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NOTES AND QUERIES. [is s. i. JUK. % uue.

Carbonadoed, iii. 198.... you deserve to be carbanado'd, [sic] (It is not in the D. after 1655.] Cascade (verb transitive), ii. 184....; he <scaded second-hand October down my back ;

Ceylonian, ii. 172 (in the song). The fragrance of all the Ceylonian Meads ?

Clumpish. iii. 175. With clumpish looks, hard words, and secret nips, (Quoted from Sir Philip Sydney.)

Cock-eye, iii. 165. ' Why d.. .n your cock eye, said another sailor,

Coffee-room, iii. 95 . . . ., and walked about the coffee-room while it was read: (It is not in the D. between 1828 and 1712.)

Cole, iv. 102 . . . . ; he gave her the cole, and she tipp'd him a clout ;

Coppier, i. 15.... : but being a lad of some capacity, he was employed as a coppier, (In ii. 57 and 164 we find " copyer." The D. does not record " coppier.")

Cork-cutter, iv. 100. . . ., and she received it for a linnen handkerchief, a,t a cork-cutter's door, (This is not in the D. between 1836 and 1709, although it quotes " cork-cutting " from this volume.)

Cross-posts, iii. 41.... a letter that came by the cross posts (which was invented by that ingenious, sensible, and good man, Mr. Allen, of Prior-park, near Bath) (The D. has speci- mens from 1750 and 1880 only.)

Cultured, ii. 18. Our cultur'd gardens, and our grateful kine " (The D. does not exemplify this sense between 1855 and 1746.)

Daisied, iv. 207. The drawing-room dance was copied upon the daisied green ! (The D. gives it from 1611, 1720, 1883 only.)

Docity, i. 107. ... : I believe that I am as much set by for my docity, as most ladies maids,

Dog-ivheel, i. 107. . . ., what is the use of that round-about thing which is behind the door in the kitchen ? ' ' Why, that, ma'am, is what we call a dog-wheel, for roasting of meat, replied the butler ; and if you had been down stairs a little sooner, you would have seen that black dog turn it round.'

Duck-winged, ii. 132.... and that dook wing'd cock is of the Woldridge breed : moind haw upright he treads,. . ..

Endamage, i. 119....: 'You see, lawyer, notwithstanding you have taken great pains to endamage me,

Flout, iv. 54. I have borne the flouts and sneers of many upon this account ; (It is not in the D. between 1837 and 1728.)

Gravel-walk, i. 102 : in the middle of the

gravel-walk which led from the mansion-house, (This compound is not in the D.)

Halesome, i. 108. . . . ; the halesome mower was bending a course to his peaceful cottage, (It is not in the D. between 1813 and 1597.)

Hollier, iv. 94. It was here that he met with a hollier, 95. . . ., and among them stood the aforesaid hollier, 103 .... ; remanded back the seller of stolen goods, reprimanded the hollier, applauded the honest sailor, (This spelling is not noted in the D.)

Horn-carrier, iv. 214. (for I'll be hang'd if ever I'll be a horn carrier)

Horse-hire, iv. 128, after defraying the

whole expence of eating, drinking, horse-hire, medicines, <fcc. (The D. ignores it between 1887 and 1646.)

Huddle on, iv. 148...., he huddled on his cloaths ; (It is not in the D. between 1820 and 1709.)

Hummer, i. 70. Tom was one of those numerous hummers, (The D. quotes it not in this sense, as " deceiver," before 1763.)

Humming, iii. 54 . . . ., had been so very busy with a barrel of humming ale, (The D. does not show this sense between 1894 and 1732.)

Ill-looked, iii. 62, met an ill-looked fellow

with the green bag in his arms ; (Not in the D. between 1821 and 1722.)

Jar, iv. 215. No domestic jars are known in these peaceful families ; (In the D. not quoted between 1848 and 1670.)

Jemmy-stick, iv. 25 .... ; and, what is now-a- days called a little jemmy stick, employed his hands. (The D. cites it from 1753 only.)

Knock under, i. 78 .... ; knock under,. . . ., you are not half a match for him.' (The D. does not quote it between 1684 and 1782.)

Laureal (=Laureat, perhaps a misprint), ii. 172, song. Let Bards persevere in their Praise of the Great, And the Laureal in Sack toast the King and the State,

Liker, iii. 76 .... ! and, I would observe to you, youngster, that if you continue to use such language to me, I shall tip you a liker, and soon make you sick of the lay ;

Matrimony, iii. 209 . . . . ; pray what do you think of the matrimony of Nightley, with whom we dined to-day ? (The D. has no instance in this sense after 1673. Can it mean, like " matri- monio " in Castilian, " married couple " ?)

Mrs. (for Miss), i. 9 (and elsewhere). Mrs. Rachael Honeyflower, their sister, was at this period a maid, i. 13 .... ; and with him boarded the maiden lady Mrs. Rachael Honeyflower before- mentioned.

Mort, iv. 25 ; for I have heard Sir Gilbert

my f ether soy, that he is paid a mort of money for cloaths in Lunnun,

Mortarman, i. 17. ' Prithee fellow; its one of thy ies, replied the mortarman, (The D. has it only 'rom 1659.)

Muddy-headed, iii. 27, that muddy-headed

"ellow shan't do it, (The D. illustrates it from the years 1642 and 1815 only.)

Mumpish, iii. 141. ' Come, you mumpish son of a b. .. h, (The D. quotes it only from 1846 and 721.)

Music-man, ii. 173. (for the music-man was a taylor too)

Nutmeg-water, ii. 93, struck a bottle of

nutmeg-water off the shelf.

Oaves, iii. 18, and all the rest of the porsons,

I meun them as bin agenst church and stete, bin a parcell a oaves (This plural, formed like *' loaves." does not occur before 1858 in the D.)

Orange-barrow, iv. 24, and his wig in the

form of those who attend the orange-barrows near Paddington and in St. George' s- Fields. (It is not in the D.)

Over-a-nunst, ii. 57. Thou build a stage over-a nunst my door ?

Pard, ii. 165...., that they would carrv the pitiful Pard into a small pond. (The term is applied to a man. Is it the Welsh sound of bard ?)

Pistolean, Pistolian, i. 78 a fig for thy

Pistolian forehead : ' ii. 183. ' Prithee, have dor/e w ith thy pistolean bombast,