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301 Tucking. Working in a fulling-mill. Also an opera- tion with a tuck-net in the taking of pilchards by- removing the fish enclosed in the large stop-net. Tucking-mill. A fulling-mill. Tuck-net. A fishing net used in the taking of pilch ards which have been enclosed by the seine, or stop- net. Tummals. Lots, heaps, quantities of any thing. "Tummals of meat." Tomals in Celtic Cornish, for the same. Tulky, or Tulgy. A slovenly woman. M.A.C. Tun-tree, or Tuntry. The pole of an ox-wagon. Turned ugly (oogly). Loss of temper, very cross, or sulky. " He's turned oogly." Tut. A footstool. A stupid person. m.a.c. Tutmen. Men who work in a mine by the piece, such as sinking shafts, driving adits, &c., at so much per fathom. Tutwork. Work in a mine done at a certain price, as by the fathom, &c. Twang, or Tang. A peculiar taste or flavour. Twingle. To twist and wriggle like a worm on a hook. Also to tingle as from cold. Twister. A difficult job, " that's a twister. Tye. An adit or drain. A Celtic Cornish word form- erly in use about St. Austell. Tonkin. Also a bed. See Bed-tye.