5 SHEFFIELD GLOSSARY.
COLLOAGE, v. to colleague, to conspire. COLLOP MONDAY, sb. the Monday before Lent.
COLLY CLOSES, fields in Ecclesfield. Harrison.
The word is found as a surname in Sheffield. ' Upper Colley field ' in Cold-Aston.
COLLYWOGGLE, v. to set to rights.
'I'd like to get a basin of hot water and a bit of soap and then I'd
COM, sb. a comb. COM, v. to comb.
COMBER-WOOD, near Killamarsh. O. M. O. Icel. kambr, a ridge.
COME BY, v. to obtain.
' He's come by that land in not a very straightforrard way.'
COME THY WAYS or COME THY WAY, come along. ' Cum the way, Ruth, an bring a bottle we the.' Bywater, 151.
COMFORTER, sb. a scarf worn round the neck.
COMICAL, adj. difficult, perplexing.
' Wa, this is a comical job, ooever.' CONERY.
'A close of arable called the Conery. 1 Harrison.
CONEY GARTH.
Harrison mentions Coney Garth and Coney Greaves in Cowley Manor, Ecclesfield.
CON NY, adj. handsome, pretty.
- A conny little thing. '
CONQUER OVER, v. to exult or crow over. CONSTER, v. to construe. Hunter's MS.
COOMBES [cums, or cooms], sb. pi. the sprouts of barley when malting.
These sprouts were used for preserving bacon. The bacon was put into a large bin, and the coombes were spread on each layer of bacon or ham. It was so kept for winter use, and it was said to give a pleasant taste to the bacon and ham. ' Ctimmynge as malte, germinates. Cath. Angl. See Harrison's Description of England, ed. Furnivall, i. 156.
COOP, a call for cows. Perhaps ' come up.' COOTER, sb. a coulter, or ploughshare.
