Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1906-06-20
THE BIRTH OF WORDS
A WEALTH or EXPRESSIONS FROM
The HUMAN BODY.
More Than -Four Hundred words In
Our Language Are Related 20 the
Hand Alone and Almost "a MANY
Are Derived From the Head.

More Than -Four Hundred Word. In
Our Language Are Related 20 the
Hand Alone and Almost "a MANY
Are Derived From the Head.
The human hOdy-ltS limbs. fingers,
toes mouth, nose. ears. head and some
Of the internal organs-has originated
hundreds of words In one OF the
large dictionaries more than 400 are
found related to the hand alone and
almost as many TO the head
Index, Indicate. predicate. from n
Greek word for finger. mean that
which points out So oracle and orator
refer 20 what comes out of the mouth.
Audience. audible auscultation. the
auditing of accounts, originally after n
hearing" Of the officials. are traccable
60 the ear. Spirit means the breath
and Is also found la eonspire. Ito
breathe together" inspire, Ito breathe
In and even in perspire. Ito breathe
through" Impcdiment Is something
against the foot. Ell. the cloth meas
ure. is the length OF the forearm. The
hair I'm capillary attraction means the
power eXcrtcd through the capillary or
h0lrlike tubes.
The heart (cordis) is TO bc observed
In cordial. or heartening, drink: n
cordial. or hearty. manner; the core Of
an apple. Dents in wood or metal get
their name from their resemblance to
tooth marks. The tongue sticks out In
several words. like language and lin
guist.
In some countries anybody may rise
by his own merits to be somebody.
even 70 the 'head" of the nation or OF
the church: be n head master Of
school. head revolution, take up
arms" md prove 10 be a capital
that Is, headmost-SOldier and the
chief hcaD of the army.
Corporal punishment Is bodily pun
ishment; capital punishment is pun
ishment 10y decapitation. or taking OF
the head. y corporal-thOt is, cap
Oral-mCans the same rs captain-that
Is. the head of body OF foot soldiers.
y colonel Is one who has been crown
ed. The commander I'm chief. or head
commander. compcls the chicftains, or
headmcn of the enemy, 10 capitulate-
that Is, surrender according to an
agreement that Is divided into capitu-
las, or little heads. or chapters.
Y heady and headstrong ruler some
times makes people wish he was head
less. To make Roadway against his
foes he may have 90 rush headlong into
difficulties or take a header into the
unknown sea OF politics. Among some
peoples one with the big head Is likely
10 lose IL. Under some the headship OF
the ship OF state does not make head
way against the head winds Of events
or around the "capc." or headland. just
ahead. lie may plunge into trouble
over head and ears. and his opponents
have 60 put their heads together TO
head him of, 50 as 10 prevent a head
on collision with another nation. some
mon hate TO hc treated as deadheads
at political headquarters or as SO many
head OF cattle or as mutton heads or
cabbage heads. cabbage itself being
from an old Spanish word meaning
head.
Some men play their hand" for all
there Is I'm II. Some stretch out the
glad hand 10 every one. Some keep
hand IN glove with those engaged In
underhand proceedings rs well as with
those who have climbed 10 high places
hand over hand. When the right man
says Hands on" even his right hand
man would not lay hands on what was
forbidden. The clock hands tell us II