The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-12-28
WORE HISTORY.

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Gin was first made at Geneva.
william was formerly farmer.
Acre formerly meant any field.
Pillow lace is made on pillow.
Candy was first made in Canada.
Guinea fowls came from Guinea.
Frieze first came from Friesland.
Lemons originally came from Lima
Florins we're first made IN Flor
ence.
Huzzy is corruption of house
wife.
Apocrypha means hidden or spuri-
Gus.
Magnets were discovered at Mag
nesia.
Tulle was invented at Tulle, in
France.
Canaries came from the Canary
Islands.
Sarsanet was first made by the
Saracens.
Gillyhower is corruption of July
flower.
Taboo and tattoo are of Polynesian
origin.
Farewell means, may you fair or
travel well.
Broadcloth took its name from its
unusal width.
Fetish and zebra are from a dialect
Of South Africa.
Marigold took its name from Queen
Mary Stuart.
Ascalon gave the world the odorlf-
erous shallot.
Gingham comes to us from the
Japanese language.
Kreutzer was so called from the
cross on the reverse.
Shawls were first made at Persian
town of that name.
Agates were first found in the bed
of the river Achates.
Prevaricator was properly cripple
with distorted legs.
Topaz took its name from Topazas,
an Island IN the Red Sea.
Pragmatical formerly had the
significance of business like.
Jungle, punch and toddy are words
from the Hindostanee.
Copper first appeared in history on
the Island of Cyprus.
Cognac was first made at the
French town of the same name.
Mammoth comes to us from one of
the Siberlal dialects.
Furlong was furrow long, or the
length Of plowed furrow.
Hussar is one of the few words we
have from the Hungarian.
Kersey is a corruption of Jersey,
where the fabric was first made.
Coffee is SO called from being first
brought to Europe from Caffa.
Corpse was formerly applied to any
body, living as we'll as dead.
Damascus gave to the world da-
mask linen and the damson plum.
Tobacco was so called from the
Spanish Indian town of Tobago.
Brandy is contraction of the old
English brandywine, burnt wine.
Knave was first boy, then
servant, and lastly a rascally man.
Craven was a man who had beg
ged or craved his life of an enemy.
Moleskin is so called from its
smooth surface, like the skin of
mole.
Gauze is believed to have this
name because it was first made at
GAIA.
Idiot once meant child, and was
used in an affectionate style of ad-
dress.
Dimity was invented at Damietta,
a city which gave its name to the
goods.
Tulip is the Persian name for tur-
ban, the flower being shaped like a
turban.
Ducats were originally Dukes
money; first made in the Duchy of
Apulia, in II4o.
Neighbor was once only a nigh
boor, or the boor or farmer who lived
nearest.
lawn is fine linen bieached on the
lawn instead Of the ordinary drying
ground.
Azure, bazaar, chess, lilac, sash,
scarlet, turban and orange are Per
sian words.
Blankets were invented by Thomas
Blanket, who made them at Bristol
In I34o.
Cambria is believed to have been
so called because it was first made at
Cambray.
Gutta-percha, bamboo, gong, rat
tan and three or four more are of
Malay origin.
Turquoise takes its name from
Turkey. 1t was originally called the
Turkey stone.
Puss, the common name for cat, is
corruption of the Persian word
Pers, cat.
Gossip was once a sponsor in bap-