The Public School Word-book / A conribution to to a historical glossary of words phrases and turns of expression obsolete and in current use peculiar to our great public schools together with some that have been or are modish at the universities

by John Stephen Farmer

Largitate, subs. (The Leys).—Apple-pie. [From the College grace.]

Lash, verb (Christ’s Hospital).—To envy. Generally in imperative as a taunt.

1890. The Blue, Oct., “The Queen in the City.” Our lips LASH on learning that the “general bill of fare” contained 200 tureens of turtle, 200 bottles of sherbot (what is this?), 50 boiled turkeys, and oysters.

Late-play, subs. (Westminster).—A half-holiday or holiday beginning at noon. See Early Play.

Launch, verb (general).—See quots.

c. 1840. Mansfield, School-Life at Winchester (1866), 218. Launch—To drag a boy out of bed, mattress, bed-clothes, and all.

1865. G. J. Berkeley, My Life, &c., i. 129. I had [at Sandhurst about 1815] to undergo the usual torments of being LAUNCHED, that is, having my bed reversed while I was asleep; of being thrown on the floor on my face, with the mattress on my back, and all my friends or foes dancing on my prostrate body.

Lawful Time, subs. (Winchester).—Recess; playtime.

Leave, subs. (general).—Leave of absence from school; a holiday.

Leaving-money, subs. (Eton). See quot.