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ANTRIM AND DOWN OLOSSART. 23 OoUogae, (1) sb. a confidential chat. (2) V. to talk confidentially* Clollop» sh a slice of meai CoUop Konday, sb. the day before Shrove Taesday. OoUy [coalie], a dog. * It's as clean as if. Colly had licked it : ' said of a plate or bowl that has been thoroughly emptied and polished off. Come back. * Come back an' pay the bap ye eat/ u e, come back ; don't hurry away. Come in, v. to suit ; to serve. ' It's sure to come in for some use.' Come on, V. to grow up; to thrive. * The chile's eomin* on finely.' Come over, v. to repeat anything told in confidence. ' Now don't come over that.' Come round, v. to recover from illness. 'Doctor, do you think he's comifC roun* Come speed, v, to get on with any work ' Are ye eomin* much apeed wi' thejobP' Commanding pain, sb. a severe pain, such as almost disables one. Common, (1) sb. hockey ; a game. Same as Shinney. Called in some districts Comun and Kamnian, from the Irish name for the game. (2) ' As common as potatoes,' t. e. of very low extraction, or a oom- paiison for anything very common. Connongh wonn, sb, the caterpillar of Sphinx atropos, Cows eatine of the grass that it passes over are believed to be affected with that nttal distemper called the connoughJ* — ^McSxhon's Hut Carrich^ fergw, 1823. Con^ner, $b. a conqueror. Oonsate, {Vjeb. conceit ; a pleasurable pride, ' He takes a great consate in his garden.' (2) 9b, conceit. To 'knock the comaU out of anyone/ means to give him a beating. Constancy, sb. a permanency. ' I wouldn't do it for a constancy,' t. e. I would not make a practioe of it Contraizy, (1) adj, obstinate; contradictory. 'Now, what's the good o* bein' so contrairy ? ' (2) Inconvenient ' It happened at a most cowtrairy time.' (3) V, to prove the oontrary; to controvert 'I couldn't contrairy that' Convenient, adj. near. ' His house is convenient to the church. Convoy, v. to escort or accompany. Coody doon, v, kneel down. ' Ooody doon an' say yer prayers.' SameasCoorie doon.