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271 So-long ! Good bye ! Adieu ! (Heard in Looe and Wadebridge) . w. T. A. P. Some-clip. Very nice and particular. Callington. '* He's some clip." Soodling. Comforting, fondling, caressing, flattering. " Such soodling ways ! " In Celtic Cornish soth means to flatter, but this is from the old English. SOOHS. Amulets, charms. M.A.C. In Celtic Cornish sona means, to sanctify, to consecrate, to charm. Also, son6. Sory. c. See Scry. Sound-sleeper. See Seven-sleeper. Sound. To swoon, to faint away. " Did your brother tell you says Kosalind how I counterfeited to sound when he showed me your handkerchief 1 " Shakspere in As you like iV Soundy away. See Zoundy away. Sour-sauce, Sour sabs, or Sour sops. The common sorrel. Eumex aceiosa, also called Green- sauce. Sour as a rig. Very ill-tempered. Callington. " Bless her when she is riggish." Anto7iy and Cleoj)aira. Big anciently meant strumpet. Sour-sab pie. A pie made with the most juicy leaves, and tender stems of the "Common Sorrel," Rumex acetosa. Eaten with sugar and cream. The writer once made an experimental pasty of the