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EAST CORNWALL GLOSSART. 101 Skerret^ a safe drawer in a box. In some places it is skivet, or Mbbei. the privet, Ligustrum vulgare, SkeWf a driving mist. Skit, a lampoon. Skitter, to slide. Skiver, a skewer. Skiyer-WOod, dogwood, Cornus sa7tgmnea. Sladdocks, a short clearer used by masons for splitting tind shaping slate. Probably a cormption of slate axe. Slat, slate. Slew, to twist or bend aslant. Slip, a young weaned pig. Sloan, the sloe, Prunua dpinosa. The meagre sloan, — Browne's Brit, PcutorcUi, Slook, to entice ; allure. Slocking stones are tempting,'selected stones shown, to induce strangers to adventure in a mine. Slotter, to draggle in the dirt. Snead, the handle of a scythe. Sneg, a small snail. Suite, the snipe. Sooe, an interjection of doubtful meaning. Qy. C, SiUUf alas! Arm., SioaSf alas. Sogg, or Zogg, to dose or sleep interruptedly or lightly. Sound, or Zonnd, to swoon, or so into a fainting fit. " Did your brother tell you,'^ says Rosalind, how I counterfeited to sound when he showed me your handkerchief f " — Shaksperk, A$ Tou Like It, Sonnd-eleeper, a moth. Sowl, &r Zowl, to serve roughly ; to soil Sow-pig, the wood-louse. Spale, Spal, to deduct an amerciement or forfeiture from wages when not at work in good time ; a fine. SpaiTOW, Sparra, a double wooden skewer used in thatching. Spell, a turn of work. Spenoe, a cupboard or pantry under the stairs. Spiecaty, speckled. Spiller, a ground-line for fish. Spise, exude.