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male representative of this family was, from tradition, celebrated for making good bargains, and that consequently everybody in Cornwall knows what is meant when the question is asked, "Have you been winnicked?" i. e.

WITHEL, WITHELL. See Withiel.

WITHERICK. From bither-ick, the meadow place.

WITHEY, WITHY. From gwyth, a tree; or gwyth-y, the woody stream. There is a place called Withedon in Jacobstow.

WITHIEL. From Withiel in Pider hundred, which, according to Hals, signifies a place of trees, which it was formerly (withen, a tree). He says it was so called because the church is situated upon the manor of Withell Goose, i. e., Tree Wood. Withel, Withell, Withyel, would seem to be the same name.

WOLVEDON. From the barton of Wolvedon in Probus, which Borlase calls Wolveson, alias Golden; from gol-vidn, the holy meadow; or wolla-vidn, the lower meadow.

WONNACOTT, WONOCOTT. From woon-coit, the lower down.

WOON. From wôn, woon, goon, a down or common. Woon is the name of places in Luxulion and Roche.

WORDEN. From wor-den, upon the hill; veor-den, the great hill; or warth-den, the high hill.

WORLEGAN. See Warleggon.

WORTH. A family of this name is said to be descended from the Worths in Devon or Somerset; but the Cornish family may derive their name from worth, high.

WREN. When of Cornish origin, from rhŷn, a hill; or it may be an abbreviation of Trewren.

WROATH. This name, unless corrupted from the

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