Another of vinegar,
A teaspoonful of salt.
Mixed together and then held in the mouth.—Hawker.
Nothing is more annoying in the mountains than an attack of this afflicting disease. Grouse shooters are particularly obnoxious to it, from unavoidable exposure to wet and sudden alterations of atmospheric temperature. I have known a sporting expedition embittered by this visitation, and as professional assistance was not procurable, the sufferer had no remedy but the old and slow one—patience. I recommend the worthy colonel’s nostrum for two reasons; the first, that I believe it to be efficacious; and the second, that it is easily compounded.—Ed.
Top, s. The highest part of anything; the surface, the superficies; the extreme joint of a fishing-rod.
Topheavy, a. Having the upper part too weighty for the lower—a great defect in a fishing-rod.
Torch, s. A wax-light bigger than a candle; any large or portable light.
Touchhole, s. The hole through which the fire is conveyed to the powder in a gun.
Touchwood, s. Rotten wood used to catch the fire struck from the flint.
Tow, s. Flax or hemp beaten and combed into a filamentous substance.