The Romance of Words (4th ed.)

lk-etymology, kerseymere), damask, holland. The following are perhaps not all so evident-frieze from Friesland[36]; fustian, Old Fr. fustaine (futaine), from Fustat, a suburb of Cairo; muslin, F

sarcenet from the Saracens; sendal, ultimately from India (cf. Greco-Lat. sindon, Indian cloth); tabby, Old Fr. atabis, from t

villages of Locrenan and Daoulas gave their names to lo

w you pick a quarrel to beguile me of it: I

ave given them away to bakers' wives

y IV.,

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loak as man

rth, Ali

from Ascalon; the sardine from Sardinia. A milliner, formerly milaner, dealt in goods from Milan. Cravat dates from the Thirty Years' War, in which the Croats, earlier Cravats, played a part. Ermine is in medieval Latin mus Armenius, Armenian mouse, but the name perhaps comes, through Fr. hermine, fr

merly pruce and meant Prussi

omas Parre in doubletts of crimsin velvett, etc., wer

eather, spruce-beer, and the s

hich we call spruce) a

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Ger. daler, for Ger. Taler, originally called a Joachimstaler, from the silver-mine of Joachimstal, "Joachim's dale," in Bohemia. Cotgrave registers a curious Old French perversion jocondale, "a daller, a piece of money worth about 3s

the adjective pergamenus, from Pergamus, in Asia Minor. Spaniel is the Old Fr. espagn

to do more exploits with h

of Error

d with something of the vagueness to be noticed in connection w

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t, like to a

oody darts as

y VI.,

rantella, like the tarantula spider, takes its name from Taranto, in Italy. The tune of the dance is said to have been originally employed as a cure for the lethargy caused by the bite of the

ilbao, in Spain, made swords of such perfect temper that they could be b

in the circumference of a pec

Wives,

f Ferrara, in Italy. According to others, Andrea dei Ferrari was a sword-maker at Belluno. I have heard it affirmed by a Scottish dri

N-GUI

a, and indigo is from Span. indico, Indian. Of wines, malmsey, chiefly remembered in connection with George of Clarence, and malvoisie are doublets, from Monemvasia in th

he canary comes from the Canary Islands, but its name is good Latin. The largest of these islands, Canaria, was so called by the Romans from the dogs found there. The guinea-fowl and guinea gold came first from the west coast of Africa, but the guinea-pig is a native of Brazil. The name probably came from the Guinea-men, or slave-ships, which regularly followed a triangular course. They sailed outward to the west coast of Africa

Chine), and Indian corn from America. The names given to the turkey are extraordinary. We are not surprised that, as an American bird, it shoul

infidels, an

for Goo

es for the turkey, given in a Nomenclator in eight languag

der Kalekuttisch[39]

nsche oft Tur

ou poulle d'Ind

-Gallina

n (peacock) d

.-Cok o

d Fr. geline d'Inde before the discovery of America. D'Inde h

NS

hair with Sedan. Such guesses are almost always wrong. The origin of diaper is doubtful, that of drugget quite unknown, and gingham is Malay. As far as we know at present, the sedan came fr

TNO

cavalry. The German name is die spanischen Reiter, explained by Ludwig as "a ba

s were thrust carelessly into the side pockets of a gray jea

ut Ferrier. He was probably an Arbroath man." Some readers may remember that, after General Todleben's brilliant

, the chield wa

ndrew Drummond

een conferred on the gifted child because of the ag

cut, not

walnut

it took its name from that of its inventor-"The Hansom's patent (cab) is especially construct