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~ Corn-baulk. When a “lund” has been accidentally passed over in sowing, 
the bare space is a “baulk,” and is considered as a presage of misfortune. N.W. 
q Corndrake. Cre« pratensis, the Land Rail: almost invariably so called 
q about Warminster and in some parts of N. Wilts. 
q *Corn-grate. The Cornbrash formation. (Agric. of Wilts, p. 164.) 
~ Couch, Cooch. Couch-grass in general. N. & S.W. 
Black Couch, Agrostis stolonifera (D.); White Couch, 
Triticum repens (D.); Couchy bent, Agrostis stolonifera (D.) 
Knot Couch. Avena elatior ? 
Count. To expect or think. “I don’t count as he’ll come.” N.W. 
~*Coventree. Viburnum Lantana, L., Mealy Guelder-rose. (Aubrey.) Obs, 
Coward. adj. Pure: used of unskimmed milk. of “cowed milk,” Isle of 
Wight. (Wilts Arch. Mag., vol. xxii., p. 110.) N.W. (Cherhill.) 
~Cow-clat. A pat of cowdung. (A.) N.W. 
-*Cow-down. A cow-common. (Agric. Survey.) 
; Cows-and-Calves. (1) Arum maculatum, L., Cuckoo-pint. S.W, 
(2) When a saw has alternately long and short teeth, they are known as 
cows and calves respectively. N.W. 
—Cowshard. Cow-clat. N.W, 
~*Cowshorne. Cow-clats. ‘‘The poore people gather the cowshorne in the 
meadows.” (Jackson's Aubrey, p. 192.) 
~*Crab. To abuse. (Wilts Arch. Mag., vol. xxii. p. 110.) N.W. (Cherhill.) 
—*Crap. Assurance. (H.) There is probably some mistake here. 
‘| c raw. ‘The crop of a bird; hence, the bosom. (A.) N.W. 
me azy, Craisey, Craizey. The Buttercup. (A.B.H.) Buttercups in 
} general, Ranunculus acris, R. bulbosus, R. repens, and often R. Ficaria 
-. also, but at Huish never applied to the last-named. N. & S.W. 
; faZY Bets. ‘The general name all over Wilts for Caltha palustris, L., 
Marsh Marigold; apparently always pl. in form. Crazy Betties 
(Great Estate, ch. 2) and Crazy Betseys are occasionally used. oft 
“Pretty Bets,” Oaf. and Nhamp., for Red Spur Valerian and London Pride, 
and “Sweet Betsey,” Kent, for the former. In G@lowe. Marsh Marigold is. 
merely a Crazy. N.& S.W. 
d : eed. Lemna minor, L., Duckweed. (Great Estate, ch. 2.) N.W. 
"Creeny. Small. (A.B.H.) 
*Oresset, Cressil. Scrophularia aquatica, L., Water Figwort. (Great 
Estate, ch. 4.) 
