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beel beak of a bird.
bel tink a forceful, sometimes violent, action.
beturmoast the best.
Bodmint Bodmin, this form is found in Dialect literature,
derived from Cornish bos ‘dwelling’ and menegh ‘monks.’
braa, braav a lot of, very, extremely n.b. Cornish language brav ‘fine, grand’.
breeal mackerel n.b Cornish language brithel ‘mackerel’.
bucca a mine spirit also a scarecrow n.b. Cornish language boekka ‘scarecrow, imp’
Cambern Camborne, derived from Cornish kamm ‘crooked’ and bronn ‘rounded hill’.
capn mine manager.
cheel infant, child.
chenee chinaware.
churchtown any settlement n.b. Cornish language treveglos ‘village, lit. church town’
clijee toffee n.b. Cornish language klyji ‘toffee’.
cloem earthenware pottery.
clunk the act of swallowing, the verb is clunkee ‘to swallow’.
n.b. Cornish language kollenki ‘to swallow’.
coos to talk.
Debm Devon – the first and last county in England!
dree the numeral three.
droozld drunk, intoxicated with alcohol, e.g. ‘as droozld as a Piraner’.
fermaads a pilchard, sometimes but not always smoked or cured.
flyen oss a Cornish Wrestling move.
Foy Fowey, derived from Cornish language fowwydh ‘beechtrees’.
definitely not prnounced ‘Fo-ee!’
gae shard, piece of broken pot.
geek a quick look, a peek n.b. Cornish language gyki ‘to peek’.
gick a sign n.b. Cornish language gik ‘smallest thing’.
granfer grandfather.
haal farmhouse parlour n.b. Cornish language hel ‘hall’.
haag a thick mist.
innerds internal organs.
kidleewenk ale-house.
lances sand eel.
Lanson Launceston, ancient capital of Cornwall,
derived from Cornish lann ‘enclosure’ and Stefan ‘St. Stephen’.
maazd confused, perplexed.
Penzance holds an annual Mazey Day as part of Golowan festival.
maazlen motely, ragged.
maed girl, women, female.
morgee dogfish n.b. Cornish language morgi ‘dogfish’.
Mowzel Mousehole, a fishing village west of Penzance , Cornish name Porthynys.
naaker an underground Cornish lepricorn.
nicey sweets, confectionary.
oozel oesophagus, throat.
osses horses.
pare group, team n.b. Cornish language para ‘team, group.’
Payrtengaal Portugul n.b. Cornish language Portyngal ‘Portugal’.
passun vicar, priest.
prinklee satorial eloquence.
purdee beautiful, pretty.
scad horse mackerel.
spens he cupboard under the stairs n.b. Cornish language spens ‘larder, pantry.’
stank to tread heavily, to plod along .
n.b. Cornish language stank ‘heavy tread, stamp of foot.’
Re’Druth Redruth, from Cornish rys ‘ford and rudh ‘red’

Tamer the River Tamar, set as Cornwall’s border with England in 936 by King
Athelstan of Wessex.
traaps to roam, to wander without aim.
troaz a sound, usually the sound of a shoal breaking surface,
n.b. Cornish language tros ‘a noise.’
Trura Truro, Cornwall’s capital.
tummals a great many, a multitude.
veer piglet.
widel story, yarn, tale n.b. Cornish language hwedhel ‘story.’
wim a winding engine used to wind kibbles up and down the shaft.

winnard redwing as in the place-name Winnard’s Perch, near St. Columb Major.
wisht of an ill appearance, as in the expression ‘wisht as a winnard’.
zawn cleft in the cliff, ditch, also a predicament.
n.b. Cornish language sawn ‘geo, gully’
zwy scythe.