities that were dug in a mine, are termed ^the old gunnies;' and if they are full of water, they are sometimes called ^ gunnies of water,' yet more commonly, *a house of water." Fryce. Hooler. A bundle of blunt borers. A mining term. " The ConiishmanJ* House. See Gunnies, and Turn-house. House of water. See Gunnies. Hulk, An old mine excavation. Pryce. Jew. A name given to a black field-beetle. Because it exudes a bloody or pinkish froth, they call to it while holding it in the hand, '^ Jew, Jew, spit blood." Kerchy. (Pro. ker-tclm.) A curtsy. A mode of salu- tation by females. Once very common, now nearly obsolete except in some remote country places where the women and children actually display good man- ners ! In towns, the people don't often use such a form of salute in these school-board days. Kerchy. A pocket handkerchief. ''Where's my kerchy '? " KivuUy, Loose, hollow, shelfy ground. Pryce. Learys. A mining term for ''old men's workings." Q.V. W