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NOTES AND QUERIES. [n s. x. SEPT. 5, 1914.

On 29 Nov., 1788, the said T. Nugent, J. W. Rose, and A. Greenland sold the above- mentioned estate to Thos. Pearson of King's Street, Cheapside, London, factor, and Thos. Mayiiard of Wood Street, London, grocer, subject to the incumbrances then subsisting thereon in trust for the creditors. On 4 Aug., 1789, the said property was sold by the bankruptcy trustees and the Sandersons to Thos. Richardson of Manchester, merchant.

This shows that my svipposition was correct, and that the Wm. Sanderson whose will was proved in 1774 was identical with the purchaser of Handale Nunnery. It will also be seen that the family only held the property for some thirty years.

Little now remains of the nunnery except the west end of the chapel and some of the walls in the farm-house (Graves's ' Cleve- land ' ).

Home's ' Guide to Whitby,' 3rd ed., 1893, p. 107, states that the shop at Staithes where Wm. Sanderson carried on his business was situated in a row of houses which about 1740 was washed away a few years after Cook had run away from his master. The only house remaining of the row is the " Cod arid Lobster Inn." A little shop is pointed out where, it is said, Cook was apprenticed, but it is merely the place where his old master carried on business after the destruction of the shop in which Cook served.

Any further information regarding these Sandersons will be very welcome to me.

CHAS. HALL CROUCH.

62, Nelson Road, Stroud Green, N.

WEBSTER AND THE N.E.D.' (See 11 S. ix. 302, 324, 343, 398; x. 165.)

gentleman-porter, noun = the officer in charge of a gate. "To Castle Angelo the gentleman- porter."' W.D.,' V. iii. 46. (First ex., 1642.)

glass-metal, noun = glass in a state of fusion. " Our chairs of state are but glass-metal." ' Mon. Col.,' 116. (First ex., 1620.)

great-master, noun = the head of the Knights ol Malta. " This styled Great Master of Malta.' ' Mon. Hon.,' 279. (First ex., 1632.)

hand (by thc-^, phrase =expeditiously. "And they will save by the hand." 'App.,' IV. i. 206 (First ex., 1658.)

impending, adj. = (fig.) imminent. "Impending storms." ' App.,' II. iii. 62. (First ex. of this figurative meaning, 1682.)

impertinently, adv. = intrusively. "I shall never to your ear.... press unmannerly or imperti nently." ' Mon. Hon.,' Dedication. (First ex. 1647.)

interest, act. v. =to inspire with concern. " Him [who] stands interested to Your Lordship."
 * .Mon. Hon.,' Dedication. (First ex., 1630.)

jealously, adv. =suspiciously. " I '11 love yoi wisely, that's jealously." ' D.M.,' II. iv.il (First ex., 1718.) ick#h<nc, noun=a frivolous person, a mock- beggar. "Many noblemen .... Build the rest of the honse the bigger ;... .some sevenscore chimneys, But half of them have no tunnels A pox xipon them, kickshaws, that beget .Such monsters without fundaments." ' D.L.C.,' II. i. 82. (First ex., 1651.)

knight's service, phrase = good service (fig.). " This paper may do knight's service." ' D.L.C.,' I. ii. 27. (First ex., 1675.)

'andlady, noun = mistress of a lodging-house.

"No cruel landlady. .. .which lends forth

groats to broom-men." ' W.D.,' IV. i. 163.

(First ex., 1651.) '.ane, noun (fig.). "Plagues that make lane*

through largest families." ' D.M.,' IV. i. 101.

(First example of this figurative meaning, 1625.) ',aw case, noun=lawsuit. ' D.L.C.,' title. (First

ex., 1710.) lawsuit, noun. " For one strange law-suit."

' D.L.C.,' IV. ii. 621. (First ex., 1624.) lay doi.vn, act. v. =to set (a scheme). " The same

project which the Duke laid down." ' W.D.. r

IV. i. 205. (First ex., 1669.) league, intrans. v. =to associate. "You might

fall in love and league with him." ' Cuck.,' IV.

ii. 173. (First ex., 1638.) lemon-pill, noun. " Thy breath smells of lenion-

pills." ' D.M.,' II. i. 131. (First ex., 1672.) liven, act. v. =to give life to. " And, as it were,

liven death in the Nuntius." ' W.D.,' To the

Reader, 14. (The word is quoted only from

nineteenth century ; however, Marston had

used to lifen,' Revenge,' II. v.) look up at, intrans. v. =to reverence. " I do not

altogether look up at your title." 'D.M.,'

Dedication. (First ex., 1626.)

low-bred, adj.=of a lowly origin. "Virtue low- bred aspiring to high deeds." ' Mon. Hon./ 164. (First ex., 1757.)

marriage-night, noun. " The marriage-night la- the entrance into some prison." ' D. M.,' I. i. 339. (First ex., 1664.)

mechanic, adj. =worked by machinery. " The working or mechanic part of it." ' Mon. Hon., r 20. (First ex., 1625.)

meet, act. v. =to answer (an objection). "We meet that opposition thus." ' App.,' II. iii. 50 (First ex., 1854.)

melting, adj.=(fig ) affecting, moving. "Melting words." ' App.,' III. i. 63. (First ex., 1656.)

model, act. v. =to fashion in clay, wax, or the like. "The College of St. John Baptist exactly modelled." ' Mon. Hon.,' 338. (First ex., 1665.)

moon-eyed, adj. = (fig.) purblind (a term used by farriers). " Too much light makes you moon- eyed."' D.L.C.,' I. ii. 53. (First ex. of figurative use, 1688.)

nutmeg-grater, nuun. " She looked like a nutmeg- grater." ' D.M.,' II. i. 36. (First ex., 1695.)

out, used verbally =to reveal. "She will out with 't." ' Cuck.,' II. iv. 83. (First ex., 1802. >

out-of-fashion, adj. " This out-of -fashion melan- choly." ' D.M.,' II. i. 99. (First ex., 1680.)