Monday, June 21, 2010

Gibbe:

Any old worn-out animal.

Friday, June 18, 2010

Correption:

Objurgation; chiding; reprehension; reproof.

Thursday, June 17, 2010

Dandiprat:

A little fellow; an urchin: a word used sometimes in fondness, sometimes in contempt.

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.

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

Clung:

Wasted with leanness; shrunk up with cold.

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.