‘stand . . III. An appliance to stand something on. 21. a. A base, bracket, stool or the like upon which a utensil, ornament, or exhibit may be set; the base upon which an instrument is set up for use. . . 1686 tr. J. Chardin Coronation Solyman 39 in Trav. Persia As we set our Candlesticks upon Tables or Stands. . . 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (ed. 6) Stand,..a Frame to set a Candle-stick on, or a Vessel in a Cellar, &c. . .
22. A frame or piece of furniture upon which to stand or hang articles. 1692 Dryden Cleomenes Life 10 After Supper, a Stand was brought in with a brass Vessel full of Wine, two silver Pots,..a few silver Cups . . ‘
‘cold . . 5. b. As a mass noun: disease attributed to an excess of the quality of coldness within the body or part of the body, to a superfluity of cold humours (esp. phlegm), or to exposure to low temperature; (in later use) spec. acute and self-limited catarrhal illness of the upper respiratory tract . . . . 1646 T. Juxon Jrnl. (1999) 134 My Lord General Essex died at his house..of an apoplex, having been sick about a week, taking cold in hunting the stag. . . 1747 J. Wesley Primitive Physick p. xxiii, Obstructed Perspiration (vulgarly called catching Cold) is one great Source of Diseases . .
c. As a count noun: an instance of such disease . . now known to be caused by any of numerous viruses . . . . 1600 Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 iii. ii. 178 A horson cold, sir, a cough sir. 1679 London Gaz. No. 1436/4 His Majesty..has been indisposed for some days by a Cold he took . . ‘
Daryl, 2008: There is a portrait of ‘Saltonstall, Sir Richard (bap. 1586, d. 1661), colonist in America,’ in oil, 1644, at the Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts.
"This night was buried in Westminster the Queene of Bohemia . . “ (Evelyn)
‘ . . She was the . . (Elizabeth) eldest daughter of James VI and I, King of Scots, England, and Ireland . . her grandson succeeded to the British throne as George I of Great Britain . . The reigning British monarch, Elizabeth II, is her direct descendant of the 10th and 11th generation through different paths. Most other European royal families . . are also descended from Elizabeth Stuart . . ‘ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eli…
And yet our diarist was too busy gambling and giving himself indigestion to noticed her funeral.
‘sasse, n. < Dutch sas, of obscure origin = lock n.2 11. . . 1662 S. Pepys Diary 25 Jan. (1970) III. 18 Sir N. Crisp's project of making a great sasse in the King's Lands about Deptford, to be a wett dock . . ‘
and
‘very . . 3. In emphatic use, denoting that the person or thing may be so named in the fullest sense of the term, or possesses all the essential qualities of the thing specified . . Common from c1550 to c1700; now chiefly in the superlative, freq. qualifying something bad, objectionable, or undesirable . . a. With a or the preceding . . 1693 Dryden tr. Juvenal Satires vi. 112 When Poor, she's scarce a tollerable Evil; But Rich, and Fine, a Wife's a very Devil. . . b. With a inserted between the adj. and the n. qualified, esp. as or so very a . . Now rare or Obs. . .1667 S. Pepys Diary 29 July (1974) VIII. 364 He is as very a wencher as can be . . ‘
‘collier . . 2. a. One who carries coal (orig. charcoal, later also pit-coal) for sale. Obs. 1479 in T. Smith & L. T. Smith Eng. Gilds (1870) 425 All maner of colyers that bryngeth coleys to towne. . . 1662 S. Pepys Diary 8 Feb. (1970) III. 25 All the morning..with the Colliers, removing the Coles out of the old coal-hole into the new one . . ‘
Samuel Pepys already has a Facebook page which doesn’t link here: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Sa… ‘This Page is automatically generated based on what Facebook users are interested in and not affiliated with or endorsed by anyone associated with the topic.’
No doubt FB would add a link to this site if asked nicely.
I suggest that a fan of this site of the Facebook generation should create a proper SP page and post news of their doings linked to this site. There is no reason to leave it to ‘Joe Soap’ aka Phil Gyford. There is no need to post daily. Posts about SP’s private life - his philandering and his marriage bed - would be well received by Facebookers who would be bored stiff by news of his working life. Think tabloid and you won’t go far wrong!
I am 70 and find the site easy to read. I have an FB page but I don’t use it or like FB so I am not volunteering for this.
‘tarantism, n. . . < Taranto name of the town . . but popularly associated with tarantola the tarantula spider . . A hysterical malady, characterized by an extreme impulse to dance, which prevailed as an epidemic in Apulia and adjacent parts of Italy from the 15th to the 17th century, popularly attributed to the bite or ‘sting’ of the tarantula. The dancing was sometimes held to be a symptom or consequence of the malady, sometimes practised as a sovereign cure for it. 1638–56 A. Cowley Davideis i. Notes §32 We should hardly be convinced of this Physick, unless it be in the particular cure of the Tarantism, the experiments of which are too notorious to be denyed or eluded. . . 1883 Chambers's Encycl. IX. 296/2 Tarantism may be defined a leaping or dancing mania, originating in, or supposed to originate in, an animal poison... The gesticulations, contortions, and cries somewhat resembled those in St. Vitus's Dance, and other epidemic nervous diseases of the middle ages . . ‘
Paul Chapin 05.02.05:
‘scour, v.2 < Middle Dutch . . schûren . . 9. fig. To beat, scourge. Hence, to punish, treat severely. c1386 Chaucer Parson's Tale ⁋596 He..broghte a yerde to scoure with the child. . . a1593 Marlowe Tragicall Hist. Faustus (1604) sig. D3v, Ile teach ye to impeach honest men: stand by, Ile scowre you for a goblet. . . 1662 S. Pepys Diary 4 Feb. (1970) III. 23 We shall scowre him for it . . ‘
‘impertinent < French impertinent . . . . 3. a. Not suitable to the circumstances; incongruous, inappropriate, out of place; not consonant with reason; absurd, idle, trivial, silly. . . 1631 J. Weever Anc. Funerall Monuments 16 These superfluous and impertinent costs of funerall expenses. 1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors 80 The opinion the Muscovites have of themselves and their abilities, is sottish, gross, and impertinent. a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) i. i. 13 In comparison of this, all other Knowledge is vain, light and impertinent. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (ed. 6) Impertinent,..absurd, silly, idle . . ‘
‘mole . . from Byzantine Greek μῶλος . . < classical Latin mōlēs . . 2. A massive structure, esp. of stone, serving as a pier, breakwater, or causeway. Also: the area of water bounded by or contained within such a structure, esp. forming a harbour or port. . . 1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 255 The Mole, that from the South windes defendeth the hauen. . . 1695 R. Blackmore Prince Arthur iv. 108 As when a Mold repels th' Invading Seas . . ‘
‘morena, n.1 < Spanish morena, feminine form corresponding to moreno moreno n. 1. A woman with dark-coloured hair; a brunette. Obs. rare. 1662 S. Pepys Diary 27 Jan. (1970) III. 19 One Mr. Dekins, the father of my Morena . . ‘
‘scissor A. n. 1. An instrument used for cutting paper, fabric, hair, etc., consisting of a pair of pivoted blades attached to handles, each handle having a hole for the thumb and some of the fingers respectively, and operated by bringing the handles together so that the sharp edges of the blades close on the material to be cut . . . . b. In plural form . . Freq. as a pair of scissors . The usual form. . . γ. . .1568 V. Skinner tr. R. González de Montes Discouery Inquisition of Spayne Pref. sig. *B iijv, This gentleman..toke a paire of scissoures, and pared his maker where he was ouergrowne. 1673 J. Ray Observ. Journey Low-countries 460 They take the fairest bunches, and with a pair of scissers snip off all the faulty grapes. 1712 J. Arbuthnot John Bull Still in Senses iv. 15 To go hawking and peddling about the Streets, selling Knives, Scissars and Shoe-buckles . . ‘
‘sennight, n. Originally two words: Old English seofon seven v., nihta plural of niht night n. . . Now arch. a. A period of seven (days and) nights; a week. . . a1616 Shakespeare Othello (1622) ii. i. 78 The bold Iago, Whose footing here anticipates our thoughts A Sennights speede . . ‘
‘brave < Italian bravo brave, gallant, fine . . 3. loosely, as a general epithet of admiration or praise: Worthy, excellent, good, ‘capital’, ‘fine’, ‘famous’, etc.; ‘an indeterminate word, used to express the superabundance of any valuable quality in men or things’ (Johnson). arch. (Cf. braw adj.) . . b. of things. . . 1653 I. Walton Compl. Angler 104 We wil make a brave Breakfast with a piece of powdered Bief. 1798 R. Southey Eng. Eclogues ii, Here she found..a brave fire to thaw her . . ‘ [OED]
1662 C. Merrett tr. A. Neri Art of Glass 353 An Account of the Glass drops. These Drops were first brought into England by His Highness Prince Rupert out of Germany. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Rupert's Drops, a sort of glass drops with long and slender tails, which burst to pieces, on the breaking off those tails in any parts. 1833 N. Arnott Elem. Physics (ed. 5) II. i. 24 A toy called a Prince Rupert's Drop (a pear-shaped lump of glass with a slender stalk).’
‘rate, v.1 Origin unknown . . 1. trans. To scold, berate, or rebuke vehemently or angrily . . a. With a person as object . . . . 1605 W. Camden Remaines i. 229 The Bishop being angrie, rated the fellow roughly. . . 1720 D. Defoe Mem. Cavalier 94 The King was in some Passion at his Men, and rated them for running away . . ‘
‘gossip, n. . . Old English godsibb < god god n. and int. + sib akin, related = Old Norse guð-sefe . . 1. One who has contracted spiritual affinity with another by acting as a sponsor at a baptism. a. In relation to the person baptized: A godfather or godmother; a sponsor. Now only arch. and dial. . . a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1649 (1955) II. 567 The Parents being so poore, that they had provided no Gosships. 1689 R. Milward Selden's Table-talk 44 Should a great Lady, that was invited to be a Gossip, in her place send her Kitchin-Maid . . ‘
'. . Thomas did not become Lord Crew until his father died in 1879 . . '!
' . . Crew is frequently referred to by Pepys, who seems to have entertained a very high respect for him. Clarendon describes him as a man of the ‘greatest moderation’. He died on 12 December 1679 . . '
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About Saturday 22 February 1661/62
Chris Squire UK • Link
‘stand . . III. An appliance to stand something on.
21. a. A base, bracket, stool or the like upon which a utensil, ornament, or exhibit may be set; the base upon which an instrument is set up for use.
. . 1686 tr. J. Chardin Coronation Solyman 39 in Trav. Persia As we set our Candlesticks upon Tables or Stands.
. . 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (ed. 6) Stand,..a Frame to set a Candle-stick on, or a Vessel in a Cellar, &c. . .
22. A frame or piece of furniture upon which to stand or hang articles.
1692 Dryden Cleomenes Life 10 After Supper, a Stand was brought in with a brass Vessel full of Wine, two silver Pots,..a few silver Cups . . ‘
About Sunday 23 February 1661/62
Chris Squire UK • Link
OED has:
‘cold . . 5. b. As a mass noun: disease attributed to an excess of the quality of coldness within the body or part of the body, to a superfluity of cold humours (esp. phlegm), or to exposure to low temperature; (in later use) spec. acute and self-limited catarrhal illness of the upper respiratory tract . .
. . 1646 T. Juxon Jrnl. (1999) 134 My Lord General Essex died at his house..of an apoplex, having been sick about a week, taking cold in hunting the stag.
. . 1747 J. Wesley Primitive Physick p. xxiii, Obstructed Perspiration (vulgarly called catching Cold) is one great Source of Diseases . .
c. As a count noun: an instance of such disease . . now known to be caused by any of numerous viruses . .
. . 1600 Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 iii. ii. 178 A horson cold, sir, a cough sir.
1679 London Gaz. No. 1436/4 His Majesty..has been indisposed for some days by a Cold he took . . ‘
About Tuesday 18 February 1661/62
Chris Squire UK • Link
Daryl, 2008: There is a portrait of ‘Saltonstall, Sir Richard (bap. 1586, d. 1661), colonist in America,’ in oil, 1644, at the Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts.
About Monday 17 February 1661/62
Chris Squire UK • Link
"This night was buried in Westminster the Queene of Bohemia . . “ (Evelyn)
‘ . . She was the . . (Elizabeth) eldest daughter of James VI and I, King of Scots, England, and Ireland . . her grandson succeeded to the British throne as George I of Great Britain . . The reigning British monarch, Elizabeth II, is her direct descendant of the 10th and 11th generation through different paths. Most other European royal families . . are also descended from Elizabeth Stuart . . ‘ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eli…
And yet our diarist was too busy gambling and giving himself indigestion to noticed her funeral.
About Saturday 15 February 1661/62
Chris Squire UK • Link
OED has:
‘sasse, n. < Dutch sas, of obscure origin = lock n.2 11.
. . 1662 S. Pepys Diary 25 Jan. (1970) III. 18 Sir N. Crisp's project of making a great sasse in the King's Lands about Deptford, to be a wett dock . . ‘
and
‘very . . 3. In emphatic use, denoting that the person or thing may be so named in the fullest sense of the term, or possesses all the essential qualities of the thing specified . . Common from c1550 to c1700; now chiefly in the superlative, freq. qualifying something bad, objectionable, or undesirable . .
a. With a or the preceding . .
1693 Dryden tr. Juvenal Satires vi. 112 When Poor, she's scarce a tollerable Evil; But Rich, and Fine, a Wife's a very Devil.
. . b. With a inserted between the adj. and the n. qualified, esp. as or so very a . . Now rare or Obs.
. .1667 S. Pepys Diary 29 July (1974) VIII. 364 He is as very a wencher as can be . . ‘
About Saturday 8 February 1661/62
Chris Squire UK • Link
OED has:
‘collier . . 2. a. One who carries coal (orig. charcoal, later also pit-coal) for sale. Obs.
1479 in T. Smith & L. T. Smith Eng. Gilds (1870) 425 All maner of colyers that bryngeth coleys to towne.
. . 1662 S. Pepys Diary 8 Feb. (1970) III. 25 All the morning..with the Colliers, removing the Coles out of the old coal-hole into the new one . . ‘
About Wednesday 5 February 1661/62
Chris Squire UK • Link
For ‘cataplasm’ see: http://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/1…
About A new design
Chris Squire UK • Link
Samuel Pepys already has a Facebook page which doesn’t link here:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Sa…
‘This Page is automatically generated based on what Facebook users are interested in and not affiliated with or endorsed by anyone associated with the topic.’
No doubt FB would add a link to this site if asked nicely.
I suggest that a fan of this site of the Facebook generation should create a proper SP page and post news of their doings linked to this site. There is no reason to leave it to ‘Joe Soap’ aka Phil Gyford. There is no need to post daily. Posts about SP’s private life - his philandering and his marriage bed - would be well received by Facebookers who would be bored stiff by news of his working life. Think tabloid and you won’t go far wrong!
I am 70 and find the site easy to read. I have an FB page but I don’t use it or like FB so I am not volunteering for this.
About Tuesday 4 February 1661/62
Chris Squire UK • Link
‘tarantism, n. . . < Taranto name of the town . . but popularly associated with tarantola the tarantula spider . .
A hysterical malady, characterized by an extreme impulse to dance, which prevailed as an epidemic in Apulia and adjacent parts of Italy from the 15th to the 17th century, popularly attributed to the bite or ‘sting’ of the tarantula. The dancing was sometimes held to be a symptom or consequence of the malady, sometimes practised as a sovereign cure for it.
1638–56 A. Cowley Davideis i. Notes §32 We should hardly be convinced of this Physick, unless it be in the particular cure of the Tarantism, the experiments of which are too notorious to be denyed or eluded.
. . 1883 Chambers's Encycl. IX. 296/2 Tarantism may be defined a leaping or dancing mania, originating in, or supposed to originate in, an animal poison... The gesticulations, contortions, and cries somewhat resembled those in St. Vitus's Dance, and other epidemic nervous diseases of the middle ages . . ‘
Paul Chapin 05.02.05:
‘scour, v.2 < Middle Dutch . . schûren
. . 9. fig. To beat, scourge. Hence, to punish, treat severely.
c1386 Chaucer Parson's Tale ⁋596 He..broghte a yerde to scoure with the child.
. . a1593 Marlowe Tragicall Hist. Faustus (1604) sig. D3v, Ile teach ye to impeach honest men: stand by, Ile scowre you for a goblet.
. . 1662 S. Pepys Diary 4 Feb. (1970) III. 23 We shall scowre him for it . . ‘
[OED]
About Sunday 2 February 1661/62
Chris Squire UK • Link
OED has:
‘impertinent < French impertinent . .
. . 3. a. Not suitable to the circumstances; incongruous, inappropriate, out of place; not consonant with reason; absurd, idle, trivial, silly.
. . 1631 J. Weever Anc. Funerall Monuments 16 These superfluous and impertinent costs of funerall expenses.
1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors 80 The opinion the Muscovites have of themselves and their abilities, is sottish, gross, and impertinent.
a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) i. i. 13 In comparison of this, all other Knowledge is vain, light and impertinent.
1706 Phillips's New World of Words (ed. 6) Impertinent,..absurd, silly, idle . . ‘
About Saturday 1 February 1661/62
Chris Squire UK • Link
OED has:
‘mole . . from Byzantine Greek μῶλος . . < classical Latin mōlēs . .
2. A massive structure, esp. of stone, serving as a pier, breakwater, or causeway. Also: the area of water bounded by or contained within such a structure, esp. forming a harbour or port.
. . 1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 255 The Mole, that from the South windes defendeth the hauen.
. . 1695 R. Blackmore Prince Arthur iv. 108 As when a Mold repels th' Invading Seas . . ‘
About Wednesday 29 January 1661/62
Chris Squire UK • Link
Margaret Penn was just 10 years old [according to the link] so her 'foolishness' may be understood and forgiven after 350 years.
About Monday 27 January 1661/62
Chris Squire UK • Link
OED has:
‘morena, n.1 < Spanish morena, feminine form corresponding to moreno moreno n.
1. A woman with dark-coloured hair; a brunette. Obs. rare.
1662 S. Pepys Diary 27 Jan. (1970) III. 19 One Mr. Dekins, the father of my Morena . . ‘
About Friday 24 January 1661/62
Chris Squire UK • Link
OED has:
‘scissor A. n.
1. An instrument used for cutting paper, fabric, hair, etc., consisting of a pair of pivoted blades attached to handles, each handle having a hole for the thumb and some of the fingers respectively, and operated by bringing the handles together so that the sharp edges of the blades close on the material to be cut . .
. . b. In plural form . . Freq. as a pair of scissors . The usual form.
. . γ.
. .1568 V. Skinner tr. R. González de Montes Discouery Inquisition of Spayne Pref. sig. *B iijv, This gentleman..toke a paire of scissoures, and pared his maker where he was ouergrowne.
1673 J. Ray Observ. Journey Low-countries 460 They take the fairest bunches, and with a pair of scissers snip off all the faulty grapes.
1712 J. Arbuthnot John Bull Still in Senses iv. 15 To go hawking and peddling about the Streets, selling Knives, Scissars and Shoe-buckles . . ‘
About Friday 17 January 1661/62
Chris Squire UK • Link
OED has:
‘sennight, n. Originally two words: Old English seofon seven v., nihta plural of niht night n. . . Now arch.
a. A period of seven (days and) nights; a week.
. . a1616 Shakespeare Othello (1622) ii. i. 78 The bold Iago, Whose footing here anticipates our thoughts A Sennights speede . . ‘
About Tuesday 14 January 1661/62
Chris Squire UK • Link
‘brave < Italian bravo brave, gallant, fine . .
3. loosely, as a general epithet of admiration or praise: Worthy, excellent, good, ‘capital’, ‘fine’, ‘famous’, etc.; ‘an indeterminate word, used to express the superabundance of any valuable quality in men or things’ (Johnson). arch. (Cf. braw adj.)
. . b. of things.
. . 1653 I. Walton Compl. Angler 104 We wil make a brave Breakfast with a piece of powdered Bief.
1798 R. Southey Eng. Eclogues ii, Here she found..a brave fire to thaw her . . ‘ [OED]
About Monday 13 January 1661/62
Chris Squire UK • Link
OED offers:
‘ . . 10. h. (Prince) Rupert's Drops : see quots.
1662 C. Merrett tr. A. Neri Art of Glass 353 An Account of the Glass drops. These Drops were first brought into England by His Highness Prince Rupert out of Germany.
1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Rupert's Drops, a sort of glass drops with long and slender tails, which burst to pieces, on the breaking off those tails in any parts.
1833 N. Arnott Elem. Physics (ed. 5) II. i. 24 A toy called a Prince Rupert's Drop (a pear-shaped lump of glass with a slender stalk).’
About Sunday 12 January 1661/62
Chris Squire UK • Link
OED has:
‘rate, v.1 Origin unknown . .
1. trans. To scold, berate, or rebuke vehemently or angrily . .
a. With a person as object . .
. . 1605 W. Camden Remaines i. 229 The Bishop being angrie, rated the fellow roughly.
. . 1720 D. Defoe Mem. Cavalier 94 The King was in some Passion at his Men, and rated them for running away . . ‘
About Friday 10 January 1661/62
Chris Squire UK • Link
OED has:
‘gossip, n. . . Old English godsibb < god god n. and int. + sib akin, related = Old Norse guð-sefe . .
1. One who has contracted spiritual affinity with another by acting as a sponsor at a baptism.
a. In relation to the person baptized: A godfather or godmother; a sponsor. Now only arch. and dial.
. . a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1649 (1955) II. 567 The Parents being so poore, that they had provided no Gosships.
1689 R. Milward Selden's Table-talk 44 Should a great Lady, that was invited to be a Gossip, in her place send her Kitchin-Maid . . ‘
About Friday 3 January 1661/62
Chris Squire UK • Link
'. . Thomas did not become Lord Crew until his father died in 1879 . . '!
' . . Crew is frequently referred to by Pepys, who seems to have entertained a very high respect for him. Clarendon describes him as a man of the ‘greatest moderation’. He died on 12 December 1679 . . '
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