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This style of wig came from France m the early 1 8th century. It was made very full, was curled, and was 18 ins. in length in the front, with drop locks. Sometimes the back part of the wig was put m a black silk bag. The name refers to Maryborough's campaign in the Netherlands.
The hulks or lighters, on board of which felons are condemned to hard labour. Mr. Campbell was the first director of them. See ACADEMY and FLOATING ACADEMY.
To shut up.
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
Something easily accomplished or attained
A situation that will cause many problems if you try to deal with it
lacks the financial resources to buy or do something
lack the financial means to do something
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
to want or enjoy something very much
Unable to refrain or resist something
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
to strongly dislike someone or something
Eagerly anticipate something
A sovereign. From the colour. Very old slang indeed.
A jailbird.
singing or performing well
Early warning of potential danger or problem
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
An unseen camera which is used to photograph an unsuspecting subject. Candid camera shots, which are often ridicu- lous, are much used m pictorial journalism.
A person whose life is fragile and vulnerable to external forces.
February 2nd, the feast of the Purification of the Virgin Mary, when Christ was presented by her in the Temple; one of the quarter days in Scotland. In Catholic churches all the candles which will be needed in the church during the year are consecrated on this day; they symbolize Jesus Christ, called "the light of the world, and "a light to lighten the Gentiles.' The Romans had a custom of burning candles to scare away evil spirits.
Bad, small, or untunable bells. Hark! how the candlesticks rattle.
To lay Cane upon Abel; to beat any one with a cane or stick.
A brothel.
The ancient Egyptian year, computed from one heliacal rising of the 0og Star (Sirius) to the next.
The head.—Pugilistic.
A projectile, used before the invention of the shell, consisting of a container full of shot which disintegrated and showered its contents on the enemy.
Drunk.
A corruption of candle coal, so called from the bright flame unmixed with smoke, which this highly bituminous coal yields in combustion.
The training boats for the Cambridge freshmen, i.e., "CANNOT-PULLS." The term is applied both to boats and rowers.—See SLOGGERS. Torpids is the usual term for the races in which these men and machines figure.
A small can: also, in the canting sense, the plague.
A small can, similar to PANNIKIN. "And let the CANNIKIN clink."
The head. To mill his cannister; to break his head.
A fixed-order word pair (irreversible binomial); full definition pending editorial review.
Unable to attend or participate
A collection of ecclesiastical laws which serve as the rule of church govern- ment. The professors or students of canon law are known as canonists.
The distinctive or appro- priate costume worn by the clergy according to the direction of the canon. Bishops, deans, and archdeacons, for instance, wear canonical hats. This distinctive dress is sometimes called simply "canonicals"; Macaulay speaks of "an ecclesiastic in full canonicals." The same name is given also to the special robes of other professions, and to special parts of such robes, such as the pouch on the gown of an M.D.
The seven catholic epistles, i.e. one of James, two of Peter, three of John, and one of Jude. The epistles of Paul were addressed to specific churches or to individuals.
The different parts of the Divine Office which follow and are named after the hours of the day. They are seven — viz. matins, prime, tierce, sext, nones, vespers, and compline, Prime, tierce, sext, and nones are the first, third, sixth, and ninth hours of the day, counting from six in the morning. Compline is a corruption of completorium (that which completes the services of the day).
The obedience due by the inferior to the superior clergy.
Vases used by the Egyptian priests for holding the viscera of bodies em- balmed, four being provided for each body. So called from Canopus, m Egypt, where they were first used.
breasts
An hypocrite, a double-tongue palavering fellow. See PALAVER.
A blow or toss; "a CANT over the kisser," a blow on the mouth; "a CANT over the buttock," a throw or toss in wrestling.
A student at Cambridge.
Litigious, bad-tempered. An American corruption probably of contentious. A reviewer of an early edition of this book derives it from the Anglo-Norman CONTEK, litigation or strife. Others have suggested "cankerous" as the origin. Bailey has CONTEKE, contention as a Spenserian word, and there is the O.E. CONTEKORS, quarrelsome persons.
Rogation Sun- day, the fourth Sunday after Easter. So called from the first word of the introit of the mass: "Sing to the Lord." Similarly "Lsetare Sunday " (the fourth after Lent) is so called from the first word of the mass.
Augustine of England. Crocus „ St. Valentine. Crown Imperial „ Edward the Confessor.
A long roundabout tale.
Chaucer set it forth that he was in company with a party of pilgrims going to Canterbury to pay their devotions at the shrine of Thomas a Becket. The party assem- bled at an inn in Southwark, called the Tabard, and there agreed to tell one tale each, both in going and returning. He who told the best tale was to be treated with a supper on the homeward journey. The work is incomplete, and we have none of the tales told on the way home.
Preaching with a whining, affected tone, perhaps a corruption of chaunting; some derive it from Andrew Cant, a famous Scotch preacher, who used that whining manner of expression. Also a kind of gibberish used by thieves and gypsies, called likewise pedlar's French, the slang, &c. &c.
Or, Villanies Discovered, wherein are shown the Mysterious and Villanous Practices of that Wicked Crew—Hectors, Trapanners, Gilts, &c., with several new Catches and Songs; also Compleat Canting Dictionary, 12mo, frontispiece. 1674.
Comprehending all the Terms, Antient and Modern, used in the several Tribes of Gypsies, Beggars, Shoplifters, Highwaymen, Foot-Pads, and all other Clans of Cheats and Villains, with Proverbs, Phrases, Figurative Speeches, &c., to which is added a complete Collection of Songs in the Canting Dialect, 12mo. 1725.
A Poem, interspersed with Tales and Additional Scraps, post 8vo. 1814.
Canadian.
Canadian.
Canada
Sailors’ canvas trousers.
A false cover to a tossing coin. The term and the instrument are both nearly obsolete. See COVER-DOWN.