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Buyier, bui'er, whence buyon, buion. To shout, scream, whence shout, 



scream. 

 Brinballe. Part of a pump's machinery. 



Caillebottin. Mackerel sky. 



Caoup de vent. Inflammation of the eye, blood-shot. 



Caudri. Singed. N". Fr., caud, Fr., chaud. 



Caroline. A kind of strawberry. 



Carterette (a la). To be carried by two persons ^ho make a seat by 

 crossing their hands. 



Chaneresse. Fern, of chancre, the well-known Guernsey crab. 



Chinai'r. To hawk, cry goods. 



Chivet. The upper, green, or out of ground part of the onion. Eng., 

 skives. 



Cinqwell. Pr. as in Eng., cesspool. 



Caboehe. The game of pitch ancLfcoss. 



Chattair. To chat. 



Chique. Large snowflake. 



Chillier. Slaughter house as well as cellar. Metivier only mentions 

 the latter. 



Chimagres. Nonsense, stuff, humbug. 



Chouque. A term applied chiefly to the roots or stumps of furze after 

 clearing a furze brake. Heb., Ch., and Syr., slioq, leg or shank ; 

 Ai\, saq, leg, trunk ; Gr., skellos. 



Co. Panier a co. Basket used by fishermen. Crabe a co is a crayfish. 



Collet. 1. Collar. 2. A kind of wrack, the stalk of the tangon or sea 

 bamboo. 



Cotai". Rib. Les cota'is bas. The ribs bent. A disease supposed to 

 be imaginary. Our local medical men do not believe in it, but old 

 women have been and are still found in the country, who for a small 

 fee pretend to lift up the ribs of the credulous patient and replace 

 them in their natural position. 



Contepette. Tell-tale, informer. See delata'ir. 



Consomption galoppante. Rapid consumption. 



Coquelin, eoqueluehe. Metivier has these words, but I may add that 

 coquelin is generally applied to shells formed like the edible peri- 

 winkle, Trochus lineatus, and eoqueluehe to elongated shells similar 

 to murex erinaceus. Bivalves like area lactea, which are so numer- 

 ous on the Herm beach, are called vannets. Coquelin is a name 

 often given to the so-called Pepper Box on Fermain Hill. 



Coste. Intimate, friendly. 



Courron, eouorron. Round or rump of beef. 



Corbin. Dirt produced by rubbing the flesh with the hands when in a 

 state of perspiration. 



Couaehier, eouaehi. To add, carry to account. A term used in the 

 western parishes with respect to interest at the bank. To note it 

 in the bank book. 



Cossard. The seaweed with a multitude of pods or berries, chiefly used 

 for burning. The Fucus serratus of botanists. The pods when 

 gathered at the end of May or the beginning of June contain a 

 viscid substance ; they should be slit, mixed with rum and bottled. 



