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Pocket : An opening in the face of the moor, made by 

 miners. 



Scat : Plastered, e.g. with mud. 



Shippens : Houses or yards for cattle or sheep (i.e. 

 probably a corruption of sheep-pens). 



Stickle : The broken water running over shallows of a 

 river. 



Swale (v.) : The act of burning heather, &c., on moors or 

 commons, to improve the pasturage. 



Tor: "The tors — Nature's towers — are huge masses of 

 granite on the tops of the hills . . . piled one upon another 

 in Nature's own fantastic way " (Rev. S. Baring-Gould). 



Turf -ties : The name given to the pits where the turf is 

 cut for fuel. 



Unlight (v.) : To dismount. 



Up-country : A term used in referring to any country other 

 than Devon or Cornwall. 



Vein : The Vein, or Vein-Country, is the name given to a 

 vast tract of bog-land in the northern part of Dartmoor. 

 Hence, " veiny ground " means any boggy ground. The 

 word is probably merely the local pronunciation of " fen." 



