178 APPENDIX TO A LIST OF OBSOLESCENT WORDS. 



PiSKY. An elf or fairy. 



Plashet. a moist place, where a brook begins. 



Pluef. Soft and out of condition. Fur, as hare's plufF. 



PoP-DOCK. Digitalis purpurea. 



PuLT. The pulse. 



QuAiLAWAY. A stye on the eyelid. 



R. 



Eeese. Grain is said to reese when from ripeness it falls out of 



the ear. 

 EoDELiNG. Helpless. 

 Eoper's News. News told as new, but heard before. 



" That's Eoper's news." — Cornish Adage. 

 RUMMET. DandrifF. 



S. 



Scantle. Small irregular slate, too small to make " size slate." 



(Delabole.) 

 Schute. N. a conduit or fountain of falling water. 

 SCLOW. To scratch. 



ScOLLUCKS. Blocks of refuse or indifferent slate. (Delabole.) 

 Scranny. a scramble. (Saltash.) 

 SCROACH. To scorch. 

 Scry. The report of the approach of a great body of fish- 



formerly applied to wild-fowl. 



" The blastes of hornys, and the scrye of foules." Dame 



Juliana Berners. 



Shenakrum. a drink composed of boiled beer, a little rum, 



moist sugar, and slices of lemon. (Quere Snack o' Rum.) 

 Shortahs. Masses of loose rubbish which have fallen in and 



filled up cracks and rents. (Delabole.) 

 Skerrish. The privet. 

 Smitch. Fine sooty dust in motion. 

 Sound-sleeper. The common name for a. moth. 

 Spence. A.N. A cupboard or pantry under the stairs. 

 Standards. A term used in wrestling for a man who has thrown 



two opponents, and thereby secured a chance of trying for 



a prize. 



