‘next, adj. < Germanic . . . . 5. b. Applied (without preceding the) to days of the week, with either the current day or (in later use; orig. Sc.) the current week as the implicit point of reference. Thus (for example) next Friday may mean ‘the soonest Friday after today’ or ‘the Friday of the coming week’. The latter may be indicated contextually, e.g. by contrast with this, but it is not always clear which meaning is intended. Cf. sense A. 10c.
. . 1606 Wily Beguilde 58 Yfaith my sweet honny combe, Ile love thee..We must be askt in Church next Sunday, and weel be married presently. 1676 R. Hooke Diary 19 Nov. (1935) 258 Resolvd to read next thursday on the Longitude and about magneticks, &c. 1700 in G. A. Henderson Kirk St. Ternan (1962) 104 Weekly exercises..which he intended..to begin nixt Wednesday come eight days . . ‘
‘10. c. Applied to days of the week, with either the current day or (more usually) the current week as the implicit point of reference. Cf. sense A. 5a . . . . 1639 in S. Ree Rec. Elgin (1908) II. 235 To intymate upon Sonday nixt that..Sonday cum aucht dayes is ordeant to be a day of..fasting. 1711 E. Budgell Spectator No. 67. ⁋18 The Collection of Pictures which is to be Exposed to Sale on Friday next . . ‘
Re: ‘ . . what their dealings have been she knows not, but believes these were naught . . ’
‘naught, pron., n., adj., and adv. < Old English . . . . 2. a. Wickedness, evil, moral wrong . . 1627 R. Sanderson Ten Serm. 411 From doing nothing proceede to doing naught . . ‘ ……………... Re: ‘ . . It seems my Lord Southampton’s canaille —[sewer]— did come too near their foundation . . ‘
This is not: ‘canaille, n.< Middle French . .
1. With the: the common people; the mob or masses. Also (without article): common people collectively; rabble. . . 1679 W. Penn Addr. Protestants i. 26 This Shameful Impiety..has not only prevailed with the Populace, the Cannale, the Vulgar.’
but a misspelling of: ‘canal, n. < classical Latin. A conduit or drain for liquid. Obs.
a1576 Bp. J. Pilkington Godlie Expos. Nehemiah (1585) (iii. 7) f. 44v, The sinkes, Canals, and conduits, did wash and conuey away al the sweepings and filth of the streetes into the Brooke Cedron . . ‘
…………... Re: ‘ . . I had not hand to give myself up to consult what to do in it . . ‘
‘hand, n. < Germanic . . . . 17. Capacity of doing something with the hands, and hence of adeptness or ability more generally; skill, ability, knack; a particular skill or talent.
IV. Senses relating to skill or dexterity in the use of the hands, or to actions performed using the hands. . . 1708 P. A. Motteux Wks. F. Rabelais v. xx, I have no hand at making of Speeches. 1791 A. Radcliffe Romance of Forest I. ii. 68, I had always a hand at carpentry. 1859 W. G. Simms Cassique of Kiawah xx. 193 He's got a hand for a-most anything . . ‘ …………………. Re: ‘ . . her stomach coming down we were presently friends . . ‘
‘stomach, n. < Old French . . . . 6. a. Used (like ‘heart’, ‘bosom’, ‘breast’) to designate the inward seat of passion, emotion, secret thoughts, affections, or feelings. Now rare. . . 1663 S. Butler Hudibras: First Pt. i. iii. 180 This said, his grief to anger turn'd, Which in his manly stomack burn'd. 1707 J. Addison Rosamond ii. 16 My Stomach swells with secret Spight, To see my fickle, faithless Knight..So little his own Worth to know . . ‘ ………………….
idle, adj. . . Old English . . 7. In quasi-adv. use = idly adv. Obs. . . 1663 S. Pepys Diary 29 Oct. (1971) IV. 356 The Queene mends apace they say; but yet talks idle still.
idly, adv. . . 1. a. Vainly, in vain; uselessly; frivolously, carelessly, ineffectively . . 1625 J. Hart Anat. Urines ii. xi. 122 [It] is not a thing so slightly to be passed ouer, as many may idlely imagine. 1700 J. Astry tr. D. de Saavedra Fajardo Royal Politician II. 89 When a Prince idlely squanders away his subjects fortunes.
b. Incoherently (from affection of the brain), deliriously. Obs. . . 1632 tr. G. Bruele Praxis Medicinæ 399 They which talk idlely with amazednes..for the most part die. …………………….
Re: ‘ . . for I much want it.’
‘want, v. < an early Scandinavian . .
I. To be lacking, to lack, and related senses. 1. trans. a. (a) Not to have, to be without; to be deficient in; to lack. Now chiefly Sc. . . 1625 C. Burges New Discou. Personal Tithes 67 It is a thousand pitties they should want blowes who will doe nothing without them. 1684 tr. T. Bonet Guide Pract. Physician i. 16 If you want Peaches, you may use Juice of soure Apples . . ‘
As in: ‘For Want of a Nail:
For want of a nail the shoe was lost. For want of a shoe the horse was lost. For want of a horse the rider was lost. For want of a rider the message was lost. For want of a message the battle was lost. For want of a battle the kingdom was lost. And all for the want of a horseshoe nail.’
Re: ‘ . . which I and Wm. Joyce told . . ’ ‘tell v. . . < Germanic . . II. To mention numerically, to count, reckon. . . 17. trans. a. To count (the members of a series or group); to enumerate, reckon, number . . . . 1696 T. Wagstaffe Acct. Proc. recoining Clipp'd Money 8 His Son (who can scarce tell ten) is one of the Tellers in the Exchequer. 1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 254 He could not tell Twenty in English; but he numbered them, by laying so many Stones on a Row, and pointing to me to tell them over . .
18. a. trans. To reckon up or calculate the total amount or value of (money or other things); to count up. Obs. . . 1609 J. Skene tr. Regiam Majestatem i. f. 36, Quhen he is fourtene ȝeares compleit or quhen he can number and tell silver. 1723 D. Defoe Hist. Col. Jack (ed. 2) 92 What it [sc. his cargo] really amounted to, I knew not, for I never told it . . ‘ (OED)
‘harslet n. < Old French . . A piece of meat to be roasted, esp. part of the entrails of a hog; pig's fry; also, the ‘pluck’ or ‘gather’ (heart, liver, etc.) of other animals, as the sheep, calf, etc. . . 1664 S. Pepys Diary 10 Mar. (1971) V. 79 A good hog's harslet, a piece of meat I love . . ‘ ………………... Re: ‘ . . went and called my wife . .’
‘call, v. < early Scandinavian . . . . 33. trans. To pay a short visit to (a person); to call on. Obs. 1616 Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) iv. iv. 14 Ile call you at your house. . . 1728 C. Cibber Vanbrugh's Provok'd Husband iii. 54 You will call me at Lady Revel's? . . ‘
(OED)
Nowadays we would say 'called for': the carriage drove to the front door and a servant summoned Mrs P without Sam going in.
Re: ‘ . . she had got and used some puppy-dog water . . ‘
‘puppy-water n. Obs. the urine of a puppy, formerly used as a cosmetic. 1687 C. Sedley Bellamira i. i. 4 You spend it him in Coach-hire, Puppy-water and Paint, every day of your Life. 1732 Swift Lady's Dressing Room 5 With Puppy Water, Beauty's Help, Distill'd from Tripsy's darling Whelp.’
Re: ‘ . . I am grown more curious than I was . . ‘
‘curious, adj. < Old French . . a word which has been used from time to time with many shades of meaning . . . . 2. Careful as to the standard of excellence; difficult to satisfy; particular; nice, fastidious. Obs. a. esp. in food, clothing, matters of taste. . . 1605 W. Camden Remaines i. 232 There was one that was very curious in keeping of his beard . .
†6. a. Taking the interest of a connoisseur in any branch of art; skilled as a connoisseur or virtuoso. Obs. . .1644 J. Evelyn Mem. (1857) I. 69 Monsieur Morine..one of the most skilful and curious persons in France for his rare collection of shells, flowers, and insects. . .1740 tr. C. Rollin Anc. Hist. (ed. 2) VII. 293 He was exceedingly curious in pictures and designs by great masters . . …………. Re: ‘ . . pleasant to hear an ordinary lady … . .’
‘pleasant, adj. < Anglo-Norman . . 5. Amusing, comical; ridiculous. Now arch. and rare. . . 1688 S. Penton Guardian's Instr. 48 It was pleasant to see how my Son trembled to see the Proctour come in. . . 1760 S. Foote Minor ii. 73 They took him off at the play-house, some time ago; pleasant, but wrong. Public characters shou'd not be sported with . . ‘ ………….. (OED)
Re: ’ . . to mind his book . . ’ ‘mind, v < Germanic . . . . II. To attend to, concern oneself with, care for, etc. 4. trans. a. To think about, turn one's attention to (an activity or task) . . Now rare except in phrases: to mind one's book (arch.): to be diligent in one's studies . . . . 1611 Bible (King James) Rom. viii. 5 For they that are after the flesh, doe minde the things of the flesh. . . 1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 383. ¶1 Bidding him be a good Child and mind his Book . . ‘
RE: ’ . . like to have been trapanned yesterday . .’
‘trepan < A word of obscure and low origin, probably originally a term of thieves' slang . . originally applied to a person in sense 1 below . . Thence arose the verb describing the action of such persons, trepan v.2 . . Hence, finally, a second use of the noun as a name of the action . . The earlier spelling of the noun was trapan , probably formed in some way < trap n.1 . . The change to trepan , seen first in the verb, may have been due to association with trepan v.1 (a much earlier and well known word), of which trepan v.2 may have been supposed to be some sort of fig. application . . Obs. or arch.
1. A person who entraps or decoys others into actions or positions which may be to his advantage and to their ruin or loss. Also applied to an animal (quot. 1686). 1653 (title) The Total Rout, or a Brief Discovery Of a Pack of Knaves and Drabs, intituled Pimps, Panders, Hectors, Trapans, Nappers, Mobs, and Spanners . . ‘ …………. ‘trepan, n.1 < French trépan < medieval Latin trepanum < Greek τρύπανον a borer.
1. A surgical instrument in the form of a crown-saw, for cutting out small pieces of bone, esp. from the skull. . . 1676 R. Wiseman Severall Chirurg. Treat. v. ix. 393, I began to work with the Trepan, which I much prefer before a Trephine, it being an Instrument which doth its work lightly, and cutteth the Bone equally . . ‘
The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse is at https://www.iicsa.org.uk/ . Today (March 3 2017) they are broadcasting a live stream of a public hearing.
Re: ' . . a very pleasing and condescending answer . . ' 'condeˈscending, adj. < French . . 2. Consenting, agreeing. Obs. 1655 Ld. Orrery Parthenissa III. ii. iv. 337, I was often condescending to the Death of what you lov'd.' .....................
Re: ' . . a very high-carriaged but comely big woman . . '
' high < Germanic . . Phrases S3. b. Parasynthetic.* high-carriaged adj. 1664 S. Pepys Diary 28 Feb. (1971) V. 67 His Lady a very high-carriaged but comely big woman. 1858 Amer. Vet. Jrnl. July 199 When we..call to mind the flat-sided, roach-backed little biped, then called a mule, and contrast it with the symmetrical, high-carriaged, spirited one of to-day, we have much to encourage us. 1970 Field & Stream Oct. 185/1 Pointers, unlike setters, always stand their game in the classic high-carriaged sense.' ………………
* A. adj.Formed from a combination or compound of two or more elements; formed by a process of both compounding and derivation. In English grammar applied to compounds one of whose elements includes an affix which relates in meaning to the whole compound; e.g. black-eyed ‘having black eyes’ where the suffix of the second element, -ed (denoting ‘having’), applies to the whole, not merely to the second element.' ……………...
‘caress, v. < French . . . . 2. a. fig. To treat with kindness of favour, pet, make much of. arch. 1682 Addr. from Chester in London Gaz. No. 1764/4 [We] do further resolve and promise not to Caress or Encourage any person who shall obstinately persist in courses disliked by Your Majesty. 1694 E. Phillips tr. Milton Lett. of State 325 For the sweetness of his Disposition caress'd by all Men . . ‘
‘sudden, adj., adv., and n. < Anglo-Norman . . . . C. n. 1. In advb. phr. formed with preps. = suddenly adv. a. of a sudden: now usually in all of a sudden. . . 1616 Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) i. i. 145 Is it possible That loue should of a sodaine take such hold? a1665 K. Digby Closet Opened (1669) 188 When all is heated through, it [sc. gravy] will quicken of a sudden . . ‘
‘high tea n. Brit., Austral., and N.Z. a meal eaten in the late afternoon or early evening, typically consisting of a cooked dish, bread and butter, and tea. If a main meal in the evening, more commonly called tea (cf. tea n. 4a*), although in this case tea may not be served alongside the food. 1787 Blenheim Lodge II. xiii. 13 Just as we were at high tea, Doctor Shatford made his appearance. . . 1922 W. S. Maugham On Chinese Screen xlix. 193 He thought of the high tea to which he sat down when he came home from school.., a slice of cold meat, a great deal of bread and butter and plenty of milk in his tea. . . 2009 J. Struthers Red Sky at Night 171 High tea..was an amalgam of afternoon tea and an evening meal.’
* ‘ . . locally in the U.K. (esp. northern), and in Australia and N.Z., a cooked evening meal . . ’
Likely that the main object of going to 'Change was to have private conversation with Coventry about the business of the day. And to get some exercise and fresh air before dinner, of course.
Re jeannine’s now 10-yr-old enquiry about the weather:
‘Met Office Regional forecast for London: Wet and very windy tomorrow.
This Evening and Tonight: Continuing cloudy with outbreaks of rain or drizzle spreading across all parts. Generally mild with strong gusty southwest winds developing, and occasional gales along the south coast. Min T 7 °C.
Thursday: Cloudy and mild with occasionally heavy rain during morning, then turning colder and brighter later with a few showers. Strong winds with gales for a time, possibly severe. Max T 11 °C.
Outlook for Friday to Sunday: Friday: Cold, sunny intervals and isolated showers. Saturday: Less cold with strong winds but largely dry until later. Sunday: Rain clearing though further showers are likely, breezy but mild = 12C.
Updated at: 1409 on Wed 22 Feb 2017’ …………... Monday was a fine warm day . .
NB: Our Hero was using the Old Style Calendar, 10 days behind our New Style, so his February 20 1664 (a leap year) = March 1 New Style, a big difference at this time of the year, so the odds of a fine day are much higher - but not this year:
‘UK Outlook for 27 Feb to 8 Mar 2017: A fairly unsettled picture is likely at first, as further weather systems affect the UK from the Atlantic. Showery spells could affect many areas . . Milder, cloudier weather is likely to be more prevalent further south and east at first, but all areas are likely to turn colder by the mid-week with an increasing risk of overnight frost. The changeable Atlantic influence is likely to remain in place as we go into March, with cloudy spells accompanied by rain and strong winds at times . . There is a smaller likelihood of more settled conditions with overnight fog and frost by early March.’ http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/publi…
‘marque, n.1 < Anglo-Norman mark . . . . 2. letter of marque n. a. Usu. in pl. Also more fully letter(s) of marque and reprisal. Originally: a licence granted by a monarch authorizing a subject to take reprisals on the subjects of a hostile state for alleged injuries. Later: legal authority to fit out an armed vessel and use it in the capture of enemy merchant shipping and to commit acts which would otherwise have constituted piracy . .
So far as European nations are concerned the issue of letters of marque was abolished by the Declaration of Paris in 1856. However, it remains possible under the U.S. Constitution for Congress (but not for state governments) to commission privateers by letters of marque. 1353 Rolls of Parl. II. 250/1 Nous eions la Lei de mark & de reprisailles. . . 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. cxlvv, Shewyng hym how their goodes were taken, by letters of Marke, their shippes restrained [etc.]. . . 1690 Dryden Don Sebastian iv. i. 83 'Tis a prize worth a Million of Crowns, and you carry your Letters of mark about you.’ (OED)
supper, n. < Anglo-Norman . . 2. The last meal of the day . . The time and style of ‘supper’ varies according to history, geography, and social factors. For much of its history, ‘supper’ was simply the last of three daily meals (breakfast, dinner, and supper), whether constituting the main meal or not . . Where both ‘supper’and ‘dinner’ can be applied to the last of three meals, supper is often a lighter or less formal affair than dinner . . Where four meals a day are recognized, ‘supper’ is a light late meal or snack following an early evening dinner or a late afternoon or early evening ‘tea’. . . 1694 W. Westmacott Θεολοβοτονολογια 3 Sweet Almonds..are commonly allowed by Physicians, to be eaten with a few Raisins..for a Supper. 1723 T. Hearne Diary 18 Jan. in Reliquiae Hearnianae (1857) II. 486 'Tis usual with the fellows and their friends to have a supper, and to sit up all night drinking and singing . . …….. The ambiguities of ‘tea’ will have to wait for another day . . (OED)
Re: dinnner vs. lunch vs. supper: in England this is a matter of class (of course) and it is important to get it right if in a strange milieu: ………….. dinner, n. < French dîner . . The chief meal of the day, eaten originally, and still by the majority of people, about the middle of the day (cf. German Mittagsessen), but now, by the professional and fashionable classes, usually in the evening; particularly, a formally arranged meal of various courses; a repast given publicly in honour of some one, or to celebrate some event.
. . 1620 T. Venner Via Recta viii. 173 Our vsuall time for dinner..is about eleuen of the clocke. 1712 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. (1889) III. 372 At eleven Clock this Day, I being then at Dinner in Edmund Hall Buttery …………. luncheon, n.< Related in some way to lunch n.2. The ordinary view, that the spelling lunching represents the etymological form, appears somewhat unlikely. In our quots. the earliest form is luncheon, and this appears in our quots. earlier than lunch; and there is no evidence of a derivative verb in the 16–17th cent. It is possible that luncheon might have been extended < lunch on the analogy of the relation between punch, puncheon, trunch, truncheon. . . 2. a. Originally, a slight repast taken between two of the ordinary meal-times, esp. between breakfast and mid-day dinner. The word retains this original application with those who use dinner as the name of the mid-day meal; with those who ‘dine’ in the evening, luncheon denotes a meal (understood to be less substantial and less ceremonious than dinner) taken usually in the early afternoon. Now somewhat formal: cf. lunch n.2 2.
a1652 R. Brome Madd Couple Well Matcht v. i, in Wks. (1873) I. 92 Noonings, and intermealiary Lunchings. 1655 tr. C. Sorel Comical Hist. Francion iii. 71 For our Breakfast and after-noons Lunchins [Fr. à gouster]. 1706 E. Ward Writings (ed. 3) II. 125 Then others more Hungry, their Stomachs to please, Sit down to their Luncheons of House-hold and Cheese. ………... lunch, n.2 < . . In sense 2 lunch was an abbreviation of luncheon, first appearing about 1829, when it was regarded either as a vulgarism or as a fashionable affectation. . . 2. a. A synonym of luncheon n. 2. (Now the usual word exc. in specially formal use, though formerly objected to as vulgar.) Also: a light meal at any time of the day.
1829 H. D. Best Personal & Lit. Mem. 307 The word lunch is adopted in that ‘glass of fashion’, Almacks, and luncheon is avoided as unsuitable to the polished society there exhibited. . . 1968 New Society 22 Aug. 265/2 Though the U still have lunch (not dinner) in the middle of the day and U-dogs still have their dinner then, U-children have changed; they no longer have mid-day dinner, in the nursery, but have lunch with their mothers. (contd.)
Re: ‘ . . an excellent mastiffe, his name Towser, . .’
‘towser, n. One who or that which touses. a. (With capital T). A common name for a large dog, such as was used to bait bears or bulls . .
touse, v. < Old Germanic . . Now rare. 1. a. trans. To pull roughly about; to drag or push about; to handle roughly; of a dog: to tear at, worry. . . 1567 J. Maplet Greene Forest f. 83v, There was a Dog..which at the first dash or onset..daunted and toused the Lyon . . ‘
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About Wednesday 16 March 1663/64
Chris Squire UK • Link
Re: ’ . . to put off till Friday next . . ’
‘next, adj. < Germanic . .
. . 5. b. Applied (without preceding the) to days of the week, with either the current day or (in later use; orig. Sc.) the current week as the implicit point of reference. Thus (for example) next Friday may mean ‘the soonest Friday after today’ or ‘the Friday of the coming week’. The latter may be indicated contextually, e.g. by contrast with this, but it is not always clear which meaning is intended. Cf. sense A. 10c.
. . 1606 Wily Beguilde 58 Yfaith my sweet honny combe, Ile love thee..We must be askt in Church next Sunday, and weel be married presently.
1676 R. Hooke Diary 19 Nov. (1935) 258 Resolvd to read next thursday on the Longitude and about magneticks, &c.
1700 in G. A. Henderson Kirk St. Ternan (1962) 104 Weekly exercises..which he intended..to begin nixt Wednesday come eight days . . ‘
‘10. c. Applied to days of the week, with either the current day or (more usually) the current week as the implicit point of reference. Cf. sense A. 5a . .
. . 1639 in S. Ree Rec. Elgin (1908) II. 235 To intymate upon Sonday nixt that..Sonday cum aucht dayes is ordeant to be a day of..fasting.
1711 E. Budgell Spectator No. 67. ⁋18 The Collection of Pictures which is to be Exposed to Sale on Friday next . . ‘
About Monday 14 March 1663/64
Chris Squire UK • Link
Re: ‘ . . what their dealings have been she knows not, but believes these were naught . . ’
‘naught, pron., n., adj., and adv. < Old English . .
. . 2. a. Wickedness, evil, moral wrong . .
1627 R. Sanderson Ten Serm. 411 From doing nothing proceede to doing naught . . ‘
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Re: ‘ . . It seems my Lord Southampton’s canaille —[sewer]— did come too near their foundation . . ‘
This is not:
‘canaille, n.< Middle French . .
1. With the: the common people; the mob or masses. Also (without article): common people collectively; rabble.
. . 1679 W. Penn Addr. Protestants i. 26 This Shameful Impiety..has not only prevailed with the Populace, the Cannale, the Vulgar.’
but a misspelling of:
‘canal, n. < classical Latin. A conduit or drain for liquid. Obs.
a1576 Bp. J. Pilkington Godlie Expos. Nehemiah (1585) (iii. 7) f. 44v, The sinkes, Canals, and conduits, did wash and conuey away al the sweepings and filth of the streetes into the Brooke Cedron . . ‘
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Re: ‘ . . I had not hand to give myself up to consult what to do in it . . ‘
‘hand, n. < Germanic . .
. . 17. Capacity of doing something with the hands, and hence of adeptness or ability more generally; skill, ability, knack; a particular skill or talent.
IV. Senses relating to skill or dexterity in the use of the hands, or to actions performed using the hands.
. . 1708 P. A. Motteux Wks. F. Rabelais v. xx, I have no hand at making of Speeches.
1791 A. Radcliffe Romance of Forest I. ii. 68, I had always a hand at carpentry.
1859 W. G. Simms Cassique of Kiawah xx. 193 He's got a hand for a-most anything . . ‘
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Re: ‘ . . her stomach coming down we were presently friends . . ‘
‘stomach, n. < Old French . .
. . 6. a. Used (like ‘heart’, ‘bosom’, ‘breast’) to designate the inward seat of passion, emotion, secret thoughts, affections, or feelings. Now rare.
. . 1663 S. Butler Hudibras: First Pt. i. iii. 180 This said, his grief to anger turn'd, Which in his manly stomack burn'd.
1707 J. Addison Rosamond ii. 16 My Stomach swells with secret Spight, To see my fickle, faithless Knight..So little his own Worth to know . . ‘
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About Sunday 13 March 1663/64
Chris Squire UK • Link
Re: ‘What did Tom Pepys die of?’
This is discussed at: http://boards.straightdope.com/sd…
About Sunday 13 March 1663/64
Chris Squire UK • Link
Re: ‘ . . who lies in bed talking idle . . ‘
idle, adj. . . Old English . .
7. In quasi-adv. use = idly adv. Obs.
. . 1663 S. Pepys Diary 29 Oct. (1971) IV. 356 The Queene mends apace they say; but yet talks idle still.
idly, adv. . .
1. a. Vainly, in vain; uselessly; frivolously, carelessly, ineffectively . .
1625 J. Hart Anat. Urines ii. xi. 122 [It] is not a thing so slightly to be passed ouer, as many may idlely imagine.
1700 J. Astry tr. D. de Saavedra Fajardo Royal Politician II. 89 When a Prince idlely squanders away his subjects fortunes.
b. Incoherently (from affection of the brain), deliriously. Obs.
. . 1632 tr. G. Bruele Praxis Medicinæ 399 They which talk idlely with amazednes..for the most part die.
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Re: ‘ . . for I much want it.’
‘want, v. < an early Scandinavian . .
I. To be lacking, to lack, and related senses.
1. trans.
a. (a) Not to have, to be without; to be deficient in; to lack. Now chiefly Sc.
. . 1625 C. Burges New Discou. Personal Tithes 67 It is a thousand pitties they should want blowes who will doe nothing without them.
1684 tr. T. Bonet Guide Pract. Physician i. 16 If you want Peaches, you may use Juice of soure Apples . . ‘
As in: ‘For Want of a Nail:
For want of a nail the shoe was lost.
For want of a shoe the horse was lost.
For want of a horse the rider was lost.
For want of a rider the message was lost.
For want of a message the battle was lost.
For want of a battle the kingdom was lost.
And all for the want of a horseshoe nail.’
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/For…
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Re: ‘ . . which I and Wm. Joyce told . . ’
‘tell v. . . < Germanic . .
II. To mention numerically, to count, reckon.
. . 17. trans.
a. To count (the members of a series or group); to enumerate, reckon, number . .
. . 1696 T. Wagstaffe Acct. Proc. recoining Clipp'd Money 8 His Son (who can scarce tell ten) is one of the Tellers in the Exchequer.
1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 254 He could not tell Twenty in English; but he numbered them, by laying so many Stones on a Row, and pointing to me to tell them over . .
18. a. trans. To reckon up or calculate the total amount or value of (money or other things); to count up. Obs.
. . 1609 J. Skene tr. Regiam Majestatem i. f. 36, Quhen he is fourtene ȝeares compleit or quhen he can number and tell silver.
1723 D. Defoe Hist. Col. Jack (ed. 2) 92 What it [sc. his cargo] really amounted to, I knew not, for I never told it . . ‘
(OED)
About Thursday 10 March 1663/64
Chris Squire UK • Link
Re: ‘ . . a good hog’s harslet, . .‘
‘harslet n. < Old French . . A piece of meat to be roasted, esp. part of the entrails of a hog; pig's fry; also, the ‘pluck’ or ‘gather’ (heart, liver, etc.) of other animals, as the sheep, calf, etc.
. . 1664 S. Pepys Diary 10 Mar. (1971) V. 79 A good hog's harslet, a piece of meat I love . . ‘
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Re: ‘ . . went and called my wife . .’
‘call, v. < early Scandinavian . .
. . 33. trans. To pay a short visit to (a person); to call on. Obs.
1616 Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) iv. iv. 14 Ile call you at your house.
. . 1728 C. Cibber Vanbrugh's Provok'd Husband iii. 54 You will call me at Lady Revel's? . . ‘
(OED)
Nowadays we would say 'called for': the carriage drove to the front door and a servant summoned Mrs P without Sam going in.
About Tuesday 8 March 1663/64
Chris Squire UK • Link
Re: ‘ . . she had got and used some puppy-dog water . . ‘
‘puppy-water n. Obs. the urine of a puppy, formerly used as a cosmetic.
1687 C. Sedley Bellamira i. i. 4 You spend it him in Coach-hire, Puppy-water and Paint, every day of your Life.
1732 Swift Lady's Dressing Room 5 With Puppy Water, Beauty's Help, Distill'd from Tripsy's darling Whelp.’
(OED)
About Monday 7 March 1663/64
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Re: ‘ . . I am grown more curious than I was . . ‘
‘curious, adj. < Old French . . a word which has been used from time to time with many shades of meaning . .
. . 2. Careful as to the standard of excellence; difficult to satisfy; particular; nice, fastidious. Obs.
a. esp. in food, clothing, matters of taste.
. . 1605 W. Camden Remaines i. 232 There was one that was very curious in keeping of his beard . .
†6. a. Taking the interest of a connoisseur in any branch of art; skilled as a connoisseur or virtuoso. Obs.
. .1644 J. Evelyn Mem. (1857) I. 69 Monsieur Morine..one of the most skilful and curious persons in France for his rare collection of shells, flowers, and insects.
. .1740 tr. C. Rollin Anc. Hist. (ed. 2) VII. 293 He was exceedingly curious in pictures and designs by great masters . .
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Re: ‘ . . pleasant to hear an ordinary lady … . .’
‘pleasant, adj. < Anglo-Norman . .
5. Amusing, comical; ridiculous. Now arch. and rare.
. . 1688 S. Penton Guardian's Instr. 48 It was pleasant to see how my Son trembled to see the Proctour come in.
. . 1760 S. Foote Minor ii. 73 They took him off at the play-house, some time ago; pleasant, but wrong. Public characters shou'd not be sported with . . ‘
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(OED)
About Thursday 3 March 1663/64
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Re: ’ . . to mind his book . . ’
‘mind, v < Germanic . .
. . II. To attend to, concern oneself with, care for, etc.
4. trans.
a. To think about, turn one's attention to (an activity or task) . . Now rare except in phrases: to mind one's book (arch.): to be diligent in one's studies . .
. . 1611 Bible (King James) Rom. viii. 5 For they that are after the flesh, doe minde the things of the flesh.
. . 1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 383. ¶1 Bidding him be a good Child and mind his Book . . ‘
About Tuesday 1 March 1663/64
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RE: ’ . . like to have been trapanned yesterday . .’
‘trepan < A word of obscure and low origin, probably originally a term of thieves' slang . . originally applied to a person in sense 1 below . . Thence arose the verb describing the action of such persons, trepan v.2 . . Hence, finally, a second use of the noun as a name of the action . . The earlier spelling of the noun was trapan , probably formed in some way < trap n.1 . . The change to trepan , seen first in the verb, may have been due to association with trepan v.1 (a much earlier and well known word), of which trepan v.2 may have been supposed to be some sort of fig. application . . Obs. or arch.
1. A person who entraps or decoys others into actions or positions which may be to his advantage and to their ruin or loss. Also applied to an animal (quot. 1686).
1653 (title) The Total Rout, or a Brief Discovery Of a Pack of Knaves and Drabs, intituled Pimps, Panders, Hectors, Trapans, Nappers, Mobs, and Spanners . . ‘
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‘trepan, n.1 < French trépan < medieval Latin trepanum < Greek τρύπανον a borer.
1. A surgical instrument in the form of a crown-saw, for cutting out small pieces of bone, esp. from the skull.
. . 1676 R. Wiseman Severall Chirurg. Treat. v. ix. 393, I began to work with the Trepan, which I much prefer before a Trephine, it being an Instrument which doth its work lightly, and cutteth the Bone equally . . ‘
(OED)
About Sunday 28 February 1663/64
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The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse is at https://www.iicsa.org.uk/ . Today (March 3 2017) they are broadcasting a live stream of a public hearing.
About Sunday 28 February 1663/64
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Re: ' . . a very pleasing and condescending answer . . '
'condeˈscending, adj. < French . .
2. Consenting, agreeing. Obs.
1655 Ld. Orrery Parthenissa III. ii. iv. 337, I was often condescending to the Death of what you lov'd.'
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Re: ' . . a very high-carriaged but comely big woman . . '
' high < Germanic . . Phrases S3. b. Parasynthetic.*
high-carriaged adj.
1664 S. Pepys Diary 28 Feb. (1971) V. 67 His Lady a very high-carriaged but comely big woman.
1858 Amer. Vet. Jrnl. July 199 When we..call to mind the flat-sided, roach-backed little biped, then called a mule, and contrast it with the symmetrical, high-carriaged, spirited one of to-day, we have much to encourage us.
1970 Field & Stream Oct. 185/1 Pointers, unlike setters, always stand their game in the classic high-carriaged sense.'
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* A. adj.Formed from a combination or compound of two or more elements; formed by a process of both compounding and derivation. In English grammar applied to compounds one of whose elements includes an affix which relates in meaning to the whole compound; e.g. black-eyed ‘having black eyes’ where the suffix of the second element, -ed (denoting ‘having’), applies to the whole, not merely to the second element.'
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About Friday 26 February 1663/64
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Re: ‘ . . his caressing her . . ‘
‘caress, v. < French . .
. . 2. a. fig. To treat with kindness of favour, pet, make much of. arch.
1682 Addr. from Chester in London Gaz. No. 1764/4 [We] do further resolve and promise not to Caress or Encourage any person who shall obstinately persist in courses disliked by Your Majesty.
1694 E. Phillips tr. Milton Lett. of State 325 For the sweetness of his Disposition caress'd by all Men . . ‘
(OED)
About Tuesday 23 February 1663/64
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Re: ’ . . of a sudden . . ’
‘sudden, adj., adv., and n. < Anglo-Norman . .
. . C. n. 1. In advb. phr. formed with preps. = suddenly adv.
a. of a sudden: now usually in all of a sudden.
. . 1616 Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) i. i. 145 Is it possible That loue should of a sodaine take such hold?
a1665 K. Digby Closet Opened (1669) 188 When all is heated through, it [sc. gravy] will quicken of a sudden . . ‘
About Sunday 21 February 1663/64
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Re: ‘high tea’:
‘high tea n. Brit., Austral., and N.Z. a meal eaten in the late afternoon or early evening, typically consisting of a cooked dish, bread and butter, and tea. If a main meal in the evening, more commonly called tea (cf. tea n. 4a*), although in this case tea may not be served alongside the food.
1787 Blenheim Lodge II. xiii. 13 Just as we were at high tea, Doctor Shatford made his appearance.
. . 1922 W. S. Maugham On Chinese Screen xlix. 193 He thought of the high tea to which he sat down when he came home from school.., a slice of cold meat, a great deal of bread and butter and plenty of milk in his tea.
. . 2009 J. Struthers Red Sky at Night 171 High tea..was an amalgam of afternoon tea and an evening meal.’
* ‘ . . locally in the U.K. (esp. northern), and in Australia and N.Z., a cooked evening meal . . ’
(OED)
About Saturday 20 February 1663/64
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Likely that the main object of going to 'Change was to have private conversation with Coventry about the business of the day. And to get some exercise and fresh air before dinner, of course.
About Saturday 20 February 1663/64
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Re jeannine’s now 10-yr-old enquiry about the weather:
‘Met Office Regional forecast for London: Wet and very windy tomorrow.
This Evening and Tonight: Continuing cloudy with outbreaks of rain or drizzle spreading across all parts. Generally mild with strong gusty southwest winds developing, and occasional gales along the south coast. Min T 7 °C.
Thursday: Cloudy and mild with occasionally heavy rain during morning, then turning colder and brighter later with a few showers. Strong winds with gales for a time, possibly severe. Max T 11 °C.
Outlook for Friday to Sunday: Friday: Cold, sunny intervals and isolated showers. Saturday: Less cold with strong winds but largely dry until later. Sunday: Rain clearing though further showers are likely, breezy but mild = 12C.
Updated at: 1409 on Wed 22 Feb 2017’
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Monday was a fine warm day . .
NB: Our Hero was using the Old Style Calendar, 10 days behind our New Style, so his February 20 1664 (a leap year) = March 1 New Style, a big difference at this time of the year, so the odds of a fine day are much higher - but not this year:
‘UK Outlook for 27 Feb to 8 Mar 2017: A fairly unsettled picture is likely at first, as further weather systems affect the UK from the Atlantic. Showery spells could affect many areas . . Milder, cloudier weather is likely to be more prevalent further south and east at first, but all areas are likely to turn colder by the mid-week with an increasing risk of overnight frost. The changeable Atlantic influence is likely to remain in place as we go into March, with cloudy spells accompanied by rain and strong winds at times . . There is a smaller likelihood of more settled conditions with overnight fog and frost by early March.’
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/publi…
About Friday 19 February 1663/64
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Re: ’he would grant letters of mark’
‘marque, n.1 < Anglo-Norman mark . .
. . 2. letter of marque n.
a. Usu. in pl. Also more fully letter(s) of marque and reprisal. Originally: a licence granted by a monarch authorizing a subject to take reprisals on the subjects of a hostile state for alleged injuries. Later: legal authority to fit out an armed vessel and use it in the capture of enemy merchant shipping and to commit acts which would otherwise have constituted piracy . .
So far as European nations are concerned the issue of letters of marque was abolished by the Declaration of Paris in 1856. However, it remains possible under the U.S. Constitution for Congress (but not for state governments) to commission privateers by letters of marque.
1353 Rolls of Parl. II. 250/1 Nous eions la Lei de mark & de reprisailles.
. . 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. cxlvv, Shewyng hym how their goodes were taken, by letters of Marke, their shippes restrained [etc.].
. . 1690 Dryden Don Sebastian iv. i. 83 'Tis a prize worth a Million of Crowns, and you carry your Letters of mark about you.’ (OED)
About Thursday 18 February 1663/64
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supper, n. < Anglo-Norman
. . 2. The last meal of the day . . The time and style of ‘supper’ varies according to history, geography, and social factors. For much of its history, ‘supper’ was simply the last of three daily meals (breakfast, dinner, and supper), whether constituting the main meal or not . . Where both ‘supper’and ‘dinner’ can be applied to the last of three meals, supper is often a lighter or less formal affair than dinner . . Where four meals a day are recognized, ‘supper’ is a light late meal or snack following an early evening dinner or a late afternoon or early evening ‘tea’.
. . 1694 W. Westmacott Θεολοβοτονολογια 3 Sweet Almonds..are commonly allowed by Physicians, to be eaten with a few Raisins..for a Supper.
1723 T. Hearne Diary 18 Jan. in Reliquiae Hearnianae (1857) II. 486 'Tis usual with the fellows and their friends to have a supper, and to sit up all night drinking and singing . .
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The ambiguities of ‘tea’ will have to wait for another day . .
(OED)
About Thursday 18 February 1663/64
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Re: dinnner vs. lunch vs. supper: in England this is a matter of class (of course) and it is important to get it right if in a strange milieu:
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dinner, n. < French dîner . . The chief meal of the day, eaten originally, and still by the majority of people, about the middle of the day (cf. German Mittagsessen), but now, by the professional and fashionable classes, usually in the evening; particularly, a formally arranged meal of various courses; a repast given publicly in honour of some one, or to celebrate some event.
. . 1620 T. Venner Via Recta viii. 173 Our vsuall time for dinner..is about eleuen of the clocke.
1712 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. (1889) III. 372 At eleven Clock this Day, I being then at Dinner in Edmund Hall Buttery
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luncheon, n.< Related in some way to lunch n.2. The ordinary view, that the spelling lunching represents the etymological form, appears somewhat unlikely. In our quots. the earliest form is luncheon, and this appears in our quots. earlier than lunch; and there is no evidence of a derivative verb in the 16–17th cent. It is possible that luncheon might have been extended < lunch on the analogy of the relation between punch, puncheon, trunch, truncheon.
. . 2. a. Originally, a slight repast taken between two of the ordinary meal-times, esp. between breakfast and mid-day dinner. The word retains this original application with those who use dinner as the name of the mid-day meal; with those who ‘dine’ in the evening, luncheon denotes a meal (understood to be less substantial and less ceremonious than dinner) taken usually in the early afternoon. Now somewhat formal: cf. lunch n.2 2.
a1652 R. Brome Madd Couple Well Matcht v. i, in Wks. (1873) I. 92 Noonings, and intermealiary Lunchings.
1655 tr. C. Sorel Comical Hist. Francion iii. 71 For our Breakfast and after-noons Lunchins [Fr. à gouster].
1706 E. Ward Writings (ed. 3) II. 125 Then others more Hungry, their Stomachs to please, Sit down to their Luncheons of House-hold and Cheese.
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lunch, n.2 < . . In sense 2 lunch was an abbreviation of luncheon, first appearing about 1829, when it was regarded either as a vulgarism or as a fashionable affectation.
. . 2. a. A synonym of luncheon n. 2. (Now the usual word exc. in specially formal use, though formerly objected to as vulgar.) Also: a light meal at any time of the day.
1829 H. D. Best Personal & Lit. Mem. 307 The word lunch is adopted in that ‘glass of fashion’, Almacks, and luncheon is avoided as unsuitable to the polished society there exhibited.
. . 1968 New Society 22 Aug. 265/2 Though the U still have lunch (not dinner) in the middle of the day and U-dogs still have their dinner then, U-children have changed; they no longer have mid-day dinner, in the nursery, but have lunch with their mothers.
(contd.)
About Wednesday 17 February 1663/64
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Re: ‘ . . an excellent mastiffe, his name Towser, . .’
‘towser, n. One who or that which touses.
a. (With capital T). A common name for a large dog, such as was used to bait bears or bulls . .
touse, v. < Old Germanic . . Now rare.
1. a. trans. To pull roughly about; to drag or push about; to handle roughly; of a dog: to tear at, worry.
. . 1567 J. Maplet Greene Forest f. 83v, There was a Dog..which at the first dash or onset..daunted and toused the Lyon . . ‘
(OED)