A select glossary of English words used formerly in senses different from their present

by Richard Chenevix Trench

A SELECT GLOSSARY

A

SELECT GLOSSARY

OF

ENGLISH WORDS USED FORMERLY IN SENSES DIFFERENT FROM THEIR PRESENT

BY

RICHARD CHENEVIX TRENCH, D.D.

ARCHBISHOP

‘Res fugiunt, vocabula manent’

SEVENTH EDITION

REVISED BY A. L. MAYHEW, M.A.

LONDON
KEGAN PAUL, TRENCH, & CO., 1 PATERNOSTER SQUARE
1890

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