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261 Seine boats. ^^ seining for pilchards three boats are employed, viz : two large ones and a small one ; each large boat containing seven men, and in the small one are the master-seiner, another man, and two boys. The '^Seine-boat" and the "Follower" are the names by which the two large boats are distinguished, and the small one is called the Lurker." Semmee. It seems to me. This and the expression, "I seem," for, I think, is common along both banks of the Tamar, &c. Sett. Ground within the bounds of which a mine, or a clay-work &c., may be worked. Seven-sleeper^ or Sound-sleeper. A speckled moth (Ermine moth,) is so called in Cornwall. Seym. Grease, train oil. This is a Celtic Cornish word. (Sam. Borlase.) Shacky. Shacky-fish. A small fish found in salt water pools, also called Goby and Shoky fish. Shag. The cormorant or sea raven. "As wet as a shag." Sliagga. Polwhele. Shale-stone, or Shellstone. Slate stone. Shallal. A serenade of kettles and pans. Shamedy. Confused and ashamed. Shammel. " A stage of boards used in old ' cofiins ' before shafts were in common use. So they now call any stage of boards for shovelling of ore or 'deads' (rubble) upon, a shammel." Pnjce, See Coffins,