Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-02-01
THE BIRTH OF WORDS
"a WEALTH or EXPRESSIONS FROM
THE HUMAN BODY.

"a WEAETH OF EXPRESSIONS FROM
THE HUMAN BODY
More Than Four Hundred words IN
Our Language Are Related 10 the
Hand Alone and Almost - AEaay.
Are Derived From the Head.
The human body Its limbs, fingers,
toes. mouth, nose, ears, head and some
&C 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.
IL Index, indicate, pred icate. from a
Greek word for finger, mean that
which points out. So oracle and orator
refer to what comes out of the mouth.
Audience, audible, auscultat ton, the
auditing OF accounts, originally after a
clearing Of the of4eials, are traceable
to the ear. Spirit means the breath
and is also found in conspire, ito
breathe together inspire, ITO breathe
In and even In perspire, ito breathe
through. Z Z Imped iment is something
against the foot. Ell, the cloth meas
ure, is the length Of the forearm. The
hair In capillary attraction means the
power exerted through the capillary or
hairlike tubes. s5 .al.,y
b The heart (cordis) is to be observed
in a cordial or heartening, drink; a
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. rs 5 Il III 81
In some countries anybody may rise
by his own merits to be somebody,
even to the head Of the nation or Of
the church; be a head master Of a
school, head q revolution, take up
"arms' and prove to be q capital 4
that Is, headlines soldier and the
chief head OF the army.
Corporal punishment Is bodily pun
ishment; capital punishment is pun
iishment by decapitation, or aking OF
the head. a corporal t that Is, cap
oral the same as captain that
is, the head Of a body Of foot soldiers
A colonel Is one who has been crown
ed. The commander In chief, or head
commander, compeis the chieftains, or
headmen Of the enemy, to capitulate
that is, surrender according to an
agreement that is divided into capitu-
las, or little heads, or chapters.
" A heady and headstrong ruler some
times makes people wish he WIS head
less. To make Roadway against his
foes he may have to rush headlong into
difficulties or take a header into the
unknown sea Of politics. Among some
peoples one with the big head Is likely
Ito lose it. Under some the headship Of
the ship OF state does not make head
way against the head winds OF events
or around the 'tcape," or headland, just
ahead. BE may plunge into trouble 4
over head and ears, and his opponents
have to put their heads together to
head him of, SO as to prevent head
on collision with another nation. Seine
men hate to be treated as deadheads
at political head quarters or as 50 many
head OF cattle or as mutton heads or
cabbage heads, cabbage itself being
from an old Spanish word meaning
head. ,5ss D. VI \.
Some men play their hand" for all
there is in 1T Some stretch out the
glad hand to every one. Some keep
hand IN glove with those engaged In
sunderland proceedings as well as with
those who have climbed to high places
hand over hand. When the right man
says Hands Off" even his right hand
man would not lay hands on what was
forbidden. The clock hands tell us IL
we are beforehand or behindhand.
A handsome man originally was one
who used his hands skillfully and so
was graceful and probably, therefore,
good looking. Although every one car
'ries q palm In his hand, people no
longer, with palms in their hands, well
come their heroes. One may have his
[ finger In too many pies and tread on
too many toes. Ones chirography,
manuscript, handwrit ting they are all
one may be rather coarse, but his fine
hand Is detected In many a public docu-
iment and SO arouse opposition to his
handling the funds. This might prove
10 severe handicap, which was original
" SO called from the jockeys putting
their hands Into cap and drawing
lots for the places that their horses
were to have In the race, Feotstool
and foot rule sound alike, but IN the
first foot 10 the literal, Id the second
the figurative, use of the word.
Though the politician put his best
foot forward he may And his foothold
getting insecure and begin wondering
| what's afoot. His coachmanI mount
Ing the footboard. may be insolent; his
foetman, o0ntemptnous; his chef, OF
head cook, neglected.. He may be
ridicnied before the footlights as q
social footpad. living hand to mouth
existence at the expense Of the tax-
payers. While they are insisting on
his toeing the mark and be ls hanging
to his position by the toe nails, as the
saying Is. he may well wish he was
back on his native foothills.
Were he arrested he might be hand.
cuffed and letters, or feeters, placed
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