Long-glass, subs. (Eton).—See quot.
1883. Brinsley Richards, Seven Years at Eton, 321. A glass nearly a yard long, shaped like the horn of a stage-coach guard, and with a hollow globe instead of a foot. It held a quart of beer, and the ceremony of drinking out of it constituted an initiation into the higher circle of Etonian swelldom. There was LONG-GLASS drinking once or twice a week during the summer half. The invités attended in an upper room of Tap after two, and each before the long glass was handed to him had a napkin tied round his neck. It was considered a grand thing to drain the glass without removing it from the lips, and without spilling any of its contents. This was difficult, because when the contents of the tubular portion of the glass had been sucked down, the beer in the globe would remain for a moment as if congealed there: then if the drinker tilted the glass up a little, and shook it, the motionless beer would give a gurgle and come with a sudden rush all over his face. There was a way of holding the long glass at a certain angle by which catastrophes were avoided. Some boys could toss off their quart of ale in quite superior style, and I may as well remark that these clever fellows could do little else.
Long-grass, subs. (Winchester).—All Meads (q.v.) except the paths and Turf (q.v.).
Long-meads, subs. 1. (Winchester).—A field between Sick-house (q.v.) and Commoners (q.v.): now thrown into Meads (q.v.).
2. (Winchester).—“The time after dinner on summer evenings, when we went on to Underhills.”—Mansfield (c. 1840).
Long-paper, subs. (Winchester).—Foolscap.
Long Quarter, subs. (Charterhouse).—One of the school terms: now the shortest of the three, which are Long, Summer, and Oration Quarter. The Summer is colloquially known as Cricket-Quarter, and the oration has been abolished.
Long Room, The (Stonyhurst).—The Museum. [From its shape.]
Long Wallyford, subs. (Loretto).—The usual run on a wet short school day: about five miles. See Wallyford and Faside.
Lord’s (Winchester and Harrow).—See Appendix.