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314 Wownd. A wound. Used thus in rhyme by Spenser. ^^ The myrrhe sweete bleeding to the bitter wound, The fruitfull olive, and the platane round .'^ Faery Queene. Wriggle, or Wiggle. See Riggle. Wrinkle. A dodge, a trick, a cunning suggestion. In Celtic Cornish wryncJi, a trick. (Also used elsewhere). ^* I've put him up to a wrinkle or two." Wrinkles. Periwinkles. Wroth. A fish known as Conner, or sea Carp. Tonkin, Wroxler. See Ruxler. Wurraw ! See Hooraa ! Yaffer, or YefFer. Heifer. Yafful. A handful. Yaller, or Yalla. Yellow. Yap. A short snapping bark of a dog. Yaw. Ewe. Yellow janders. The jaundice. Yes. A Cornishman has a way of answering " yes which cannot be written, or spelt. It is thus done. The teeth a little apart, and the mouth rounded, a sudden and sibilant inspiration is made. The sound so pro- duced is meant for " yes," and is equivalent to a nod. In Buckinghamshire they did not understand it ! Yet. A gate. "Wull'ee opp'n the yet^^ It is a Celtic Cornish word.