so far as I have seen, they are of no special interest or great antiquity. (R. N. WORTH.)"

COINS RECENTLY FOUND AT OR NEAR TEIGNMOUTH.

"A Silver coin of Catherine Cornaro, of Venice, the widow of James II., king of Cyprus, 1474-1489. The inscription reads as follows:

"Obv. 'KATERINA. VENETA. REGINA.'

"Rev. "IERVSALEM. CIPRI. ET. ARMENIA.'

Dr. John Evans, President of the Society of Antiquaries, and of the Numismatical Society, says that this is a coin of unusual occurrence.

"A Gold 20s. piece of Charles II. was dug up in Teign Street, Teignmouth, in June, 1886, and sold by the labourer who found it.

"A Silver coin; much rubbed; size 5 Mionnet.

'Obv. Nothing visible but rose behind the head.

'Legend. [ELIZABETH.D.G. ANG. [FRA. ET. HIB. REG]INA.' "Rev. Traces of coat of Arms.

"Dug up at Hermosa, Teignmouth, April, 1887.

"A Silver coin; tarnished brown; size 5.

"Obv. King, full face.

"Legend. EDWR' ANGL' DNS HYB.'

Rev. Long cross, 3 pellets in each axilla.

"Legend. CIVITAS CANTOR.'

"Dug up at Hermosa, Teignmouth, April, 1887. (J. J. OGILVIE EVANS.)"

'A Gold Angel of Henry VII., in fair preservation; size 8, weight 76 grains.

"Obv. Archangel Michael overcoming the dragon.

'Legend. 'HENRIC' DI' GRA' REX ANGL' & FRA.'

"Rev. Ship with Royal Arms; France modern, and England

quarterly; 'H' and Rose on each side of the mast.
"Legend. 'PER CRVCE' TVA' SALVA NOS XPE' REDEM.'

"Found June 20th, 1887, on the Brimley Cottage Estate, Teignmouth. (J. J. OGILVIE EVANS.)"

"An Abbey piece found in Fore Street, Teignmouth, May, 1887, about five feet below the surface.

"A small Copper coin, split, and æruginous; size 3. "Obv. '[CA]ROLV. D. G. MA. BRIT.' Surrounding a crown, and two sceptres in saltier.

Rev. A rose, surrounded by 'FRA. ET. HI. REX.'

"Dug up at Bank Street, Teignmouth, 1887.

"A Copper coin; size 5; much worn. "Obv. Profile to heraldic sinister.

"Legend. . . . AN . . . . . . PRI. AV.'

Rev. Three fleurs-de-lis.

Legend. 'DOVBL..... OIS.' Date uncertain.

"Dug up in Bank Street, Teignmouth, 1887. (J. J. OGILVIE EVANS.)

"Ten Abbey pieces found in and about Exeter and Teignmouth.

"1. Snelling; plate 2; No. 24.

Legend. 'AVE MARIA GRACIACI.'

"2. Snelling; plate 3; No. 24.

Legend. 'GETTES ENTENDES AN COMPTE.'

'GARDES VOUS DE MESCOMPTES.'

"3. Snelling; plate 3; No. 3.

Legend. 'VIVE LE BON ROY DE FRANCE.'

"4. Snelling; plate 4; No. 32.

Similar, but not exactly. It is of the type of the old
Rhenish gold Gulden.

"5. Snelling; plate 4; No. 29.

Similar, but not exactly. Same issuer.
Legend. 'WOLFE LA VEER IN NURNBER.'

"6. Similar to No. 5.

"7. Ditto.

"8. Ditto.

"9. Not described by Snelling, but somewhat like plate 2,

No. 7, but smaller.

"10. Snelling; plate 3; No. 3. (J. J. OGILVIE EVANS.)"

TENTH REPORT OF

THE COMMITTEE ON DEVONSHIRE VERBAL

PROVINCIALISMS.

TENTH REPORT of the Committee-consisting of Mr. J. S. Amery, Mr. G. Doe, Mr. R. Dymond, Mr. F. T. Elworthy, (Secretary), Mr. F. H. Firth, Mr. P. O. Hutchinson, Mr. P. Q. Karkeek, and Dr. W. C. Lake-for the purpose of noting and recording the existing use of any Verbal Provincialisms in Devonshire, in either written or spoken language, not included in the lists published in the Transactions of the Association.

Edited by F. T. ELWORTHY, Member of Council of the Philological Society.

(Read at Plympton, July, 1887.)

THE Continued interest taken in the work of your Committee is best shown by the increasing number of contributors as well as words recorded. Only by continually directing attention to the subject can we hope to keep alive the interest and attention necessary to bring out from their hiding-places the treasures of our local speech, so that they may be recorded and preserved from the levelling devastation of the modern Board School.

At the present rate, however, it will need the whole of a very long life, for our Association to accumulate anything like a fair representation of the still extant provincialisms of Devon.

CONTRIBUTIONS.

Each provincialism is placed within inverted commas, and the whole contribution ends with the initials of the observer. All remarks following the initials are simply editorial.

The full address of each contributor is given below, and it

must be fully understood that each is responsible only for the statements to which his or her name is appended:

J. F. C.

R. D.

J. D.

F. T. E.

J. J. O. E.

J. S. N.
W. P.
P. T. P.
S. R.
R. N. W.

=

Rev. J. F. Cornish, Christ's Hospital.

= Admiral Dawkins, Stoke Gabriel.

= Mrs. Josephine Dymond, Exeter.

=

=

Mr. F. T. Elworthy, Foxdown, Wellington.
Mr. J. J. O. Evans, 1, Orchard Gardens, Teign-
mouth.

= Mr. J. Stevens Neck, Great House, Moreton-
hampstead.

- Mr. W. Pengelly, F.R.S., Torquay.

=

= Rev. P. T. Pulman, Cowley, Exeter.
= Rev. S. Rundle, Godolphin, Helston.

=

Mr. R. N. Worth, Seaton Avenue, Plymouth.

REFERENCES.

The list of the authorities either quoted or who are referred to as illustrating the words contributed will be found in previous reports. A great number of others have been consulted, but those only are noted who have something to the point. Those below have been used in the present report, and are not included in previous issues.

Babees Book. Manners and Meals in Olden Time. Ed. F. J. Furnivall, Early English Text Society, 1868.

Jorio.

Mimica degli Antichi, investigata nel Gestire Napoletana. Del Canonico Joria. Napoli, 1832.

New Eng. Dic. A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles. J. A. H. Murray, LL.D. P. I., A-ANT. P. II., ANT-BATTEN. P. III., BAT-Boz. Oxford (Clarendon Press), 1884.

Palsgrave. L'Éclaircissement de La Langue Francaise par Jean Palsgrave. Par. F. Génin. Paris, 1852.

Skeat. An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language. By Walter W. Skeat. Oxford (Clarendon Press), 1882.

Stratmann. A Dictionary of the Old English Language. By Francis Henry Stratmann. Second Edition. Krefeld, 1873.

Wright. Anglo-Saxon and Old English Vocabularies. By Thomas Wright. Second Edition. Edited by Rich. P. Wülcker. 2 vols. 1884.

"ACK-MAUL or UCKMAUL. The blue-tit; common name in South Devon.-March, 1887. J. D."

The name is given to all the parida, and is well known in West Somerset, though variously pronounced as hackymal, hickymal, huckymal, &c.

"ANSWERABLE = durable, lasting, good in quality. A thatcher living and bred at Burlescombe said to me twice, "Twas good answerable reed.'-March 25th, 1884. F. T. E."

In this very obvious and useful meaning the word seems to be unknown to English literature past or present; otherwise it must have come under Dr. Murray's notice. See 'Answerable,' New English Dictionary. Part I.

"ASH-CAT one who coddles himself. 'Why you be a reg'lar ash-cat sitting over the fire.' Used frequently by a domestic servant, a native of South Milton.-March, 1887. J. D."

Probably from the fondness of cats for sitting close to the ashes of a hearth fire.

In the original Glossary to the Exmoor Scolding, of about 1770, is a remark on axwaddle. (p. 118.) 'Hence an axen cat;" but there is no further definition.

"BACK-ALONG = on the way back. A gamekeeper residing at Culmstock, age about 40, said, 'I be gwain zo vurs' Holy Well Lake, and I can't stap now; but I'll call in back-along.' -July 1st, 1886. F. T. E."

Along is one of the commonest as well as most expressive of our West-country suffixes. It seems to have the force of wards, as in the phrases down-along, here-along, there-along, in-along, home-along, yon-along, &c.

"BALCH = corks attached to ropes to mark the site of mussel-pots, &c. A native of Torcross, aged 60, said, on November 26th, 1886, 'The sea carr'd away they balches.' Cf. p. 194 of the 1886 Report of the Association. Among the contents of certain ships are mentioned 'XXXVIII. fadome of balche.' Attached is a foot-note. J. F. C."

"BALCH = a stout cord in use for the head-lines of fishingnets. (Couch, History of Polperro, 1871, p. 173.)—July, 1886. J. F. C."

This is a purely western word. The first meaning is to hinder (Skeat). Hence possibly extended to control by attachment, and so the line which holds or balks the fishingnets is so called. Balk and balch are the same.