Monday, June 21, 2010
Friday, June 18, 2010
Thursday, June 17, 2010
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Cento:
A composition formed by joining scrapes from other authors.
"If any man think the poem a cento, our poet will but have done the same in jest which Boileau did in earnest."
-Advertisement to Pope's Dunciad.
"If any man think the poem a cento, our poet will but have done the same in jest which Boileau did in earnest."
-Advertisement to Pope's Dunciad.
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Flit:
To remove. To migrate. In Scotland it is still used for removing from one place to another at quarter day, or the usual term.
Monday, June 14, 2010
Friday, June 11, 2010
Crab:
It is used by way of contempt for any sour or degenerate fruit; as a crab cherry, or a crab plum.
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