GLOSSARY
OF
WORDS, PHRASES, AND CUSTOMS, PECULIAR TO WINCHESTER COLLEGE.[17]
⁂ The few woodcuts interspersed through the Glossary are not such faithful representations as the author could have wished. However, they serve in some measure to explain the various colloquialisms.
A.
ABROAD—A boy was said “to come Abroad” when he returned to his school duties after having been “Continent,” (v. inf.)
ABS.—Was written after a boy’s name on a Roll, (v. inf.,) to show that he was absent from Chapel or Hills, or from any place, where names had been called.
AD PORTAS—A Latin oration addressed by the Præfect of Hall to the Electors, under Middle gate, at the commencement of Election week.
AMEN CHAPEL—A long service performed on the four days set apart for commemorating the Founder, and on the anniversary of his death.
APPLE-PIE DAY—The last Thursday in Short half, on which we had apple-pies for dinner.