Monday, December 7, 2009
Sunday, December 6, 2009
Glance
To Glance:
To censure by oblique hints.
"It was objected against him that he had written verses wherein he glanced at a certain reverend doctor, famous for his dulness."
-Swift.
To censure by oblique hints.
"It was objected against him that he had written verses wherein he glanced at a certain reverend doctor, famous for his dulness."
-Swift.
Saturday, December 5, 2009
Opinion
to Opinion:
To opine; to think. A word out of use and unworthy of revival.
"It is opinioned, that the earth rests as the world's centre; while the heavens are the subject of the universal motions.
-Glanville, Scepsis, c. xi
To opine; to think. A word out of use and unworthy of revival.
"It is opinioned, that the earth rests as the world's centre; while the heavens are the subject of the universal motions.
-Glanville, Scepsis, c. xi
Friday, December 4, 2009
Thursday, December 3, 2009
Nestegg:
An egg left in the nest to keep the hen from forsaking it.
"Books and money laid for shew,
Like nesteggs, to make clients lay."
-Hudibras
"Books and money laid for shew,
Like nesteggs, to make clients lay."
-Hudibras
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Excise
A hateful tax levied upon commodities, and adjudged not by the common judges of property, but wretches hired by those to whom excise is paid.
Excise,
"With hundred rows of teeth, the shark exceeds,
And on all trades like Cassawar she feeds."
-Marvel
Excise,
"With hundred rows of teeth, the shark exceeds,
And on all trades like Cassawar she feeds."
-Marvel
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
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