Notes and Queries, 107. köideOxford University Press, 1903 |
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Page 358
... doubt be found in the valuable work to Consequently information concerning it will which MR . HENRY TAYLOR alludes , Elworthy's Evil Eye . ' To " spit at a bargain " is to confirm it by spitting on the coin , or upon the ground , or ...
... doubt be found in the valuable work to Consequently information concerning it will which MR . HENRY TAYLOR alludes , Elworthy's Evil Eye . ' To " spit at a bargain " is to confirm it by spitting on the coin , or upon the ground , or ...
Page 378
... doubt in the connexion noted the old French form of " chevalier . " Ducange gives " chivaler " as a horseman , and this seems to be the origin of the title of chevalier , " the next in France beneath that of baron . J. HOLDEN MACMICHAEL ...
... doubt in the connexion noted the old French form of " chevalier . " Ducange gives " chivaler " as a horseman , and this seems to be the origin of the title of chevalier , " the next in France beneath that of baron . J. HOLDEN MACMICHAEL ...
Page 451
... doubt a misreading_for " water- evetts . " In my schooldays , in Somerset , we knew , indeed , the name of newt , but our usual name for the water - lizard was evett . ALDENHAM . VILLON ( 9th S. x . 303 , 432 , 514 ; xi . 293 ) .— The ...
... doubt a misreading_for " water- evetts . " In my schooldays , in Somerset , we knew , indeed , the name of newt , but our usual name for the water - lizard was evett . ALDENHAM . VILLON ( 9th S. x . 303 , 432 , 514 ; xi . 293 ) .— The ...
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