Rambles among words
Subtitle: their poetry, history and wisdom. By William Swinton.
Publisher: Scholarly Publishing Office, University of Michigan Library
Published: December 20, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 310
ISBN-13: 9781425529390
Subjects: American history; History; History - U.S.; History: American; USA; History / United States / General; United States - General
First sentence: JOHN STERLING records that when about nine years old he was struck that the word sincere was derived from the practice of filling up flaws in furniture with wax, whence sine cera came to mean pure, not vamped up.