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Just to let you know I am still here, but real life has taken precedence this past week. You know the saying, it never rains but it pours? That's rung true loud and clear. Unfortunately it's not been good stuff. A very close friend has been fighting for her life after catching some kind of infection. The doctors still don't know what it is, and her body is shutting down. That has devastated me. There's a lot more to it, but what I want to tell everybody is to look out for each other. If something doesn't seem right or normal about somebody or something, act on it. Don't shrug it off. Don't assume everything is okay. It only takes a moment to check up on somebody. Do it. Added to that was 2 of my dogs having medical issues. One had a couple of lumps that were very suspicious and were removed. I finally got the results today from the biopsies, and they're clear. Phew. The vet is still trying to work out what's going on with the other one. He's getting up there in years, but it's not his time yet. To some, they're just dogs. To me, they're my kids. So I've not exactly been in the right frame of mind to add new words. On Monday, I have my only surviving family member (my brother) and his wife coming to visit from overseas. So I doubt I will get more words added during that time. But I will be adding more as soon as I can. Until then, look after you and yours. We only get one chance at this life thing. Cheers. My pups doing yard work! 
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  1796 - Modern Gulliver's Travel, by L. Gulliver; see Example below  From: Modern Gulliver's Travels: Lilliput By Lemuel Gulliver. 1796 Chapter XVII P. 194    from junket  1760 - Letters, Horace Walpole; see Example below  From: Private Correspondence of Horace Walpole Volume II. 1820 To The Hon. H. S. Conway. Strawberry-hill, June 28, 1760 P. 156    from Greek τέρας, τερατ a marvel, prodigy, monster  1722 - The Religion of Nature Delineated, William Wollaston; see Example below  From: The Religion of Nature Delineated By William Wollaston The Fifth Edition. 1731 Sect. III. Of Reason, and the ways of discovering truth P. 56   DEFINITIONS CONTINUED NOUNS 1. a will-o'-the-wisp (Scottish) 2. a small fire (Scottish) 3. whisky or other spirituous drink; alcohol (Scottish rare) 4. a spirited, mettlesome, or courageous person; a smart or lively fellow (Scottish) 5. a fiery, hot-tempered, or irritable person (Scottish) also SPUNKEY, SPUNKY CLICK HERE FOR KEY TO SOURCES  from spunk (n.) a spark (Scot. & dial.)  1727 - The Life of Richard Cameron, Patrick Walker; see Example below  From: Biographia Presbyteriana The LIfe of the Rev. Mr. Richard Cameron By Patrick Walker Volume I. 1837 Vindication of Mr. Cameron's Name P. 242/243    From: County Folk-Lore By Edwin Sidney Hartland. 1892 Part IV. Folk Sayings Folk-Lore of Leichestershire and Rutland P. 144    formed apparently with allusion to clish-clash and claver, with echoic associations  1728 - Advice to Mr _____ on his Marriage, Allan Ramsay; see Example below  From: Poems on Several Occasions By Allan Ramsay Volume II. 1776 Advice to Mr ____ on his Marriage P. 52    From: The English Dialect Dictionary By Joseph Wright, 1898-1905    imitative; in sense int. 1 perhaps representing an imitation of the sound of breaking wind; with this sense compare post-classical Latin ptrut , phrut, exclamation of scorn (c1200, c1212 in British sources), Old French ptrout , prout (c1223), and trut (int.)  ? c1300 - (for int. 1) Langtoft's Chronicle see below From: The Political Songs of England From t he Reign of John to that of Edward II Edited by Thomas Wright. 1839 Peter Langtoft's Chronicle, Notes P. 391   From: The Wonder Clock: Or, Four & Twenty Marvellous Tales By Katharine Pyle. 1887 XIII. Master Jacob P. 164    from Latin mille thousand + flōr-, flōs flower + -ous  1857 - An Expository Lexicon of the Terms ... of Medical and General Science,
Robert G. Mayne; "Milleflorus, that which is provided with very numerous flowers"   from kid (n.) the young of a goat + -ling  1586 - (noun 1) A Discourse of English Poetrie, William Webbe; see Example below  From: A Discourse of English Poetrie, 1586 Edited by Edward Arber, 1870 The Second Aeglogue Called Alexis P. 78    from Latin īrāscentem, pr. pple. of īrāscī to grow or be angry, from īra anger  1794-6 - Zoonomia, or The Laws of Organic Life, Erasmus Darwin; see Example below  From: Zoonomia; Or, The Laws of Organic Life By Erasmus Darwin Second American, from the third London Edition Volume II. 1803 Diseases Of Association P. 424    1795 - Robin Hood; A Collection of all Ancient Poems, Songs and Ballads now extant relative to that Celebrated Outlaw, Joseph Ritson, Editor; see Example below  From: Robin Hood: A Collection of Poems, Songs, and Ballads Relative to that Celebrated English Outlaw Edited by Joseph Ritson. 1884 The Playe of Robyn Hode P. 415    from ppl. stem of Latin redambulāre to walk back  1623 - The English Dictionarie, or an Interpreter of Hard English Words, Henry Cockeram;
"Redambulate, to walk back"   from French conspiration (13th c.), from Latin conspīrātiōnem, noun of action from conspīrāre to conspire  1652 - Scintilla Altaris, or A Pious Reflection on Primitive Devotion, Edward Sparke; see Example below  From: Scintilla-Altaris Or Primitive Devotion in the Feasts and Fasts of the Churchs of England By Edward Sparke The Third Edition. 1663 Upon the Feast of Saint John Baptist. Disquisition 28 P. 486    from the tale of Aladdin in 'The Arabian Nights';
the genius of the lamp built a palace with twenty-four windows, all but one being set in frames of precious stones; the last was left for the sultan to finish, but after exhausting his treasures, the sultan was obliged to abandon the task as hopeless |
