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2. Mr. William Wimble, v. Appendix II.
8. jack. Pike.
32. angle-rods. Fishing-rods. Cf. Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra, II. v. 10:
Give me mine angle,—we'll to the river.
officious. Serviceable, ready to do things for other people. The word is now restricted to its bad sense of meddlesome. Cf. Shakespeare, Titus Andronicus, v. ii. 202:
Come, come, be every one officious
To make this banquet.
35. correspondence. Communication.
36. a tulip-root. William III. brought to England the passion for tulip-growing which originated in Holland. At this time it was already on the wane in England.
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