Category: Language & Communication
{167} [Notwithstanding the analogous instance of ‘abbess’ for ‘abbatess’ this account of ‘lass’ must be abandoned. It is the old English _lasce_ (akin to Swedish _lösk_), meaning (1) one free or disengaged, (2) an unmarried girl (N.E.D.)]
{175} I have included ‘huckster’, as will be observed, in this list. I certainly cannot produce any passage in which it is employed as the _female_ pedlar. We have only, however...
3. Chapter 3Chagrin 95 Chance-medley 243 Chanticleer 89 Chemist, chemistry 248 Chicken 158 Chouse 91 Chymist, chymistry 248 Clawback 144 Comissatio 237 Commérage 204 Confluent 104 Congregat...
1. Chapter 1{167} [Notwithstanding the analogous instance of ‘abbess’ for ‘abbatess’ this account of ‘lass’ must be abandoned. It is the old English _lasce_ (akin to Swedish _lösk_), meanin...
4. Chapter 4Creansur 46 45 Flota 16 17 Galvanism 9 88 Girdle 20 21 Hooker 15 16 Icefield 73 74 Imp 215 205 Kirtle 20 21 Matachin 16 17 Milken 162 163 Postremissimus 90 91 Quellio 16 17 Rose...