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GENERAL INDEX.
Sinclair (Sir J. G. T.) on Cobbett on Shakespeare
and Milton, xi. 127. Napoleon on Byron, iv.
117
Sindbad, nationality of the name, vi. 209, 256,
Sindbad the Sailor, monkeys and cocoamuts, vii. 271, 395
Sindh : Peccavi : I have Sindh, the pun, viii. 345, 395, 473
Sir, as clerical courtesy title, ix. 286, 454 ; x. 175, 250, 353
Sir Affable on Samuel Foote, xi. 56. Quota- tions wanted, vi. 489. White Ensign, ix. 174
Siresa, bell inscriptions at, vii. 55, 436 ; viii. 17
Sirius, the, and the Lusitania, Atlantic liners, viii. 325
Sirr (H.) on Sarah Curran, Robert Emmet, and Major Sirr, iii. 303, 470 ; iv. 52, 111, 310, 534. Pitch-caps pxit on human heads, vii. 233. " There was a man," i. 474
Sirr (Major), Robert Emmet, and Sarah Curran, iii. 303, 413, 470 ; iv. 52 ; his papers, 111, 310, 534
Sister on Dr. Cookson, iv. 510
Sisters with same Christian name. See Brothers.
Six (Burgomaster Jan), his family arms, ii. 168
Sixpence called " real " in Kerry, ii. 16
Sjambok, its pronunciation, iv. 204, 332, 512 ; v. 35, 92, 135
Skalinges, meaning of the word, x. 228
Skeat (Prof. W. W.) on Addleshaw, xi. 297. Admirable, vi. 371. Ainsty of York, vi. 511. Alsop (Vincent), xi. 114. Anahuac, ii. 258. Ancaster, x. 512. Angles : England, ii. 471. Anglo-Saxon names as surnames, v. 442. Arch, iii. 465. Artahshashte, xi. 216. Arundel Castle legend, viii. 434. Ash, place-name, i. 113. Askwith or Asquith, x. 37. Authors of quotations, ix. 77 ; x. 497 ; xii. 517. Awaitful, viii. 93. Away, new use of the word, x. 364. Ball-fires : bonfire, x. 251, 392. Bacchanals or Bag-o'-Nails, yi. 427. Bacon, viii. 396. Barnes, origin of the name, v. 352. Barrar, i. 478. Battels, ix. 305. " Bbl.," v. 112. Bede's translation of Fourth Gospel, viii. 172. Belappit, iv. 354. Belliter, bell- founder, yi. 250. Bell's ' Chaucer,' i. 404. Bells mentioned by Hood, vi. 266. Bergerode, xi. 434 ; xii. 73. Beulah Spa, Upper Norwood, ix. 35. Blazers, xi. 333. Boast, iv. 37. Bossing, vii. 192. Besting, its meaning, xii. 113. Bothombar, its identity, vii. 165. Bourne in place-names, xi. 361 ; xii. 131. Bringing in the Yule " clog," iii. 57. British castles, vi. 258. Brock : Badger, v. 432. Brokenselde, xi. 58, 172 ; xii. 54. Bunney, ii. 13. Bust for burst, iv. 105. Butterworth, its derivation, xii. 91. Calendar rimes, ix. 94. " Call a spade a spade," iii. 217. Campbell, its pro- nunciation, x. 393. ' Cartularium Saxonicum,' vii. 287. Caxton's birthplace : Causton, Cos- ten, xii. 395. Charing and Charing Cross, v. 146, 238. Chart, v. 507. Chaucer : two allusions to Persius, xii. 6 ; Strothir in ' Reeve Tale,' 155. Chauceriana, i. 174, 198 ; viii. 252. Cherry in place-names, vi. 177. Cheyne Walk: China Walk, v. 312, 415. Churchwardens' accounts, v. 410 ; viii. 73. Clever, vi. 25. Cockshut time, i. 121. Coke or Cook ? iv. 78. Cold Harbour : Windy Arbour, i. 413 ; ii. 74. Comets, xii. 15. Coop, to trap, iv. 358. Cowper : Dowling : their pronunciation, xii. 372. " Davelly ' rain,
xii. 76. Dear : " O dear no ! " x. 395. Devon
provincialisms, vi. 33. Diabread, i. 173.
Druce, lane-name, xi. 274. Du Bartas, iv. 398.
Dump, viii. 57. Dumping, v. 232. E, final,
in Chaucer, iv. 472. Baling, xi. 176. Easter-
ling and East-Harling, i. 505. Eastry, Kent,
xi. 171. Egoteles, vi. 14. England, English,.
iii. 393, 492 ; iv. 156. English Dialect Dic-
tionary, iv. 381. English spelling : English
culture, v. 198. Epitaph in Owen MSS., x.
276. Euchre, i. 77. "Famous" Chelsea, iv.
434, 517 ; v. 33. ' Feed the brute," ii. 298*
Fires for cymbals, vii. 334. Fiteres=rags, viii.
31. Foleit, i. 374. " Fortune favours fools,"
iii. 14. Fotheringay, ii. 215. French words
in Scotch, x. 314. Frieze, its pronunciation,
vii. 316. " From whence," i. 55. G, hard or
soft, vi. 190. Gaudy-Day, ix. 326. Geard,
its derivation, x. 306. ' Genius by Counties,'
iv. 329. German translation, ix. 33. Glow-
worm or firefly, i. 112. Goat's blood and dia-
monds, viii. 356. Gower, a Kentish hamlet, xi,
94. Goyle, iii. 475. Grindleton, v.
Grindy, its derivation, vii. 251. Guardings, iii.
476. Guide, its derivation, x. 13. ' Gula
Augusti," vi. 15. Guncaster, ii. 38. H
aspirate in English writers, xii. 492. H in
Cockney, ii. 390. Hackney, the horse, viii. 465 ;
ix. 52, 92. Hamberbonne of wheat, v. 315.
Hanged, drawn, and quartered, i. 371, 410.
Haughendo : Fylde oath, xii. 56. Hawser -
haul, xi. 455. Haze, its meanings, vii. 108.
Heardlome : Heech, i. 75. Hen-Hussey r
Whip-stitch : Wood-toter, i. 475. Hoast,
v. 110. Hock : hog : hoga, vii. 494 ; viii. 13.
Hocktide at Hexton, xii. 139, 253. Hogshead,
its derivation, vii. 346. Holbeck, xii. 18.
Holborn, ii. 457 ; v. 338. Holy Grail, x. 17.
Homer and digamma, v. 253, 297. Hornsey
Wood House : Harringay House, vii. 157, 274.
Ho th= heath, xii. 351. Hove: Anglo-Saxon
ghost-words, x. Ill, 271. Hubbub = disturb-
ance, viii. 54. 2 majuscule, ii. 356. I.H.S.,
ii. 191. Hand : He, iii. 154, 432. Isabelline as
a colour, ii. 375, 537. I sing-glass, early in-
stances, x. 346. Jacobite verses, ii. 417.
James V.'s poems, iv. 476. Kersey, xi. 85.
Ketty land, ix. 416. Kidnapper, in The
Spectator,' vii. 345. Kings (English), their
names, i. 225. " Knights without noses,"
xi. 158. Lamb in place-names, iii. 149. Lamb-
park : " one lampte," xii. 473. Latin pro-
nunciation in England, vii. 170 ; ix. 131, 351.
Latta surname, viii. 377. Lead = Language,
iii. 197. Ledig : Leisure : Licere, iii. 336.
L'Espec (Sir Walter), iii. 31. Letters, thjeir
names, iii. 277. Licence : license, ii. 484.
Lines to Dr. Murray, viii. 482. Liverpool : its
etymology, xi. 261. Lonning, iv. 70. Love
ales, iv. 35. Maidlow, v. 196. Man in the
Moon in 1590, x. 518. Mareboake : viere.
viii. 15. Marylebone : prepositions in place-
names, xi. 201. Matross : topass, their mean-
ing, vii. 411. " Meynes ' and " Rhines," i.
92, 251. Mint at Leeds, iv. 51. Mirage, vii.
453. Misicks, v. 218. Moon names, iv. 350.
N, liquid, in English, xi. 105, 251. N pro-
nounced nq, i. 291. Nait, vi. 424. ' Naked
Boy and Coffin," iii. 213. " Nobile virtutis
genus est patientia, iv. 417. Nore, iii. 427.
Norman inscriptions in Yorkshire, iv. 16. North
Pole, xii. 426. Northern and Southern pro-
nunciation, ii. 317. Nouns and verbs differentia
