Phrases and Names, Their Origins and Meanings

by Trench H. Johnson

Transcriber’s Note

Hyphens in words that occur on line-breaks are retained or removed based upon the preponderance of other instances in the text.

The numerous cross-references in this text are supported here by hyperlinks. Note that there are several references to an entry for “Wassail”, which is missing. A link is made to the entry for “Pig and Whistle”, where the word is described. Similarly, the reference to “Cop” in the entry for “Fair Cop” likely refers to “Copper”.

Where odd spellings are encountered without any other occurences, allowances are made for the author’s possibly idiosyncratic manner, and these are merely noted, but retained.

Errors deemed most likely to be the printer’s have been corrected, and are noted here. The references are to the page and line in the original. The following issues should be noted, along with the resolutions.

[21.27]	Verses w[r]itten in praise or dispraise	Inserted.
[37.27]	an officer in the First Del[e/a]ware Regiment	Replaced.
[40.30]	From the way in which [b/h]e adjusts	Replaced.
[43.33]	generally a hired assasin	Inserted.
[94.30]	After William Farrin[g]don	Inserted.
[101.5]	[w/t]hen Prince of Wales	Replaced.
[117.13]	in the river near[ near] Fort Niagara	Removed.
[123.34]	[I/A]n inn sign anciently depicting	Replaced.
[134.28]	Harvard U[u/n]iversity	Inverted.
[138.9]	It was according[ing]ly in the heel	Removed.
[157.22]	Maize, brought f[r]om the West Indies	Inserted.
[163.30]	at the memorable s[ei/ie]ge of Ostend	Transposed.
[169.11]	appled to dried beef	Inserted.
[172.37]	the great [lexocographer]	Sic: lexicographer
[179.12]	K[ah/ha]n.	Transposed.
[199.3]	from the Lat[a/i]n liber	Replaced.
[201.7]	A distingushed musical executant	Inserted.
[208.37]	in the manufacturing dist[r]icts	Inserted.
[216.4]	in the her[io/oi]c defence of the city	Transposed.
[223.30]	After the magnificent sepulchral monument	Removed.
[224.1]	Maydew Che[e/r]ries.	Replaced.
[254.23]	wore a grogram clo[c/o]ak	Replaced.
[277.3]	From the Spanish [pegueno] nino	sic: pequeno
[285.22]	and other public announc[e]ments	Inserted.
[309.32]	his invention of [“]Prince Rupert’s Drops,”	Added.
[320.36]	to the queen of[ of] Henry III.	Removed.
[327.9]	A corruption of [“]St Chad’s Well,”	Inserted.
[329.33]	being an abbrevation of “Companionship.”	Inserted.
[337.31]	Called by the Ca[r]thaginians “Hispania,”	Inserted.
[340.27]	Al[g]onquin for an Indian woman.	Inserted.
[354.27]	A tavern sign off[,] Golden Square	Removed.
[358.15]	the nickname betowed by the Protestants	Inserted.
[366.5]	Ur[a/u]guay.	Replaced.
[374.12]	by weep[l/i]ng over the folly of mankind	Replaced.
[377.36]	The [othordox/orthodox] or strict members	Replaced.
[381.26]	and similar pe[r]petrations	Inserted.
[383.37]	[Y]uletide.	Restored.