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242 Pot-guidn. White pudding. Polwhele. It is Celtic Cornish. Pot, pudding ; guidn, white. Power. A great deal, a great number, as a power of good," ^^a power of people/' Power. The fish Gaelics miimtus. c. Preedy. On an even balance, as with a scales. C. Preedy. Easily, creditably. " Putty preedy." Preventive men. Coast guard men. Preventive station. Coast guard station. Pride of the country. A miner's tierm. •' When ore is found near the surface, at a level where it is rarely met with, and in great abundance and very rich; also when a bunch of ore is found out of a lode like stones scattered in a quarry, they say, ^^ It is the pride of the country." Pryce, Pridy^ or Preedy. Proud, handsome. Prid-prad^ Priden-prall. See Pednpaley. Prill. V. To mix, to turn off sour, to get tipsy or half drunk. Prill. A small bit, or quantity. Prilled, or Prill. Half drunk. " He's prilled." Prilling a sample. Giving a false sample of the ore. E.N. Prince-town college. A facetious name for Dart- moor prison.