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# Diseases of Swine (8th edition)

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* Chapter 17: Porcine Parvovirus
* Chapter 23: Swine Pox
* Chapter 25: Vesicular Diseases
* Chapter 31: Erysipelas
* Chapter 64: Genetic Influences on Susceptibility to Acquired Diseases
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# Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900/Willis, Henry Brittan

​WILLIS, HENRY BRITTAN (1810–1884), painter, was born in 1810 at Bristol, the son of a drawing-master in that city. He practised for a time in Bristol with little success, and then went to the United States, but after a brief stay was compelled by ill-health to return. In 1843 he settled in London, and gained a considerable reputation as a painter of cattle and landscapes. He frequently exhibited at the Royal Academy, British Institution, and Suffolk Street Gallery from 1844 to 1862, and from 1851 to 1857 was a member of the ‘Free Exhibitions’ Society. In 1862 he was elected an associate of the ‘Old Watercolour’ Society, and thenceforth was a constant contributor to its exhibitions; in 1863 he became a full member. Willis painted in an attractive manner various picturesque localities in Great Britain, introducing finely composed groups of cattle. His ‘Highland Cattle,’ painted in 1866, was acquired by Queen Victoria, and his ‘Ben Cruachan Cattle coming South’ was at the Paris Exhibition of 1867. Four of his compositions were engraved in the ‘Art Union Annual,’ 1847. He died at Kensington on 17 Jan. 1884, and was buried in the cemetery at Hanwell.
F. M. O'D.
# Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900/Willis, Timothy

​WILLIS, TIMOTHY (fl. 1615), writer on alchemy, was the son of Richard Willis, leather-seller of London. He was admitted to Merchant Taylors' school on 22 April 1575, and thence was elected to a fellowship at St. John's College, Oxford, in 1578. He matriculated on 17 Nov. 1581, but was ejected from his fellowship the following year ‘for certain misdemeanours.’ He proceeded B.A. from Gloucester Hall on 10 July 1582, and was afterwards readmitted to St. John's at the request of William Cordell, and by favour of Queen Elizabeth made ‘doctor bullatus,’ and sent on an embassy to Muscovy. He published: 1. ‘Propositiones Tentationum, sive Propædeumata de Vitiis et Fœcunditate compositorum naturalium,’ London, 1615. 2. ‘The Search of Causes; containing a Theosophicall Investigation of the Possibilitie of Transmutatorie Alchemie,’ London, 1616. On the title-page of the latter work he describes himself as ‘Apprentise in Phisicke.’
B. P.
# Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900/Willis, John (d.1628?)

​WILLIS, JOHN (d. 1628?), stenographer and mnemonician, graduated B.A. from Christ's College, Cambridge, in 1592–3, M.A. in 1596, and B.D. in 1603. On 12 June 1601 he was admitted to the rectory of St. Mary Bothaw, Dowgate Hill, London, which he resigned in 1606 on being appointed rector of Bentley Parva, Essex. Probably he died in 1627 or 1628, as it is stated that the ‘Schoolemaster’ was completely fitted for the ninth edition of his ‘Stenography’ (1628) by ‘the aforesaid authour, a little before his death.’
Willis invented the first practical and rational scheme of modern shorthand founded on a strictly alphabetical basis. The earlier systems devised by Timothy Bright (1588) and Peter Bales (1590) were utterly impracticable, and had no result, whereas Willis's method was published again and again, and was imitated and improved upon by succeeding authors.
The first work in which his system was explained appeared anonymously under the title of ‘The Art of Stenographie, teaching by plaine and certaine rules, to the capacitie of the meanest, and for the vse of all professions, the way to Compendious Writing. Wherevnto is annexed a very easie direction for Steganógraphie, or secret writing,’ London, 1602, 16mo. The only copies known to exist are in the British Museum and the Bodleian Libraries. The fifth edition is entitled ‘The Art of Stenographie, or Short Writing by spelling characterie,’ London, 1617. A Latin version, ‘Stenographia, sive Ars compendiose Scribendi,’ was published at London in 1618. The sixth edition of the English work ​appeared in 1623, the seventh in 1623 (not 1628, as given in some lists), the eighth in 1623, the ninth in 1628, the tenth in 1632, the eleventh in 1636, the thirteenth in 1644, and the fourteenth in 1647. Willis also wrote ‘The Schoolemaster to the Art of Stenography, explaining the rules and teaching the practise thereof to the understanding of the meanest capacity,’ London, 1623, 16mo; 2nd edit. 1628; 3rd edit. 1647. This work is printed so as to be sold separately, or in conjunction with the later editions of ‘The Art of Stenography.’ Willis's shorthand alphabet, the first introduced into German literature, is given in ‘Deliciæ Philosophicæ,’ Nuremberg, 1653, iii. 53.
To students of mnemonics Willis is well known as the author of ‘Mnemonica; sive Ars Reminiscendi: e puris artis naturæque fontibus hausta, et in tres libros digesta, necnon de Memoria naturali fovenda libellus e variis doctissimorum operibus sedulo collectus,’ London, 1618, 8vo. The treatise ‘De Memoria naturali fovenda’ was reprinted in ‘Variorum de Arte Memoriæ Tractatus sex,’ Frankfort, 1678. The whole work was translated into English by Leonard Sowersby, a bookseller ‘at the Turn-Stile, near Newmarket, in Lincoln's Inn Fields,’ and printed at London, 1661, 8vo. This book develops many of the principles of the local memory in an apt and intelligible manner. Copious extracts from it are printed in Feinaigle's ‘New Art of Memory,’ 3rd edit. 1813, pp. 248–92.
T. C.
# Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900/Willis, Robert (1799-1878)

​WILLIS, ROBERT (1799–1878), medical writer, was born in Scotland in 1799, and in 1819 graduated M.D. in the university of Edinburgh. He became a member of the College of Surgeons of England in 1823, then began practice as a surgeon in London, and was in 1837 admitted a licentiate of the College of Physicians. In 1827, on the suggestion of John Abernethy (1764–1831) [q. v.], he was appointed librarian of the newly formed library of the College of Surgeons, and held office till June 1845, after which he went to live at Barnes in Surrey, and there practised ​till his death. He translated in 1826 Gaspard Spurzheim's ‘Anatomy of the Brain,’ in 1835 Pierre Rayer's valuable treatise on diseases of the skin, and in 1844 Karl F. H. Marx's ‘On the Decrease of Disease’ and Rudolph Wagner's ‘Elements of Physiology.’ His chief original medical works were ‘Urinary Diseases and their Treatment,’ published in 1838; ‘Illustrations of Cutaneous Disease’ in 1841; and ‘On the Treatment of Stone in the Bladder’ in 1842. His practical knowledge of disease was small, and the preparation of works for the press his more congenial occupation. His translation of the works of William Harvey (1578–1657) [q. v.] was published by the Sydenham Society in 1847. In 1877 he published an historical study entitled ‘Servetus and Calvin,’ and in 1878 ‘William Harvey: a History of the Discovery of the Circulation,’ a work containing some facts not to be found in earlier lives of Harvey. He died at Barnes on 21 Sept. 1878.
N. M.
# Dictionary of National Biography, 1912 supplement/Geikie, John Cunningham

​GEIKIE, JOHN CUNNINGHAM (1824–1906), religious writer, born in Edinburgh on 26 Oct. 1824, was second son of Archibald Geikie, presbyterian minister in Toronto and subsequently at Canaan, Connecticut. Geikie received his early education in Edinburgh, and afterwards studied divinity for four years at Queen's College, Kingston, Ontario. Ordained a presbyterian minister in 1848, he first engaged in missionary work in Canada. From 1851 to 1854 he was presbyterian minister at Halifax, Nova Scotia. In 1860 he returned to Great Britain and held a presbyterian charge at Sunderland till 1867, and at Islington Chapel from 1867 to 1873. In 1876 he was ordained deacon in the Church of England and priest next year. He was curate of St. Peter's, Dulwich (1876-9), rector of Christ ​Church, Neuilly, Paris (1879-81), vicar of St. Mary's, Barnstaple (1883-5), and vicar of St. Martin-at-Palace, Norwich (1885-90). In 1871 he was made hon. D.D. of Queen's College, Kingston, Ontario, and in 1891 hon. LL.D. of Edinburgh University. In 1890 he retired, owing to ill-health, to Bournemouth, where he died on 1 April 1906. He was buried at Barnstaple. He had been awarded a civil list pension of 50l. in 1898. He married in 1849 Margaret, daughter of David Taylor of Dublin. She survived him with two sons.
Geikie enjoyed a wide reputation as a writer of popular books on biblical and religious subjects. Spurgeon described him as 'one of the best religious writers of the age.' Scholarly, imaginative, and lucid, his chief writings dealt on orthodox hues with historical and practical rather than with theological themes. His most ambitious work was 'Hours with the Bible, or, the Scriptures in the Light of Modern Discovery and Knowledge' (10 vols. 1881-4; new edit, largely re-written, 12 vols. 1896-7). His 'Life and Words of Christ' (2 vols. 1877; new edit. 1 vol. 1891) reached a circulation of nearly 100,000 copies, and Delitzsch placed the book in 'the highest rank.' He was deeply interested in the exploration of Palestine under the direction of Claude Régnier Conder [q. v. Suppl. II], and several visits to the country supplied him with material for 'The Holy Land and the Bible: A Book of Scripture Illustrations gathered in Palestine' (2 vols. 1887; abridged edit. 1903). Among Geikie's other works were:
* 'George Stanley, or Life in the Woods,' 1864; 2nd edit. 1874.
* 'Entering on Life,' 1870.
* 'Old Testament Portraits,' 1878; new edit, entitled 'Old Testament Characters,' 1880; enlarged edit. 1884.
* 'The English Reformation,' 1879, a popular history from the ultra-Protestant standpoint which ran through numerous editions.
* 'The Precious Promises, or Light from Beyond,' 1882.
* 'Landmarks of Old Testament History,' 1894.
* 'The Vicar and his Friends,' 1901.
Geikie was also a voluminous contributor to religious magazines.
[Scotsman, 3 April 1906; Allibone's Dict.; Crockford's Clerical Directory.]
W. F. G.
# Domestic Encyclopædia (1802)/Sea-Bathing

Edition of 1802.
​Sea-Bathing. See vol. i. p. 186.
# Domestic Encyclopædia (1802)/Sea-Cale

Edition of 1802.
​Sea-Cale. See Kale, the Sea.
# Domestic Encyclopædia (1802)/Sea-Lavender

Edition of 1802.
​Sea-Lavender. See Lavender-thrift.
# Domestic Encyclopædia (1802)/Scrogs

Edition of 1802.
​Scrogs. See Sloe-tree.
# Domestic Encyclopædia (1802)/Scrooby-grass

Edition of 1802.
​Scrooby-grass. See Scurvy-grass, the Common.
# Domestic Encyclopædia (1802)/Sea-Cabbage

Edition of 1802.
​Sea-Cabbage; or Sea-Colewort. See Cabbage, the Common.
# Domestic Encyclopædia (1802)/Sea-Parsnip

Edition of 1802.
​Sea-Parsnip. See Samphire, the Prickly.
# Domestic Encyclopædia (1802)/Sea-air

Edition of 1802.
​SEA-AIR, denotes that part of the atmosphere, which is incumbent on the sea.
Experience evinces, that this air is salubrious, and singularly beneficial in the cure of particular diseases; on account of its being impregnated with a larger proportion of oxygen-gas, and containing less noxious vapours than that on land. Hence, a short voyage has often been snccessfully undertaken by consumptive patients, and such as were afflicted with asthmas, spitting of blood, and dropsies; especially if directed to a warmer country. These excursions have, likewise, been found very serviceable during the sickly season that annually prevails in the West Indies, and other hot climates. Dr. Lind (Essay on the Diseases incident to Europeans in Hot Climates, 8vo. 1768) has therefore judiciously proposed a "floating factory," or infirmary-ship, to be stationed at a small distance from the shore, as being an effectual mean of preserving numerous lives. He observes, that there are certain fevers, which require an immediate change of air; as, otherwise, the most powerful and appropriate medicines will prove ineffectual; and, if a patient were removed to such vessel, as soon as the symptoms of the disease appear, he is of opinion, that the latter will not only be milder, but the cure will be facilitated; and the recovery of the patient more completely ensured. In consequence of this preservative measure, the constitution will be gradually inured to the climate; and thus be rendered less susceptible of injurious impressions, either from the atmosphere, or the exhalations of the soil.
# Domestic Encyclopædia (1802)/Sea-Parsley

Edition of 1802.
​Sea-Parsley. See Scottish Lovage.
# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/khiak
### khiak

* 却khiak411265
* To decline doing or accepting; as an interjection, behold! oh! as an adverb, then.

#### i sía tàⁿ “bw̄n màiⁿ chui-khiak”;

    he writes saying, “do not on any account decline”.

#### úa kāu-kìe sĭ cieⁿ-seⁿ, khiak sĭ hìeⁿ-seⁿ;

    I thought it was thus, but behold it was so.

#### khiak m̄ tit nâng-chêng;

    could not refuse the favour.

#### sûi- sĭ lâu-tŏng tîeh, khiak sĭ cak sêng nâng cêk kĭaⁿ hó̤ sṳ̄;

    although it makes trouble, it really forwards a commendable object.

#### khiak-sueh kó-cá ṳ̆ cêk kâi nâng—;

    once upon a time there was a man—.

#### khiak sĭ ûi hô̤?

    Why so, pray?

#### sṳ̄ kàu cí-kò̤ khiak m̄ khṳ̀ lío;

    since the business has arrived at this stage, it cannot be put off.
# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/khiang
### khiang

* 腔khiang3651308
* The patois or brogue of a place; affected; pretentious.

#### lî hiang put lî khiang;

    when one leaves his village he does not leave its mode of speech behind him.

#### hàm i màiⁿ tó̤ cuang khiang;

    tell him not to adopt an affected style of speaking.

#### i sĭ tó̤ cuang khiang kâi; he has an affected manner of speaking.

* 坎khiang315324
* To ring, as a whole dish does when tapped.

#### khà khiang;

    to sound anything which rings.

#### khà thóiⁿ ŏi khiang a bŏi;

    tap it and see whether it will ring.

#### khà tîeh khiang-khiang híang, cóng bŏi pit;

    it rings loudly when tapped, it is not cracked at all.
* 強khîang366578
* Sturdy; brawny; forcible; overbearing.

#### i cí-hûe khîang-càng căi;

    he is now very robust.

#### in pí ún kèng khîang;

    they are more powerful than we.

#### cí-kò̤ bô̤ lŭn khîang jîak;

    here we do not consider whether one is strong or weak.

#### sĭ khîang-tău a sĭ chîap-châk?

    Is it a highwayman or a thief?

#### i kâi kun-sṳ̆ hùe m̄ ká khîang bói khîang bōi;

    their soldiery do not resort to intimidation in buying or in selling.

#### i cìeⁿ-seⁿ sĭ sĭ-khîang khi-hŭ nâng;

    he thus relies on force regardless of right in dominating people.

#### i kâi sèⁿ-chêng kang-khîang, bŏi jîu-jîak;

    his disposition is arbitrary not yielding.

#### khîang chíeⁿ

    take by force.

#### khîang kang

    rape.

#### khîang khṳt

    to beg, with threats of violence.

#### a-tĭ khîang kùe a-hiaⁿ

    the younger brother overbears the elder.
# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/khiap
### khiapkhiap

* 歹khiap844780
* Bad, vicious, evil, vice.

#### nâng ŭ hó̤, ŭ khiap;

    there are both good and bad people.

#### i to m̄ pat hó̤ khiap;

    he does not know good from evil.

#### hó̤ khiap sṳ̄, to m̄ chap;

    does not mix himself up in affairs whether proper or disreputable.

#### i sĭang cai hó̤ khiap;

    he clearly discriminates between virtue and vice.
* 怯khiap379615
* Timorous, fearful.

#### i kâi sim ùi-khiap;

    he is faint-hearted.

#### i sim khiap, m̄ káⁿ cìn-côiⁿ

    he is timorous, and dare not go forward.
# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/khie
### khīekhīe

* 掯khīe324648
* To detain illegally.

#### cū sĭ i tó̤ khīe lêk

    he is levying black-mail.

#### kò̤ i khīe sôk

    charge him with detaining by force what belongs to another when redeemed.

#### có̤-có̤ khīe-khīe, ​tī-kò̤ có̤ m̄ sêng;

    obstructing the taking away of this and of that, but in each case unsuccessful.

#### khīe bô̤ i chíu;

    retain by force, not allowing him to redeem his own.

#### khṳt i khīe-cŭ tó̤ kò̤;

    illegally held in detention by him.
# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/khieh
### khieh

* 拈khieh634645
* To take up in the fingers; to pick out; to pick up.

#### tîeh khieh khau;

    to draw lots;

#### khau khieh tîeh tī-tîang?

    Who was drafted by lot?

#### i kin-nî khieh tîeh tī lîap khau?

    To what post was he assigned by the lot which he drew this year?
* 借khieh97398

#### khieh-sì;

    to adapt one's self to the circumstances; to turn a thing so that it may pass an obstacle; to adjust to the situation.

#### cí tieⁿ chn̂g cìeⁿ tōa, tîeh khieh-sì cìaⁿ ŏi tit jîp;

    since this table is so large it must be turned according to the aperture it has to be carried through, and then it can be brought in.

#### tîeh khieh-sì khieh-sì kîaⁿ cìaⁿ bŏi pûah;

    must set your steps where the ground offers foothold, then you will not fall.
* 掇khieh913648
* To gather up from different places; to collect.

#### khieh-sîp;

    to gather together.

#### khieh-sîp tōa-bó̤ mûeh;

    collected a great quantity.

#### khieh-sîp cò̤ cêk ē;

    gather into one heap.

#### i ío lâk, múaⁿ-tī-kò̤ khieh-sîp;

    he is more diligent, and goes everywhere gathering it up.

#### khiep-sîp pât nâng kâi, lâi cò̤ ka-kī kâi;

    gather other people's and make it one's own.
* 拾khieh768646
* To gather; to pick up.

#### khieh mûeh-hîaⁿ;

    gather fuel.

#### i sĭ tó̤ thô ĕ khieh tîeh kâi, m̄ sĭ thau-khîeh nâng kâi;

    he picked it up from the ground, he did not steal it from anybody.

#### thô ĕ khieh tîeh pó̤, kìⁿ kuaⁿ bô̤ thó̤;

    a treasure picked up from the ground, cannot be demanded by the owner even through a magistrate.
* 拿khîeh610646
* To take in one or both hands; to lay hold of; to hold in the hand.

#### mûeh-kĭaⁿ hàm i khîeh lâi;

    tell him to bring the things here.

#### khîeh khṳ̀;

    to take away in the hand.

#### nín kâi pit cò̤-nî khîeh?

    How do you hold the pen?

#### khîeh m̄ khí;

    cannot take it up.

#### khîeh khṳ̀ pun i;

    take it and go and give it to him.

#### khîeh pàng cí-kò̤;

    bring it and put it down here.

#### khîeh chut khṳ̀;

    take it out.

#### khîeh sì-cìaⁿ;

    carry it straight.

#### màiⁿ khîeh phah tó̤;

    don't spill it.

#### mó̤ khîeh ka-lâuh;

    don't drop it.

#### cṳ̆-sòi khîeh;

    take it carefully.

#### khîeh phìu chíu;

    it slipped out of his hand just as he was taking it.

#### khîeh phìu cū khà-tīo;

    let it fall and broke it.

#### khah tōa, khîeh bŏi tit jîp;

    it is too large and I can't put it in.

#### khîeh khí khṳ̀ lâu-téng;

    carry it up stairs.

#### khîeh i cih;

    hand it to him.

#### nŏ̤ ciah chíu khîeh;

    take it with both hands.

#### cêk ciah cíu khîeh cêk kâi;

    take one in each hand.

#### khṳt nâng thau-khîeh;

    it was slyly taken.

#### mûeh ŏi khṳt i khîeh khṳ a bŏi?

    Was anything taken by him?

#### úa chin chíu tŏ̤ lṳ́ kò̤ khîeh;

    I took it from you in my own hands.

#### khîeh saⁿ lâi chēng;

    get your jacket and put it on.

#### khîeh tê lâi cîah;

    bring some tea to drink.

#### chíu khîeh-khí;

    remove your hand.

#### khîeh khí lâi;

    pick it up.

#### i kâi chíu khîeh sih-mûeh?

    What has she got in her hand?
# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/khien
### khíen

* 繾綣khíen-khẃn391
* Cordial; hospitable; friendly.

#### khṳ̀ kàu, i sĭm sĭ khíen-khẃn;

    on our arrival he gave us a cordial reception.

#### màiⁿ tó̤ khíen-khẃn;

    don't be ceremonious.

#### i kẃn-thăi lṳ́ jîeh ŭa kâi khíen-khẃn, lṳ́ kẃn-thăi i cò̤-nî hìeⁿ bô̤ chêng;

    he treats you with great cordiality, so why do you show him so little kindness.

#### i kâi chin-chêng sĭm sĭ hó̤: khṳ̀ kàu i to sĭ khíen-khíen khẃn-khẃn;

    his friendliness is very delightful: when you go there he is hospitality itself.
* 遣khíen39016210
* To commission; to send away.

#### hong chîo-thêng che-khíen lâi kâi;

    one sent by order of the government.

#### khíen-sái i khṳ̀ ​tī-kò̤ i cū tîeh khṳ̀;

    he must go wherever he is sent.

#### khíen ke-jîn khṳ̀ mn̄g-hāu i;

    send a servant to inquire after him.

#### ngí tīaⁿ cò̤ khíen cŭe;

    adjudged to be a crime that should be punished by exile.

#### cîah cíu sio-khíen cē;

    drink wine to dissipate care.
* 讉khíen39114914
* To blame angrily.

#### ā-sĭ káⁿ jw̆n cò̤ cū pit cau thien khíen;

    if one dare act recklessly, he will surely provoke the displeasure of Heaven.
* 犬khíen452940
* A dog, especially a large one; it is a metaphor for wickedness and treason.

#### bé gû îeⁿ koi khíen sĭ kìe-cò̤ lâk-thiok;

    horses, cows, sheep, fowls, dogs and swine are called the six sorts of domestic animals.
# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/khiet
### khiet

* 獗khiet4469412
* Insolent; on the rampage.

#### chiang-khiet;

    unruly; ferocious.

#### i cṳ̆ cìen su móng kok ău cū m̄ káⁿ chiang-khiet;

    since they were defeated in battle with that country, they have not been so insolent.

#### tâng thâi îaⁿ hṳ́-kò̤ hùe ău jú-kèng chiang-khiet;

    since they gained a victory over those people, they have been more obstreperous than ever.
* 瘚khiet44610410
* A disagreement in the humors of the system.

#### i tì ŭ kâi khiet pēⁿ, m̄ cai sĭ hâng khiet, a sĭ jîet khiet, a sĭ thâm khiet, a sĭ khì khiet;

    he has spasms, I do not know whether they are those caused by cold, or by heat, or whether they are accompanied by foaming at the mouth, or by convulsions.
* 孑khiet377390
* One; only; orphan-like; alone.

#### khiet-jîen cêk sin;

    left quite alone and friendless.

#### i cí hûe khiet-jîen cêk sin chám khṳ̀ to̤ sí le, cò̤ ŭ thang hó̤ hâiⁿ nâng;

    he is now the only one left, friendless and moneyless, and how can he have the wherewith to pay?
* 譎khiet44614912
* Wily; time-serving; hypocritical.

#### cí kâi nâng khúi-khiet căi;

    this is a very treacherous person.

#### i cò̤ sṳ̄ sĭm sĭ khúi-khiet;

    he acts in such a way as to gain his ends by guile.
# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/khiah
### khiah

* 隙khiah39617010
* A fissure; a chink; a cleft; a gap; an occasion or cause for dislike.

#### chîeⁿ pit lío làng kâi khiah tōa-tōa kâi;

    the wall cracked, leaving a wide chink.

#### hṳ́-kò̤ ŭ cêk kâi kau khiah tŏ̤ kò̤, bŏi tit kùe;

    there is a ditch between, so that we cannot cross over there.

#### i kio i ŭ khiah;

    the two are at variance.

#### úa kio i bô̤ chîu bô̤ khiah;

    I have no occasion for a quarrel with him.

#### úa cai lṳ́ soiⁿ-côiⁿ kio i ŭ kâi khiah tŏ̤ kò̤;

    I know that formerly you were not on good terms with him.

#### thiⁿ kâi hûn làng khiah;

    there is a rift in the clouds.

#### bó̤ khang bô̤ khiah;

    no crack nor crevice.

#### bô̤ kò̤ làng khiah;

    there is no opening anywhere.

#### taⁿ kâi nang hṳ̂-lêng cío-ciaⁿ cìaⁿ ŭ kâi khang-khiah cū toa-bó̤-mûeh nâng lâi tó̤ hùn;

    the people of the present time are like dragon fish and fairy birds, wherever there is a chink they come in swarms boring their way through.