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Stare. The starling. 



Stiddle. The upright pole to which the ox is tied in the stall. 



Stoiting. The leaping of fish, or the colour they impart to the 



surface. 

 Strike. To rub gently, to anoint. 



T. 



TiFLiNG. The frayed out threads of a woven fabric. 



Trone. In describing heavy rain, a country man said, " the streams 



were like trones from the ticls of a cow." 

 TuRF-TiE. The bed on which the turf-rick is piled. {Bed-tie, a 

 feather bed.) 



U. 



Uprose. She was uprosed. i.e., churched. 



V. 



Volyer. Supposed to be a corruption of follower. The second 

 boat in a pilchard sein. 



W. 



WiLK, Welk, sometimes Welt. A ridgy hump or tumour. 



"Little low hedges round like welts." — Bacon's Essay of 

 Gardening. 



Wilver. a baker or pot under which bread is baked, by being 



buried in burning embers. (N.E. Cornwall.) 



