Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1839-05-17
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Mr.. EDIToR:- Il might scen proper that
should not burden your columns with pholog ica
speculation, without some preface of poog les.
BIZ, II will he found that il has not been he prac.
tice Of :he most eminent phol ,gis,s to indulge in
modesIy, and am led 10 conclude that there 10
some Inconsistency between The Two branches Of
SCIENCE Horne looke lgood authority had a
poor opinion Of all Other people, and Johnson,
Webster and Richardson agree IN nothing else hut
the profound contempt which each enterians for
his predecessor. Indeed similar feelings are recip.
rOcaied among the entire race of critics and com.
menla'ors-as one Of them candldly enough says:
Here one fool Tolls his tongue ont al another,
And shakes his empty noddle Al his brother"
II will not be necessary however, tina, I should
charge upon the neg ligence Of prevou. lexicogra.
piers the Deficiencies, whose supply is the object
Of this communication to Indicate. Our language
has been daily prog essing. and, as consequence,
add'l ional sgn'ficaions have come TO be attached
10 old words II will br enough il the few inslan.
ces below prove servceabe as hints to some future
laborer whose eye they may chance 10 meet: if do
moi myself carry them out Y.
CANNON. l. The bullock of hog, sailed
and d'ed. Illusion. mere profession.
examples l. In The phrase N save ones
CANNON or Bacon e, to escape impending
danger.
BY grslv death they soon were overra taken,
Allho' they sirugg led hard 10 save their bacon.
4Eneid trans. BY d. NetDcombe.
2. One gentleman, u little in the rear of the
resi-, did not hesitate 10 slate that, for his pur.
poses, the hon. members explaua, ion savored
rather 100 strongly Of The CANNON tendency.
Dickens
BLUE. a. l. One Of the seven primary coiors
2. addicted 10 liquor, ar 8. to literature. L. mel.
ancholic, productive Of m-grims.
l. How deeply. darkIy, beautifully blue
Buron to the Ocean.
z. slave MOI served NV country ? Have | not
roared nv d,yl CHS on, and been blue as bla.
zes.'-Redi vida "Peter Brush"
John Green was II regular ricnlor-green by
name, black by nature aai blue hv habit.
Police Report.
3. In the phrase blue slock,ng,' applied 10
women. 4. to devils,
Rum. KIND nf spirit distilled from mo
lassr-, highly Intoxicating hence 2. adj applied
10 ANYTHING producing odd or disngreeable effects
hence 3. VIKING reula kabIe or fine.
l. Thy charms, o Rum, shall spread from shore
10 shore,
Relieve The simple annals Of The poor &c.
Ne,ocombe's Poems.
2. 'What rum thing Time il. Nrdd, =
Pickw'ck papers,
Rum things is women.-Lid
3. Phrases-'Run, don's Rum fellow
LOAF. v. n. 10 maintain a lingering presence
about foreign premises without an, adequate cause
Thus have often known what were az he fl a
disrree' and d''istn n persons Ialierly make no
scrupIe OF ioafns h. The hour together.
Hints on Collegiate Education.
LOAF. e. !. \ cake Of b. cad: 2 ,lme spent in
he acI Of lo.fng.
!. Seven hallrenn> loaues shall he sold for q
penny John Cade.
z. Thus the, seated themselves beneath spread
my tee and commenced deliberaie loaf
Anon.
LoAFER g. One who loafs. DERIVED accord
ing TO some. from slow fellpr." b, contraction
Notwithstanding to Others, from loaf e. %
bread; a loaier beng supposed 10 keep ,on' COM
pan, i" expectation Of 'oa,es and fishes, like The
multitude mraculonsly fed