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Notes and Queries, Number 189, June 11, 1853

Note 5 — Replies.

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Footnote 5:

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Except x (=cs). Compare flax, wax, ox.

Footnote 6:

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From serv-us (after the French) we form serf.

Footnote 7:

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Rebus, overplus, and surplus may, if not satisfied, take an omnibus, bring their action at the Nisi Prius, and meet there with a nonplus.

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