The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-04-13

from others. frequently hear the word
z..hyke," though I have been unable ito
find it in amy authority which 81 have
consult Ted. T. hear constantly among
.'resk, ledge, used for brush, FISK,
and Judge ISthink these might So have
come into the tongue through the Gaelic
for they have the word * bress. mean
ing a tufts of bristles as we'll as a bunch..
Of beard on the chin. The southern, D, SOY:
der often spoke Of skirmish as a 5 li..l
brush" with the enemy This use OF. tue
word rs common and finds IT'S counter
part in Bunyan, as in the sentence i1 &c
mi ght. methinks, have stood one orusll
with Their ..Jedgess iS,Scotch for gauge
or standard Of measurement. however
they may have come into ne languass.
| it is certain that those who now use use
nunciation. for good writer's employed
them in times past. The same may be
said of ..agin'' and aginst, ~ on,
| ..clo'es, and fur used in the place of
for. hardly feel like crticising an old
| farmer who tells me that he wore his
! old ..co es'' to town, or that he had Z
| talk with tho ledge or that he expects
to burn .yon bresh pile, tonight when
| the wind falls [ woulds not be 3usti-
fled in using these words as he does, but
| am sure he is.
l find that, .'renched'' is the ordinary
word still used for rinsed. The Danish
| has the word rense, to purify, hence It's
place III our Ia ngua sc is without doubt
due to the Danish contribution. john
| son gives it as a proper word in his die
| tionary. "Chaw" comes to us with the
sanction of Spenser, as the following lines
from the Faerie Queen will show:
IT home returning. fraught with fowle
despight
And chawing vengeance all the way !
went.
And again he says:
..But inwardly he cha wed his own nav
| At neighbors welth, that made him ever
| sad
| This word means to chew roughly, with
out the intention of aiding digestion With
| this notion in mind, 7 am sure that II
| is very appropriate for one man to say
to another when he uses the weed: I
want a chaw of tobacco. When some
one "pertends sartin" things are true
and says perhaps" they will come to
| pass he has most excellent authority for
| the first two RECOMMENDATIONS. but the last
| is his own invention. a Southerner OF
| the class whose language am consld-
erins would ask How fur is it to
towing When he was answered that It
was ''furder" than the distance he has
already come. he might be disappointed
lin the information, but he would not De
in the langua ge or use. of eur" and fur
DER Nor need he be-, for he has most
! excellent company should he take, a fancy
| to defend his RECOMMENDATION. This word
is spelled both "fer" and "fur" in the
old English. / find this in a quotation
from an early English poem:
''Iui, IS euer fer him fro"
Vaudeville uses the term "fer-casting.'
meaning foretelling events. The word
..far-about," meaning at a distance, is
quite frequently used. 1t is found in
RULERS Works. as when he asks What
need these far-abouts." 'fia'ath' for
hearth is very common. as Is also
"herth.' Helms and yerth was a
very common exclamation years ago and
! is still heard Both words are found in
the old English writer's. In dressing
pork, the heart, lungs and liver cling
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