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

Bene-book, comma inserted after ‘male,’ “vix satis, male, Big male”

Black-jack, square brace inserted after ‘beer,’ “boy servitor of beer.]”

Blow, double quote inserted after ‘late,’ “thou wakyst too late.””

Brasenose, double quote struck before ‘Brazen,’ “Brazen Nose Hall, as”

Calk, ‘Cork’ changed to small capitals, “See Appendix, s.v. CORK”

Challenge, square brace inserted after ‘q.v.,’ “the Eton Montem (q.v.).]”

Continent, double quote inserted after ‘day,’ ““æger for the day””

Dispar, ‘Commons’ changed to ‘commons,’ “A commons or share.”

Div, text re-ordered for clarity, “e.g. Tique-div (q.v.”

Dreep, ‘or’ changed to medium weight, “Dreep (or Dreip)”