Note 1300 — THE PLEASING HISTORY OF ALBINO AND BELLAMA

1306 Does 'wretching' occur elsewhere? 'Wretch' as a verb is quoted, but only as Scots, and only in the sense of 'be miserly'. Whiting, though not muddle-headed, was so feather-headed in the use of words that one must take into account the possibility of 'retching', i.e. 'vomiting blasphemy', and can hardly neglect as impossible a careless confusion with 'wretchless, = 'reckless'.