INDEX

Abacot, 201 abet, 77, n. abeyance, 108 abominable, 3, n. abominate, 3 abracadabra, 15, n. 2 accomplice, 128, n. acquaint, 78 acton, 115 adder, 113 adjutant, 34, 147 admiral, 148 affidavit, 4 ague, 139 aitch-bone, 113 akimbo, 100 Alabaster, 170 alarm, 115 alarum, 115 albert chain, 39 alcade, 115 alderman, 92 Aldridge, 171 Alec, 70 alert, 115 alfana, 187 Alfred David, 125 alguazil, 115 alibi, 4 alley, 69 alligator, 115 Allman, 173 allure, 110 alone, 62 Alured, 195, n. 2 A.M., 4 ampersand, 57 analysis, 6 ananas, 32, n. 1 ancient, 128 andiron, 115 Andrea Ferrara, 50 anecdotage, 132 animal, 4 anlace, 59 Annabel, 58 ansatus, 100 antic, 141 antlers, 99 ant-lion, 32 apache, 12 Apfelsine, 31 appeach, 62 appendicitis, 11 apprentice, 118 apricot, 20 apron, 57, 113 Arabella, 58 arbour, 133 arch, 83 argosy, 50 aringo, 21 Arkwright, 176 arles, 119 armada, 2 armée, 2 Armitage, 5 Armstrong, 180 aroma, 6 arquebus, 127 arrant, 83 arras, 47 array, 95, n. arrière-ban, 72 artillery, 161, n. assassin, 22 assegai, 25 asset, 116

assize, 62 assoil, 10 astonish, 106 astound, 106 Atkin, 171 atlas, 6 atomy, 62 atout, 9 Atterbury, 172 Atwood, 172 auberge, 133, 164 Aubray, 174 Augensprosse, 99 auger, 113 avers, 143 avoirdupois, 143, n. 2 ayah, 26 Bacchus, 170 'baccy, 66 bacinet, 198 bachelor's buttons, 30 backgammon, 158 badaud, 108, n. 1 Bailey, 175 bâiller, 108, n. 1 bait, 77, n. baize, 119 Bakerloo, 66 bald, 38 bald-faced stag, 38 ballad, 152 ballet, 152 baluster, 60 ban, 72 banal, 73 bandore, 149 bandy, 109 banish, 72 Banister, 179 banister, 60 banlieue, 73 banjo, 149 bannal, 73, n. banns, 72 Barclay, 145 Bardell, 171 Barker, 178 baron, 191 barracking, 13 bartisan, 14 Barton, 172 Bart's, 66 basilisk, 38 basnet, 156, 198 bastinado, 26, n. 2 battant neuf, 107 batter, 154 battledore, 132 Bauer, 160 bay, 108, 119 Bayard, 119 Bayliss, 175 bead, 74 beadroll, 74 beadsman, 74 béante, 108, n. 1 beat the bush, 108 Beaufoy, 170 Beaulieu, 123 beaupré, 128, n. beaver, 155 bec-jaune, 96 bedlam, 61 Beecham, 169 beef-eater, 191 beejam, 96 beg, 193 begum, 157 belcher, 85 beldam, 85 belette, 91 belfry, 164 Bell, 170 Bella, 70 belladonna, 85 Bellows, 170 Bendigo, 190 benêt, 45 bergamot, 157 bergeronnette, 34 bergomask, 157 Bert, 70 bess, 42 bet, 77, n. bête à bon Dieu, 35 Betts, 172 betty, 42 bever, 124 beverage, 60 Bewsher, 85, n. bey, 157 bezant, 49 bible, 86 biggin, 193 bike, 66

bilbo, 50 billiments, 66 Billingsgate, 48 billy-cock, 40 binnacle, 63 bird-lime, 200 Bishop, 175 biz, 67 black art, 130 blackguard, 84 Blood, 181 Blount, 181 bluff, 94, n. Blundell, 181 blunderbuss, 127 Blunt, 181 Bob, 172 bobby, 45 bodice, 118 Bodkin, 171 boer, 84, n. 1 boîte, 127 Boleyn, 173 bombasine, 96 bombast, 96 bona-fide, 4 Bone, 181 bonfire, 151 bonhomme, 80 bonne femme, 80 Bonner, 181 bonus, 4 boojum, 16 book, 86 Booker, 178 boom, 17 Boon, 170, 181 boor, 84 boot and saddle, 129 bordereau, 93 borel, 73 boss, 20 boudoir, 75 boulevard, 121 boussole, 127 boutique, 114 bouvreuil, 33 Bovril, 16 bowdlerise, 41 bower, 160 Bowery, 160, n. 2 bowie, 39 Bowser, 85, n. Bowyer, 176 boycott, 41 Boyer, 176 Brabazon, 173 brand new, 107 brandy, 68 branks, 8 brasse, 87 Brazil, 51 breeches, 117 breeks, 117 Brett, 173 Brewer, 182 briar, 165 bridal, 121 Bridges, 173 brig, 67 brigantine, 67 brisk, 63, n. 2 Bristow, 173 Britton, 173, n. 2 Brock, 180 Broderer, 178 broker, 150 bronze, 48 brooch, 151, 202 brose, 118 brougham, 39 Bruin, 36 Brunel, 181 buccaneer, 61, n. Büchse, 127 Buchstabe, 86 buck, 150 Buckhurst Holt, 135 budget, 88 bugle, 69 Bull, 181 Bullen, 173 bulwark, 121 buncombe, 48 bungalow, 94, n. bunkum, 48 burden, 157 bureau, 73 burgonet, 199 Burgoyne, 173 Burke, 41 Bursche, 94 bus, 69 bushes, 127 butcher, 150 buttery, 165

buxom, 82 Bythesea, 172 Cab, 66 cabal, 192 cabbage, 153 caboche, 153 cad, 66 caddie, 66 cadge, 193 Cæsar, 175 Caffyn, 181 cage, 109 cahier, 146 caitiff, 139 cajole, 109 calculation, 87 calendar, 159 calender, 159 calfater, 201 Caliban, 132 callant, 68 calumet, 24 Calvert, 179 cambric, 47 Cambridge, 193 camomile, 32 canary, 51 cancel, 88 cancer, 35 canif, 55 canker, 35 cannibal, 132 canter, 68 canvass, 72 cape, 26 Capel Court, 152 capestro, 67 capot, 102 captain, 139 captive, 139 carat, 21 Carew, 123 Carfax, 122, n. 2 cargo, 142 cark, 142 carmine, 147 carnell, 202 carol, 152 carousal, 166 carouse, 166 cartridge, 61 case, 157 cash, 157 cashier, 18, 157 cashmere, 47 casket, 140 cass, 157 cast, 157 caste, 26 catch, 143 catchpole, 165 cate, 62 cater, 63 caterpillar, 33 catkin, 33 Catonet, 41 Cator, 62 cattle, 143 caucus, 13 caudle, 7 cauliflower, 153 caulk, 200 causeway, 125 caveat, 4 cavestrolo, 67 cavie, 109 celandine, 30 cercueil, 140 cerf-volant, 38 cervelas, 136 chabouk, 26 chaise, 116, n. 2 Challen, 173 Challis, 173 Chaloner, 177 chamberlain, 90 chambrée, 94 chameleon, 32 Champain, 173 Champneys, 174 chancel, 88 chancellor, 88 chancery, 165 Chaney, 174 Chantecler, 36 chap, 67 chapeau, 26 chapel, 26, 152 chaperon, 27 chaplet, 26 Chapman, 175 chapman, 67 chare, 2 charge, 142 charwoman, 2

chase, 143, 157 Chater, 143 chaton, 33 chattel, 143 Chaucer, 175 chauvin, 13 chawbuck, 26 Chawner, 177 Chaworth, 173 cheat, 84 check, 87, 120 cheer, 135 chelidonium, 30 chenapan, 55 Chenevix, 174, n. 2 chenille, 33 cheptel, 143 cheque, 89 chequer, 87 chercher, 57 cherry, 116 Chesney, 174 chess, 120 Chesterfield, 40 cheval-de-frise, 47, n. 1 chevalet, 39 chevaucher, 66 chewet, 37 chieftain, 139 chime, 8 Chinee, 116 Chippendale, 40 Chipping, 67, n. chit, 96 chore, 2 chortle, 16 chou, 153 choucroute, 129 chouse, 189 chuet, 37 chum, 94 churl, 84 cinch, 24 cinematograph, 11 cipher, 147 cit, 66 citizen, 122 Clark, 145 Claude, 45 claymore, 132 Cleaver, 178 clerk, 145 clothes-horse, 39 clove, 91 club, 78 cobalt, 44 Cobbett, 171 cobra, 26 cockney, 186 cocoa, 23 cocoa-nut, 23 coffer, 140 Coffin, 181 coffin, 140 cognovit, 4 colander, 154 Colas, 45 cole, 153 Collet, 170 colon, 6 colonel, 58 Coltman, 177 colza, 153 comadreja, 92 comma, 6 commère, 94 companion, 93, 165 compassion, 2 compère, 94 complex, 4 compound, 157 comptroller, 88 comrade, 94 connect, 105 constable, 89 contrôle, 88 controller, 88 Conyers, 173 coon, 64 cooper, 81, n. coopering, 67 cordonnier, 128 cordwainer, 128 corne, 117 Corner, 177 Cornwall, 151 Cornwallis, 174 corp, 116 corsair, 22 costermonger, 63, n. 1 couleuvre, 7 counterpane, 137 counterpoint, 137 court-card, 129 Coward, 181 coward, 36

cowslip, 30 cozen, 110 crack, 67 cracovienne, 50 crane, 38 crane's bill, 29 cratch, 8 cravat, 48 crayfish, 125 credence table, 123 crestfallen, 108 crétin, 45 crew, 64 Cri, 66 crimson, 147 crinoline, 137 Crocker, 178 Croker, 178 crowd, 176 crowfoot, 29 Crowther, 176 crosier, 164 cubit, 87 Cuddy, 36 cuddy, 165 cuirass, 161 Cullen, 173 cullis, 154 culverin, 7, 38 culvert, 203 cummer, 92, 95 curée, 161 curmudgeon, 201 currant, 49 curry, 95 curry favour, 131 curtal axe, 126 Curtis, 181 cushion, 169, n. cuss, 68 Custance, 171 custodia, 103 cutlass, 60, 126 cutler, 126 cutlet, 126 Dada, 91 dado, 142 daffadowndilly, 71 daffodil, 71 Daft, 183 Dago, 45 dahlia, 31 dainty, 139 dairy, 165 dais, 139 daisy, 29 Dalmain, 174 Dalziel, 195 dam, 120, 142 damask, 47 dame, 142 dame-jeanne, 44 Dampier, 173 damson, 49 Dance, 181 dandelion, 30 dandy, 45 Dangerfield, 175 Danvers, 174 dapper, 80 dapple-gray, 71 darbies, 40 Darblay, 174 Darby, 145 Daubeney, 174 dauphin, 34 Daus, 109 davier, 42 davit, 42 Dawnay, 174 Day, 165 day-woman, 165 dé, 61, 131 dead men's fingers, 30 Debbyhouse, 175, n. 1 debenture, 5 decoy, 109 Dedman, 181 déjeuner, 148 delf, 48 deliberate, 1 delight, 122, n. 1 demijohn, 44 demure, 101 denizen, 122 Dennis, 170 Denry, 70 Depew, 8 dérive, 55 derrick, 40 derring-do, 15 derringer, 39 desk, 139 deuce, 109 Deus, 188

Devereux, 174 Dexter, 176 dexterity, 3 di, 8 diablotin, 171 diane, 10 diaper, 52 dice, 142 Dick, 172 dickens, 44 dicky bird, 37 die, 142 Dietrich, 42 Digg, 172 digit, 87 dimity, 149 dinde, 52 dindon, 52 dîner, 148 diocese, 150 dirge, 5 dirk, 20 dirk, 42 Dirne, 82 disaster, 106 disc, 139 dish, 139 dishevelled, 135 disk, 139 dismal, 8 Disney, 174 ditto, 153 ditty, 153 Dob, 172 Dobbin, 91 docket, 93 dodo, 33 dogma, 6 doily, 40 Dolman, 174 doll, 43 dollar, 49 dominie, 5 domino, 102, 191 Dompfaffe, 34 donah, 142 doninha, 92 donkey engine, 38 donna, 142 donnola, 92 do re me fa sol la si, 7 dornick, 47 dote, 80 dotterel, 33 dowlas, 48 Drachen, 38 dragon, 38 dragoon, 38 Drakensberg, 31 dram, 87 drat, 65 draught, 120 drawing-room, 65 drill, 148 drilling, 148 Drinkwater, 180 dropsy, 61 drub, 26, n. 2 Druce, 173 drugget, 52 Dubberley, 174 ducat, 49 duenna, 142 duffel, 48 Duke, 175 dummer Peter, Michel, 45 dunce, 45 Dupuy, 8 Durbeyfield, 175 Durward, 179 duty, 11 Duverney, 174, n.. 1 D.V., 4 dyrk, 42 Eager, 80 earnest, 119 easel, 18, 39 échouer, 97 écouvillon, 43 écrou, 93, n. écurie, 135 écuyer, 135 effendi, 22 Eisenhut, 29 eke, 114 elbow, 87 ell, 87 Eltern, 92 embarrass, 106 emir, 148 Emmot, 36 employ, 105 endeavour, 11 ensign, 128 epitome, 6

equerry, 134 'Erb, 70 ermine, 48 errant, 83 Erz-, 83 escabeau, 107 escheat, 84 eschew, 64 esquire, 64, 135 etch, 18, 133 étincelle, 59 ewer, 115 example, 64 exchequer, 87 excise, 134 exeat, 4 exit, 4 expression, 105 eyas, 114 eyre, 83 Faire la noce, 95 Fairfax, 181 fairy, 77, 92 falconet, 38 faldstool, 141 fane, 58 farce, 93 Farrar, 176 farrier, 176 farthingale, 137 Fata Morgana, 77 Faulkner, 176 fauteuil, 141 Fauvel, 131, 192, n. fay, 77 feckless, 12 fed up, 96 fee, 143 feeble, 58 fellow-feeling, 2 felon, 24 fence, 64 fender, 64 ferret, 33, 149 Ferrier, 176 ferrule, 167 ferule, 167 fetish, 26 feverfew, 30 fiat, 4 filbert, 35 filibuster, 61 fille, 82 fire-new, 107 firkin, 21, n. 2 Fitch, 180 fives, 10 flail, 58 flawn, 136, n. fleingall, 202 Fletcher, 176 floret, 150 florin, 49 flounce, 60 flour, 144 flower, 144 foil, 196 foist, 107, n. folio, 6 fond, 80 foot, 86 footpad, 167 force-meat, 93 foreign, 122 forget-me-not, 30 forlorn hope, 18, 129 Forster, 176 Foster, 176 fou, 80 fouet, 129 Frauenzimmer, 94 fragile, 139 frail, 58, 139 freebooter, 61 fret, 133 fretwork, 133 frieze, 47 fritter, 154 Frobisher, 177 froncle, 25 frontispiece, 82, n. 1 frounce, 60 fruiterer, 63 fuchsia, 31 fugleman, 59 Fuller, 178 funkelnagelneu, 107 furlong, 87 furlough, 18 furoncle, 25 fusee, 198 fusil, 198 fustian, 47, 96 fustian-anapes, 46 fusty, 107

Galvanism, 40 gambit, 158 gamboge, 51 game, 158 gammon, 158 gammy, 158 gamut, 6 gantlope, 130 gaol, 109 garage, 125 garble, 21, 72 garce, 82 garibaldi, 39 garret, 104 Garrett, 171 gas, 16 Gascoyne, 173 Gaskin, 173 gaufre, 78 Gaunt, 173 gauntlet, 130 geezer, 12 gefallen, 109 geindre, 187 Gelbschnabel, 96 Geld, 142 generous, 3 geneva, 68 genius, 4 gent, 66 geranium, 30 gerben, 95 gerfaut, 121, n. Geschenk, 91 Geselle, 94 Gevatter, 95 Gewehr, 64, n. Gibbon, 172 Gift, 91 gift horse, 97 Gilbey, 171 Gillott, 170 gilly-flower, 125 gimbals, 144 gimmal, 144 gin, 65, 68 gindre, 187 gingham, 52 gist, 10 glai, 132 glaive, 132 glamour, 13, 60, 145 gleek, 102 gloss, 155 gloze, 155 Godbehere, 170 goffer, 78 Gogs, 65 gonfalon, 57 Goodbeer, 170 Goodenough, 170 Goodeve, 171 Goodlake, 171 Goodrich, 171 gorilla, 27 goshawk, 153 Gosling, 180 Gosse, 180 gossip, 94 Gotobed, 170 goupil, 35 graft, 111 grail, 13 grain, 87 gramarye, 146 grampus, 33 Grant, 181 Great Orme, 99, n. Grecian steps, 118 Greenfield, 175 greengage, 32 greenhorn, 95 Greenhow, 135 Greenman, 181 greyhound, 135 grief, 122 grimaldello, 42 grimalkin, 43 grimoire, 146 grize, 118 grocer, 175 grog, 68 grogram, 56, n., 68 gross, 175, n. 3 grotesque, 141, n. guérite, 103 guillotine, 170 guinea, 51 guinea-fowl, 51 guinea-pig, 32, 51 guitar, 149 guts, 84 guy, 45 Habeas Corpus, 125 hack, 66

hackbut, 127 Hackett, 171 hag, 109 haggard, 108 haggis, 37, n. Hahnenfuss, 29 Haig, 179, n. half a mo', 66 halibut, 35 Hammond, 171 hand, 87 hand of glory, 131 hangar, 125 Hannay, 174 Hannibal, 170 Hansom, 56, n. hansom, 53, n. Hanway, 173 harangue, 23, 55 harbinger, 2, 90, 164 harbour, 2, 133, 164 harry, 2 Harvey, 171 hatchell, 12 hatchment, 136 hauberk, 164 Haunce, 174 haut, 132 haversack, 18, n. 'haviour, 66 hawse, 164, n. Hawtrey, 173 Hay, 179, n. Hayward, 179 hearse, 75 heart's ease, 30 heckle, 12 hempie, 67 Herd, 179 Hereford, 2 herrisch, 92, n. 2 Hewett, 171 Hewlett, 171 Hibbert, 171 hiccough, 125 Hick, 172 Hig, 172 hinterland, 14 hippopotamus, 32 Hitch, 172 Hob, 172 hobby, 91 hobgoblin, 37 Hobson's choice, 192 Hochzeit, 95 hock, 68 Hoggart, 179 holland, 47 hollyhock, 35 homely, 81 Homer, 176 homespun, 73 homme, 55 Honeyball, 170 honeysuckle, 99 honte, 55 Hood, 172 hooligan, 12 Horner, 177 horse-coper, 67 host, 2, 158 Howard, 179 Howitt, 171 Hudson, 172 Huggin, 171 Huguenot, 203 humble pie, 113 hunks, 82 hurly-burly, 70, 189 hussar, 22 hussy, 82 Hutchin, 171 Ib, 70 Ibbotson, 172 ill-starred, 106 imp, 111 indenture, 89 index, 4 Indian corn, 52 Indian ink, 52 indigo, 51 infantry, 76 innuendo, 3 inoculate, 112 insult, 3 interfere, 106 inure, 159 inveigle, 110 invoice, 118 Irrgarten, 63 isinglass, 137 item, 4 Jack, 42, 44 jackanapes, 45

jackass, 37 jackdaw, 37 jacket, 44 Janaway, 174 jaquette, 37 Jarvey, 41 jaunty, 127 jean, 47 jemmy, 42 Jenner, 176 jenneting, 121 Jenny wren, 37 jeopardy, 108 jesses, 120 Jessop, 171 jest, 74 jilt, 46 jingo, 13 jockey, 45, 111 Johannisapfel, 121 jolis fous, 129 Jönköping, 67, n. jonquil, 153 joss, 27 journeyman, 106, 165 jovial, 106 jug, 43 Juggins, 43, n. jumble, 144 junket, 153 Jütte, 42 Kafir, 26, n. 1 kail, 153 Kanzel, 88 Kapelle, 152 Kemp, 176 kennel, 158 kerseymere, 47 kestrel, 100 kickshaws, 116 Kiddier, 176 kidnap, 110 kilderkin, 21 kilt, 19 kimmer, 95 King, 175 kirtle, 150 Kisser, 178 kit, 149 kitcat, 42 kite, 38 kittle, 59 Kjöbenhavn, 67, n. kjönne, 92 Klaus, 42 kloof, 91 knapsack, 18 knave, 55 Knecht, 84 knickerbockers, 44 knight, 84 Knoblauch, 91 Kohl, 153 kooi, 109 kraal, 25 Laager, 18 label, 93 Labouchère, 178 lace, 24 lacrosse, 164 lady-bird, 35 lady's bedstraw, 35 lady's garter, 35 lady's slipper, 35 Lambert, 179 Lambertsnuss, 35 lampoon, 9 lancegay, 25 Lander, 178 landier, 115 landscape, 18 Langlois, 115 lanterloo, 69 larboard, 121 larder, 165 lariat, 24, 115 Larkin, 171 larkspur, 29 Lärm, 115 larrikin, 12, 190 larum, 115 lasso, 24 lateen, 51 Latimer, 177 Launay, 174 Launder, 178 lavandière, 34 lawn, 47 lay-figure, 18, 166 leaguer, 18 leech, 155 legend, 3 Leggatt, 171 lemon, 160

lemon sole, 160 lettuce, 119 level, 58 lévier, 115 Levick, 115, 175, n. 2 lèvre, 117 Lhuissier, 90, n., 115 libel, 42 liber, 86 liebäugeln, 110 lierre, 115 Lilywhite, 180 limb, 98 limbeck, 63 limbo, 5 lime, 56 Limehouse, 48 limner, 63 linden, 56 Lindwurm, 99, n. lingot, 115 liquorice, 137 list, 93 Lister, 176 little Mary, 43 littoral, 14 Liverpool, 56 livery, 77 lobelia, 31 locomotor ataxy, 125 lockram, 48 Loftus, 170 Lombard, 56 lone, 62 'longing, 66 loo, 69 lords and ladies, 30 Lorimer, 177 Loring, 174 Loveday, 172 love in a mist, 30 Lovell, 171 Lowell, 171 Löwenmaul, 30 Löwenzahn, 30 L. s. d., 4 Lubbock, 173 lucifer, 4 Luck, 173 lucus, 184 lugger, 101 lugsail, 101 lumber-room, 76 Lümmel, 96, n. luncheon, 124 lupus, 35 Lush, 90, n. Lusher, 90, n. lutestring, 128 Lyndhurst, 56 Mabel, 58 macadamise, 41 Mackenzie, 195 mackintosh, 39 Macnab, 19, n. Macpherson, 19, n. Madeira, 51 madge owl, 37 madonna, 142 magazine, 93 magenta, 39, n. maggot, 59 magnet, 48 magnolia, 31 magpie, 37 mailed fist, 156 main de gloire, 131 Mainwaring, 169 majolica, 48 Malins, 173 malkin, 42 Mall, 166, n. 2 malmsey, 51 Malthus, 170 malvoisie, 51 mammet, 43 manant, 150 mandarin, 27 mandoline, 149 manger, 8 mangle, 140 mangonel, 140 Mann, 173 manner, 158 manœuvre, 159 manor, 9 Mansell, 173 mansworn, 15, n. 1 manual, 3 manure, 159 marabout, 147 maravedi, 147 marble, 69 marchand des quatre saisons, 63, n. Marchant, 145

Marienkäfer, 35 marionnette, 43 marmalade, 31 Marner, 176 marquee, 116 Marriot, 36 marshal, 89 Marshalsea, 90 marsouin, 32 Martello tower, 60 martin, 37 martinet, 192 martin-pêcheur, 37 mascot, 13 mask, 145 masnadiere, 151 Massinger, 177 masterpiece, 106 match, 8 mate, 93 matelot, 93 Maud, 70 maudlin, 61 maul, 166 Maulbeere, 58 maul-stick, 166 maxim, 39 maximum, 4 Mayhew, 171 Mayne, 173 mayor, 153 maze, 63 mazurka, 49 mediastinus, 92 Meerschwein, 32 Meerschweinchen, 51 megrims, 35 meiny, 151 melon, 31 ménage, 151 ménagerie, 151 mend, 62 ménétrier, 76 menial, 151 Menzies, 195 merchant, 67 mercurial, 106 merino, 153 Merryweather, 180 mesmerism, 40 mess, 93 messer, 92 messmate, 93 metal, 144 métier, 160 mettle, 144 mews, 120 miasma, 6 Middlemas, 172 milliner, 48 miniature, 81 minstrel, 76 mint, 142 minx, 82 miscreant, 127 miser, 4 misnomer, 9 miss, 160, n. 1 mister, 160 mistery, 159 mizen, 9 mob, 66 Mohock, 12 moidore, 142 moineau, 34 money, 141 monkey, 36 monkey-wrench, 38 monkshood, 29 monnaie, 142 monsieur, 92 Moon, 170 Morel, 181 morion, 199 Morris, 174 morris dance, 49 morris pike, 49 mosaic, 168 mosquito, 39, 59 Mother Carey's chicken, 36 mouchoir, 99 moustique, 59 Moxon, 172 muckinder, 99 muguet, 148 mulberry, 58 mulligrubs, 35 Mullins, 175 mungo, 190 Münze, 142 mûre, 58 mushroom, 56 musk, 148 musket, 38 muslin, 47 mustang, 23

Musters, 175 mutande, 99 mystery, 159 Nägele, 91 namby-pamby, 70 Napier, 57, 182 napkin, 57 nappe, 57 Nash, 114 naunt, 114 nausea, 6 nave, 153 navvy, 68 navy, 153 nectar, 6 nectarine, 6 Ned, 114 Neddy, 36 négromancie, 131 negus, 40 neighbour, 84, n. 1 Neil, 171 Nelke, 91 Nell, 114 newt, 114 nice, 80 nickel, 44 nickname, 114 nickum, 45 nickumpoop, 45 Nicodème, 45 nicotine, 40 niddering, 15 nincompoop, 45 ninny, 45 ninnyhammer, 45 niveau, 58 noddy, 45 noddypeak, 45 noix gauge, 152 Nokes, 114 Noll, 114 nonce, 114 Norfolk Howard, 180 Norman, 185 Norris, 174 Norroy, 174 nostrum, 4 Nowell, 172 Nugent, 173 nuncheon, 124 nuncle, 114 nurse, 174 nut, 188 nutmeg, 148 Nutter, 179 nux, 188 Object, 105 obligation, 3 obvious, 105 odium, 4 odsbodikins, 65 ogle, 110 ogre, 204 oignon, 95 oiseau de Saint Martin, 37 Old Nick, 44 omelet, 136 omen, 4 omnibus, 5 onion, 91, n. 1 Onslow, 182 orange, 31 oreste, 132 oriel, 58 orlop, 18 orrery, 40 orteil, 132 ortolan, 33 oseille, 162 ostler, 55, 164 ounce, 114 Pad, 167 padder, 167 padding, 96 Padgett, 172 padrastro, 25 paj, 66 paladin, 139 Palatine, 139 palaver, 26 pallet, 156 Palliser, 177 Pall Mall, 166, n. 2 palmer, 33 Palsgrave, 139 palsy, 61 Pam, 69 pamphlet, 41 pandy, 5 pantaloons, 44 pantry, 165 Panzer, 156

paper, 86 parable, 26 parbleu, 65 parchment, 49 parish, 61, 150 Parker, 177 Parkin, 171 parley, 26 parmaceti, 186 parmesan, 186 Parminter, 177 Parnell, 172 parole, 26 parrot, 36 parse, 5 parson, 145 Partlet, 36 partridge, 61 Pascal, 172 Pascoe, 172 pasquinade, 41 pastern, 76 past master, 106 Patch, 181 patch, 8 pathos, 6 patten, 117 patter, 69 paume, 10 pauper, 4 Pav, 66 pawn, 160 pay, 160 Payn, 181 paynim, 77 pea, 116 peach, 49, 62 peajacket, 135 peal, 62 Pearce, 181 pecunia, 143 pedigree, 77, 123 Peel, 173 pelargonium, 30 pèlerin, 58 Pelissier, 176 pen, 167 pencil, 167 Pennefather, 180 Pentecost, 172 penthouse, 125 peon, 160 perch, 87 periwig, 63, n. 2 periwinkle, 128 Perkin, 171 Perrot, 36 person, 145 pert, 80 peruse, 195 pester, 76, 167 Peterchen, 42 petrel, 36 petronel, 197 Pettifer, 77 Pettigrew, 77 petty, 80 pew, 8 Pfalz, 139 Phillimore, 175 Philpot, 171 Physick, 170 pickaback, 71 pick-axe, 126 Pickard, 173 pie, 37 piebald, 38 pierrot, 36 pig-iron, 38 Pilcher, 176 pilgrim, 58 pinchbeck, 40 Pinder, 177 pine-apple, 32 pion, 160 pips, 102 plain, 81 plaudit, 5 Playfair, 181 plover, 99 pluck, 83 pocket, 97, n. pocket-handkerchief, 98 Pocock, 181 Poidevin, 173 pointe, 66 poison, 91 poke, 97 polecat, 165 polka, 49 Pollock, 174 Poll parrot, 36 polonaise, 50 polony, 49 pomander, 57 pomcitron, 32

pomegranate, 32 Pomeranze, 31 Pomeroy, 174 pomme de pin, 32 ponder, 1 Pope Joan, 129 porcelain, 39 porcupine, 32 porpoise, 32 porridge, 118 port, 51 portcullis, 154 porter, 81, n. Portugee, 116 Portwine, 173, n. 3 Poslett, 169 Posnett, 169 possum, 64 posthumous, 126 post-mortem, 4 posy, 145 potence, 40 Potz, 65 pouce, 87 Pouille, 114 poulterer, 63 pounce, 108 pouncet-box, 108 pourboire, 91 Power, 181 power, 9 pow-wow, 14 Poyser, 176 prayer, 74 premises, 6 premisses, 6 premium, 4 prentice, 63, 106 prepense, 1 preposterous, 129, n. press-gang, 130 Prester John, 92, n. 2 Priddle, 175, n. 1 priest, 92 primrose, 125 proctor, 61 pub, 66 pudding, 74 puisne, 80 pun, 66 punch, 94, n. pundigrion, 66 pundit, 94, n. Punjaub, 94, n. puny, 80 Purcell, 180 purley, 124 purlieu, 123 purloin, 186 pursy, 126 purview, 4 Puy de Dôme, 8 puzzle, 64 python, 6 pyx, 6, 127 Quaint, 78 quair, 146 quarrel, 161 quarry, 160 quarto, 6 quean, 82 querry, 134 query, 5 quilt, 137 quince, 119 quintal, 21 quire, 146 quirry, 134 quirt, 24 quorum, 6 Rack, 155 radius, 4 raiment, 61 rampart, 121 ramper, 121 ranch, 23 rank, 23 rappee, 9 Read, 181 Reader, 178 reasty, 79 reata, 24 rebus, 5 recreant, 127 recruit, 64 redstart, 117 Reed, 181 Reeder, 178 Regenpfeifer, 99 Regenschirm, 64, n. Reginald, 36 rehearse, 106 Reid, 181 reine Claude, 32

reist, 79 relent, 3 remainder, 9 remnant, 9 Renard, 35 rendre, 122 renegade, 127 requiem, 5 restive, 79 revel, 141 revelly, 10 Reynold, 36 Rich, 172 Rick, 172 Rittersporn, 29 rival, 3 Rob, 172 rob, 148 robe, 148 Robin, 91 robin, 37 Rocinante, 177 romance, 74 Ronald, 36 rosemary, 125 rossignol, 42 roster, 18 rote, 176 rouncy, 177 Rouse, 181 rouse, 117 row, 117 Rudge, 181 rudimentary, 105 rum, 68 rummage, 76 runagate, 127 Runciman, 177 Russell, 181 rusty, 79 Sabotage, 11 Sacheverell, 182 sack, 116, n. 1 sake, 2 saker, 38 salade, 199 salary, 3 salet, 199 Salmon, 181 salt-cellar, 135 salver, 123 salvo, 123 samite, 149 samphire, 35 sample, 64 Samt, 149 sandwich, 39 Sandy, 70 Sankt Peters Vogel, 36 Saragossa, 51 sarcenet, 47 sardine, 48 Sarg, 140 Sargent, 145 sash, 158 sassafras, 30 satire, 93 saveloy, 136 saxifrage, 30 scabbard, 164 scallion, 48 scaramouch, 64, n., 142 scavenger, 84 schedule, 93 scheitern, 97 Schemel, 107 schirmen, 64, n. Schöntierlein, 92 school, 56, 162 scintilla, 4 scion, 111 scissors, 127 score, 89 scrimer, 64, n. scrimmage, 64, n., 142 Scriven, 178 scroll, 93 scruple, 87 scull, 162 scullery, 43 scullion, 43 'sdeath, 65 seal, 133 sea-lion, 32 sear, 162 search, 57 secretary, 34 sedan, 52 seel, 133 seesaw, 70 sehr, 168 Seide, 27 seigneur, 92 Sekt, 116, n. 1

selig, 45 sendal, 47 seneschal, 92 senior, 4 sennet, 153 señor, 92 sentinel, 102 sentry, 102 sepoy, 146 seraglio, 132 serge, 27 sergeant, 148 serpent, 38 servant, 148 service-tree, 129 Seward, 179 sexton, 61 Seymour, 169 shalloon, 47 shallop, 55 shallot, 48 shambles, 106 shame-faced, 125 shark, 33 shawm, 24 shay, 116 Sheepshanks, 77 sherbet, 146 sherry, 51, 116 shift, 99 shilly-shally, 70 ship, 105 shirk, 33 shirt, 150 short, 150 shrapnel, 39 shrew, 34 shrewd, 34 shrive, 74 shrub, 146 sieur, 92 signor, 92 silhouette, 40 silk, 27 silly, 45 silly Johnny, 45 Sinclair, 169 sinister, 3 sir, 92 sire, 92, 142, n. sirloin, 191 sirup, 146 Sisson, 172 sizar, 62 size, 62 sjambok, 26 skate, 117 skeeter, 65 sketch, 18, 22 skew, 64 skinker, 124, n. 2 skipper, 17 skirmish, 61, 64, n., 142 skirt, 150 slave, 22 slim, 20 Sloper, 178 slow-worm, 99 slug, 94, n. slug-horn, 14 smock, 99 smug, 81 snap, 18 snapdragon, 29 snaphaunce, 198 snapsack, 18 snark, 16 snickersnee, 70 Snooks, 170 soccer, 66 solder, 154 soldier, 154 Söldner, 154 solemn, 140 sorrel, 162 sorrow, 168 sorry, 168 soudard, 154 souillon, 43 souse, 120 sovereign, 122, n. 1 spade, 78 spahi, 146 span, 87 spaniel, 49 sparagus, 66 sparrow-grass, 125 spatula, 78 spec', 67 species, 140 spence, 165 Spencer, 65, 165 spencer, 39, 188 spice, 64, 140 Spicer, 175

spick and span, 107 spinning-jenny, 42 Spitalfields, 64 spite, 65 Spittlegate, 64 splay, 65 sponge, 56 Spoonerism, 60 sport, 65 sprightly, 122, n. 1 sprite, 64 Sprössling, 111 spruce, 48 squarson, 66 squire, 64 stable, 56 stage, 64 staid, 101 stain, 65 stale, 101 stance, 143 staniel, 202 stank, 26 stanza, 143 starboard, 121 stationer, 63, n. 1 Steckenpferd, 91 Steinbrech, 30 steingall, 202 Steppdecke, 137 sterling, 79 stevedore, 76, n. steward, 90 Stewart, 90 stickler, 75, 172, n. 2 still-room, 165 stimulus, 4 Stoddart, 179 stomacher, 156 stone, 87 stonegall, 202 Storchschnabel, 29 stortelli, 144 stout, 81 stranded, 97 stun, 106 sullen, 140 Summerfield, 175 Sumner, 176 supercilious, 3 surcease, 126 surly, 92 surplice, 176, n. surround, 164 Surtees, 172 swank, 203 sward, 84 sweet William, 30 sympathy, 2 synopsis, 6 syrup, 146 Tabby, 47 taffrail, 126 taint, 64 talisman, 22 tallage, 134 tally, 88 talon, 9 Tammany, 14 tandem, 4 tank, 26 tankard, 59 tansy, 30 tantalise, 41 tante, 70 tarantella, 50 tarantula, 50 tartan, 19, 47 tassel, 163 'tater, 66 tattoo, 18, 162 tawdry, 65 tease, 12 teasel, 12 'tec, 65 teetotaller, 6 teetotum, 6 Telford, 182 'tench, 65 tender, 64 tenet, 4 tennis, 10 tent, 163 tenter-hooks, 154 termagant, 46 test, 106 testy, 79 tetchy, 163 tête, 106 thimble, 61 Thoroughgood, 170 Tibbet, 171 Tibert, 36 tick, 67 tidbit, 123

tiddlebat, 172, n. 2 'Tilda, 70 Tillet, 171 Tillotson, 172 tilt, 108 tinnunculus, 100 tinsel, 59 tire, 63 tit, 123 titbit, 123 titmouse, 123 tittlebat, 172, n. 2 tittle-tattle, 70 'Tizer, 69 tobacco, 194 toby jug, 44 tocsin, 152 Todhunter, 177 toils, 108 tolle Buchen, 129 tomtit, 37 Tono-Bungay, 16 Toogood, 170 Tooley St., 65 touchy, 163 tousle, 12 Towser, 12 toy, 18 Tozer, 12 trace, 118 tram, 191 traveller's joy, 30 treacle, 75 trellis, 148 trepan, 109 tret, 144 trews, 117 tribunal, 4 Trinkgeld, 91 tripod, 140 tripos, 140 trivet, 139 trivial, 3 trouble, 59 Troublefield, 175 trousers, 117 trove, 61, 101 troy, 50 truce, 119 trump, 9 Trumper, 177 tuberose, 125 Tucker, 178 tucket, 153 tuck of drum, 153 tulip, 147 turban, 147 turkey, 52 Turney, 171 turnip, 95 tweeny, 92 tweezers, 120 twill, 148 Tybalt, 36 Umber, 152 umbrella, 152 umpire, 113 uncouth, 2 Underhill, 172 undertaker, 63, n. 1 unkempt, 2 unseal, 133 upholder, 178 upholsterer, 63 usher, 90 usquebaugh, 68 utterance, 163 Vagabond, 168 vagrant, 168 Valais, 152 vambrace, 62 vamose, 10 vamp, 61 van, 62, 69 vane, 58 vanguard, 62 varech, 55 Varney, 174, n. 1 'varsity, 69 varsovienne, 50 vaunt, 194 vauntcourier, 62 Veck, 175, n. 2 vedette, 104 vellum, 56 veneer, 147 venew, 123 veney, 123 venom, 56 venue, 124 verdigris, 129 verheeren, 2 Verney, 174, n. 1 verse, 143

vertugadin, 137 vet, 66 veto, 4 Vick, 175, n. 2 victoria, 39 videlicet, 4 vie, 65 vigie, 103 vignette, 81 viking, 168 villa, 150 villain, 150 vinegar, 80 viva-voce, 4 viz., 4 voile, 117 voltaism, 40 vril, 16, n. Wafer, 78 wag, 67 Wait, 176 waits, 76 Wales, 151 Walker, 178 Wallachia, 151 wallet, 59 Wallis, 152 Walloon, 151 walnut, 151 Ward, 179 warison, 14 Warner, 176 Wat, 36 wattle, 59 weed, 2 week-end, 12 Weenen, 31 weir, 64, n. wellington, 39 wench, 82 wergild, 142 wheatear, 117 wheel, 189 whisky, 63, n. 2, 68 white feather, 108 Whittaker, 175 Whittier, 177 wig, 69 Wilmot, 171 wipe, 66 wire, 66 wiseacre, 128 wistaria, 31 witch-elm, 128 worsted, 48 write, 74 Wyatt, 171 Xeres, 51 Yacht, 18 Yankee, 116 yard, 87 yare, 95 Ysopet, 41 Zany, 45 Zentner, 21 zero, 147 zest, 112 Zettel, 93 zigzag, 70 zijde, 27 Zins, 134 Zoo, 66 zounds, 65 Zwiebel, 95 Zwilch, 148

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Transcriber's Endnotes

The text remains as printed, with the following exceptions:

Page 60. Chapter V. "colonets" amended to colonnettes.

"... but to the bulging colonnettes on which it rests."

Page 174. Chapter XII. "Northener" amended to Northerner.

"... may stand for le Noreis, the Northerner."

Page 177. Chapter XII. "palissades" amended to palisades.

"... maker of palings and palisades ..."

Page 186. Chapter XIII. Diacriticals amended on Greek text.

"... from the Gk. οἶκον (οἶκος, a house) ..."

Page 222. Index. "sire, 92, 131, n." amended to sire, 92, 142, n.