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269 Slummock. A dirty, slatternly woman. Slump. A careless workwoman. M.A.c. Slydom. Cunning. Small tin. Smaals, the miners call it. Finely pow- dered tin-stuff. See Floran (i'i^ the Addenda.) Smeech, or Smitch. A strong suffocating smell, as of burnt bones, feathers, &c. Smicket. A smock, a chemise, a shift. A woman's under garment. Smulk. A drunken dirty woman. M.A.C. Snaggle. A snag, or large and ill-formed tooth. "Snag- gly teeth," i,e., very irregular or ill-shaped teeth. Such are sometimes named "great snaggles." Snead. The handle of a scythe. c. Sneg. A small snail. c. Sneivy. Low, mean, sneaking, cunning. "He's a sneivy fellow." Sniffy. Supercilious. One who cocks her (or his) nose " at anything. Snifting clack. A valve in the old Cornish steam- engine, so called because of the noise it made in working. Pryce. Snip, or Snippet. A little bit. Snite. A snipe, c. Suit is the Celtic Cornish word. Snob. The nasal secretion. Snoogly sot. Well fitted, as with clothes. CalUngton,