174 APPENDIX TO A LIST OF OBSOLESCENT WORDS. 



Bloody warrior. The wall-flower, Chenanthus cheiri. 



Blue-poll. A species, or more probably a variety, of Salmon,, 

 remarkable for the steel-blue colour of its head, and for 

 ascending our rivers (e.g., the Camel) about Candlemas- 

 day; hence, when occurring in numbers, they are called 

 " the Candlemas school." It is observed by fishermen that 

 the great majority are males or kippers. 



BowERLY. Stately and comely. 

 " A bowerly woman. " 



Boy's love. Southernwood. 



Browthy. Light and spongy bread is " hrowthy." 



BUSSY-MILK. The first milk after calving. 



Butt. A heavy two-wheeled cart. 



Butter and Eggs. The Narcissus foeticus-. 



C. 



Cannis. To toss about carelessly. 

 Caper-longer. The shell-fish. Pinna ingens. 



Tonkin applies the name Capa longa to the Razor- shell',. 



Solen siliqua. 



Cauchy. Wet, sloppy. 



" The roads are cauchy." 

 Chop. To barter. A.S., Cyj^j^an,^ to bargain. 



Bacon says, "as for the chopping of bargains." — Essay of 

 Riches. 



" Chopping and changing, never pleased with a bargain." — 

 Gossan's School of Abuse, 1579. 



Chow. To chew. A.S., Ceoiu-an. 



" Chuck-childern." The Allis Shad, Alosa vulgaris; so called 

 probably from the bony nature of the fish, and its in- 

 eligibility as an article of infant diet. 



Clip. A smart and sudden blow. 

 " A clip under the ear." 



Clitter. To flutter. 



Comb. An unturned ridge left at intervals in ploughing. 



Congerdouce. 1 Sweet Conger. 



The fish, Conger vulgaris was, within the memory of man, 

 and for reasons that might well be inqiiired into, very much more 

 abundant than now. UiJ to the beginning of the present century, 

 a large trade existed between Cornwall and the Continent in Conger- 

 douce, which trade is now extinct. For further information see- 

 Couch's Fishes, Vol. iv, p. 345. 



