CORNISH ROCK-NAMES, &c¢., AND IRISH WORDS. 137 
Gust. A shining black or brown mineral. Irish glis or glus, glittering. - 
Grevt; Grit. Irish groid or gruid, grains. 
Grovan; Growan. Similar to grothan (pronounced growan), anything in 
small lumps or grains formed in a mass ; its root being groth (pronounced 
groh) curds. “ Tasenagrothan” is a common Irish expression for any 
substance of the character of curds or small lumps, that do not 
amalgamate, but each keeps separate although in the same mass. This 
word and granite evidently come from the same root, whether it is the 
Latin granum, the Irish gran, the Welch graion, or the Cornish gronen, 
which respectively mean ‘‘ grain,” 
Guac; Gancug? Anything worthless. A foolish empty-headed man, in 
Irish, is called guaga. The term gangue may be connected with this 
word. 
Kat. See Gal. 
Kazer. A sieve. A similar word to ceis (pronounced eis), a wicker or 
basket-work sieve, on which potatoes or other vegetable food is placed to 
drain. 
Kernep. A consolidated heap of mundic or copper ore. Seems to have a 
connection with carn, a heap not naturally formed but of an artificial 
nature; or it may be allied to carnadh, to pile, to heap up. 
Kirve. A val or large iron-bound tub in which ore is washed. Evidently 
similar to the word keeve, a large vessel, sometimes of wood, at other 
times of wickerwork. 
LanpEers. Wooden pipes or troughs used for carrying water over hollows. 
Seems to be similar to lantaoirs, a partition, anything erected to cut 
off or divide. 
Lope. Might possibly be from lwad. This word has several meanings, one 
being anything that supports; as the framework of a roof supports the 
slates or the thatch. The supports, however, must be part of a whole, 
as the framework is part of the roof. A mineral vein in connection with 
its walls would be called a duad. 
Loozs. The Irish word is laib, slime or hard mire. Laib may also mean 
remnants or remains. 
Meat Harry. This is described by Pryce as “Soil”; the superficial earth 
fit for agriculture. Meat seems to be similar to the Irish words meith, 
fat, luxuriant; or masth, soft, luxuriant. 
Moor. Probably similar to muir, a shower, as a “moor of ore” signifies a 
quantity of ore in a particular part of a lode. 
Mun. Any fusible metal. Irish mian, mine or metal. 
