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Notes and Queries, Jan. 24, 1914.
SUBJECT INDEX.
537

"Transept," history of the word, 287, 337

"Transliteration," earliest use of the word, 268

"Traps"=personal effects of travellers, 347, 391

"Traversnail," meaning of the word, 426, 478

"Trayhor," meaning of the word, 210

"Tredekeiles," meaning of the word, 45

Trees, list of fruit trees, 1753 26

Trees growing from graves, 425, 494

Trelawny (Sir J.), Bishop of Winchester, 189, 218

"Tribulis," meaning of the word, 426

"Tribune" (eighteenth century), its publication, 368

'Triumphs of Faith,' 1766, by J. Bonar, 350

Tromp (Harpert) of Delft, 1632-91, 490

Troopship, British, wrecked on Reunion Island 48, 130

"Trowlathis," meaning of the word, 426

"Trystes," meaning of the word, 426

"Tuition," Anglo-Irish use of the word, 326

Tunnel scheme under the Channel, 1802, 266

Tussaud's (Madame), granary on site of, 510

Tweezer's Alley, London street-name, 310

Twelve good rules, alluded to by Goldsmith, 54

Twitching, divination by, 187, 237, 273, 280, 417, 471

Tyzack and Du Thisac family of Lorraine, 28


U

Ulster Covenant, the "Red Hand," 14, 95, 154, 217, 273

"Unconscious humour," author of the phrase, 80

Unicorn, its horn, 16, 33

Uniform worn by officers off duty, 89, 137

Upper Heyford Church, Oxon, shield of arms, 232, 278

Uskoks, frontiermen, Slavonic word, 165


V

Van Helmont. See Helmont.

Vandervart family, 149, 254

Vane and Fane families, arms of, 273

Vane, Vaughan, Fane, surnames, 117

Vasconcellos family, the name Smith in, 510

Vata tree, Indian plant, 369

Vaughan, Vane, Fane, surnames, 117

Vegetation, new birth by fire, 325, 376, 418, 454

Vere (Alberic de), nearest representative of, 330, 412

Verne (Jules), his works published in serial form, 168, 256; his stories in English magazines, 489 "Vestis adriatica," in Voragine's 'Legends Aurea,' 270

Virgil, legend of St. Paul at his tomb, 8, 93

"Vitremyte," meaning of the word, 327

Voltaire (F. M. A. de), mention of Mount Krapuk, 329, 376

Voragine (J. de), "vestis adriatica" in his 'Legenda Aurea,' 270


W

Wade (Armigall), d. 1568, his sons, 208, 277

Walker (Ellis), translator of Epictetus, 1716, 29, 115

Walker (George), Governor of Londonderry, 54, 150

Wallace (W.) of St. Thomas Island, 1840, 429

Waller (Richard) of Cully, his will, 1676, 188

Wallis (Ralph), the "Cobler of Gloucester." c. 1664, 1, 71, 154

Waltham Abbey, Spilman monument in, 247

Walton (Izaak) and tomb-scratching, 52, 97

Ward (Ned), author of 'The London Spy,' 128

Warde (Capt. John), 1544-1601, of Kent, 509

Warenne (Gundrada de), her parentage, 74

Wargrave two fonts in the churchyiird, 108

Warren (Rev. J.) of Ottery St. Mary, Devon, c. 1820, 148, 198

Warwick (Katherine, Countess of), her will, 1369, 326, 392

Warwick (Rev. T.)=Ann Durell, 188

Washington (George), his connexion with Selby, 36; lost portrait, 487

Washington family and Christian name Lawrence, 269, 418

"Water flower," meaning of the term, 426

Waterloo, the distance the guns were heard, 269, 310, 320, 517; model of, 1839, 348, 393

Watson (Rear-Admiral C.), d. 1757, 189

Watson-Wentworth (C.), Marquis of Rockingham, 189

Watts (Alaric), c. 1850, his descendants, 350

Watts (Isaac), use of his Catechism, 331, 434

Waure family of cos. Warwick and Stafford, 70

Way (Rev. W.), poet, c. 1839, 429, 470

"Wear the blue," meaning of, 49, 155

Webster (J.), date of 'Appius and Virginia,' 63; and Sir Thomas Overbury, 221, 244, 263, 282, 304, 355, 424; 'The Duchess of Malfi,' 355, 424

Wedding-pieces from bridegroom to bride, 48, 276

Weddings Field, Harborne, place-name, 169

Wednesday Club, later called Grillion's Club, 30, 57, 495

Wellington (Duke of) at Eton, 346

Wells dedicated to St. Ann, 347

Wells (Mrs.)=Sumbel, Fleet Prison, 1797, 408, 176

Welwyn, Herts, epitaph in churchyard, 506

Weston family, Farnborough, Berkshire, 390, 471

Weston (E. Joanna), c. 1598, her family, 306, 490

Whichcote in Wiltshire, 209, 254, 316, 378

"Whistling Oyster" sign, Drury Lane, c. 1840, 208, 237, 258, 336

White (W. Hale) as astronomer, 246

White's Club, the dining-room before 1840, 129

"Whorlgogy," 1584, meaning of the word, 509

Widows of Navy officers, petition from, 1828, 447

'Widsith,' "ea" in proper names, 261; the Heruli in, 402

Wilcocke (J.), painter, c. 1704, 268

Wilderness Row, London, its locality, 37, 53, 151, 233

Wilkes (John), his death, 250; and La Rochefoucauld, 1758, 286

William III., statue of, Hoghton, Lanes, 328, 376

Windsor, the choir of St. George's Chapel, 168, 212, 315, 358

Winthrop (Governor John), his letters, 169

Wit and humour of the ancients, 289, 334, 434, 491, 517

Wolfe (General), his 'Life and Letters,' 368, 514

Women and the freedom of the City of London, 206

Woodville (Elizabeth), miniature portrait of, 266

Woodward (Samuel) of Massachusetts, 1715, 468

Worcester Cathedral, bell stolen, 1863, 27, 290, 377

Words in old documents, their meaning, 425

Wright (Sir George) of Richmond, d. 1623, 348, 410, 452, 496


Y

Yew trees, their age, 331, 391, 475

Yonge (Philip) and the battle of Blore Heath, 387

Yorkshire charters of twelfth century, 489

Yorkshire place-names, etymology of, 370, 438

"Yousters" and "Eowestre," meaning of the words, 107, 173


Z

Zobel (Benjamin), b. 1762, his sand-pictures, 69, 116

"Zona Libre" of Mexico, 149

Zouaves, Papal, Glasgow men as, 1867, 50