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When Ma bimeby upon 'em slips,

Huldy sot pale ez ashes,

All kin' o' smily roun' the lips
An' teary roun' the lashes.2

For she was jes' the quiet kind
Whose naturs never vary,

Like streams that keep a summer mind
Snow-hid in Jenooary.3

The blood clost roun' her heart felt glued
Too tight for all expressin',

Tell mother see how metters stood,
An' gin 'em both her blessin'.

Then her red come back like the tide
Down to the Bay o' Fundy,5
An' all I know is, they was cried
In meetin' come nex' Sunday.7

1 bimeby by and by.

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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.

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in-nounced in church.

7 come next Sunday: that is, the following Sunday.

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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
shore the act of reaching a place.
audible, Lat. audire, to hear that
may be heard.

audience, Lat. audientia, a hearing,
from audire, to hear: the act of hear-
ing; admittance to a hearing.
author, Lat. auctor, from augere, to
increase, to produce: the composer
of a book.

aversion, Lat. a, from, and vertere, to
turn disinclination.

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.
beam, A.-S. beam, a beam: a shaft of
rays.
benevolence,

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,

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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.

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effigy, Lat. effigies, from e (=ex), and
fingere, to shape out: the image or
likeness of a person.

effluence, Lat. ex, from, and fluere, to
flow that which flows or issues from
any body or substance.
election, Lat. e, and legere, to choose:
the act of choosing a person to fill an
office.

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
cere, to teach any thing furnishing
proof or evidence.
dole, A.-S. dælan, to divide: to deal

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-
ciple: a constituent part.
ethereal (Lat. æther, from Gr. aithein,
to burn or blaze): pertaining to the
ether, or celestial region; celestial.
event, Lat. e, out, and venire, to come :

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.
fanatic, Lat. fanaticus, inspired by di-
vinity, from fanum, a fane or temple :
one who indulges wild and extrava-
gant religious notions.
fealty, Lat. fidelitas, fidelity. In feudal
times, fidelity to one's lord; now, loy-
alty to a superior power.
feature, Lat. factura, a making, from
facere, to make: lit., form “make,”

or structure.

fellow, A.-S. felaw, from fylgau, to
follow a companion.
fetich, Portuguese feitiço, sorcery,
charm, from Lat. factitius, made by
art a material thing, living or dead,
which is made the object of supersti-
tious worship, as among certain Afri-
can tribes.

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.

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