1883 pargèd] This is one of Whiting's redeeming vividnesses. The verb is, of course, the same as 'parget'—'to plaster or distemper'. Cf. Il Insonio, 73. [Return]
1911 Whether 'buzzled' is 'bustled' or 'buzzed' I am not sure. Cf. Il Insonio, 107. 'He buzzles like a bustard in a wind'.
1930 Orig. 'Bagno's'.
1931 for] Not quite impossible, but unlikely. 'Fore'?
1945 'cowlist' may raise a doubt as to the passage supra, The Author to his Book, l. 58.
1959 I suppose 'eighteen hooks' means hooks to catch persons eighteen years old. But for cautions against being too sure Whiting is sovereign.
1965 'drilling' for 'trickling' we had before.
1969 'tamm[e]y's (as in original). Still a word for coarse cloth.
1984 Once more, if 'jen-net' is superfluous and you cannot think of any rhyme but 'Bennet' why not overrun?
1995 blanched?] 'Lilies' equalling 'cheeks'? But I would not dictate to Whiting. [Return]