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141 and if well purified, stamped the face of the block with the impression of the seal of the Duchy." This was " coining " the tin, after which it became *' mer- chandable," and not before. Borlase. Cold roste. This expression has been used by one of our earliest writers in this way. "A beggarie little town of cold roste." Is this last the sense in which it is used in connection with the sean pilchard fishery 1 The Cornishman, 1881. Colp. ^ thump, a cuff. (A short rope used for carry- ing sheaves. M.A.c.) Colpas. A prop to a lever. M.A.c.) Collaring or Collar. The top boarding of a mine shaft. CoUoping. A good thrashing or beating. CoUybran. Summer lightning. The smut in corn. Uredo segetum^ a blight in corn. In Celtic Cornish colbran, lightning. Collywobbles. Rumbling and flatulence inside the body. Borhorygmi. Come-by-chance. Anything obtained fortuituously. Come-upping. A flogging, m.a.c. Comfortable. Agreeable, obliging. '^Avery com- fortabk man." Comical-tempered. Cross, ill-tempered. Condiddle. To diddle, cheat, or impose upon.