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Singleton (J. W.) on origin of rime wanted, viii- 388

Singleton (Robert), c. 1540, his execution, ii. 146

Sinister : bar "sinister," early example, ii. 485 ; iii. 212

"Sinistre," French fire insurance term, x. 169, 218

" Sinnow " (?), 1627, meaning of the word, ix. 227

Sin tram and Verena, characters in fiction, vii. 449, 514

Sir Isaac's Walk, Colchester, origin of the name, ii. 9, 74

' Sir John Oldcastle ' and Poor Law, 1598, ii. 405

Sirr (H.) on James O'Brien, i. 75

"Sisterly," "fraternal," philological comparison, iv. 369

1 Sister of Prince Rupert,' errors in, i. 264

"Sisul." See Fisul.

Sitwell (Sir G.), his ' The Normans in Cheshire,' iv. 151

Six Clerks' Office : H. Barker, W. Trollope, c. 1790, ix. 129 ; name explained, v. 188, 337

"Six Lords, "tavern sign of Buckingham, viii. 170, 238

Sixteenth-century rules for servants, iii. 166

"Skape,' "shak," and "scape," meaning of, xii. 182

Skating in the Middle Ages, v. 27, 98, 276

Skean =short sword or knife, ii. 269

Skeat (Prof. W. W.) on "airplane," vi. 127 Alfred and the cakes, i. 250 ' Anne of Geier- stein ' : the Commandments, i. 252 " Apssen counter," iv. 256 Authors of quotations

[ wanted, i. 133 ; iv. 76 Authors wanted, ii. 213 " Bag and baggage," vi. 108 Bagstor surname, iv. 213 Baked pears = " Wardens " : Bedford Fair, iv. 371 Ballad of Lord Lovel, vi. 171 Basbow Lane, i. 437 Beaumont and Fletcher : ' Monsieur Ihomas,' iv. 345 Beaver- leas, ii. 311, 436 Bengeworth, vi. 72 Bibliography of his writings, ii. 61 Boole- lead : bole : bull, iii. 411" British Glory Revived," ii. 77 Broche, its meaning, i. 475 Bruck, dialect word, i. 352 Bullion, ii. 6 " Bursell," iv. 73 " By a fluke," vi. 114 Carpillions : gainshot : suffi.ee, iii. 213 " Ch " : its pronunciation in early English, iv.

- 285 Chapel le Frith, ii. 72 Chaucer : names of characters in 'The Squire's Tale,' i. 118; curious misplacement, i. 201 Cheshire words, v. 373 Compston family : the name, v. 493 Cowes, Isle of Wight, i. 155" Cytel " in Anglo-Saxon names, iv. 233, 491 " Dacia " = Denmark, vi. 238 Denizen. : foreign, ii. Ill Denizen, its etymology, i. 506 Derivations, iv. 7, 118 "Dillisk " and "slook," iv. 532 " E " mute in English, i. 434 Eight kings : nine ladies, i. 391 Elze=already, iii. 72 Epigram in Schopenhauer, iii. 156 " Exate," vi. 297 Fairery, its meaning, i. 355 " Fent " : trade term, iv. 458 Fere, ii. 304, 393 Flax Bourton, ii. 12 " Galley " in place-names, i. 458 German spelling, ii. 372 Goulands in Ben Jonson, iii. 136 Hackney and Tom Hood, iii. 78 Haldeman's surname, iv. 398 Hancock as a place-name, v. 513 "Haywra," place- name, iv. 35 Heworth, its etymology, ii. 75 " Hit " : tense in Chaucer, v. 465 " Home- stead," iv. 525 " Honorificabilitudinitati- bus," iv. 538 " Hyke," vi. 288 Icknield or Ickleton Way, i. 25 ' Ingoldsby Legends ' :

rebus, iv. 216 Ivanhoe : Cedric, ii. 326 Kempesfeld, Hampstead, i. 478' Knight of the Burning Pestle ' : "F.S.=3s. 2d.," iv. 434 Knots in handkerchiefs : Indian custom, iii. 97 Lacy as a place-name, iii. 137 Latin phrase for " Mistletoe for the New Year," v. 10 Latter Lammas, v. 75, 232 Ljus, Icelandic word, i. 273, 434 Londres : London : Lon- dinium, v. 191" Long home," iii. 265 Mallas Rigg, i.354 Meso-Gothic, v. 515 Money-box, v. 117 " Mouner," iii. 271 Norman " motte " theory, vi. 35 Norris surname, iv. 417 "Notch," vi. 366, 427, 470 Netting Hill: its etymology, i. 456 Obsolete fish, iv. 396

" Oo " : how pronounced, i. 58, 272

Osmunderley, v. 370 Ou, the diphthong, ii. 24 Oundle, iii. 137, 153 Paganel as a Christian

name, v. 472 Pawper or pauper bird, iii. 290

Penge as a place-name, iv. 437 Perthroat, iii.

457 "Pe tt," iv. 513 Pip, a spot on a

card, ii. 465 Pull, its meaning, i. 457 Puns on Payne, ii. 454 Purvis surname, iv, 357 Regent's Circus, vi. 174 Rhubarb, its deriva- tion, iii. 392" Riding the high horse," v. 114 Rosamonda's lake, i. 230 St. Cuthbert : his- birds, v. 115 St. George, and the lamb, iv. 37 Saint's cloak and sunbeam, ii. 357 Sanskrit and Welsh, vi. 92 Saunter, its derivation, i. 512 Scavenger and scavager, iii. 336 Scissors : " pile " side, iv. 317 Senpere : ? bridge- keeper, ii. 52 Shakespeariana, iv. 83 Shepster, iii. 464 " Shire " : its derivation, v. 486 Sleeveless errand, vi. 74 Spinis in the Antonine Itinerary, i. 61 Spinney, its etymo- logy, i. 145, 292 Staple in place-names, ii. 191 Tally-ho : yoicks, i. 172 "Tar-pough," vi. 147 Tattershall : Elsham : Grantham, iv. 314 ; v. 216 Tatting, earliest use, i. 476 Tennyson : oorali, ii. 453 Tewke, tuke, kind of cloth, iii. 155 Thackeray : Wray, iv. 333 "Thames," v. 45, 225 "The more the merrier," vi. 15 Theodore =Dirck? vi. 57 "This world's a city full of crooked streets," i. 93 Totem, its etymology, ii. 166 Trash, its derivation, i. 361 Unecungga : Ynetunga : Ga, ii. 211, 332 Vavasour surname, ii. 232, 376 " Vicugna " and ' The Encyclopaedia Britan- nica,' v. 137 " Visto "=" vista," vi. 95 Waller (Baron de) : Sir Robert Waller at

Agincourt, iv. 412 Walsh surname, i. 96, 336

" Whelps " as name for broken water, i. 97 "When our Lord shall lie in our Lady's lap,"' i. 94 Wiltshire phrases, v. 434 Wirral, i. 353 " With allowance," v. 135 Women carrying their husbands, ii. 452 Woolstborpe, its derivation, iii. 418 " Writes me " : " stand' it," iv. 636 " Yelver " in place-names, vi, 297 Yon, its use by Scotsmen, i. 131 Yorker, at cricket, ii. 605

Skellum," origin and use of the word, viii. 209, 257, 297

Skelton (Col.) of St. Helena, his biography, ii. 48,. 93, 135

Skelton (Constance) on Capt. R. J. Gordon, 11,- 159

Skelton family of Leeds, vi. 428, 517

Skerrett family, viii. 231 Sketches in the Pyrenees,' 1837, its author, viii.

Skill (F. J.), c. 1824-81, unappreciated artist, ivr 203