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signification which accords with the Cornish derivations found in 
Pryce’s list. The old spelling, as given by Pryce, and the modern 
forms of the words, are often very different ; Pryce therefore is an 
invaluable assistant in such an investigation. 
ASTER. According to Pryce synonymous with séwll, Irish sdiall, a plank or 
beam. 
Astynten. A small ward or stoppage in an adit, to prevent the full passage 
of the water; Irish eas or os and {tuilleadh. Has or os is an old word 
for ‘‘ water,” while tuilleadh means “ to flow.” 
Arran; Attne; Apa; Appat. Refuse or ‘‘deads.” There is the Irish 
word adhal, which signifies evil (bad), and no: is the word aithla, 
signifying a rag, or anything worthless. 
Bat. A place where a number of people meet together in spalling or sorting 
ore; similar to ‘‘ bal,” to gather, to heap up. From the same root is 
. Baile, a town, where a number of people live together. 
Bru-HEYLE. Beo, living; and heyle, or suil, an orifice or opening, such as 
the eye. This derivation would explain the modern expression, ‘ taking 
the eyes out of a mine”; that is, taking all the rich portions out of it. 
Bortom 1n Fork. When all the bottoms are unwatered. This may bea 
combination of a Celtic and an English word; as force thuidh in Irish 
(pronounced forkey) is anything that has lost its sap or moisture. 
Originally it only applied to a substance in which holes were bored to 
form outlets through which the moisture would escape. 
Buczine; Buckep ore. Pettus, in his Fleta Minor, says the term originally 
signified ‘‘washing or wet-stamping ores.” It therefore seems to be 
allied to the word bog, to stirup or soften. In Ireland they say bogadh 
natalamhna, breaking by stirring the land. Bogadh is also used when 
the sea is agitated, or a storm is raised. 
Burrows. Heaps of attals, deads, or earth. This evidently is similar to 
borradh (pronounced burrow), to increase or grow large; as the heaps 
of deads or attal (burrows) are always increasing. The word is com- 
- monly applied to trees when budding. 
Can; Gat. See Gal. 
Cocxuz. Stroil.—Pryce states that Cockle, in Cornish, means a weed. In 
Irish there is a similar word cogal, a weed resembling wheat. Hence 
the term, as cockle may be mistaken for tin ore, while in reality it is only 
a weed, or useless, to the miner. : 
Corer. Cofar or Kopher (Cornish) a chest. Irish, cofra, a chest. This 
latter word is now nearly obsolete. 
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