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EAST CORNWALL GLOSSARY. 97 Planchin, a wooden or planked floor. And to that vineyard was a planched gate. Shaksfere, Mecuurefor Measure, Plathety a moiBt place where a brook begins. Carew says of wood- cocks, that they arriye in Cornwall ** on the north coast, where almost every hedge serveth for a road, and every jdashshoot for springles to takethem.^* Fluff, soft ; light and spongy ; out of condition. An old turnip is said to he ^uff, **How are 'e to-day ?'* is often answered, ** rather fluff, ^^ The fiur of a hare or rabbit is alao called its fluff. Plum, soft; light and spongy; soft and }ielding. Plummhig is raising dough with yeast or harm, Pook, Pvke, a small heap of hay or turves. Poot, to strike about with the feet, as children do when uneasy. Popdook, the fox-glove. Porr, Purr, hurry ; fluster ; pother. PoitenSi a butcher's term : probably appuiienanrPK Pewor, the fish, Gadus minutiM, preaae, Prize, to force a lock by means of a lever. Praedy, evenly balanced. The beam of a scale nicely adjusted is preedy, Progne, to probe. Proud-flesh, exuberant granulations of a healing wound. Pnlt, the pulse. PimkiJi-end, Pnnion-end, the gable-end of a house. Purgy, thickset ; stout. Pnrtj a sharp displea-sure^or resentment. " He has taken a purt,** ttnailaway, a stye on the eyelid. ttuarrel, a pane of glasB ; probably at first a small square of glass. Some ask'd how pearls did grow, and where ; Then spoke I to my girl To part her lips and show me there The qftarrelsts of pearl. Herrick, Amatory Odes, I. i, ttuftt, so squat, or stoop down, as a hare sometimes does when pursued. Qoilter, to flutter. " I veel'd sich a quilt enn' com over my heart." ttnuited, over filled ; stuffed to repletion, applied to animals. 11