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229 Overgone. "Done up," exhausted, fatigued. Overlooked. Bewitched, under the influence of the " evil eye." " Thou wast o'erlooked." Shahspere, in the Merry Wives of Windsor. Ovice^ or Ovvice. The eaves of a house. Over nigh. Near to, close up to. " Ovver nigh by the doar.'^ Owners, or Awners. See Adventurers. Padal, or Padel. A dish, a pan. It is a Celtic Cornish word. Paddick, or Pattick. A small brown pitcher hold- ing one or two quarts. Paddle. A weeding tool with a long handle and a narrow blade. Padgy-paw, Pagety-paw, Paget-e-poo, or Padzher-pou. Names for a newt, eft, lizard. In Celtic Cornish padzar means four, and paw a foot. Literally, four-footed. Pair. A company of men working together on the same bargain, pitch, or take, in a mine. Palch, Palchy, Palched. Broken down in health, very frail and delicate in constitution. The writer has often heard it used thus, '^He is very palchy." "He is very much palched." Falch is a Celtic Cornish word and means, weak, sickly, amending, poorly. Pallace. A cellar for the balking (bulking) of pil- chards. In Celtic Cornish, p)alas, means to dig or delve. The word probably meant originally, a place