When Ma bimeby upon 'em slips, Huldy sot pale ez ashes, All kin' o' smily roun' the lips For she was jes' the quiet kind Like streams that keep a summer mind The blood clost roun' her heart felt glued Tell mother see how metters stood, Then her red come back like the tide 1 bimeby by and by. = 5 like the tide... Fundy. What 2 All kin'. . . lashes. What a fact gives force to the comparison? deft touch! 8 Like streams. 6 was cried. To be cried is to Jenooary. have the bans of marriage an Point out the telling metaphor corporated in this vivid simile. 4 clost close. = in-nounced in church. 7 come next Sunday: that is, the following Sunday. abet, O. Fr. abetter, to instigate to en- | armistice, Fr. armistice, from Lat. courage by aid and countenance. abrupt, Lat. ab, off, and rumpere, to break hasty, blunt. absurd, Lat. absurdus, from ab, from, and surdus, deaf, lit. proceeding from one that is deaf: hence, opposed to manifest truth. abundance, Lat. abundantia, ab and unda, a wave; lit., an overflow: an overflowing fullness, plenteousness. ado, A.-S. a, to, and do: bustle, trouble. | agent, Lat. agere, to act: one acting for another. Albion, an ancient or poetical name of England. The name "Albion" is derived from Lat. albus, white, on account of the appearance of England's chalky cliffs. arma, arms, and stare, to stand still: suspension of hostilities by agreement; a truce. arrival, Lat. ad, to, and ripa, the audience, Lat. audientia, a hearing, aversion, Lat. a, from, and vertere, to avert, Lat. a, from, and vertere, to turn: to turn aside. foreign an uncivilized person. bass, Fr. basse, deep, low: deep or grave in sound. ambition, Lat. ambitio, from amb, | barbarian, Lat. barbarus, Gr. barbaros, around, and ire, to go, a going around, especially of candidates in Rome to solicit votes, and hence, primarily, desire for office: an eager desire for honor, superiority, or power. ambitious. See ambition. annihilation, Lat. ad, to, and nihil, nothing the being reduced to nothing. bay, v., Fr. aboyer, to bark: to bark at. Lat. bene, well, and volere, to wish: good-will, charitable ness. anon, A.-S. an in, and on one, that betwixt, A.-S. betwixt, from be, by, = is, in one minute: soon. and twig, two: between. boon, Lat. bonus, good, lit. that which | clan, Gaelic clann, offspring, descend is asked as a benefit: a gift, a grant. bridegroom, A.-S. brydguma, a man newly married or about to be married. buffoon, Fr. bouffon, from bouffer, to puff out, because the buffoons puffed out their cheeks a mountebank, clown. buttress, Fr. bouter, to push, to butt: a projecting support to the exterior of a wall. calendar, Lat. calendarium, an account-book an arrangement of the divisions of time. candid, Lat. candidus, from candere, to be of a glowing white: fair, just, impartial. cavalier, Fr. cavalier, a horseman, from Lat. caballus, a horse: a knight, a gallant gentleman. ants a tribe of families. clarion, mediæval Lat. clario, from Lat. clarus, clear, from its shrill sound: a kind of trumpet whose note is clear and shrill. clerk, Lat. clericus, priest: a parish officer in the Church of England. clown, Lat. colonus, a husbandman. It first came to mean a rustic, and afterwards a buffoon. coffer, Fr. coffre, from Lat. cophinus, Gr. kophinos, a basket, a chest treasury or funds. coherent, Lat. co for con, with, and hærere, to stick cleaving together, and hence, connected by some relation of order. collection, Lat. com, together, and legere, to gather. century, Lat. centum, a hundred: the commune, Lat. communicare, to com period of a hundred years. chance, n., through Fr. chance, from Lat. cadere, to fall: hence, what befalls, and so fate, fortune. chapel. See chaplain. chaplain, Fr. chapelain, mediæval Lat. capellanus, from capella, a hood, sacred vessel, chapel. It is said that the kings of France, in war, carried into the field St. Martin's hat, which was kept in a tent as a precious relic; whence the place took the name capella, a little hat, and the priest who had the custody of the tent was called capellanus, chaplain. children, A.-S. cild, pl. cildru, cildra. The word is a curious instance of a double plural (= child + ra + en). choler, Gr. cholera, from chole, bile: wrath, anger. chorister, Fr. choriste, a singer in a choir, from Gr. choros, a choir. Christmas, from Christ, and mediæval Lat. missa, mass: the festival of the Christian Church observed annually on December 25, in memory of the birth of Christ. municate: to converse together familiarly. companion, Fr. compagnon, from mediæval Lat. companium, fellowship, mess (com, together, panis, bread): an associate, a comrade. compeer, 0. Fr. from Lat. com, with, and par, equal: an equal, an associate. compensate, Lat. com (con), with, and pendere, pensum, to weigh: to balance, to make equal return. compensation. See compensate. congenial, Lat. congenialis, partaking of the same nature: kindred, sympa. thetic. to effigy, Lat. effigies, from e (=ex), and effluence, Lat. ex, from, and fluere, to coronet, Lat. corona, a crown: an in- | edify, Lat. ædes, a building, and facere, ferior crown worn by noblemen. to make lit., to build up; derivacorrupt, adj., Lat. con, and rumpere, tively, to instruct. break vitiated, depraved. corselet, Fr. corselet, from O. Fr. cors = corps, the body: a piece of armor to cover the front of the body. cosmetic, Gr. kosmos, order, adornment that which beautifies. covert, n., O. Fr. covrir, to cover (covert, covered): a place where animals hunted in the chase find cover. credit, Lat. credere, creditum, to believe. Hence its derivative meanings. curfew, Fr. courrir, to cover, and feu, fire: the bell-ringing at nightfall practiced in olden times as a signal to cover fires, extinguish lights, and retire to rest. cynosure, Lat. cynosura (Gr. kunosoura, lit. dog's tail), the ancient name for the constellation of the Lesser Bear, or rather the stars composing the tail of it. To this group, as containing the pole-star, the eyes of mariners are directed; and hence the meaning of cynosure, as denoting any object that strongly attracts attention. deliberation, Lat. deliberare, to weigh, from de and libra, a balance careful consideration. different, Lat. dif (for dis), apart, and ferre, to bear. separate, distinct. dispute, n., Lat. dis, apart, and putare, to think a debate, an argument. distant, Lat. dis, apart, and stare, to stand remote. document, Lat. documentum, from do out in small portions. dubious, Lat. dubius (from duo, two), moving in two directions: doubtful as to the result. dudgeon, Welsh dygen, anger, grudge: discord. elements, Lat. elementum, a first prin- an occurrence. exact, v., Lat. exigere, to drive out, to demand to require authoritatively. exit, lit. he goes out (3d pers. sing. pres. indic. of Lat. v. exire, to go out): the departure of a player from the stage, when he has performed his part. extort, Lat. ex, from, and torquere, to turn about, to twist: to wrest or wring from, by force. fain, adv., A.-S. fagen, glad: gladly. or structure. fellow, A.-S. felaw, from fylgau, to fetters, A.-S. fetor, originally a shackle | hight, p.p. of A.-S. hatan, to be called : for the foot. fiend, A.-S. fiend or feond, from fian, to hate, and hence lit. the hating one: a demon. firelock, an old-time musket having a lock which was discharged by striking fire with flint and steel. was named. hobgoblin, hot originally an abbreviation of robin (Robin Goodfellow, a domestic sprite), and goblin, from mediæval Lat. gobelinus, a mischievous knave (Ger. Kobold): a frightful apparition; an imp. fond, A.-S. fonne, to be foolish, to dote: homage, through Fr. homage, from foolish. forlorn, A.-S. forloren, p.p. of forleo san, to lose: deserted, abandoned. frolic, adj., Ger. frolih, frohlich, joyful gay, merry. frolic, v., to be gay or merry. fustian, so called from Fustat, i.e., Cairo, in Egypt, where it was first made: a kind of coarse twilled cotton stuff. garish, A.-S. gearn, prepared, showy: dazzling. glebe, Lat. gleba, clod, ground: soil, ground. gossip, A.-S. god, God, and sib, relation; a relation or sponsor in baptism: an idle tattler. grotesque, Fr. grotesque, It. grottesa, lit. like the figures found in grottos: whimsical; of extravagant or irregular form. guile, allied to A.-S. wile, craft: cunning, artifice. hamlet, A.-S. ham, home, house, and let, the diminutive termination : a small village. hautboy, w., Fr. hautbois (that is, haut, high, and bois, wood): an oboë, or musical instrument of the clarinet type. health, A.-S. häldh, from hál, hale, sound the state of being hale, sound, or whole, in body, mind, or soul. heaven, A.-S. hefan, to heave, and hence lit. that which is heaved or arched over us: used by Pope as a synonym of God. Lat. homo, a man. "Homo" under the feudal system had the sense of vassal lit., the state of being a vassal under a lord, and hence reverential submission. horrid, Lat. horridus, rough, bristly: dreadful, awe-inspiring. humor, Lat. humor, from humere, to be moist; that is, lit., the fluids of the body. As the state of mind was in old times believed to depend on these fluids, the word acquired the force of disposition, temper, mood, with various allied meanings. impediment, Lat. impedimentum, from im (= in), and pes, pedis, the foot: obstruction. import, n., Lat. im (for in), and portare, to bear: 1. import, meaning; 2. im portance, consequence. impugn, Lat. impugnare, from im (= in), and pugnare, to fight: to call in ques tion, gainsay. incongruous, Lat. in, not, and con gruus (=congruous), from congruere, to agree not befitting, unsuitable. incredulous, Lat. in, not, and credere, to believe: unbelieving, skeptical. incumbent, Lat. incumbere, to lie upon lying upon, resting on. inert, Lat. iners, from in, not, and ars, lit. unskilled: sluggish. infinite, Lat. infinitus (from in, without, and finis, end): without end, unlimited. ingenuous, Lat. ingenuus, inborn, frank: open, sincere. |