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86 SAST CORNWALL GLOSSART. Tor, daring. " Once /or the day." Torihy, officioua ; forward. Fouie, to soil or crample. Trape, to bind. Freafh, or Yreaihy a wattle. Fnmadey a pilchard prepared by the process of balking, perhaps formerly smoked. Fnmiggy to deceive ; desert, or fail in a promise, Qy. From the Oormsh *'^fadi^ a runaway, "Fenigy," Vidao, ChUI, a chiael for splitting laminated rocks. A.S. ga^ gaud^ goad. Oaddle, to diink greedily. Cktle, an impotent buU. Oambrel, the hock of an animal. Chmge. To gauge a hook is to arm it and the snood with a fine brass or copper wire twisted round them to prevent their being bitten off by the mk. Chtwky, stupid; foolish. C. gog^ a cuckoo. A.S. gaec, geac, gcec, a cuckoo. Oeese, a girth of a saddle. Gterriok, the garfish, Belane vulgaris* Oiglet, an over merry, romping girl. Away with those gigleU too. — Meoiurefor Measure, Y. 352. Oing, the whip employed to spin a top. Oladdy, the yellow hammer. Olawer, the fish, power, Morrhua minrUa^ N.E. C. Olase, to stare. Olint, to catch a glimpse of, Ctoad. Land in small quantities is measured by the goad or staff with which oxen are driven. It represents nine feet, and two goods square is called a yard of ground. Oo-a-gooding. On the day before Christmas day poor women go round to their richer neighbours asking alms. Tins is called going-ii- gooding, Qooij. To goody is to thrive or fatten. GkM)g, or Oug, a seaside cavern. N.E. C. Ctoosey-danoe. Burlesque sport on Christmas Eve. Vide Hist, of Folperroy p. 161. Ctere. ^'Agrore of blood."