ANTRIM AND DOWN GLOSSARY. v 21 CSlip, A. a gafl^ or strong iron hook with a wooden handle, used for landing fish; a misohieyouB young girL CSlipe, sb, anything pretty large. * A dip^ of a boy.' CSlipeSy sb, tongs for holding stones when being lifbed by a wincK dish-ma-olayery sh, silly talk ; nonsense. Clittarty, datterty, meal upon Satnrdair. The rattling noise of a grinding null is supposed to resolve itself into these words. Another
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' OlUUrfy, ehtkfiy, late upon Saturday Barley parritch, an' hardly that* doekin'y v. hatching. CloekSy (1) sb. jpl. dandelions in seed. (2) ' rd as soon watoh tiocka [beetles] as mind them ohildre.' CMf V. to throw anything, such as stones. Oloot, $b. a hoof. Clootie, ab. a left-handed person. Gloots, (1) sb. pi. ragged clothes; fragments of cloth. (2) $b. the deril. Close side, sb. the right side of a carcase of mutton, so called because the kidney at that side adheres more closely than at the left, which is called the open side. Cloth, sb, linen. Clout, (!) sh, a slap. ' All gi'e ye a dotd on the lug if ye dar* to dadi. « (2) V. to slap. Clove, sb, an instrument used in the preparation of flax ; by it the
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milL' Clutch, sb, the silty substance in which oysters are partly embedded on the oyster banks near Oarrickfergus. Coag, sb, a vessel for carrying or holding water, made of hoops and staves, like a small barrel, with one of me ends removed. Coal, sb, a lap of hay; a lap cock. Coaling hay, v. rolling it in small cocks after being cut. Coast anent, v. Farm labourers who are given money to lodge and board theniselves are said to ' cocui anent»^ Coat, (1) sb, a woman's gown. (2) ' I wear my coat none the worse for it to-day,' t*. e. I am nothing the worse now for having been in a much lower position at one time. j Cobble, V, to bargain or haggle. Cobblety^mrry, sb. Same as flhuggy-shu (1).
