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92 EAST OORNWALL GLOSSAKn Liggy, sloppy ; diizzly, applied to weather. Lights, the longs. The rising of the liglits is the name given to the glohuB hystericuBy a prominent symptom in the disease hysteria^ Linhay, a shed consisting of a roof resting on a wall at the back, and supported by pillars in front Lintem, a lintel. Loader, a double apple. Lob| a stone tied to the end of a fishing-line to keep it fast when thjrown £rom the rock. LooiUi tof^ ; sugar-stick. Loitchy refuse. Longcripple, the lizard. In some parts of E. C. it is the name of the snake and viper. Long-nose, the fish Behne vulgaris. Loon, the bird, the northern diver, Colymbus glacialis. Lords and Ladies, the wake-robin, Arum mcLculatum. Lonningy lank ; thin ; meagre. Loiuter, to work hard» He that can't schemy must louder,^^ Local . proverb. Lnggy (1) the beach-worm, Arenicola. (2) the undergrowth of weed in a field of com. Haa, the maw or stomach. The a pronounced as in the next word, male. Hale, the fish shanny, Blennius pholis, Halldn, a mop of rags fastened to a long pole, and used to sweep out an oven. Metaphorically, a dirty slut. Manchent, a small loaf. No tnamhet can so well the oourtlv palate please As that made of the meal fetched from my fertil leaze. Dkatton, Fdyolbion^ Har^ crab, the harbour crab, Carcinus Memos. Also applied to the velvet crab, Portuniu puhefy and other harbour crabs. Hash, marsh. Maur, Hoor, a root, or fastening. Hence, perhaps, to moor a vessel"

    • Mawr and mule," is a common expression, meaning, root and mouldy

Mawnge^ to chew ; masticate ; munch* Hay, the flowering whitethorn. Mazed, bewildered. Expressive of confused madness.