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142 Condudles. Childish, stupid notions. Conger-douce. Conger split, and dried without salt. TonUn, Confloption. A great flurry. Conkerbell, Cockabell, or Cockerbell. An icicle. Continny. To continue. "Yew was always a booti- ful buoy (boy) my dear, and so yew still continnies. Near Bodmin, Cooche-handed. Left-handed. Stratton. Cooler or Cool. A large salting tub. Coom (or Coomb.) A valley. Borlase's Celtic Cornish Vocabulary. Copperfinch. The chaffinch. Cop. The tuft on a fowl's head. In Welsh cob or cop, a tuft. Coppies. Fowls with a tuft of feathers on each of i^ their heads are so named. Core^ or Coor. Eight hours work. Three cores in the twenty four hours. Coose. In coose," i.e., of course, provided that. Coot. A thump. A Celtic Cornish word. Cootin. A thrashing. Coranting, Frisking, jumping about, gambolling. Corn- crake , The^land-rail.