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W£ST CORNWALL GLOSSARY. 55 '< Then Enuckey rubVd hla hat ' all round.' And squinnied on the floor." Uncle Jan TrenoodU, Bqninny-eyed, cu^. short-aigbted. Sqnitelly a sudden jerk; a twitch. V, to twitch ; to jerk out of one's hand. Squitehema, gas is eaid to hare the dquitchenu when water haa got into the pipes. St Aabyn*! dky, the d y after a feast ; a second da3r'8 feast giyen to inferior guests to eat up what may be left from the first Staoy-jar, a quart stone bottle. Stag, Stog, 9. to stick in the mud; to coyer oneself with mud. Btagged, Btogged, p. p, stuck in the mud; covered with mud. Stain, aneartben pot shaped like an urn. Standards, a term in wrestling for a man who bas thrown two opponents, and thereby secured a chance of trying for a prize. Stand witness. "Considered a sure sign of being sweethearts, if a young man and woman eiand witneM together, t. e. be- come godfJBither and godmotber of the same child. T. C. Towed- nack, 1868." Not in all parts; for I remember once bearmg in Penzance a couple refuse to do so, saying that it was unlucky, "first at the font, never at the altar." M. A. a •Standings, stalls erected in the streets for the sale of fruit, small wares, &c. Stank, a fuss; a disagreeable situation. ** I am in a stank,'^ Stank, V. to tread; to step; to walk fast, ** Stank on that spider. " He's ^tanking along." Sometimes "«GmA»A^ along." H. Stare, a starling. Starrr-gaiy-pie, a pie made of pilchards and leeks; the beads Drought up through a bole in tbe crust Halliw^. Staye, v. to move quickly and noisily. Staver, a fussy, noisy person. ' ' She's a regular tiaver ; she skive$ about from morning to night" Staye, v. to knock down. ** And snatched up a sbowl for to $tave ma owt rite." UticU Jan Tre* noodle. Steaded, p. p, supplied. "Are you steaded f " Steeye, v, to stave in. " Shall I iteeve in the bead o* the cask, Missus P" Steeye, v, to stow away ; p. p. steeved. "Yet I've some little cohshans (savings), I've steeved at Oak-farm." Unde Jan Trenoodle, Steeyed, p. p. frozen. " I'm steeved to deatii with the could." Stem of a fork, the handle. Stem, a job ; work not paid by time. Stemminff, a turn; in rotation. Formerly when people were obliged to fetcb their water from a common pump (or "shute^ tbey were oDliged to take their stemming. Stent, the limits of a bargain in tutwork. Garland. See Tut- work. Stickings, the last of a cow's milk. Stiokler, an umpire in a wrestling match. Stiddle, Stoodle, the upngbt pole to which an ox is tied in a stalL Stile, a flat iron. Stinkard, a disagreeable person.