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Brewer's: Bittock
A little bit; -ock as a diminutive is preserved in bull-ock, hill-ock, butt-ock, etc. “A mile and a bittock” is a mile and a little bit. (Sir Walter Scott: Guy Mannering, i.) Source:…Candide: What Happened to Cunegund, Candide, the Grand Inquisitor, and the Jew
Cunegund's Story In What Distress Candide, Cun... What Happened to Cunegund, Candide, the Grand Inquisitor, and the Jew This same Issachar was the most choleric little Hebrew that…Brewer's: Aitch-bone
of beef. Corruption of “Naitch-bone,” i.e. the haunch-bone (Latin, nates, a haunch or buttock). Similarly, “an apron” is a corruption of a napperon; “an adder” is a corruption of a nadder…Brewer's: Gammon
(g hard). A corruption of gamene. Stuff to impose upon one's credulity; chaff. (Anglo-Saxon, gamen, scoffing; our game, as “You are making game of me.”) Gammon (g hard) means the leg,…Candide: In What Distress Candide, Cunegund, and the Old Woman Arrive at Cadiz, and Of Their Embarkation
What Happened to Cunegund, Ca... The History of the Old Woman In What Distress Candide, Cunegund, and the Old Woman Arrive at Cadiz, and Of Their Embarkation Who could it be that…Poems and Songs of Robert Burns: Terminology: H
by Robert Burns GIH Ha', hall. Ha' folk, the servants. Haddin, holding, inheritance. Hae, have. Haet, a thing. Haffet, hauffet, the temple, the side of the…The Journals of Lewis & Clark: Lewis, May 10, 1805
Day 647 Day 649 Lewis, May 10, 1805 Friday May 10th 1805. Set out at sunrise and proceeded but a short distance ere the wind became so violent that we were obliged to come too, which we…The Journals of Lewis & Clark: May 10, 1805
by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark May 9, 1805May 11, 1805May 10, 1805 Friday May 10th 1805. Set out at sunrise and proceeded but a short distance ere the wind became so violent…Isaiah: 20
Isaiah Chapter 20 1 In the year that Tartan came unto Ashdod, (when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him,) and fought against Ashdod, and took it; 2 At the same time spake the LORD…The Journals of Lewis & Clark: Clark, May 25, 1805
Day 676 Day 678 Clark, May 25, 1805 May 25th Satturday 1805" The two Canoes left for meat yesterday did not joint us untill 8 oClock this morning at which time we Set out, the morning Cool…Trending
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