253 Rumbustious. Noisy, cantankerous. Rummage. Rubbish, odds and ends, a rubbishy lot of things. Confusion or disorder. Rummet. Dandriff. See Scruflf. "The child's head is full of rummet." Rumped up. Feeling cold and miserable, *^ rumped up with the cold." See Scrumped Up. Rumpy. Anything coarse and uneven, as of cotton &c. Rumpin. The same as Jumpin. Q.v. Run. A mining term meaning a fall of loose ground after an excavation. Runner. A round towel on a roller. Runky. Hoarse, wheezy breathing. In Celtic Cornish renkia means, to snore, to snort. Running ground. Loose, sandy, or soft ground, which falls in just as fast as it is excavated Runnin. (Rennet. M.A.C.) Melted fat. Running-wound. A wound discharging matter. Rush, or Rish. " Beginning a new rush," i.e., turning over a new leaf, commencing a fresh score. Russell's wagon. As big as Russell's wagon." A saying. This was a huge ^agon for the conveyance of goods and passengers, drawn by 6, 8, even 10 great horses, with tinkling bells. It took nearly a fortnight, (50 years ago) to go from Cornwall to
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