Archive for May, 2008

scrap

Anne | May 30th, 2008 | No Comments »

A villainous scheme or plan. He whiddles the whole scrap; he discovers the whole plan or scheme.

–From the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.

hum (to hum) or humbug

Anne | May 29th, 2008 | No Comments »

To deceive, or impose on one by some story or device. A humbug; a jocular imposition, or deception. To hum and haw; to hesitate in speech, also to delay, or be with difficulty brought to consent to any matter or business,

–From the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.

twitter

Anne | May 28th, 2008 | No Comments »

All in a twitter; in a fright. Twittering is also the note of some small birds, such as the robin, &c.

–From the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.

gilflurt

Anne | May 27th, 2008 | No Comments »

A proud minx, a vain capricious woman.

–From the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.