102 EAST CORNWALL GLOSSARY. 8plat, a spot. Splatty, spotty. IVe lost my 6plaUy oow. — Old Song, Sprayed, chapped by the wind. Springle, a snare for birds. Sproil, strength ; energy. Most commonly used negatively, as, " He's no sproiV^ Spudder, bother. " I don't want to ha* no spudder about et." Squab-pie, a pie made of meat, apples, and onions. Sqninty, to squint. Stag, a cock« Standards, a term used in wrestling for a man who has thrown two opponents, and thereby secured a chance of trying for a prize. Stare, the starling. Stean, an earthenware pot such as meat or fish is cured in. Stemming, a turn in succession, as when in dry seasons people have to take their regular turn for water at the common schute of pump. StmgduJiiy the fish Coitus scorpivs. Stint, to impregnate. Stogg, to stick in anything tenacious. '* Stogged in the mud." Stoiting, the leaping of fish in schull. At a distance this imparts colour to the sea, and is a yaluable guide in seine-fishing. Stomach, v. generally used negatively. To feed against inclination.
- ^ I cud'nt stomach iV In some of our Elizabethan dramatists it is
used not as expressive of appetite, but rather of loathing, as with uk Elder Morton, Doth no man take exception at the slave. Lancaster. All stomach him, but none dare speak a word. Marlowe^ Edward t/ie Second. Stool-crab, the male of the edible crab, Platycarcinus paguruB, Strat, to drop. A mare aborting is said '^ to strcU voal." Straw-mot, a straw stalk. Strike, to anoint, or rub gently. Stroilf weed, especially the couch-gi'ass, Triticum repens, Stmb, to rob, or despoiL " To struh a bird's nest." Stab, to grub. " Stubbing vuz." Stub roots so tough For breaking of plough.— Tubsbr. Stnbbard, the name of an early variety of applt*. Stuffle, to stifle.
