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119 Boo, or Booey. A louse. "Oh! another great booey 1" In Celtic Cornish boatvhoe. Pryce. Boobish. Lubberly, Carew, In Celtic Cornish, tola, a blockhead, a booby. Boobus, Booba, or Boobun. A wick for a small lamp. Newlyn, Booley, or Bulley. A boy's very large marble. Boosterin. Hard and hot work. "'Tes boosterin work," i.e., "a sweating job." In Celtic Cornish, loys means heavy, weighty. Boostis, or BoistOUS. Fat, corpulent. In Celtic Cornish hoys means meat, food. "He is getting quite boostis." Boozy. Intoxicated. "Always boozy." Boos, Celtic Cornish, to drink to excess. Boryer. A borer, an iron bar with a wedged shaped end, for boring holes in rocks for the powder in blasting. Boss. The master or manager. Callington, Boots and Shoes. The columbine. c. The flowers of monkshood. Aconitmn napellus. Botany bay. The Hydrangea. Botham. A wheal, or lump caused by a blow. Polwhele. Bothem. Fever-few. The herb so called. Bottom-pie. Potatoes and pork baked on a thick layer of dough. w.N.