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If you are not located in the United States, you'll have -to check the laws of the country where you are located before using this ebook. - -Title: The Public School Word-book - A conribution to to a historical glossary of words phrases - and turns of expression obsolete and in current use peculiar - to our great public schools together with some that have - been or are modish at the universities - -Author: John S. Farmer - -Release Date: October 21, 2016 [EBook #53336] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: UTF-8 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE PUBLIC SCHOOL WORD-BOOK *** - - - - -Produced by Chris Curnow and the Online Distributed -Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was -produced from images generously made available by The -Internet Archive) - - - - - - - - - - THE PUBLIC SCHOOL - WORD-BOOK - - - - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- - - - - - THE - - PUBLIC SCHOOL WORD-BOOK - - A CONTRIBUTION TO - - A HISTORICAL GLOSSARY OF WORDS PHRASES - AND TURNS OF EXPRESSION OBSOLETE - AND IN PRESENT USE - - PECULIAR TO - - OUR GREAT PUBLIC SCHOOLS - - TOGETHER WITH SOME THAT HAVE BEEN OR - ARE _MODISH_ AT THE UNIVERSITIES - - BY - - JOHN S. FARMER - - EDITOR OF “AMERICANISMS—OLD AND NEW,” “REGIMENTAL RECORDS - OF THE BRITISH ARMY,” AND (WITH W. E. HENLEY) - “SLANG AND ITS ANALOGUES,” ETC. - - LONDON - PRIVATELY ISSUED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - BY HIRSCHFELD BROTHERS - 13 FURNIVAL STREET, E.C. - MCM - - - - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- - - - - -[Illustration] - - - - - PREFACE - - -It has been a matter of note and, maybe, of surprise that no attempt -has hitherto been made to gather in one volume the numerous Words, -Phrases, and Turns of Expression peculiar to OUR GREAT PUBLIC SCHOOLS. -Bare lists of a dozen or more examples may be found in certain (mostly -out-of-date) Records and Histories; but taking the Schools -individually, only in one instance—Winchester—has there been anything -but the most perfunctory attention given to the subject; and in no -case has the question received that analytical, scientific -treatment—historically and comparatively—which has proved so -invaluable in the “Oxford Dictionary” and in “Slang and its -Analogues.” - -It would, however, seem almost necessary to emphasise the fact that this -Word-Book is not, _per se_, a dictionary of school slang. On the -contrary, it is far more than that. For, though such colloquialisms as -are _peculiar_ to Public School life are naturally and rightly included, -yet by far the larger number of the examples here set down do not, by -any accepted method of classification, fall within that category. I am -led to make this clear at the outset by reason of a somewhat curious, -but altogether erroneous idea that the present book was to be a mere -reprint of extracts from the larger work on which, for many years, I -have been engaged. That is not so. - -Nor, moreover, do these words and phrases appear, save in very few -instances, in any other work—not even in so admirably complete a -dictionary, in other respects, as “The Century,” while the monumental -Oxford undertaking will not be available, as a complete authority, for -many years to come. - -Having thus stated what this work is _not_, it seems borne on me to -explain, anew, what it _is_, or rather, what has been my method. Briefly -put, my idea has been to collect such words, phrases, names, and -allusions to customs as now are, or have been, _peculiar_ to English -Public School life, and to apply to their definition and elucidation -what is known as the “historical” method, illustrating such examples as -lent themselves to it by quotations from old and present-day writers. - -The Public Schools with which I have been concerned, arranged -chronologically in order of foundation or charter, are as follows:— - - 1160 Derby. │1564 Felsted. - 1387 Winchester. │1567 Rugby. - 1441 Eton. │1571 Harrow. - 1515 Manchester Grammar. │1592 Stonyhurst. - 1538 Royal High School, Edin. │1611 Charterhouse. - 1541 Durham Grammar. │1619 Dulwich. - 1550 Sherborne. │1830 Loretto. - 1551 Shrewsbury. │1841 Cheltenham. - 1552 Christ’s Hospital. │1843 Marlborough. - 1552 King Edward’s. │1848 Lancing. - 1553 Tonbridge. │1859 Wellington. - 1560 Westminster. │1875 The Leys. - Also the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge, Durham, - Aberdeen, Dublin, &c. - -How far I have been successful in my task I leave others to judge. I -must confess, however, that the extent and wealth of this special field -of inquiry has somewhat astonished me: yet I fear my lists are, in some -cases, still incomplete. But, even so, this contribution towards a more -perfect glossary will, I think, be a revelation to many. - -No wonder our Mother-tongue is so vigorous, adaptable, and -expansive—reaching out in its creative energy to all the forms and -necessities of modern life—when even Young England shows such aptitude -in coining new expressions, and adapting older forms to its -ever-changing (and, shall I say, ever-increasing) needs. Studied -comparatively, there will be found much significance, not alone in the -survivals from past generations, but also in the relatively newer -phraseology. Many an interesting side-light, too, is thrown on ancient -school customs and usages. - -Though primarily addressing myself to past schoolmen, it is not without -a hope that the general student and scholar, as well as those still _in -statu pupillari_, will find something of use and to interest. - -Finally, I desire, though holding myself alone responsible for aught -that is solecismal in these pages, to acknowledge my indebtedness to -those who have afforded me such unstinted aid in compiling this work. -Especially are my thanks due to Mr. P. K. Tollit (Derby); Mr. W. -Durnford (Eton); Mr. R. D. Hodgson (Manchester Grammar); Mr. C. A. Ross -(Royal High School, Edin.); Rev. A. E. Hillard (Durham); Mr. W. B. -Wildman (Sherborne); Rev. J. F. Cornish (Christ’s Hospital); Rev. E. W. -Badger (King Edward’s, Birm.); Mr. C. H. Crofts (Tonbridge); Rev. E. -Gepp (Felsted); Mr. G. Townsend Warner (Harrow); the Rev. Fathers Gerard -and Browne and Rev. A. Goodier (Stonyhurst); Dr. H. H. Almond (Loretto); -Mr. J. F. L. Hardy (Marlborough); Mr. J. C. Isard (The Leys). - - - SPECIAL NOTICE - -_While the “Public School Word-Book” was passing through the press a -certain amount of additional matter came to hand. Rather than omit -altogether I have included it in an Appendix._ - -_May I also say that I shall welcome any suggestions, additions, or -corrections that may be forwarded to me?_ - -_Communications may be addressed to John S. Farmer, c/o Messrs. -Hirschfeld Bros., 13 Furnival Street, London, E.C._ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- - - - - -[Illustration] - - - - - THE - PUBLIC SCHOOL WORD-BOOK - - - - - - -*A*, TO GET ONE’S “A,” _verb. phr._ (Harrow).—To pass a certain - standard in the Gymnasium: the next step being to the - Gymnasium Eight. _See_ Appendix. - - -*Abber*, _subs._ (Harrow).—1. An abstract: on history, &c.; set - as a punishment. - - 2. An ABSIT (_q.v._): on whole holidays, or under medical - advice. - - -*Abroad*, _adv._ (Winchester).—Convalescent; out of the - sick-room: _e.g._ “I have been (or come) ABROAD a week.” - _Cf._ CONTINENT. - - 1534. UDALL, _Roister Doister_, ... I bid him keepe warme at home, For - if he come ABROADE, he shall cough me a mome. - - 1598. SHAKSPEARE, 2 _Hen. IV._, i. 2. I am glad to see your Lordship - ABROAD. I heard say your Lordship was sicke. I hope your Lordship goes - ABROAD by aduice. - - 1761. _Letter_ [WRENCH]. I have been exceeding ill ... am not just got - ABROAD again. - - -*Abs*, _adj._ (Winchester).—Absent: placed against the name when - away from school. [From _absunt_ on Rolls.] - - _Verb._ To take (get, or go) away. Formerly (_circa_ 1840) - to ABS a tolly (candle) = to put it out; it now = to take it - away whether lighted or unlighted, the modern NOTION - (_q.v._) for putting it out being to “dump” it. As a neuter - verb ABS is generally used in the imperative: _e.g._ “ABS!” - “Oh, do ABS!” Sometimes, however, a fellow is said TO ABS - quickly, and MESS THINGS (_q.v._) are ABSED, or put away. To - HAVE ONE’S WIND ABSED = to have it taken away by a violent - blow in the stomach. - - -*Absence*, _subs._ (Eton).—Names-calling. [This takes place at 3 - and 6 P.M. on half-holidays; at 11.30, 3, and 6 P.M. on - whole-holidays; at 6 P.M. only in summer half.] - - 1867. COLLINS, _The Public Schools_, p. 174. And the elevens were made - up, as they best might, out of such adventurous spirits as dared to - “skip” roll-calls and ABSENCE for the purpose. Eton, when the losers, - attributed the fact to the want of their best men in consequence of - these difficulties. - - -*Absit*, _subs._ (Cambridge).—_See_ quot. - - 1886. DICKENS’S _Dictionary of the University of Cambridge_, p. 3. - Every undergraduate wishing to leave Cambridge for a whole day, not - including a night, must obtain an ABSIT from his tutor. Permission to - go away for a longer period, either at the end of the term or in the - middle, is called an “exeat,” and no undergraduate should go down - without obtaining his “exeat.” - - -*Academia*, _subs._ (Stonyhurst).—_See_ Appendix. - - -*Academy*, _subs._ (Stonyhurst).—An exhibition given at the end - of every quarter: the first by RHETORIC (_q.v._), the second - by POETRY (_q.v._), the third by SYNTAX (_q.v._), the last, - called the GREAT ACADEMIES, by all three combined. This last - is the crowning act of the school year, being attended by - many visitors, and is followed by the annual distribution of - prizes. Hence ACADEMY ROOM = the large hall in which the - chief exhibitions, displays, concerts, plays, &c., are held. - [The name may have come from the school at Liège, which was - known as the “Academy”; but more probably it is of much - older date, being derived from the “Academiæ” of the _Ratio - Studiorum Societatis Jesu_.] - - -*Accidence* (Harrow).—_See_ UPPER SCHOOL. - - -*Ack* (or *Ick*), _intj._ (Christ’s Hospital).—No! nothing. - _Ex._ “Lend me your book.” “ACK!” Obsolete. - - -*Action*, _subs._ (King Edward’s, Birm.: obsolete).—A game - in which a number of boys start from one end of the - cloisters and run to the other, trying to avoid being - captured _en route_ by others who seek to intercept - them. The game was also called FOX AND DOWDY. These were - names in use twenty-five years ago. To-day the same game - is called BACCA, because the prisoners must be held long - enough for the captor to say, “one, two, three, caught, - tobacco!” - - -*Ad lib.*, _subs. phr._ (Stonyhurst).—The time when boys are not - bound to study in the STUDY-PLACE (_q.v._). - - -*Admonishing-money*, _subs._ (Westminster).—_See_ quot. - - 1867. COLLINS, _The Public Schools_, p. 116. The punishments for - speaking English in hall or school, which have been before alluded to, - were strictly enforced in his [Dr. Busby’s] days in the way of fines, - called ADMONISHING-MONEY, which figure occasionally in his [Lynn’s] - account. The custom was for the second boy of the second election to - act as a sort of monitor for this purpose, and to deliver to any boy - who so offended a “mark” or tally, with the words, _Tu es custos_; - this mark he had to pass in turn to the first whom he could detect in - a similar slip, and the boy with whom the mark remained when hall - broke up incurred a fine. Charles Dryden, son of the poet, thought - himself so hardly used by being made _custos_ three days running (by - some unfairness, as he conceived), that the father wrote a strong - letter on the subject to his old master, Busby, and was very nearly - removing the boy from school. - - -*Ad portas*, _subs._ (Winchester: obsolete).—A Latin speech - delivered by the Senior College Prefect to the Warden of New - College and the POSERS (_q.v._) under Middle gate at the - commencement of Election week. - - 1867. COLLINS, _The Public Schools_, p. 61. When the Warden of New - College, Oxford, with two of his Fellows, called the “posers” (or at - one time “supervisors”), arrive at the college, ... they are received - with a Latin oration AD PORTAS by the senior scholar. Two other - speeches are delivered in school just before their arrival: 1. - _Elizabethæ et Jacobi Laudes_ (commonly known as “Elizabeth and - Jacob”), by the Prefect of School; 2. _Fundatoris Laudes_, formerly - assigned to the senior “Founder’s kin” scholar, but now spoken by the - third prefect. - - -*Adsum*, _intj._ (Charterhouse).—The response made in answer to - names-calling. - - 1855. THACKERAY, _The Newcomes_, p. 774. At the usual evening hour the - chapel bell began to toll, and Thomas Newcome’s hands outside the bed - feebly beat time. And just as the last bell struck a peculiar sweet - smile shone over his face, and he lifted up his head a little and - quickly said ADSUM, and fell back. It was the word we used at school - when names were called; and lo, he whose heart was as that of a little - child had answered to his name, and stood in the presence of the - Master. - - 1900. _Daily Telegraph_, 23rd March, 8. 7. As in the old days of - Colonel Newcome, “ADSUM,” or “Always ready,” is still the watch-word - of the Charterhouse, whose authorities have issued a neatly-printed - list of Old Carthusians serving in South Africa, in a cover of the - school colours. - - 1900. TOD, _Charterhouse_, p. 97. ADSUM is the name of a new - institution.... There was no occasion for it when the school was in - London, and none could pass beyond the school precincts. Colonel - Newcome must have answered ADSUM at prayers only. - - -*Æger*. _See_ ÆGROTAT. - - -*Æger-room*, _subs._ (Felsted).—The sick-room. _See_ ÆGROTAT. - - -*Ægrotat* (or *Æger*), _subs._ (University).—(1) A medical - certificate excusing attendance. (2) The degree taken by - those so excused. READING ÆGROTAT = leave taken (generally - in December) to read for one’s degree. [Lat. _ægrotare_.] - - 1794. _Gent. Mag._, p. 1085. They [at Cambridge] sported an ÆGROTAT, - and they sported a new coat! - - 1853. BRADLEY, _Verdant Green_, iv. “That there’s the ‘All, sir, - _that_ is,—where you dines, sir, leastways when you ain’t ‘Æger,’ or - elseweer.” _Ibid._, viii.—“Not very well, Robert, thank you. I—my head - aches, and I’m afraid I shall not be able to get up for chapel.”... - “If you’ll leave it to me, sir, I’ll make it all right for you, _I_ - will. Of course you’d like to take out an ÆGER, sir; and I can bring - you your Commons just the same.” - - 1864. BABBAGE, _Passages from the Life of a Philosopher_, 37. I sent - my servant to the apothecary for a thing called an ÆGROTAT, which I - understood ... meant a certificate that I was indisposed. - - 1870. _Chambers’s Journal_, June 18, p. 395. Dick laughed. “I’ll get - the receipt from him. I often want a good thing for an ÆGER.” - - 1888. H. SMART, in _Temple Bar_, February, p. 213. “Instead of - applying for leave to my tutor, I had resorted to the old device of - pricking ÆGER.” - - 1890. _Felstedian_, Feb., p. 2. What’s up ... with Smith? He went ÆGER - before school this afternoon. I expect he’s rather bad; he is not the - fellow to go ÆGER for nothing. I do hate that ÆGER-room. - - -*After Four.* _See_ FOUR. - - -*Afternoon-tea*, _subs._ (Royal High School, Edin.).—Detention - after 3 o’clock. - - -*After Twelve.* _See_ TWELVE. - - -*-agger*, _inseparable suffix_ (Charterhouse).—As in - COMBINAGGERS, a combination suit of pyjamas. - - -*Alderman*, _subs._ (Felsted: obsolete).—A qualified swimmer. - [From “The Alders,” a deep pool in the river Chelmer.] - - 1893. _Felstedian_, June, p. 79. Years ago there existed at Felsted a - class of beings known as “Swimming ALDERMEN.” What they were, and - whence they came, I know not; perhaps some Old Felstedian will be able - to enlighten me on the point. Perhaps the name was given to those who - could swim so many times from the “Alders” to “Duck-pond”; or, - perhaps, the name was derived from the aldermanic proportions of the - swimmer. _Ibid._ (1895, Ap., p. 44). A fourth term, “ALDERMAN,” was - not in the list. It has certainly “been dead lengthy” but was once - prized by its possessors, who had to swim so many times from the “Duck - Pond” to “The Alders” before they could gain the title. Ten lengths of - the new bath would afford a fair test, and ALDERMEN might have some - privilege or other. Its revival would be a good thing, for there has - of late been a tendency to prefer diving to swimming. - - -*All.* _See_ ALONG; IN; OUT; and ON. - - -*Allows*, _subs._ (Harrow).—The weekly allowance of 2s., from - which breakages, &c., are stopped. - - -*Alma Mater*, _subs._ (general).—One’s school, college, or - university. - - 1853. BRADLEY, _Verdant Green_, ii. 2. A white tie and a pair of very - small bands—the two articles which, with the usual academicals, form - the costume demanded by ALMA MATER of all her children when they take - their places in her schools. - - 1874. _The Blue_, Aug., _Reminis. of Christ’s Hospital_. In fact, the - musical arrangements of our ALMA MATER were something exceedingly - below _par_. - - -*Along.* ALL ALONG, _subs. phr._ (Stonyhurst: obsolete).—A kind - of dribbling football practice: indulged in during a short - spell of recreation. - - -*Alto-cad*, _subs._ (Winchester).—The paid member of the choir - taking alto. - - -*Amen-chapel*, _subs._ (Winchester).—A long service performed on - the four days set apart for commemorating the Founder, and - on the anniversary of his death. - - -*Ancient-mariner*, _subs._ (University).—A rowing Don. - - -*Anstey’s.* _See_ PLANKS. - - -*Apostles*, _subs._ (University).—_See_ quot. - - 1803. _Gradus ad Cantab._ The APOSTLES are the clodhoppers of - literature, who have at last scrambled through the Senate House - without being plucked, and have obtained the title of B.A. by a - miracle. The last twelve names on the list of Bachelor of Arts are - thus designated. [The term is now (1900) applied to the last twelve in - the Mathematical TRIPOS (_q.v._)] - - -*Appii* (The), _subs._ (Durham: obsolete).—The Three Tuns, a - celebrated Durham inn. [From a misunderstanding of Acts - xxviii. 15.] - - -*Apple-pie Day*, _subs._ (Winchester).—The day on which - SIX-AND-SIX (_q.v._) is played—the Thursday after the first - Tuesday in December. [Because hot apple-pies were served on - GOMERS (_q.v._) in College for dinner.] - - -*Aquatics*, _subs._ (Eton).—Where boys “in the boats” play - cricket; also the WET-BOB cricket team. - - -*Archdeacon*, _subs._ (Oxford).—Merton strong ale. - - -*Armoury, The* (Harrow).—The room under the Old Schools where - rifles, belonging to the Rifle Corps, are kept. - - -*Arrow*, subs. (Harrow).—A challenge arrow, of silver: given to - the COCK-HOUSE (_q.v._) at shooting. - - -*Arundel Day* (The Leys).—The choir summer holiday. - - -*Ascension-day.* _See_ ASCENSIO SCHOLARUM. - - -*Ascensio Scholarum*, _subs. phr._ (Stonyhurst).—The opening - ceremony of the school year. The whole house assembles in - the STUDY-PLACE (_q.v._), and the Prefect of Studies reads - out the new forms, prefixing the formula “_Maneant in_” or - “_Ascendant in_” as the case may be. The day is known as - “Ascension Day.” - - 1843. _Stonyhurst Mag._, Nov. 1883, p. 232. The _Ascensio Scholarum_ - was managed quite otherwise then than now [1843-83].... _Ascension - Day._—The opening day of schools. Mass of the Holy Ghost is said in - the church, after breakfast. The different schools, headed by their - masters, then return to the schoolrooms which they occupied the - preceding scholastic year. Presently the large bell tolls, and then - the Prefect of Studies opens the door of POETRY (_q.v._), and - announces that “RHETORIC (_q.v._) is empty.” The POETS (_q.v._) leave - their room and ascend to Rhetoric, and forthwith become Rhetoricians, - with all their privileges. Then the (late) Poet’s doorkeeper knocks at - SYNTAX’ (_q.v._) door and sings out that “Poetry is empty”; and so on - through the different schools. The little fellows newly arrived have - to wait in the gallery until “LITTLE FIGURES” (_q.v._) is vacant, when - they become Little Figuricians, “Little Figures,” it will be observed, - being what we [1883] call “ELEMENTS” (_q.v._). - - -*Ash-planting*, _subs._ (Rugby).—_See_ quot. - - 1867. COLLINS, _The Public Schools_, p. 349. In this room - [Over-School] it was that, in the latter half of the last century, the - punishment of ASH-PLANTING used to take place. It was inflicted by - order and in the presence of a judicial committee of the præposters - (Sixth Form) for some few grave offences against the recognised - internal discipline of the school, _e.g._ personal assault upon one of - their body by a mutinous fag—an offence which would still be severely - punished by the masters, if not by the Sixth themselves. Three - ash-saplings were used; in theory, at least, the two first were to be - broken upon the person of the culprit. The punishment was - severe—perhaps unjustifiably so; but it had the character of being - only inflicted in extreme cases, and with strict justice, and was not - regarded as a cruelty in the school. - - -*Athens* (Eton).—A bathing-place. - - 1865. _Etoniana_, p. 162. No boy is now allowed to go into a boat - until he has passed an examination in swimming before a committee of - masters at ATHENS or at Cuckoo Weir. - - -*Audit-ale* (or *Audit*), _subs._ (Cambridge).—A special brew of - ale, peculiar to Trinity College. [First-made draught on - AUDIT days.] - - 1837. BARHAM, _Ingoldsby Legends_, “Lay of St. Dunstan.” The “Trinity - AUDIT ALE” is not come-at-able, as I’ve found to my great grief when - dining at that table. - - 1876. TREVELYAN, _Life of Macaulay_ (1884), ch. iv. p. 127. A glass of - the AUDIT ALE, which reminded him that he was still a Fellow of - Trinity. - - 1891. _Harry Fludyer at Cambridge_, 55. A lot of Freshmen got together - after Hall (it was a Saints’ day, and they’d been drinking AUDIT) and - went and made hay in Marling’s rooms. - - -*Aul. præ*, _subs._ (Winchester).—Prefect of Hall. [Abbreviation - of _Præfectus Aulæ_.] - - -*Ave Maria Lane* (Stonyhurst: obsolete).—A walk in the - playground. - - - - - - -*B*, _subs._ (Harrow).—A standard in Gymnasium the next below - the A (_q.v._). _See_ Appendix. - - -*Bacca.* _See_ ACTION. - - -*Bacchus*, _subs._ (Eton).—A copy of verses. _See_ quot. - - 1865. _Etoniana_, 27. On Shrove-Tuesday verses were written [_c._ - 1561] in honour or dispraise of Bacchus—“because poets were considered - the clients of Bacchus”—and those composed by the senior boys were - fixed on the inside of the folding-doors of the hall, as was the old - fashion in all schools and colleges. This custom was continued almost - into modern days, and though the subject was changed, the copy of - verses was still called “a BACCHUS.” When Pepys paid a visit to the - school in 1665, he found the subject given out for that year was the - one topic of absorbing interest—the Plague. - - -*Back.* To BACK UP, _verb_ (Winchester).—To call out: _e.g._ - “Why didn’t you BACK UP? I should have come.” [In College - various times are BACKED-UP by Junior in Chambers, such as - “Three quarters!” “Hour!” “Bells go single!” “Bells down!”] - - -*Back Alley* (The Leys: obsolete).—A passage dividing “Upper” - and “Lower” Quadrangle: now done away with. - - -*Backings-up*, _subs._ (Winchester).—Half-burned fagot-ends. - [BACKING (prov. in Linc., Leices., and North country) = - slack; small-coal; turf.] - - -*Backs*, _subs._ (Cambridge).—A favourite walk with - undergraduates. - - 1891. _Harry Fludyer at Cambridge_, 23. I’m in training now for the - Lent races, and have to be out for a walk in the BACKS before - breakfast every morning. - - -*Badger*, _subs._ (Wellington).—A member of the Second XV. at - football. [A “badge” is bestowed when permission is given to - play in this team.] - - -*Bag*, _subs._ (Westminster).—Milk. - - -*Bags* (or *Bags I*), _intj._ (common).—Used to assert a claim - to some article or privilege. Analogous school slang is - FAINS or FAIN IT (_q.v._) for demanding a truce during the - progress of a game, and which is always granted by the - opposing party. In other schools PIKE I or PRIOR PIKE serve - to lay claim to anything, or for asserting priority. Also - BAR: _e.g._ “He wanted me to do so and so, but I BARRED - not.” _Cf._ FAIN. - - -*Bags’-stile*, _subs._ (Rugby).—_See_ quot. - - 1867. COLLINS, _The Public Schools_, 363. On the Dunchurch Road there - was a stile long known as BAGS’ STILE; here a certain set of boys, of - whom Lyttelton was one [_c._ 1793], used to sit and “chaff” the - passing “bagsmen”—for the commercial travellers to Rugby then rode - with actual saddle-bags; and this practice led to terrible fights - occasionally with the aggrieved riders. - - -*Bake*, _verb_ (Winchester).—To rest; to sit or lie at ease. - Hence BAKER (_q.v._); BAKESTER (obsolete) = a sluggard; - BAKING-LEAVE (_q.v._); BAKING-PLACE (_q.v._); BAKER-LAYER - (_q.v._). [North. Dial. _beak_ = to bask in the heat. - JAMIESON, _beik_, _beke_, _beek_ = to bask.] - - 1360. _Ywaine_ [RITSON, _E. M. R._]. And ligges BEKEAND in his bed. - - _d._ 1395. _Barbour MS._ Ane Inglis man, that lay BEKAND Hym be a fyr. - - 1577. KENDALL [WRENCH]. At home we take our ease And BEAKE ourselves - in rest. - - 1648. SYMMONS, _Vindication of Chas. I._ Wherefore if that Pope of - Rome when he lay BEAKING himself in the midst of his luxuries, had - cause to cry out, _Heu quantum patimur pro Christo_. - - _d._ 1758. RAMSAY, _Works_. She and her cat sit BEEKING in her yard. - - -*Baker*, _subs._ (Winchester).—A cushion; also anything used - to sit or kneel upon, as a blotting-book, &c. [BAKERS were - of two kinds: that used in “College” was of large size, - oblong in shape, and green in colour. The other, used in - “Commoners,” was thin, narrow, much smaller, and of red - colour.] Hence BAKER-LAYER (obsolete) = a Junior who used - to take a Prefect’s green BAKER in and out of Hall at - meal-times. - - -*Baker-layer.* _See_ BAKER. - - -*Baking-leave*, _subs._ (Winchester: obsolete).—1. Permission to - BAKE (_q.v._) in a study in Commoners, or in a SCOB (_q.v._) - place in College. 2. Leave to sit in another’s TOYS - (_q.v._). - - -*Baking-place*, _subs._ (Winchester).—Any place in which to BAKE - (_q.v._), or in connection with which BAKING-LEAVE (_q.v._) - was given. - - -*Balbus*, _subs._ (University).—A Latin prose composition. [From - the frequency with which BALBUS is quoted in ARNOLD’S - well-known text-book, _Latin Prose Composition_.] - - 1870. _Quarterly Review._ BALBUS was in constant use. - - -*Ball.* CALL THE BALL! _phr._ (Stonyhurst).—The “Foul!” of - Association Football. - - -*Balls*, _subs._ (Winchester).—A Junior in College collects - footballs from the lockers in school and takes them through - at 6 o’clock to the Ball-keeper in Commoners to be blown or - repaired. The Ball-keeper is an Inferior who, for service in - looking after cricket and foot-balls, is exempted from - KICKING-IN (_q.v._) and WATCHING-OUT (_q.v._). - - -*Bally*, _subs._ (Sherborne: obsolete).—Ball court, the old name - for the Fives’ courts; there was a game, evidently like - fives, played at Sherborne against the north transept of the - church as early as 1585. The word has long ago passed out of - use. - - -*Banco*, _subs._ (Charterhouse).—Evening preparation at HOUSE - under the superintendence of a monitor; the Winchester - TOY-TIME (_q.v._). - - 1900. TOD, _Charterhouse_, 81. At old Charterhouse monitors had - unlimited powers.... They were seldom interfered with by any master; - for instance, the visit of a house master to BANCO was intensely - resented. There was a “boule” in the Sixth Form of 1872, as to what a - monitor should do who was thus insulted. Should he at once put his cap - on, and take no notice of the master? or would it be more dignified to - walk straight out of the room? _Ibid._, 84. The chief duties of a - monitor now are to keep BANCO, and to see that order is preserved in - the cubicles, and in his house generally. BANCO is the time from 7.30 - to 8.55 every week-day evening except Saturday, and from 8.15 to 8.55 - on Sundays, when the Under School sit in Long Room and prepare their - work for the next day. The keeping of BANCO is a fine exercise in - discipline for the monitor, and a very convenient arrangement for the - house master. It is a tradition that a monitor helps every Under - School boy with his work during BANCO if he can. _Ibid._, 95. The term - BANCO was suggested by H. W. Phillott, afterwards Canon of Hereford - ... in 1832, or a little later. - - -*Bandy*, _subs._ (Stonyhurst: nearly obsolete).—The Stonyhurst - form of Hockey: prominent in the Tichborne trial, when the - Claimant at first thought it a nickname, and afterwards a - part of the College buildings. - - 1823. NARES, _Glossary_, s.v. BANDY-BALL. A Yorkshire game, played - with a crooked bat and a ball. It is the same as the Scottish game of - golf. See STOWE’S _Survey_, ed. 1720, i. 251. - - 1847. HALLIWELL, _Archaic Words_, s.v. BANDY. A game played with - sticks called BANDIES, bent and round at one end, and a small wooden - ball, which each party endeavours to drive to opposite fixed points. - Northbrooke, in 1577, mentions it as a favourite game in Devonshire. - It is sometimes called BANDY-BALL, and an early drawing of the game is - copied in STRUTT’S _Sports and Pastimes_, p. 102. - - -*Bangy* (or *Bangay*), _subs._ (Winchester).—Brown sugar. Also - as _adj._ = brown. Hence BANGAY BAGS (or BANGIES) = - brown-coloured trousers. WRENCH says the strong objection to - these in former times probably arose from Tony Lumpkin - coming to school in corduroys. [Suggested derivations are: - (1) from _Bangalore_, a coarse-sugar growing country; (2) - _bhang_ = hemp; (3) _banjy_ (Essex) = dull, gloomy.] A brown - gate formerly leading from Grass Court into Sick House Meads - was known as the BANGY GATE. The term is now often applied - to the gate by Racquet Court into Kingsgate Street. - - -*Bar.* TO BAR OUT, _verb. phr._ (Royal High School, Edin.: - obsolete).—To lock or barricade the doors to exclude the - masters. This custom has been practically extinct since the - day that Bailie John Macmorrane was shot by a pupil, William - Sinclair, son of the Chancellor of Caithness, while - endeavouring to get the door battered down (Sept. 15, 1595). - - -*Barbar*, _subs._ (Durham).—A candidate for scholarship from - another school. [That is, “barbarian” = foreigner.] - - -*Barber*, _subs._ (Winchester).—A thick fagot or bough; one was - included in each bundle. Also any large piece of wood. - - _Verb_ (University).—To work off impositions by deputy. - [Tradition relates that a learned barber was at one time - frequently employed as a scapegoat in working off this - species of punishment inflicted on peccant students.] Also - TO BARBERISE. - - 1853. BRADLEY (“Cuthbert Bede”), _Verdant Green_, xii. As for - impositions, why ... ’Aint there coves to BARBERISE ’em for you? - - -*Barge*, _subs._ (Sherborne).—Small cricket: played, with a - stump for bat, against a wall. - - _Verb_ (Charterhouse).—To hustle; TO MOB UP (_q.v._); TO - BRICK (_q.v._). - - -*Barn, The* (Charterhouse).—A temporary wooden building, - constructed in 1876 to meet deficiencies in class-room - accommodation. It stood on the site now occupied by the - Museum. It disappeared in 1884. - - -*Barnet*, _intj._ (Christ’s Hospital: obsolete).—Nonsense! - Humbug! - - -*Barn-school*, _subs._ (Rugby).—_See_ quot. - - 1867. COLLINS, _The Public Schools_, 367. Dr. James found there [Rugby - in 1777] 52 boys; in five years he had raised them to 165. The one - large schoolroom was no longer sufficient ... a new building was - added.... Even the new schools overflowed, for the members rose in - time to near 300; and the head-master was obliged to migrate into a - barn adjoining the Dunchurch Road.... There for more than twenty years - successive head-masters taught the two senior forms.... Connecting - these buildings with the three schools adjoining the old manor-house - was a line of cow-sheds, which served as a shelter in rainy - weather.... Such was the Rugby of 1809; for it was not till long - afterwards that barn and cow-sheds disappeared, though the present - school buildings were begun in that year. - - -*Barracks*, _subs._ (Loretto).—A Form occasionally interpolated - between NIPPERS (_q.v._) and Fourth. [In the Sixties a - master at Loretto was known as the Captain, and when the - first overflow from the school-house took place, the - house in which a few boys slept, and over which he was - master, was called the Garrison. The adjoining house was - afterwards occupied and was called the BARRACKS. Whence the - interpolated Form, which for a time had for its schoolroom a - room at that house, getting the name of the Barracks Form. - The name clung to it when moved to one of the regular - schoolrooms.] - - -*Barter*, _subs._ (Winchester).—A half volley at cricket. Also - as _verb_. [From Warden Barter, who was famous in the - cricket-field for dealing with such balls.] - - 1867. COLLINS, _The Public Schools_, 65. None showed more enthusiastic - interest in these [Public School Cricket] matches than the late - excellent Warden, Robert Speckott Barter.... He seldom missed a match - at Lord’s from the time he played in the school eleven himself. He was - a tremendous hitter in his day; and the remarkable punishment which he - dealt out to the ball, when he was lucky enough to catch it on the - “half-volley,” has given to a long hit of this character at Winchester - (and even elsewhere) the name of a BARTER. - - -*Bartlemytide*, _subs._ (general: old).—The summer holiday. - - -*Base*, _subs._ (Harrow).—A goal: at football. - - -*Basinite*, _subs._ (Charterhouse: obsolete).—A hot-water fag: - he had to get hot water and towels ready for a monitor when - he descended to wash in COCKS (_q.v._). - - -*Bat-mugger*, _subs._ (Winchester).—A wooden instrument used in - oiling cricket-bats. - - -*Battal*, _subs._ (Harrow and Charterhouse).—Battalion drill for - the Rifle Corps: usually (at Harrow) in the evening. [The - second is the syllable accentuated.] - - -*Battler*, _subs._ (general).—A student. _See_ BATTLINGS. - - -*Battlings* (or *Battels*), _subs._ (general).—An allowance, in - money or kind; apparently originally intended to supplement - the meagre fare of fast-days. _Cf._ quots. Hence TO BATTEL = - to take provisions from the buttery. - - 1607. WENTWORTH SMITH, _Puritan_ [MALONE, _Suppl._, ii. 543]. Eat my - commons with a good stomach, and BATTLED with discretion. - - 1611. COTGRAVE, _Dict._... To BATTLE (as scholars do in Oxford), être - debiteur au collège pour ses vivres. _Ibid._, Mot usé seulement des - jeunes écoliers de l’université d’Oxford. - - 16 [?]. _Account rendered to Arch. of York_ [_William of Wykeham and - His Colleges_]. Item for BATTLINGS on fasting days with the lent. 0. - 9. 8. [_i.e._, 9s. 8d.] - - 1678. PHILLIPS, _Dict._, s.v. BATTEL. In the University of Oxford is - taken for to run on to exceedings above the ordinary stint of the - appointed Commons. - - 1744. SALMON, _Present State of Univ._, i. 423. Undergraduates - consisting of Noblemen, Gentlemen-Commoners, Commoners, Scholars of - the Foundation, Exhibitioners, BATTLERS, and Servitors.... The - Commoners, I presume, are so called from their Commoning together, and - having a certain portion of Meat and Drink provided for them, - denominated Commons.... The BATTLERS are entitled to no Commons, but - purchase their Meat and Drink of the Cook and Butler. - - 1786-1805. TOOKE, _Purley_, 390, _s.v._ BATTEL, a term used at Eton - for the small portion of food which, in addition to the College - allowance, the Collegers receive from the Dames. - - _c._ 1840. MANSFIELD, _School-Life at Winchester College_, p. 184. The - expense was defrayed by the boys subscribing the last three BATTLINGS - (_i.e._ the weekly shilling allowed each boy). This was rather an - illusory coin, for we seldom actually fingered it, as some one of the - College servants generally had a kind of prescriptive right to a - benefit; and whenever Saturday arrived, Præfect of Hall’s valet was - sure to come round to ask the boys if they would give their BATTLING - to Rat Williams, or Dungy, or Pulver, or Long John, or some other - equally deserving individual. - - 1853. BRADLEY, _Verdant Green_, II. vii. [Note]. BATTELS are the - accounts of the expenses of each student. It is stated in Todd’s - _Johnson_ that this singular word is derived from the Saxon verb, - meaning “to count or reckon.” But it is stated in the _Gentleman’s - Magazine_ for 1792, that the word may probably be derived from the - Low-German word _bettahlen_, “to pay,” whence may come our English - word _tale_ or _score_. - - 1864. _Household Words_, p. 188. The business of the latter was to - call us of a morning to distribute amongst us our BATTLINGS, or - pocket-money. - - 1880. TROLLOPE, _Autobiogr._, i. 13. Every boy had a shilling a week - pocket-money, which we called BATTELS. [This is probably a - misprint—the Winchester term, as that used at other schools, is - BATTLING. It was advanced out of the pocket of the Second Master.] - - 1886-87. DICKENS, _Dictionary of Oxford and Cambridge_, p. 16. BATTELS - is properly a designation of the food obtained from the College - Buttery. An account of this, and of the account due to the Kitchen, is - sent in to every undergraduate weekly, hence these bills also are - known as BATTELS, and the name, further, is extended to the total - amount of the term’s expenses furnished by the College. In some - Colleges it is made essential to the keeping of an undergraduates’ - term that he should BATTEL, _i.e._ obtain food in College on a certain - number of days each week. - - 1889. MURRAY, _Hist. Eng. Dict._, s.v. BATTELS. Much depends on the - original sense at Oxford: if this was ‘food, provisions,’ it is - natural to connect it with “BATTLE,” to feed, or receive - nourishment.... It appears that the word has apparently undergone - progressive extensions of application, owing partly to changes in the - internal economy of the colleges. Some Oxford men of a previous - generation state that it was understood by them to apply to the - buttery accounts alone, or even to the provisions ordered from the - buttery, as distinct from the “commons” supplied from the kitchen; but - this latter use is disavowed by others, ... but whether the BATTELS - were originally the provisions themselves, or the sums due on account - of them, must at present be left undecided. - - -*Baulk*, _subs._ (Winchester).—A false report. This is SPORTED - (_q.v._), not spread. - - -*Beak*, _subs._ (Harrow).—A master. FORM-BEAK = Form-master. - - -*Beanfielder*, _subs._ (Felsted: obsolete).—A long hit: at - cricket. - - -*Bearded Cad*, _subs._ (Winchester).—A porter employed by the - College to convey luggage from the railway station to the - school. [The term originated in an extremely hirsute - individual, who, at one time, acted in the capacity.] - - -*Beards!* _intj._ (The Leys: obsolete).—An ejaculation of - surprise. - - -*Beast*, _subs._ (Cambridge).—A student who, having left - school, goes up to Cambridge to study before entering the - university. [Because (so it is stated) he is neither man - nor boy.] - - -*Bedmaker* (or *Bedder*) _subs._ 1. (Cambridge).—A charwoman; a - servant who makes beds and does other necessary domestic - duties for residents in College. - - 1891. _Harry Fludyer at Cambridge_, 6. Remember me most kindly to Mrs. - Bloggins. I shall never forget how good she was when we were at - Cambridge last term.... These BEDMAKERS are kind souls after all. - - 2. (Oxford).—BEDDER = a bedroom. - - -*Beef Row*, _subs._ (Shrewsbury).—_See_ quot. - - 1867. COLLINS, _The Public Schools_, 247. The dinners themselves [_c._ - 1800-40] were fairly good, with the exception of the “boiled beef” - days, which were highly unpopular. The beef was probably good enough, - but it was cured with saltpetre, and the consequent redness was, in - the boys’ eyes, objectionable. Remonstrances had been made in vain; - and the result was something like a school rebellion, well remembered - as the BEEF ROW. By concerted arrangement, on one day the boys in - every hall rose from the table in a body, and left the masters and the - boiled beef in sole occupation. Butler was indignant; he came into - each of the halls after locking up, and demanded from the heads of the - school a public apology for the insult, giving them an hour for - consideration, and placing before them the alternative of immediate - dismissal. The boys held together, and, early the next morning the - whole of the Sixth Form, comprising no less than three who were to be - future heads of Colleges, were started by chaise or coach for their - respective homes. The rest of the boys declared themselves _en - revolte_; they would not go into school, and the masters walked about - the court alternately threatening and persuading. At last a gentleman - in the town, an old Shrewsbury boy, much respected, harangued the - rebels, and persuaded them to surrender. Some sort of concession seems - almost to have been made by a portion of the absent Sixth Form under - home influence, and the affair ended in the return of all the exiles. - - -*Beeswaxers*, _subs._ (Winchester).—Thick boots for football. - [Pronounced Bĕswaxers.] - - -*Behind*, _subs._ (Eton and Winchester).—A back at football. - At Eton SHORT BEHIND and LONG BEHIND: usually abbreviated - to “short” and “long.” At Winchester, SECOND BEHIND and - LAST BEHIND. These answer to the half-back and back of - Association football. At Winchester, in the Fifteens, - there is also a THIRD BEHIND. - - UP BEHIND, _phr._ (The Leys).—Out of bounds: at back of - College. - - -*Behind one’s Side.* _See_ SIDE. - - -*Bejant*, _subs._ (Aberdeen).—A new student: one of the first or - lowest class. _See_ SEMI-BEJANTS, TERTIANS, and MAGISTRANDS. - - -*Belial*, _subs._ (Oxford).—Balliol College. - - -*Bells.* BELLS GO SINGLE, _phr._ (Winchester).—A single bell is - rung for five minutes before the hour at which chapel - commences. For College evening chapel three three’s are - rung, and then follows a “bell,” one for every man in - College—70. BELLS DOWN = _see_ quots. - - _c._ 1840. MANSFIELD, _School-Life at Winchester College_, p. 62. The - junior in chamber had a hard time of it; ... while endeavouring to get - through his multifarious duties, he had to keep a sharp ear on the - performance of the chapel bell, and to call out accordingly, “first - peal!” “second peal!” and BELLS DOWN! - - 1878. ADAMS, _Wykehamica_, p. 256. At a quarter to six the peal again - rang out, and the cry of BELLS GO was sounded in shrill tones through - every chamber of College and Commoners.... After ten minutes the peal - changed, and only a single bell continued to ring. This was notified - by the cry BELLS GO SINGLE, and five minutes afterwards, by that of - “BELLS DOWN.”... Presently the head-master ... would descend from his - library: or the second master ... would appear at the archway near - Sixth Chamber, and the warning voice would be heard “Gabell,” or - “Williams through,” “Williams,” or “Ridding in.” Straightway there - would be a general rush, the college-boys darting across the - quadrangle in the rear of the Præfect of Chapel; while the Commoners - hurried in, keeping up a continuous stream from their more distant - quarters. - - -*Belly-hedge*, _subs._ (Shrewsbury).—An obstruction of - such a height that it can easily be cleared: of school - steeplechases. [That is, about belly high.] - - -*Belows*, _subs._ (Rugby).—_See_ CAP (3). - - -*Bender*, _subs._ (common).—The bow-shaped segment of a kite. - - 1873. Dr. BLACKLEY, _Hay Fever_, p. 145. The first kite was six feet - in length by three feet in width, and was made of the usual form, - namely, with a central shaft or “standard,” and a semicircular top or - BENDER. - - -*Bene-book*, _subs._ (Charterhouse).—_See_ quot. - - 1900. TOD, _Charterhouse_, 131. Besides prizes, BENE-BOOKS are awarded - to the Sixth Forms on the following system: Every boy generally does - four classical exercises a week, viz., Greek and Latin prose, Greek - and Latin verse, and one mathematical exercise; these are marked, - according to their merit, B, b, sb, s, vs, m, M; that is to say, Big - bene, bene, satis bene, satis, vix satis, male, Big male.... A - BENE-BOOK (value 12s. 6d.) is earned by the winner of two BENES a week - throughout the quarter. There used to be a yet higher mark, _i.e._, - B†, or a WRITE-OUT, which counted four. A B† denoted that the - composition to which it was attached was worthy of being written out - in a book kept with a view to forming a new edition of “Sertum - Carthusianum.” There are many volumes of old WRITE-OUT books on the - shelves of the library, but for years no addition has been made to - them. The WRITE-OUT is quite obsolete. - - -*Bevers*, _subs._ (general).—An afternoon meal or refreshment; - a snack between meals. Whence (Winchester) BEVERS (or - BEVER-TIME) = an interval from 4.30 to 5 in afternoon - school, observed (says WRENCH) long after the distribution - of bread and beer had ceased on whole school-days. [_See_ - BEAUMONT AND FLETCHER, i. 20; FORD, i. 392; FLORIO, in v. - _Merénda_; COOPER, in v. _Antecænium_; _Stanihurst’s - Descr. of Ireland_, p. 18; _Nomenclator_, p. 79; Sir JOHN - OLDCASTLE, p. 42; HOWELL, sect. 43; MIDDLETON’S _Works_, - iv. 427, v. 141.] - - 1580. _Lingua_ [DODSLEY, _Old Plays_ (REID, 1825), v. 148]. - _Appetitus._ Your gallants never sup, breakfast, nor BEVER without me. - - 1585. _Nomenclator_, p. 79. A middaies meale: an undermeale: a boire - or BEAVER: a refreshing betwixt meales. - - 1597. HARRISON, _Desc. of England_. Of old we had breakfastes in the - forenoone, BEUARAGES or nuntions after dinner, and thereto reare - suppers, generallie when it was time to go to rest, a toie brought - into England by hardie Canutus; but nowe these are very well past, and - each one, except some young hungrie stomach, that cannot fast till - dinner-time, contenteth him self with dinner and supper. - - 1598. FLORIO, _Worlde of Wordes_, s.v. Merenda, Plauto. Propriè olim - prandium dicebatur quod meridie daretur. Nonius cibum qui post - meridiem sumitur interpretatur. ἑσπέρισμα. Le reciner. - - 1604. MARLOWE, _Dr. Faustus_. Thirty meals a day and ten BEVERS. - - 1607. BEAUMONT AND FLETCHER, _Woman Hater_, i. 3. He is none of those - same ordinary eaters, that will devour three breakfasts, and as many - dinners, without any prejudice to their BEVERS, drinkings, or suppers. - - 1611. COTGRAVE, _Dict._, s.v. BEVER. An afternoon’s nuncheon. - - _c._ 1840. MANSFIELD, _School-Life at Winchester College_, p. 83. In - summer time we were let out of afternoon school for a short time about - 4 P.M., when there was a slight refection of bread and cheese laid out - in Hall. It was called BEEVER-TIME, and the pieces of bread BEEVERS. - - 1847. HALLIWELL, _Archaic Words_, s.v. BEVER. An intermediate - refreshment between breakfast and dinner. The term is now applied to - the afternoon snack of harvest-men and other labourers, and perhaps - may be explained more correctly as any refreshment taken between the - regular meals. Sometimes refreshments of drink, or drinkings, were - called BEVERS; but potations were not BEVERS, as Mr. Dyce asserts. - - 1867. COLLINS, _The Public Schools_ [Winchester], p. 23. School opened - again at two o’clock; at half-past three came an interval called - BEVER-TIME, when the boys had again bread and beer allowed them. At - five the school was dismissed, and the whole resident society—warden, - fellows, masters, and scholars—went in procession round the cloisters - and the whole interior circuit of the college. - - 1884. M. MORRIS, in _English Illustrated Magazine_, Nov., p. 73. [At - Eton, we] came up from cricket in the summer afternoons for BEAVER. - - -*Bible-Clerk*, _subs._ (Winchester).—A College Prefect in full - power, appointed for one week. Formerly (with OSTIARIUS, - _q.v._) he kept order in school, and assisted at floggings. - He now reads lessons in Chapel, and takes round ROLLS - (_q.v._). He is absolved from going up to BOOKS (_q.v._) - during his term of office. The Prefect of HALL need not act - as BIBLE-CLERK unless he likes, and the Prefect of School - may choose any week he pleases; the rest take weeks in - rotation, in the order of their Chambers in College. - - 15 [?]. CHRIS. JOHNSON [WRENCH]. In Testamento Veteri caput alter in - Aulâ Clarâ voce legit, qui BIBLIOCLERICUS inde Dicitur; hebdomadam - propriis habet ille Camænsis. - - _c._ 1840. MANSFIELD, _School-Life at Winchester College_, p. 103. - Order was kept during school hours by the BIBLE-CLERK and Ostiarius, - two of the Præfects, who held these offices in rotation—the former - lasting for a week, the latter for one day only. They paraded School - armed with sticks, and brought up to the Head and Second Masters (who - alone had the power of flogging) the names of the delinquents which - had been “ordered” for punishment; the names of the more heinous - offenders being confided to the BIBLE-CLERK, the others to the - Ostiarius. - - 1847. HALLIWELL, _Archaic Words_, s.v. BIBLE. A great book. (_A.-N._) - The term was constantly used without any reference to the Scriptures. - _Ibid._, s.v. BIBLE-CLERKSHIP. A very ancient scholarship in the - Universities, so called because the student who was promoted to that - office was enjoined to read the Bible at meal-times. - - 1864. _Blackwood’s Magazine_, XCV., p. 73. [At dinner] portions of - beef were served out to the boys ... the BIBLE-CLERK meanwhile reading - a chapter from the Old Testament. _Ibid._, p. 87. An hour ... is - expected to be employed in working under the superintendence of the - BIBLE-CLERK, as the Præfect in daily “course” is termed, who is - responsible for a decent amount of order and silence at these hours. - - 1878. ADAMS, _Wykehamica_, p. 59. There appears to have been no - regular BIBLE-CLERK.... From this it has been inferred that the - institution of these offices must have been subsequent, and (some - think) long subsequent, to the Founder’s time. - - -*Bibler.* _See_ BIBLING. - - -*Bibling* (or *Bibler*), _subs._ (Winchester: obsolete).—A - flogging of six strokes. Hence BIBLING-ROD = the instrument - used in BIBLING: it consisted of a handle with four apple - twigs in the end twisted together. It was first used by - Warden Baker in 1454, and is represented in the _Aut Disce_. - BIBLING UNDER NAIL = a BIBLING administered for very heinous - offences after an offender had stood under NAIL (_q.v._). - - 1864. _Blackwood’s Magazine_, XCV., p. 79. Underneath is the place of - execution, where delinquents are BIBLED. _Ibid._, p. 72. It need - hardly be said that it [the rod] is applied in the ordinary fashion: - six cuts forming what is technically called a BIBLING—on which - occasions the Bible-Clerk introduces the victim; four being the sum of - a less terrible operation called a “scrubbing.” - - 1867. COLLINS, _The Public Schools_, p. 37. Underneath is the place of - execution, where delinquents are BIBLED; and near it is a socket for a - candle-sconce, known as the “nail,” under which any boy who has been - detected in any disgraceful fault—lying, &c.—is placed as in a sort of - pillory to await his punishment; a piece of ancient discipline for - which happily there is seldom occasion. - - -*Bicker*, _subs._ (Royal High School, Edin.).—A fray between the - boys of the school and the town boys, or KEELIES (_q.v._); - generally waged with the aid of stones (_cf._ GEORGE - BORROW’S _Lavengro_, ch. vii.; also SCOTT, _Redgauntlet_, - ch. i.). In the present Rector’s boyhood these school fights - were often waged with “Cowts,” made of a rope twisted firmly - into a thick end, with about four feet attached with which - to swing it. - - ... _Cursor Mundi_, MS. Coll. Trin. Cantab., f. 87. And for she loveth - me out of BIKER, Of my love she may be siker. - - 1581. RICHE, _Farewell to Militarie Profession_. My captaine, feelyng - suche a BICKERYNG within himself, the like whereof he had never - indured upon the sea, was like to bee taken prisoner aboard his owne - shippe. - - 1585. _Nomenclator._ Naturæ et morbi conflictus, Aurel. κρίσις. The - conflict or BICKERMENT of nature and sicknesse. - - 1823. NARES, _Glossary_, s.v. BICKERING and BICKERMENT. Skirmishing. - - 1847. HALLIWELL, _Archaic Words_, s.v. BICKER. To fight; to quarrel; - to act with hostility. _Ibid._, BICKERMENT. Conflict. _Ibid._, s.v. - BIKERE. To skirmish; to fight; to quarrel. Also a substantive, a - quarrel. (_A.-S._) _Cf._ _Leg. Wom._, 2650; _Piers Ploughman_, p. 429; - MINOT’S _Poems_, p. 51; _Arthour and Merlin_, p. 206. - - -*Biddy*, _subs._ (Winchester).—A bath in College. [Fr. _bidet_.] - - -*Big*, _adj._ (Harrow).—Upwards of sixteen years of age; as - “only able to go in for BIG sports.” _See_ SMALL. - - -*Big-game*, _subs._ (Harrow: obsolete).—The chief football game. - - 1867. COLLINS, _The Public Schools_, p. 312. There is now a spacious - piece of ground kept for the especial purpose, where as many as six - separate games can be played at once, besides four smaller grounds - belonging to different houses. The BIG-GAME, in which only the _élite_ - of the school players take part, is managed by the monitors under very - stringent regulations. [Now called Sixth Form game.—ED.] - - -*Big-school*, _subs._ (King Edward’s, Birm.).—The room in which - the school assembles for prayers, or on any occasion when it - is addressed as a whole by the Head Master. The room is also - used for teaching, though not so entirely so as twenty-five - years ago. - - -*Big-side*, _subs._ (Rugby and elsewhere).—The combination of - all the bigger fellows in the school in one and the same - game or run. Also the ground specially used for the game so - denominated. Hence BIG-SIDE run = a paper-chase, in which - picked representatives of all Houses take part, as opposed - to a House run. _See_ LITTLE-SIDE. - - 1856. HUGHES, _Tom Brown’s School-days_, vii. “Well, I’m going to have - a try,” said Tadpole; “it’s the last run of the half, and if a fellow - gets in at the end, BIG-SIDE stands ale and bread and cheese and a - bowl of punch; and the Cock’s such a famous place for ale.” - - -*Bill*, _subs._ 1. (Eton).—A list of the boys who go to the Head - Master at 12 o’clock; also of those who get off ABSENCE - (_q.v._): _e.g._ an eleven playing in a match are thus - exempt. _See_ Appendix. - - c. 1850. BRODRICK, _Memories and Impressions_. ... It is credibly - reported of Mr. Cookesley—who, in spite of a tendency to buffoonery, - was an inspiring teacher—that he addressed a remarkably stupid boy in - the following terms: “I tell you what it is, sir, if you ever show me - up a copy of your own verses again, I’ll put you in the BILL” (an - Etonian euphemism for a capital punishment). “Why, a great strong - fellow like you can have no difficulty in getting a decent copy of - verses written for him, and if you ever again bring me one of your own - concoction I’ll have you flogged.” - - 1867. COLLINS, _The Public Schools_, p. 100. Bagshawe even went so far - as to rebuke one of the monitors for rising in Mr. James’ presence; - and when told that it was by Mr. Busby’s order, desired him to write - that down on his BILL; a proceeding equivalent, as Mr. Busby declared, - and as Westminster and Eton men will perhaps agree, to ordering the - head-master up for corporal punishment. - - 1876. BRINSLEY RICHARDS, _Seven Years at Eton_. Some of the small boys - whom this delightful youth tempted to ape his habits, had often - occasion to rue it when they staggered back to College giddy and sick, - carrying with them a perfume which told its tale to their tutors, and - caused them to be put in the BILL. - - 2. (Harrow).—The “call-over” of the whole school on - half-holidays; at 4 P.M. in summer, at 4.15 P.M. in other - terms. Whence BILL-BOOK = the book—the list of the school in - order of forms—from which BILL is called; BILL-ORDER = the - order of the school as in the BILL-BOOK; BILL-MONITOR = a - member of the “First Fourth” who is in charge of the paper - on which monitors sign their names during BILL. Also used at - Westminster. - - 1867. COLLINS, _The Public Schools_, p. 284. His pupils were chiefly - boys of rank, and during Thackeray’s time had been exempted from - appearing at BILLS. Sumner stopped this privilege, to the great - disgust of Dr. Glasse and some of his aristocratic friends. Earl - Radnor even threatened to “ruin the school” if Sumner refused to give - way; but the new head-master was firm. Lord Dartmoor, on the other - hand, supported him, and removed his sons into his House from - Glasse’s, who was beaten in the struggle, and left Harrow. _Ibid._, - 293. At the time of his appointment he was only twenty-six, but his - reputation as a scholar stood very high. It is enough to say that - under his rule Harrow has increased in numbers, and certainly not lost - in reputation. The last BILL-BOOK contains 492 names. - - 1899. _Public School Mag._, Dec., p. 446. The uniformity of daily life - at Harrow was interrupted by a pleasant interlude not long ago. The - Chinese Ambassador paid a visit to the school. His Excellency made an - inspection of the school buildings, and was finally cheered at BILL. - - -*Bill-brighter*, _subs._ (Winchester).—A small fagot used for - lighting coal fires in kitchen. [From a servant, Bill - Bright, who was living in 1830.] - - _c._ 1840. MANSFIELD, _School-Life at Winchester College_, p. 89. The - Kitchen is a spacious apartment with a vaulted roof, occupying the - entire height of the building on the west side of the quadrangle, and - at least half its length; here we might see a few Fags endeavouring to - coax Jem Sims, John Coward, or Mother Mariner (the cooks) for an extra - supply of mashed potatoes, till Kitchen is cleared by the exasperated - Manciple, who has just detected a delinquent in the act of secreting - under his gown an armful of the small faggots used for lighting the - Kitchen fires (called BILL BRIGHTERS), an opportunity for purloining - which was never allowed to slip by a Junior of a properly regulated - mind. - - -*Bim* (or *Bimb*), _verb_ (Tonbridge).—To cane. Hence BIMB-STICK - = a cane. - - -*Binge*, _subs._ (Oxford).—A drinking-bout. [_Binger_ (Linc.) = - tipsy.] - - -*Birch-broom Race*, _subs. phr._ (Winchester).—_See_ TORCH-RACE. - - -*Birch-room*, _subs._ (Westminster).—_See_ quot. - - 1867. COLLINS, _The Public Schools_, p. 178. Behind is the “French - room,” once known as the BIRCH-ROOM (in which those useful implements - were manufactured and used), where a bench is carefully preserved - bearing the name of “John Dryden,” no doubt cut by the poet himself, - as the style of the letters corresponds with his date. - - -*Bird*, _subs._ (Durham).—A credulous boy; one easily cajoled; a - “soft.” - - -*Bishop*, _subs._ (Winchester).—The sapling with which a fagot - is bound together. - - -*Bite*, _intj._ (Charterhouse and Christ’s Hospital).—_Cave!_ - - -*Black*, _subs._ (Rugby).—A nickname. - - 1856. HUGHES, _Tom Brown’s School-days_, I. vi. “There’s plenty of - youngsters don’t care about it,” said Walker. “Here, here’s Scud - East—you’ll be tossed, won’t you, young un?” Scud was East’s nickname, - or BLACK, as we called it, gained by his fleetness of foot. - - -*Black Book, The* (Charterhouse).—_See_ EXTRA. - - -*Black-hole*, _subs._ (Shrewsbury).—_See_ quot. - - 1867. COLLINS, _The Public Schools_, p. 241. There used to be a small - four-square apartment, not much larger than a Punch-and-Judy box, - lighted by a single narrow loop-hole—a receptacle for the - flogging-block and other like apparatus. This was known as the - BLACK-HOLE, or sometimes more familiarly as “Rome’s Hole,” from a - traditionary culprit who had been a very regular occupant. - - -*Black-jack*, _subs._ (Winchester).—A large leathern beer jug - used in College. It holds two gallons. In olden times - BLACK-JACKS were in common use for small beer. [_See_ UNTON, - _Inventories_, p. 1; BRAND’S _Pop. Antiq._, ii. 206; _Ord. - and Reg._, p. 392; HEYWOOD’S _Edward IV._, p. 97. Also JACK: - whence (Christ’s Hospital) JACK-BOY = a boy servitor of - beer.] - - 15—. _Simon the Cellarer._ But oh, oh, oh! his nose doth show, How oft - the BLACK-JACK to his lips doth go. - - 1592. NASHE, _Summer’s Last Will_ [DODSLEY, _Old Plays_ (1874), viii. - 59]. Rise up, Sir Robert Toss-pot. [_Here he dubs Will Summer with - the_ BLACK-JACK.] - - 1606. _Return from Parnassus_ [DODSLEY, _Old Plays_ (1874), ix. 207]. - A BLACK-JACK of beer and a Christmas pie. - - 1630. TAYLOR, _Works_, i. 113. Nor of BLACK-JACKS at gentle buttery - bars, Whose liquor oftentimes breeds household wars. - - 1690. B. E., _Dict. Cant. Crew_, s.v. JACK. - - 18[?]. T. WARTON, “The Happy Junior of Sixth Chamber.” Yet still with - pleasure shall we think on The Junior’s happy life at Winton ... - lozenges and snacks ... dispars, gomers, JACKS. - - _c._ 1844. _Reminiscences of Christ’s Hospital_ (_The Blue_, Aug. - 1874). By mistake the Cask was found to contain a fine old ale. The - news soon spread from boy to boy and from ward to ward; and there was - an extraordinary call upon the services of the JACK-BOYS, whose utmost - exertions were scarcely equal to the demand. As might be expected, - these latter took care of themselves upon the occasion. - - -*Black-sheep*, _verb_ (Winchester: obsolete).—To get above (or - “jockey”) a fellow in Middle Part: of men in Junior Part. - - -*Black Tiger, The* (Rugby).—A nickname given to Dr. Ingles, - head-master from 1793 to 1803. - - -*Blandyke* (Stonyhurst).—The monthly recreation day. [From the - village of Blandyke (now Blandecques), a league from St. - Omers, where was a country house or villa at which such days - were spent during the summer months.] _See_ Appendix. - - -*Blazer*, _subs._ (originally Cambridge: now general).—A light - jacket of bright colour. Originally applied to the bright - red uniform of the Lady Margaret Boat Club of St. John’s - College, Cambridge. [Prof. SKEAT (_N. and Q._, 7 S., iii. - 436), speaking of the Johnian BLAZER, says it was always of - the most brilliant scarlet, and thinks it not improbable - that the fact suggested the name which subsequently became - general.] - - 1880. _Times_, June 19. Men in spotless flannel, and club BLAZERS. - - 1885. _Punch_, June 27, p. 304. Harkaway turns up clad in what he - calls a BLAZER, which makes him look like a nigger minstrel out for a - holiday. - - 1889. _Daily News_, Aug. 22, p. 6, col. 6. DRESS BY THE SEA. SIR,—In - your article of to-day, under the above heading, you speak of “a - striped red and black BLAZER,” “the BLAZER,” also of “the pale toned” - ones. This is worth noting as a case of the specific becoming the - generic. A BLAZER is the red flannel boating jacket worn by the Lady - Margaret, St. John’s College, Cambridge, Boat Club. When I was at - Cambridge it meant that and nothing else. It seems from your article - that a BLAZER now means a coloured flannel jacket, whether for - cricket, tennis, boating, or seaside wear.—Yours faithfully, WALTER - WREN. - - 1897. _Felstedian_, June, p. 99. The new football BLAZER is very - handsome. - - -*Bleed*, _subs._ (Tonbridge).—One who is remarkably good at - anything. - - -*Bleyis-sylver* (or *Bent-sylver*), _subs._ (Royal High School, - Edin.).—A gratuity given in olden times by pupils to - masters. He who gave most was proclaimed “_victor_” or - “king.” [BLEYIS is derived from _bleis_ = a torch or blaze - (mod. Scot. _bleeze_). BLEYIS-SYLVER = silver given at - Candlemas on the time of the bleeze. Dr. Jamieson (_Dict._) - suggests _bent_ = Fr. _benit_, _i.e._ blessed, because money - was given on a Saint’s day. Dr. STEVENS, the school - historian, suggests _bent_ = coarse grass. In sixteenth and - seventeenth centuries pupils had leave to go and cut this - coarse grass to strew on floor of school. Afterwards annual - holidays were instituted on first Mondays of May, June, and - July, when a money payment was made to the master to - purchase “bent.” (_Cf._ STEVENS’ _Hist. of High School_, p. - 678.) This is more probable.] - - -*Block, The* (Eton).—A wooden step in the library of the Upper - School upon which a boy set down for flogging kneels. He is - “held down” by two junior Collegers, and the Sixth Form - Preposter hands to the head-master the necessary birch or - birches. - - -*Blockhouse*, _subs._ (Charterhouse).—A sick-house. - - -*Bloody Porch* (Harrow: obsolete).—_See_ quot. - - 1867. COLLINS, _The Public Schools_, p. 320. Harrow fagging had no - special reputation for cruelty; yet there are those living who can - remember having been called out of their beds at night to have cold - water poured down their backs—for no special reason, but as a part of - the hardening process considered good for fags generally; or to start - from Leith’s boarding-house in the dark, to go round the church-yard - by the north porch—BLOODY PORCH, as it was called, from some obscure - legend. Once a boy was sent upon this dreaded tour at night, when it - so happened that there were a party concealed in the porch, watching - the grave of a newly-buried relative—for these were the days of - resurrection-men; they mistook the unfortunate fag for a - body-snatcher, and fired at him, wounding him slightly, and - frightening him almost to death. - - -*Blotch*, _subs._ (Harrow).—Blotting-paper. - - -*Blow*, _subs._ (old University).—A drunken frolic; a spree. - [_Blowboll_ = a drunkard: _cf._ SKELTON (_Works_, i. 23), - “Thou blynkerd blowboll, thou wakyst too late.”] - - _Verb_ (Winchester).—To blush. _Cf._ BLUE = to blush, as in - quot. 1709. - - 14[?]. _Torrent of Portugal_, 11. His browys began to BLOWE. - - 1645. HABINGTON, _Works_. Th’enamoured spring by kissing BLOWS soft - blushes on her cheek. - - 1709. STEELE and SWIFT, _Tatler_, No. 71, p. 8. If a Virgin blushes, - we no longer cry she BLUES. - - -*Blucher*, _subs._ (Winchester: obsolete: _ch_ hard).—A College - præfect in half power. His jurisdiction did not extend - beyond “Seventh Chamber passage,” though his privileges were - the same as those of other præfects. These were eight in - number. - - _c._ 1840. MANSFIELD, _School-Life at Winchester College_, p. 30. The - eight senior præfects were said to have “full power,” and had some - slight privileges not enjoyed by the remaining ten, who were generally - called BLUCHERS. - - 1864. _Blackwood_, p. 86. The remaining eight college præfects (called - in Winchester tongue, BLUCHERS) have a more limited authority, - confined to Chambers and the Quadrangle. - - 1867. COLLINS, _The Public Schools_, p. 55. The remaining eight - college prefects (called in Winchester tongue BLUCHERS) have a more - limited authority, confined to chambers and the quadrangle; the form - of making these is—“_Præficio te sociis concameralibus_.” At least two - prefects are located in each of the seven chambers—one from the first - seven in rank, and one from the next seven. The juniors are also - divided into ranks of seven, and out of each rank the prefects, - according to their seniority, chose one each to fill up the numbers in - their own chamber; so that each chamber has, to a certain extent, ties - and associations of its own. - - -*Blue*, _subs._ 1. (Christ’s Hospital).—A scholar of Christ’s - Hospital; a blue-coat boy. [Derived from the colour of the - clothes—a blue drugget gown or body with ample skirts to it, - a yellow vest underneath in winter time, small-clothes of - Russia duck, worsted yellow stockings, a leathern girdle, - and a little black worsted cap, usually carried in the hand, - being the complete costume. This was the ordinary dress of - children in humble life during the reigns of the Tudors.] - _See_ Appendix. - - 1834. W. TROLLOPE (_Title_), Christ’s Hospital ... with Memoirs of - Eminent BLUES. _Ibid._ At the Spital did they first earn the title of - BLUE by appearing in raiment of that hue. Hitherto they had worn - russet cotton. The bands are supposed to be a relic of the ruff, as - the girdle was of the hempen cord. The ruff was regal, or reginal, and - the cord monkish, so a BLUE hovers ’twixt palace and monastery (one - picture pourtrays the dresses of the various Orders of Friars). - - 1877. W. H. BLANCH, _Blue-Coat Boys_, p. 33. To some extent it holds - also with regard to Civil Engineers, amongst whom, however, one - well-known name is that of a BLUE. - - 1895. _Gleanings from “The Blue”_ Dedication. To all BLUES Past and - Present this Book is dedicated. - - 2. (University).—A member of the Universities of Oxford or - Cambridge. [The colours for inter-University sports are dark - and light blue respectively.] - - TO GET ONE’S BLUE, _verb. phr._ (University).—To be selected - as a competitor in inter-University sports: _cf._ “to get - silk” (of Q.C.’s). [From the University colours.] - - 1899. _Stonyhurst Mag._, Feb., p. 194. The expression “to get a BLUE” - is a phrase which is universally recognised as applying to the - athletics and games of the sister Universities, Oxford and Cambridge, - and to them only. As an ardent Oxford man I do not appreciate his - compliment; as an old Stonyhurst boy, I cannot but deplore his - servility. - - -*Blue-book*, _subs._ (Harrow).—A school register (alphabetically - arranged) comprising name, form, house, tutor, age, term of - coming, prizes, and honours. - - -*Bluer*, _subs._ (Harrow).—A blue flannel coat: worn by all - going to FOOTER (_q.v._) in winter, and cricket in summer. - - -*B. N. C.*, _subs._ (Oxford).—The popular abbreviation of - Brasenose College. - - 1885. _Daily News_, March 13, p. 5, col. 1. As when Corpus bumped B. - N. C. years ago, and went head of the river, whereon a spirit of wrath - entered into the B. N. C. men, and next night they bumped Corpus back - again. - - -*Board.* TO KEEP ONE’S NAME ON THE BOARD, _verb. phr._ - (Cambridge).—To remain a member of a College. - - -*Boat* (The Leys).—A shallow valley, in which football is - played. - - PROCESSION OF BOATS (Eton).—_See_ FOURTH OF JUNE. - - TO SIT A BOAT, _verb. phr._ (Eton).—_See_ quot., and FOURTH - OF JUNE. [Long since abandoned.] - - 1865. _Etoniana_, p. 170. The time-honoured custom of SITTING A BOAT - must here claim mention. Some old Etonian, of generous and festive - disposition (generally an old “oar”), signifies to the captain of a - boat his intention of presenting the crew with a certain quantity of - champagne. In return he is entitled to be rowed up to Surly in the - boat to which he presents the wine; he occupies the coxswain’s seat, - who kneels or stands behind him. This giver of good things is called, - from this circumstance, a “sitter”; and the question, “Who SITS YOUR - BOAT?” or, “Have you a sitter?” is one of some interest, which may - often be heard addressed to a captain. The seat of honour in the - ten-oar is usually offered to some distinguished old Etonian. Mr. - Canning occupied it in 1824. - - -*Bob*, _subs._ (Winchester).—A large white beer-jug, about a - gallon in capacity. - - _c._ 1840. MANSFIELD, _School-Life at Winchester College_, p. 85. Each - end and præfect’s mess had their beer served up in a large white jug, - or BOB. The vessel used for the same purpose in Commoners’ was called - a “Joram.” - - 1888. T. A. TROLLOPE, _What I Remember_. Only those “Juniors” attended - whose office it was to bring away the portions of bread and cheese and - BOBS of beer for consumption in the afternoon. - - _See_ DRY-BOB; WET-BOB. - - -*Bod*, _subs._ (Oxford).—The Bodleian Library; also Bodley. - - -*Bodeites* (Charterhouse).—_See_ OUT-HOUSES. - - -*Bodleian, The* (Oxford).—A famous library, popularly known as - the Bodley, founded by Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, - 1445-80. Despoiled in 1550 and again in 1556, it was - restored and added to in 1598 by Sir Thomas Bodley. It now - contains some 600,000 volumes, and is especially rich in - manuscripts (some 30,000 volumes) and other literary - treasures. James Russell Lowell, the distinguished American, - says of this famous library: “Directly we enter, we are - struck by the stillness and solemnity that reign around, - helped by the dim light, the windows with painted glass, the - ponderous shelves, the illuminated missals, the graduates or - attendants conversing in low whispers or moving quietly - about. For reading purposes the library is as free and as - good as the library of the British Museum; with the - advantages that you may be seated in front of a window - commanding a beautiful garden prospect, that your arm-chair - is not disturbed, that books are allowed to accumulate - around you, and that you are not obliged to return them to - the care of the custodian on leaving the library. The - visitor will not fail to notice the portraits in the upper - library, and especially to cast a grateful look at the fine - portrait of Bodley. He will see the exercise-books used by - Edward VI. and Elizabeth when children, and, close by, the - autographs of distinguished visitors.” - - -*Boiler*, _subs._ (Winchester).—A plain coffee-pot used for - heating water—fourpenny and sixpenny boilers, not from their - price, but from the quantity of milk they held. το παν - BOILERS = large tin saucepan-like vessels in which water for - a BIDDY (_q.v._) was heated. - - -*Bolly*, _subs._ (Marlborough).—Pudding. - - -*Bom*, _subs._ (The Leys).—A servant; a waiter. [A waiter was - once dubbed “a vile abomination”; whence the contractions - “vile bom” and “BOM.”] - - -*Bond Street* (Stonyhurst).—A walk along one side of the - playground. Once obsolete but now restored, being applied to - another walk. - - -*Boner*, _subs._ (general).—A sharp blow on the spine. - - -*Bonner*, _subs._ (Oxford).—A bonfire. - - -*Bonnet.* TO HOLD THE BONNETS, _verb. phr._ (Royal High School, - Edin.: obsolete).—To hold the bonnet or handkerchief used to - divide High School boys when fighting. - - -*Bonnet-fire*, _subs._ (Royal High School, Edin.: obsolete).—The - process otherwise known as “running the gauntlet.” - - 1812. JAMIESON, _Dict. Scottish Language_, s.v. - - -*Book*, _verb_ (Westminster).—_See_ PANCAKE, and quot. - - 1867. COLLINS, _The Public Schools_, p. 172. They also claim a right - to BOOK the performer (_i.e._ hurl a shower of books at him) if he - fails more than once. This right was liberally exercised in 1865, when - the wrath of the school had culminated owing to repeated failures in - that and the previous year. The exasperated cook replied to the attack - with his only available missile—the frying-pan—and a serious row was - the consequence. - - -*Books*, _subs._ (Winchester).—1. The prizes formerly presented - by Lord Say and Sele, now given by the governing body, to - the “Senior” in each division at the end of “Half.” 2. The - school is thus divided:—SIXTH BOOK—Senior and Junior - Division; the whole of the rest of the School (but _see_ - quotations), is in FIFTH BOOK—Senior Part, Middle Part, - Junior Part, each part being divided into so many divisions, - Senior, Middle, and Junior, or Senior, 2nd, 3rd, and Junior, - as the case may require. Formerly there was also “FOURTH - BOOK,” but it ceased to exist about the middle of the - Sixties. - - _c._ 1840. MANSFIELD, _School-Life at Winchester College_, p. 104. The - school was divided into three classes, or BOOKS, as they were called. - Of these, the Præfects formed one, SIXTH BOOK; FIFTH BOOK was - subdivided into three parts, called respectively “Senior, Middle, and - Junior part of the Fifth”; in speaking of them, the words “of the - Fifth” were generally omitted. The rest of the boys made up “Fourth - Book.” - - 1867. COLLINS, _The Public Schools_, p. 24. The tiers of stone seats, - which may still be noticed in the deep recesses of the windows, were - the places in which the prefects sat when the boys were arranged in - their respective BOOKS; the term still used at Winchester for what in - other schools would be called “forms” or “classes.” There were then, - as now, four BOOKS only, though the highest was and is numbered as the - “sixth.” Then followed the fifth, fourth, and second fourth. The work - of the sixth BOOK comprised Homer, Hesiod, Virgil, Cicero, Martial, - and “Robinson’s Rhetoric.” _Ibid._, 36. Ninety feet long and - thirty-six in breadth, it is sufficiently spacious to allow all the - BOOKS to be assembled there without more confusion than is inseparable - from the system of teaching so many distinct classes in a single - room—an arrangement peculiar to Winchester alone amongst our large - Public Schools. - - 1891. WRENCH, _Winchester Word-Book_, s.v. BOOKS. The name of the - Classes into which the School is divided. The VI^{th}, V^{th}, and - II^{nd} only remain. From _Liber_ in the sense of _Roll_ probably. - - UP TO BOOKS.—In class; repeating lessons; formerly UP AT - BOOKS. - - _c._ 1840. MANSFIELD, _School-Life at Winchester College_, p. 101. At - each end of school are three tiers of benches rising gradually one - above the other,—that on the ground being called “Senior Row,” and the - others “Middle” and “Junior Row” respectively. On these the Classes - sit when UP AT BOOKS, _i.e._ when repeating lessons. - - 1847. HALLIWELL, _Archaic Words_, s.v. BOOK. This word was formerly - used for any composition, from a volume to a single sheet, - particularly where a list is spoken of. See the _State Papers_, i. - 402. - - 1867. COLLINS, _The Public Schools_, p. 37. Three tiers of fixed seats - rise against the wainscotted walls on the east and west, where the - boys are arranged when UP TO BOOKS, the chairs of the different - masters being in front of each. - - 1872. WALCOTT, _Traditions and Customs of Cathedrals_, “Statutes of - Chichester Cathedral.” Four wax candles are always distributed at the - end of Lauds, at the four uppermost BOOKS, to the Senior set of the - BOOKS, to find the lights to the same BOOKS for that time. [Note to - foregoing:—At Winchester College the Forms are still called BOOKS.] - - 1878. ADAMS, _Wykehamica_, 417, _s.v._ - - 1891. WRENCH, _Winchester Word-Book_, s.v. BOOKS. It has been - suggested that this phrase arose from the school having originally to - go up to the Donatus—the one book which College boasted; and an entry - is extant of a three days’ remedy being entailed by the book going to - be bound. The pluralization would be no more than an ordinary - Wykehamical inflection.... The following mysterious use of _Libri_, - however, suggests a much more probable origin. CHRIS. JOHNSON says: - “_Seu Chandlerus erat, seu Custos ordine primus, Durus ab inductis - dicitur esse LIBRIS!_” To which a contemporaneous note is appended: - “_Lectionum a cæna repetitiones instituisse creditur, quas Wiccamici - materna lingua Libros dicunt._” What these “repetitiones” were is not - clear; but they were some form of lesson which præ-Elizabethan - Wykehamists had christened BOOKS in their _materna lingua_, and - Johnson’s annotator thought the word strange enough to deserve a note. - We may, therefore, very possibly be only perpetuating this word in our - use of UP TO BOOKS. - - BOOKS CHAMBERS.—Explained by quotations. - - _c._ 1840. MANSFIELD, _School-Life at Winchester College_, p. 103. On - Remedies (a kind of whole holiday) we also went into school in the - morning and afternoon for an hour or two without masters; this was - called BOOKS CHAMBERS; and on Sundays, from four till a quarter to - five. - - 1891. WRENCH, _Winchester Word-Book_, s.v. BOOKS-CHAMBERS. Hours of - preparation in College: in the evening called Toy-time. - - TO GET (or MAKE) BOOKS.—To get the first place, or to make - the highest score at anything. _Cf._ BOOKS, sense 1. - - -*Bookwork*, _subs._ (University).—Mathematics that can be - learned _verbatim_ from books—anything not a problem. - - -*Boots-and-Leathers*, _intj._ (Winchester).—_See_ PEAL. - - -*Bostruchyzer*, _subs._ (Oxford: obsolete).—A small comb for - curling the whiskers.—HOTTEN. - - -*Botany-bay*, _subs._ (University).—(1) Worcester College, - Oxford; and (2) part of Trinity College, Dublin. [On account - of their remote situations.] - - 1841. LEVER, _Charles O’Malley_, xx. note. BOTANY BAY was the slang - name given by college men to a new square rather remotely situated - from the remainder of the college [_i.e._ Trinity, Dublin]. - - 1853. Rev. E. BRADLEY (“Cuthbert Bede”), _Adventures of Verdant - Green_, i. p. 63. BOTANY-BAY, a name given to Worcester College, from - its being the most distant college. - - 1886. GRAVES, _Way about Oxfordshire_, 19. At the end is Worcester - College (1714), from its remote position dubbed ... BOTANY-BAY, but - called by those who wish to speak endearingly of it “Wuggins.” - - 1900. _Athenæum_, 17th Feb., 208. BOTANY-BAY is often found as - strangely misapplied as the “Paradise” of so many rows. For instance, - the “Quad” of Trinity College, Dublin, which has been so called for - generations, can hardly have ever been remarkable for its flora. The - probable explanation is that its buildings were old and uncomfortable, - and it was the favourite abode of the youngest and noisiest members of - the University. - - -*Botolph’s*, _subs._ (The Leys).—A “Run” to St. Botolph’s - Church. - - -*Bottle*, _verb_ (Durham: obsolete).—To make hot: _e.g._ I got - regularly BOTTLED in that room; specifically, “to roast” a - boy before a fire. _See_ Appendix. - - -*Bottled.* TO BE BOTTLED, _verb. phr._ (Sherborne).—To be turned - in work. - - -*Bottom-side*, _subs._ (Harrow).—A wing: at football. The lower - wing (if one be lower than the other); as a rule the one - farthest from the hill. - - -*Boule*, _subs._ (Charterhouse).—A general confab or - conversation. _See_ PRIVEE. - - 1900. TOD, _Charterhouse_, 82. There was a BOULE (βουλή) once in the - Sixth Form of 1872 as to what a monitor should do if he were thus - insulted [by a visit of a master to Banco]. - - -*Bounce.* FIRST BOUNCE, _subs._ (Stonyhurst).—A goal (which is - never allowed) taken by a “drop-kick” at football. - - SECOND BOUNCE, _subs._ (Stonyhurst: obsolete).—A kind of - HANDBALL (_q.v._) once very popular. - - 1887. _Stonyhurst Mag._, July, p. 18, “Stonyhurst in the Fifties.” - SECOND BOUNCE, a variety of handball played with small balls most - artistically made of strips of indiarubber, and covered with the best - kid-leather. These balls had to be taken to pieces and remade after - every match, and they had to be quite freshly made when used. Their - seams required to be frequently rubbed over with wax, some of which - was always smeared on the handball wall for the purpose. For a game of - SECOND BOUNCE a whole side of one of the big handballs was required, - and it was played by eight players, four a side. The “over-all” of - ordinary handball was the “over line,” and the bulk of the players - stood out yards beyond it. He whose “hand” it was bounced the ball, - and with a long strong swing of his arm hit it up against the wall, - whence with a sharp smack it rebounded high in the air and far out - into the ground. As it descended one of the opposite party stopped it - with his hand and let it BOUNCE twice on the ground, the FIRST BOUNCE - being, as a rule, too high to let him strike it, and then with a - similar swing hit it up again. The rules, except as to permitting the - ball to be taken up at the SECOND BOUNCE, were similar to those of - handball. Balls perished quickly in such a game, nearly a dozen being - required for one. SECOND BOUNCE used chiefly to be played on Sunday - afternoon, after Vespers, and almost all not engaged in the game would - range themselves on the flanks to watch. - - -*Bounder*, _subs._ (University).—A dog-cart. - - -*Bounds*, _subs._ (general).—The limit or the boundaries beyond - which it is not permissible to go. - - ON BOUNDS (Stonyhurst).—A punishment to which a boy who has - been flagrantly “out of bounds” (the term as in other Public - Schools) is subjected. He is confined during ordinary - recreations to a very limited portion of the playground. - Such a boy is said to be “put ON BOUNDS.” - - -*Bowing-round Sunday*, _subs. phr._ (Christ’s Hospital).—_See_ - PUBLIC-SUPPING. - - 1854. “Our Rebellion” [_The Blue_ (1871) July]. Next day was - BOWING-ROUND SUNDAY. “Hand down, don’t bow,” was the signal that - passed down our ranks as we stood in the Hall Cloisters, and many were - the black looks, but few the nods of reverence, our Treasurer and his - two attendant governors got that morning. - - -*Bowl*, _verb._ 1. (general).—To master; to succeed: as in a - paper, a lesson, an examination, &c.; to overcome: as a - difficulty, an examiner, &c. _See_ FLOOR and THROW. - - 1891. _Harry Fludyer at Cambridge_, 55. My Coach says he thinks I - shall BOWL over the Examiners next term in the General. - - 2. (Winchester).—To “pluck” or “plough” up to books; TO - CROPPLE (_q.v._). - - -*Box*, _verb._ 1. (Westminster).—To take possession of; “to - bag.” - - 2. (Stonyhurst).—To strike a ball with the closed hand when - in the air. _See_ STONYHURST-FOOTBALL. - - 3. (Charterhouse).—Of books: if a member of a House Library - Committee finds a library book lying about, he calls out the - name of the book three times at the top of his voice, and - adds, “BOXED!” The boy who has taken out the book thus BOXED - is fined sixpence, saving the fine if he shouts “Mine!” - before the word of confiscation is uttered. - - -*Box-buildings*, _subs._ (Sherborne: obsolete).—The Sanatorium: - in the seventeenth century called SICK-HOUSE (_q.v._), and - subsequently BOX-BUILDINGS. These buildings were pulled down - in 1850 and the name disappeared. - - -*Boy*, _subs._ (Harrow).—A grade of fag. The Lower School are - put ON BOY, in turns, to go messages, &c., for the Sixth - Form. _See_ Appendix. - - -*Brasenose* (or *B. N. C.*), _subs._ (Oxford).—Brasenose - College. [Founded in 1509 on the site of four ancient - Halls—Little University Hall was one, another being - Brasenose Hall (thirteenth century). Authorities differ as - to the origin of the curious name. _See_ quots.] - - 1512. _Charter of Henry VIII._ The King’s Hall and College of - BRASENOSE. - - 1800. CHURTON, _Life of Bishop Smith_, 227. Brazen Nose Hall, as the - Oxford antiquary has shown, may be traced as far back as the time of - Henry III., about the middle of the thirteenth century; and early in - the succeeding reign, 6 Edward I., 1278, it was known by the name of - Brasen Nose Hall, which peculiar name was undoubtedly owing, as the - same author observes, to the circumstance of a nose of brass affixed - to the gate. It is presumed, however, that this conspicuous appendage - of the portal was not formed of the mixed metal which the word now - denotes, but the genuine produce of the mine; as is the nose, or - rather face, of a lion or leopard still remaining at Stamford, which - also gave name to the edifice it adorned. And hence, when Henry VIII. - debased the coin by an alloy of _copper_, it was a common remark or - proverb, that “Testons were gone to Oxford, to study in _Brasen_ - Nose.” - - 1837. INGRAM, _Memorials of Oxford_. BRASENOSE.... This curious - appellation, which, whatever was the origin of it, has been - perpetuated by the symbol of a brazen nose here and at Stamford, - occurs with the modern orthography, but in one undivided word, so - early as 1278, in an inquisition now printed in _The Hundred Rolls_, - though quoted by Wood from the manuscript record. - - 1837. _British Critic_, xxiv. 139. There is a spot in the centre of - the city where Alfred is said to have lived. BRASENOSE claims his - palace, Oriel his church, and University his school or academy. Of - these BRASENOSE is still called “the King’s Hall,” which is the name - by which Alfred himself, in his laws, calls his palace; and it has its - present singular name from a corruption of _brasinium_, or - _brasin-huse_, as having been originally located in that part of the - royal mansion which was devoted to the then important accommodation of - a brew-house. - - 1898. ALDEN, _Oxford Guide_, 52. Brasenose Hall (thirteenth century) - is said to have derived the name from its occupying the site of a - _brasen-hus_ or brewhouse. Over the old entrance-gate is the - representation of a _brazen nose_, probably added at a much later - date, when punning rebuses of this kind were in fashion. - - -*Brasser*, _subs._ (Christ’s Hospital: obsolete).—A bully. - - -*Bread-and-beer*, _subs. phr._ (Stonyhurst).—The name given to - the snack which boys may take at five o’clock. - - -*Bread-boy*, _subs._ (Christ’s Hospital).—_See_ quot. - - 1798. Narrative “Christ’s Hospital, Three quarters of a Century ago” - [_Chelmsford Chronicle_ (1875), Ap. 16]. The breakfast-bell rang about - seven, when we all went into the hall, the nurses following, with boys - from each ward (called BREAD-BOYS) carrying large baskets on their - shoulders containing bread, which were taken to the head of each - table, where stood the nurse, who, after “grace,” went down the table, - serving out to each boy half of a twopenny loaf of bread. “Well,” - you’ll say, “but where’s the butter?” None was allowed—nothing but - bare bread. Those who had been sparing over night to save a portion of - the small piece of cheese they had for their supper, pulled it out of - their pockets. Sometimes a great fellow would make a little boy always - supply him with cheese of mornings, out of the piece the poor fellow - had had for his supper the night previous. Beer we had certainly, - served out in wooden vessels of an extraordinary shape, called - “piggins”; about six of them for four boys to drink out of, but such - beer! The piggins were seldom replenished, for we could not drink it. - We used to call it “the washings of the brewers’ aprons.” - - 1900. _Pall Mall Gazette_, 20th March, 3. 2. “A Lenten Supper.” Last - of all the BREAD-BOY hoists the tall bread-basket shoulder high and - bows round with it, never failing to raise a laugh as well as a - basket. - - -*Bread-picker*, _subs._ (Winchester: obsolete).—A Junior - appointed by the four senior Præfects in Commoners: at one - time to put candles in outhouses; but formerly the word is - supposed to relate to the duty of securing bread when served - out. The office exempted from fagging at meal times. - - -*Brekker*, _subs._ (Harrow).—Breakfast. - - 1898. _Stonyhurst Mag._, Dec., p. 149, “Life at Oxford.” Each - undergraduate has two rooms, a bedroom and a sitting-room. In these he - lives, studies, and, with the exception of evening dinner in the Hall, - has his meals. He is thus able to entertain. The fashionable meal to - which to invite a friend is breakfast, or vernacularly BREKKER. - - -*Brew*, _verb._ 1. (Marlborough).—To make afternoon tea. - - 2. (Harrow).—To knock about; to damage. - - 3. (Harrow).—To cook. Hence, as _subs._ = a mess, or - self-cooked meal. - - -*Brick*, _verb_ (Charterhouse).—To hustle; TO MOB UP (_q.v._); - TO BARGE (_q.v._). - - -*Bricks*, _subs._ (Wellington).—A kind of pudding. [Also (var. - dial.) = a kind of loaf.] - - -*Bridge of Grunts* (Cambridge).—_See_ ISTHMUS OF SUEZ. - - -*Bring-on*, _subs._ (The Leys).—A SIZING (_q.v._), or extra in - the way of food (as jam, tinned meat, &c.). [That is, what a - boy “BRINGS ON” to his table, chiefly at tea.] - - -*Broad* (The), _subs._ (Oxford).—Broad Street. - - -*Broad-sheet*, _subs._ (Harrow).—The printed school list: issued - after the TRIALS (_q.v._). - - -*Brock*, _subs._ (Winchester).—To bully; to tease; to badger. - [BROCK, provincial in North and Hants = a badger, and - baiting these animals was a school sport till 1870.] Hence - BROCKSTER = a bully. - - -*Brogues*, _subs._ (Christ’s Hospital).—Breeches. [An old - English survival: still dial. in Suffolk.] - - -*Broker*, _subs._ (Oxford).—A member of Pembroke College. - - -*Brooke Hall* (Charterhouse).—At Old Charterhouse the officers’ - common room; at New Charterhouse the masters’ common room: - it is the place to which impositions must be taken. - - 1900. TOD, _Charterhouse_, p. 94. In the seventeenth century - schoolmasters had to be careful of their politics. Thus Master Robert - Brooke, the fourth of the “schoolmasters,” is said to have refused to - sign the Solemn League and Covenant, and to have flogged some of his - boys for Parliamentary proclivities. He was ejected from his office in - 1643. At the Restoration, though not fully restored, he was given “two - chambers in cloisters and a pension of £30 a year.” After his death - these two chambers were knocked into one and it became BROOKE HALL. - - -*Brook-jumping*, _subs._ (Rugby).—_See_ HOUSE-WASHING. - - -*Brosier* (or *Brozier*). TO BROZIER MY DAME, _verb. phr._ - (Eton).—To “eat out of house and home.” When a DAME (_q.v._) - keeps an unusually bad table, the boys agree on a certain - day to eat him literally “out of house and home.” Hence - BROZIERED = cleaned out. [_Brozier_ (Cheshire) = bankrupt.] - - 1796. MERTON, _Way to get Married_ (INCHBALD, _British Theatre_, vol. - xxvi.). [The term is so used here.] - - -*Browse*, _subs._ (Marlborough).—A pleasant or easy time; a - treat; anything enjoyable: _e.g._ MORNING BROWSE = leave off - early school; French is a BROWSE. Hence, CAPTAIN’S BROWSE = - an expedition to which a master takes his House Captains. - [From _browse_ = to eat lazily.] - - _Adj._ Pleasant; enjoyable. Also (more frequently) BROWSY: - _e.g._ a BROWSY morning = a morning in which little work is - done; an awfully BROWSY day, or time = an enjoyable time. - - _Verb._ To enjoy; to like: generally with _on_: _e.g._ “I - BROWSE ON old Smith,” or, “ON Science hour.” - - -*Brum*, _adj._ (Winchester).—(1) Poor; (2) mean, stingy. DEAD - BRUM = penniless. - - -*Brush*, _subs._ 1. (common).—A schoolmaster. - - 2. (Christ’s Hospital).—A flogging. - - 1844. _Reminis. of Christ’s Hospital_ [_The Blue_, Aug. 1874]. The - punishment ... next in severity was flogging with the birch (called - BRUSHING). - - _Verb_ (Christ’s Hospital).—To flog. - - -*Brute*, _subs._ (Cambridge).—_See_ quot. Also BEAST. - - 1868. BREWER, _Phrase and Fable_, s.v. BRUTE, in Cambridge University - slang, is a man who has not yet matriculated. The play is evident. A - “man” in college phrase is a collegian; and as matriculation is the - sign and seal of acceptance, a scholar before that ceremony is not a - “man,” and therefore only a “BIPED BRUTE.” - - -*Buck*, _adj._ 1. (Winchester: obsolete).—Handsome. - - 2. (Felsted).—Fine; jolly. - - 1897. _Felstedian_, July, p. 129. What’s the good of a Præfect? he - never gets anybody up, and has never been known to be in time himself. - He’s a BUCK lot of use. - - TO BE BUCKED, _verb. phr._ (Uppingham).—To be tired. - - TO BUCK DOWN, _verb. phr._ (Winchester).—To grieve; to be - unhappy. - - TO BUCK UP, _verb. phr._ 1. (Winchester).—To cheer; to be - pleased. - - 2. (Westminster).—To exert oneself. - - 3. (Harrow).—To play hard; to hurry. - - -*Bucksome* (or *Buxom*), _adj._ (Winchester).—Happy; cheerful. - - -*Budder*, _subs._ (Felsted: obsolete).—A hard worker; a SWOTTER. - [From a proper name.] - - -*Bug and Tick*, _subs. phr._ (The Leys).—The Natural History - Society. _See_ BUG AND SNAIL (Appendix). - - -*Buissonites*, _subs._ (Charterhouse).—Now called BODEITES - (_q.v._). - - -*Bulky*, _adj._ (Winchester).—(1) Rich; (2) generous. - - -*Bull-dog*, _subs._ 1. (University).—A proctor’s assistant or - marshal. - - 1823. LOCKHART, _Reg. Dalton_, I., x. (1842), 59. Long forgotten - stories about proctors bit and BULL-DOGS baffled. - - 1841. LYTTON, _Night and Morning_, bk. iii. chap. iii. The proctor and - his BULL-DOGS came up ... and gave chase to the delinquents; ... the - night was dark, and they reached the College in safety. - - 1847. TENNYSON, _Princess_, Prologue. We unworthier told Of college; - he had climb’d across the spikes, And he had squeezed himself betwixt - the bars, And he had breath’d the Proctor’s DOGS. - - 1880. BREWER, _Reader’s Handbook_. BULL-DOGS, the two servants of a - university proctor, who follow him in his rounds, to assist him in - apprehending students who are violating the university statutes, such - as appearing in the streets after dinner without cap and gown, &c. - - 2. (Cambridge: obsolete).—A Fellow of Trinity College. - - -*Bully*, _subs._ (Eton).—A mellay at football: the equivalent of - the Rugby SCRUMMAGE (_q.v._), and the Winchester HOT - (_q.v._). - - -*Bunker’s Hill* (Stonyhurst).—A row of cottages outside Hodder - grounds. Originally called Bankhurst, but after a battle - here between the inhabitants and the new-comers a century - ago, its present name was given to it. (See _Stonyhurst - Mag._, ii. 92.) - - -*Bum-brusher*, _subs._ (general).—A schoolmaster; also an usher. - - 1704. T. BROWN, _Works_ (1760), ii. 86. [Dionysius] was forced to turn - BUM-BRUSHER. - - 1788. _New London Magazine_, p. 137. A successor was immediately - called from that great nursery of BUM-BRUSHERS, Appleby School. - - 1832. _Blackwood’s Mag._, Oct., p. 426. To protract existence ... in - the shape of BUM-BRUSHERS, and so forth, after the fashion of the - exalted emigrés of 1792. - - 1838. _Comic Almanac_, Dec. [Schoolmaster’s Letter signed] Barnabas - BOM-BRUSH. - - -*Bum-curtain*, _subs._ (Cambridge).—An academical gown—scant and - short; especially applied to the short black gown worn till - 1835 by members of Caius College. - - 1835. (Quoted in WHIBLEY’S _Three Centuries of Cambridge Wit_ [1889].) - ’Tis the College of Caius—’tis the land where the “BUM-CURTAIN” lately - was sported by each jolly chum, But now black and blue are the gowns - that they wear Like the eye of a drunkard returned from a fair. - - -*Bumf*, _subs._ (general).—Paper. _See_ Appendix. - - -*Bumf-hunt*, _subs._ (Wellington).—A paper-chase. - - -*Bumming*, _subs._ (Wellington).—A thrashing. - - -*Bump*, _subs._ and _verb_ (University).—_See_ BUMPING-RACE. - - -*Bumping-race*, _subs._ (University).—Eight-oared - inter-Collegiate races, rowed in two divisions of fifteen - and sixteen boats respectively, including a SANDWICH BOAT - (_q.v._), _i.e._ the top boat of the second division, which - rows bottom of the first. The boats in each division start - at a distance apart of 175 feet from stern to stern in the - order at which they left off at the last preceding race, and - any boat which overtakes and BUMPS another (_i.e._ touches - it in any part) before the winning post is reached, changes - places with it for the next race. Hence BUMP-SUPPER = a - supper to commemorate the event. - - 1849. THACKERAY, _Pendennis_, iii. He listened, and with respect too, - to Mr. Foker’s accounts of what the men did at the University of which - Mr. F. was an ornament, and encountered a long series of stories about - boat-racing, BUMPING, College grass-plats, and milk-punch. - - 1853. BRADLEY, _Verdant Green_, x. A BUMP-SUPPER—that is, O ye - uninitiated! a supper to commemorate the fact of the boat of one - College having, in the annual races, BUMPED, or touched the boat of - another College immediately in its front, thereby gaining a place - towards the head of the river,—a BUMP-SUPPER was a famous opportunity - for discovering both the rowing and paying capabilities of Freshmen, - who, in the enthusiasm of the moment, would put down their two or - three guineas, and at once propose their names to be enrolled as - members at the next meeting of the club. - - 1860. _Macmillan’s Magazine_, March, p. 331. The chances of St. - Ambrose’s making a BUMP the first night were weighed. - - 1865. _Sketches from Cambridge_, p. 7. I can still condescend to give - our boat a stout when it makes a BUMP. - - 1886-7. DICKENS, _Dictionary of Cambridge_, p. 11. Any boat which - overtakes and BUMPS another ... before the winning post is reached, - changes place with it for the next race. - - 1891. _Harry Fludyer at Cambridge_, 2. I’m rowing in our first Lent - boat. We ought to make some BUMPS. _Ibid._, 51. We had a grand - BUMP-SUPPER, with lots of speeches. - - 1900. _Westminster Gaz._, 21st Feb., 8. 3. In the Second Division, - Worcester BUMPED Christ Church II. at the Ferry. Hertford left off at - the head of the division. - - -*Bunk*, _verb_ (Wellington and Sherborne).—To expel from school. - - -*Bunky*, _adj._ (Christ’s Hospital).—Awkward; ill-finished. - - -*Bunny-grub*, _subs._ (Cheltenham).—Green vegetables; GRASS - (_q.v._). - - -*Burr*, _verb_ (Marlborough).—To tussle or fight in a noisy, but - friendly manner. Also as _subs._ - - -*Butcher.* TO BUTCHER ABOUT, _verb. phr._ (Wellington).—To make - a great noise; to humbug. - - -*Buttery*, _subs._ (University).—A college kitchen. [See - _Twelfth Night_, i. 3; TAYLOR, _Works_, i. 113.] - - 1853. BRADLEY, _Verdant Green_, iv. He was bearing a jug of BUTTERY - ale (they are renowned for their ale at Brazenface). - - -*Buying*, _subs._ (Stonyhurst).—An opportunity which is - given for the purchase of pastry in the refectory at - “BREAD-AND-BEER” (_q.v._) time. - - - - - - -*Cab*, _subs._ (general).—An adventitious aid to study; a CRIB - (_q.v._); a PONY (_q.v._). [From CABBAGE (_q.v._) = - pilferings.] - - 1853. BRADLEY (“Cuthbert Bede”), _Adventures of Verdant Green_. Those - who can’t afford a coach get a CAB, _alias_ a crib, _alias_ a - translation. - - 1876. _Academy_, 4th Nov., p. 448, col. 2. The use of translations, - “cribs,” or CABS as boys call them, must at some time or other engage - the serious attention of schoolmasters. - - -*Cabbage*, _subs._ (general).—A translation; a CAB (_q.v._). - Also as _verb_ = to use a translation or other adventitious - aid in preparing exercises; to “crib.” - - 1837. GEN. P. THOMPSON, _Exerc._ (1842), iv. 234. A speech, which ... - had been what schoolboys call CABBAGED, from some of the forms of - oration ... published by way of caricature. - - 1862. H. MARRYAT, _Year in Sweden_, ii. 387. Steelyards ... sent by - Gustaf Wasa as checks upon country dealers, who CABBAGED, giving short - weight. - - -*Cacus* (Stonyhurst).—The Library lumber-room. - - 1888. _Stonyhurst Mag._, July, p. 185. The dust and darkness of CACUS - is destined to give place to the (comparatively) gilded splendour of a - Philosopher’s room. Two new windows are being opened in the wall of - the Elizabethan front over the old Bailey window.... Hitherto CACUS - has been shrouded in utter darkness, ... a receptacle for ... all the - literature, which ... had not been assigned a place in the Library. - - -*Cad*, _subs._ (general).—A non-school or non-University man: in - contempt. At Cambridge SNOB, the word Thackeray used, has - long been a common term for a townsman; now the undergrad. - says TOWNEE or TOWNER (_q.v._). The German analogue is - PHILISTER. - - 1831. HONE, _Year-Book_, 670. Preceded by one or two bands of music in - two boats, rowed by CADS. - - 1856. BRADLEY (“Cuthbert Bede”), _Adventures of Verdant Green_, i. p. - 117. And I can chaff a CAD. - - 1860. _Macmillan’s Mag._, March, p. 327. You don’t think a gentleman - can lick a CAD, unless he is the biggest and strongest of the two. - - 1873. _Saturday Review_, September, p. 305. At Oxford the population - of the University and city is divided into “Dons, men, and CADS.” - - -*Café, The* (The Leys).—Head’s House Hall for meals. - - -*Cake*, _subs._ (Christ’s Hospital).—A stroke with a cane. Also - as _verb_. - - 1844. _Reminis. of Christ’s Hospital_ [_The Blue_, Aug. 1874]. The - mildest punishment consisted of caning on the open hand (ironically - termed CAKES). - - -*Caker*, _subs._ (The Leys).—A bicycle. [Originally - “boneshaker”; whence “shaker” and “CAKER.”] - - -*Calk*, _verb_ (Eton).—To throw. _See_ Appendix, _s.v._ CORK. - - -*Call*, _subs._ (Eton).—A remission of ABSENCE (_q.v._). “It is - a CALL,” _i.e._ “There is no ABSENCE.” - - -*Calling-out*, _subs._ (Charterhouse: obsolete).—_See_ - PULLING-OUT. - - -*Calling-over*, _subs._ (Rugby).—Names-calling. - - 1856. HUGHES, _Tom Brown’s School-days_, v. The master of the week - came down in cap and gown to CALLING-OVER, and the whole school of - three hundred boys swept into the big school to answer to their names. - - -*Calton.* SEE YOU ON THE CALTON, _phr._ (Royal High School, - Edin.).—A challenge to fight. [The Calton Hill lies at the - back of the school; it and THE DUNGEONS (_q.v._) are the two - fighting grounds.] - - -*Calves*, _subs._ (Winchester).—Pronounced _Caves_. _See_ - HALVES. - - -*Calx*, _subs._ (Eton).—The goal line at football. [From a Latin - sense of CALX = a goal, anciently marked with lime or - chalk.] At Eton CALX is a space so marked off at each end of - WALL; GOOD CALX is the end at which there is a door for a - goal; BAD CALX the end where part of an elm-tree serves the - purpose. - - 1864. _Daily Telegraph_, Dec. 1. The Collegers were over-weighted ... - and the Oppidans managed to get the ball down into their CALX several - times. - - -*Campus Martius*, _subs._ (Royal High School, Edin.).—Until - recently the name by which the battle-ground in THE DUNGEONS - (_q.v._) was known; now dying out. Formerly the scene of - encounters between different classes. - - -*Canals, The* (Stonyhurst: obsolete).—The two ponds in front of - the College. - - -*Candle-keepers*, _subs._ (Winchester).—The seven seniors in - College by election who are not Præfects. They enjoy most of - the privileges of Præfects without their powers. - - _c._ 1840. MANSFIELD, _School-Life at Winchester College_, p. 30. The - Seven CANDLE-KEEPERS (why so called I have no idea, nor have I ever - heard any interpretation of the appellation). These were the seven - inferiors who had been longest in the school, quite independently of - their position in it; they were generally old and tough. Of these, the - senior had almost as much power as a Præfect; he had a “valet” in - chambers, one or two “breakfast fags,” and the power of fagging the - twenty juniors when in school or in meads. The junior CANDLE-KEEPER - was called the “Deputy,” and had also some slight privileges besides - that of having a valet and breakfast fag, which was common to all of - them. - - 1878. ADAMS, _Wykehamica_, p. 418. _See_ Appendix. - - 1881. _Felstedian_, Nov., p. 75, “A Day’s Fagging at Winchester.” The - CANDLE-KEEPERS are the next in chambers to the præfects; generally - fellows who have not much brains, but from having been a long time in - the school, having a certain number of “juniors,” and are excused - fagging and have certain minor privileges approaching those of a - præfect. - - -*Candlestick*, _subs._ (Winchester).—A humorous corruption of - the word “candidate.” - - _c._ 1840. MANSFIELD, _School-Life at Winchester College_, p. 175. - Each of these [the Electors] had in turn the privilege of nominating a - boy for admission into Winchester till all vacancies were filled, of - which there were generally about twelve, but always many more - “Candidates” (or CANDLESTICKS, as they were often called). - - 1878. H. C. ADAMS, _Wykehamica_, p. 418. CANDLESTICK, merely a - facetious version of “candidate.” - - -*Cannager-canoodle*, _subs._ (Oxford).—A Canadian canoe. - - 1893. _Felstedian_, June, p. 718, “Oxford Correspondence.” The Char - has been daily gay with bright yellow “CANAGGER-CANOODLES,” and - pink-and-green Japanese parasols and wobbling punts with their - sleeping occupants. - - -*Cannibal*, _subs._ (Cambridge).—In a BUMPING-RACE (_q.v._) a - College may be represented by more than one boat. The best - talent is put into the first, but it has sometimes happened - that the crew of the second have got so well together that - it has disappointed the prophets and bumped the first of its - own College. In this case it is termed A CANNIBAL, it having - eaten up its own kind, and a fine is exacted from it by the - University Boat Club. - - -*Canoodle*, _verb_ (Oxford).—To paddle or propel a canoe. - - 1879. E. H. MARSHALL, in _Notes and Queries_, 5 S., xi. 375. When I - was an undergraduate at Oxford, to CANOODLE was the slang expression - for paddling one’s own canoe on the bosom of the Cherwell or the Isis. - - -*Cantab*, _subs._ (Cambridge).—A student at Cambridge - University. [An abbreviation of “CANTABRIGIAN.”] - - 1750. COVENTRY, _Pompey Litt._, II. x. (1785), p. 18, col. 1. The - young CANTAB ... had come up to London. - - 1803. _Gradus ad_ CANTAB. (Title.) - - 1821. BYRON, _Don Juan_, c. iii., st. 126. And I grown out of many - “wooden spoons” Of verse (the name with which we CANTABS please To dub - the last of honours in degrees). - - -*Canvas*, _subs._ (Winchester).—_See_ quot. - - 1867. COLLINS, _The Public Schools_, p. 66. The Winchester football - game is peculiar. It is played in CANVAS, as it is called. A portion - of Meads, some 80 feet by 25, is marked off by screens of canvas on - each side, within which the game is played, the two open ends forming - the lines of goal, across which the ball is to be kicked. It is placed - in the middle of the ground to begin with, and a “hot” formed round it - by the players stooping down all close together, with their heads - down, and at a given signal trying to force the ball or each other - away. The canvas screens answer to the Rugby “line of touch”; when the - ball escapes over these it is returned into play by juniors stationed - for the purpose, and a hot is formed afresh. - - TO GO ON THE CANVAS, _verb. phr._ (Manchester Grammar).—To - finish drill (dumb-bells, clubs, &c.), and do gymnastic - exercises on the ladder, bars, rings, and ropes. [The floor - beneath the latter was once covered with stuffed canvas; the - phrase is retained, though the canvas has given way to - mats.] - - -*Cap*, _subs._ 1. (Westminster).—The collection at Play and - Election dinners. [The College cap was passed round on the - last night of Play for contributions. _Cf._ “to send round - the cap.”] - - 1867. COLLINS, _The Public Schools_, p. 157. Queen Elizabeth seems to - have been present on at least one occasion, and to have contributed - liberally to the CAP, for she is recorded to have paid, in January - 1564, the sum of £8, 6s. 8d. for certain plays by the grammar school - at Westminster and the children at Powle’s. A shout of “CAP, CAP!” - arises, and all available trenchers having been pressed into the - service, the captain distributes them amongst the Old Westminster - portion of the audience, who present substantial proofs of their - satisfaction. The sum collected in the CAP has frequently amounted to - above £200. After discharging all expenses of the play the surplus is - divided among the performers. But as these expenses have a natural - tendency to increase rather than diminish, while the number of old - Westminsters present is necessarily fewer than in the more prosperous - days of the school, the balance has of late been now and then on the - wrong side. - - 2. (Harrow).—A cap of House Colours, given by Captains of - House Cricket elevens to the House eleven, or to some of - them. The gift confers permanent membership. Hence, the - recipient of such a distinction. _See_ FEZ. - - 1890. _Great Public Schools_, 94. Second Eleven matches are played - between the various Houses, and a challenge cup is presented at the - end of the term to the best house. No CAP may play in these matches. - - 3. (Rugby).—Each House had [1871] two CAPS, one the football - cap and the other the house-cap. The former was a sign of - distinction, and worn only by the few boys in the school to - whom it had been given.... If a boy distinguished himself in - cricket, he was allowed to wear a red band; or, as a higher - distinction, a blue band.... Distinctions might be varied in - all manner of ways according as a boy had won his red or his - blue band, his flannels, or his cap.... CAPS are now (1890) - given by the head of the School Fifteen. After the CAPS come - the FLANNELS (_q.v._), and then come the players without - distinction. The CAPS and FLANNELS in each House go to make - up the House Fifteen; the FLANNELS, without the CAPS, go to - make up the second fifteen in each House, which is called - BELOW CAPS, or for brevity, BELOW. The next fifteen in each - House are called TWO BELOWS, and so on, though it rarely - happens that a House has more BELOWS than two.—LEES KNOWLES. - - _Verb_ (general).—To take off or touch one’s hat in - salutation: also TO CAP TO and TO CAP IT. - - 1593. H. SMITH, _Scrm._ (1871), i. 203. How would they CAP me were I - in velvets. - - 1803. _Gradus ad Cantabrigiam_, p. 23, _s.v._ BORE. Other bores are to - attend a sermon at St. Mary’s on Sunday ... TO CAP a fellow. - - -*Captain of Election*, _subs._ (Westminster).—_See_ quot. - - 1867. COLLINS, _The Public Schools_, p. 183. The CAPTAIN OF - ELECTION—the boy who gains first place—has the privilege of being - almost entirely exempted from the fagging incidental to his junior - year, and has his name painted on the election board in gold letters. - These tablets, fixed up in the dormitory, go back as far as 1629; and - among the names of the CAPTAINS, besides Lord Mansfield, as already - mentioned, may be read those of Markman, Warren Hastings, Cyril - Jackson and his brother the bishop, Randolph (Bishop), Abbot - (Speaker), Longley, &c. - - -*Captain of the Boats*, _subs. phr._ (Eton).—_See_ quot. - - 1865. _Etoniana_, p. 164. The CAPTAIN OF THE BOATS is perhaps the - greatest person in the school next to the head-master—if, indeed, he - does not rival that great authority in the estimation of the boys. The - whole regulation of the boats, both as to the selection of the crew of - the racing “eight,” and of the CAPTAINS of the several boats which - form the Fourth of June procession, rests entirely with him; and as he - has a great deal of this kind of patronage at his disposal, his - influence is very considerable. The boat crews are in some sort looked - upon as the aristocracy of the school, and for this reason the - position is an object of social ambition amongst the boys. - - -*Cargo*, _subs._ (Winchester).—A hamper from home. The word is - still in use. - - _c._ 1840. MANSFIELD, _School-Life at Winchester College_, p. 77. The - boys, eager for breakfast, tumultuously rushed out from school-court - ... to see if Poole, the porter, had letters, or, what was even more - delightful, a CARGO (a hamper of game or eatables from home). - - 1881. PASCOE, _Every-day Life in our Public Schools_. Scholars may - supplement their fare with jam, potted meats, ... or, better still, - from the contents of CARGOES, _i.e._ hampers from home. - - -*Cart*, _verb_ (University).—To defeat: in a match, a fight, an - examination, a race, &c. “We CARTED them home” = we gave - them an awful licking. - - -*Case*, _subs._ (Westminster).—The discussion by Seniors and - Upper Election preceding a TANNING (_q.v._), and the tanning - itself. - - -*Cathedral*, _subs._ (Winchester).—A silk hat. [Because worn - when going to Cathedral.] - - -*Cat-and-cartridge*, _subs._ (The Leys).—Rabbit (or chicken) - with sausage. - - -*Cat’s*, _subs._ (University).—St. Catharine’s Hall. Hence - CAT’S-MEN = members of St. Catharine’s Hall. - - _Intj._ (Royal High School, Edin.: obsolete).—The II^{nd} - Class. [Formerly it used to be a custom for the II^{nd} - class to pursue the I^{st} shouting “Gaits! Gaits! - Gai-ai-aits,” to which they replied, “CATS! CATS! Caa-ats!”] - _See_ DOGS. - - -*Cat’s Head*, _subs._ (Winchester: obsolete).—The end of a - shoulder of mutton. - - _c._ 1840. MANSFIELD, _School-Life at Winchester College_, p. 84. His - meal [dinner] took place at six o’clock P.M. in College (in Commoners’ - it was at _one_); it was ample in quantity, and excellent in quality. - That of the Præfects was nicely served in joints, that of the - Inferiors was divided into portions (Dispars); there were, if I - remember rightly, six of these to a shoulder, and eight to a leg of - mutton, the other joints being divided in like proportion. All these - “Dispars” had different names; the thick slice out of the centre was - called “a Middle Cut,” that out of the shoulder a “Fleshy,” the ribs - “Racks,” the loin “Long Dispars”; these were the best, the more - indifferent were the end of the shoulder, or CAT’S HEAD, the breast, - or “Fat Flab,” &c. &c. - - -*Cat’s-skin*, _subs._ (Rugby).—1. _See_ quot. - - 1856. HUGHES, _Tom Brown’s School-days_, v. His go-to-meeting roof, as - his new friend called it. But this didn’t quite suit his fastidious - taste in another minute, being too shiny; so, as they walk up the - town, they dive into Nixon’s the hatter’s, and Tom is arrayed, to his - utter astonishment, and without paying for it, in a regulation - CAT-SKIN at seven-and-sixpence. - - 2. _See_ RABBIT-SKIN. - - -*Cause-money*, _subs._ (Winchester: obsolete).—Up-keep money for - the path leading to HILLS (_q.v._). - - 1891. WRENCH, _Word-Book_, s.v. CAUSE-MONEY. Money paid for the - maintenance of the path leading from College towards Hills. - - -*Causey, The* (Stonyhurst).—The avenue between the two ponds in - front of the College. - - -*Cave*, _intj._ (Eton).—“Beware!” A byword among boys out of - bounds when a master is in sight. [From the Latin.] - - -*Cedar*, _subs._ (Eton).—A pair-oared boat inrigged, without - canvas, and very “crank.” [No longer in use.] - - -*Certificate Good-day*, _subs. phr._ (Stonyhurst).—_See_ - GOOD-DAY. - - -*Chaff*, _subs._ (Christ’s Hospital).—A small article or - plaything. Also as _verb_ = to exchange; to barter. [A.S. - _chaffere_ = to deal, exchange, or barter: as _sub._ = - merchandise. Also (North) _chaffle_ = to haggle.] - - 1388. WIMBELTON, _Sermon_ [MS. Hatton, 57, p. 4]. If thou art a - margchaunt, disceyve not thi brother in CHAFFARYNG. - - 1440. _Promptorium Parvulorum_ [MS. Harl. 221, ff. 206]. Rooryne or - chaungyne on CHAFFARE for another. - - 1450. _MS._ Bibl. Reg. 12 B. i. f. 19. _Emere vel vendere_, Anglice to - CHAFFARYN. - - 1844. _Reminis. of Christ’s Hospital_ [_The Blue_, Aug. 1874]. - Pocket-knives, combs, “precious” marbles, tops, and all the other - numerous nondescript articles which go to make up the CHAFFS of a - Blue. - - 1877. BLANCH, _Blue-Coat Boys_, 96. CHAFF me your knife. - - _Adj._ Pleasant; glad. Also CHAFFY. [Possibly, in this - sense, a memory of chaff = banter.] Whence, CHAFF FOR YOU = - “So much the better for you.” _Cf._ VEX. - - _Intj._ An exclamation of joy or pleasure. - - -*Challenge*, _subs._ (Westminster).—The entrance examination for - Queen’s Scholarship. _See_ quot. [In ancient times (_vide_ - STOW) St. Peter’s was one of the three great schools whose - scholars were accustomed on the days of their patron Saints - to challenge each other to a contest of grammar and - versification, which was apparently the earliest form of - what was afterwards developed not only into the Westminster - CHALLENGE, but into the Eton MONTEM (_q.v._).] - - 1867. COLLINS, _The Public Schools_, p. 182. He undergoes a very - severe examination, called the CHALLENGE, the form of which must have - been preserved from Queen Elizabeth’s days, and is the last surviving - relic of the old scholastic disputations. - - -*Chamber-day*, _subs._ (Winchester).—A day on which access - was allowed to CHAMBERS (_q.v._) during the whole - day.—MANSFIELD. - - -*Chambers*, _subs._ (Winchester).—The College bedrooms: in - Commoners called GALLERIES (_q.v._). [CHAMBER is commonly - dialectical for bedroom.] _See_ ELECTION CHAMBER. - - -*Charity-remove*, _subs._ (Harrow).—A “remove” assigned to boys - who have remained in the Form below for several successive - school quarters. - - 1867. COLLINS, _The Public Schools_, p. 297. The intention of these - CHARITY-REMOVES (as they are called) is to prevent boys of dull - abilities being continually outstripped in the race of promotion by - boys younger than themselves; but practically the cases are very few - of boys who would be left in the same Form for above three quarters; - and even then the promotion is removed if the boy has been - “notoriously and ostentatiously” idle. - - -*Charity-tails*, _subs._ (Harrow).—_See_ TAILS. - - -*Charlies*, _subs._ (Winchester: obsolete).—Thick gloves made of - twine. [Introduced by a Mr. Charles Griffith: hence the - name.] - - -*Chase*, _verb_ (Christ’s Hospital).—To abscond; to run away; as - from school. - - 1844. _Reminis. of Christ’s Hospital_ [_The Blue_, Aug. 1874]. At - length, to the consternation and perplexity of the authorities, and - the delight, admiration, and envy of the fellows, this incorrigible - character capped all his former misdeeds by an act of pluck and daring - which gained for himself, from that time forth, all the honours of a - hero—he CHASED. - - -*Chaw*, _subs._ 1. (University).—A trick; a device; a sell. - - 2. (Harrow).—A CAD (_q.v._); any non-member of the school. - Whence WORKER-CHAW = the boy who runs messages, &c., for the - work-shop. Also as _verb_ (football), to play roughly. TO BE - CHAWED = to be injured. - - -*Check-nights*, _subs._ (Eton).—Rehearsals of the FOURTH OF JUNE - (_q.v._) performance. Held every alternate Saturday in the - boating season, when the crews rowed up to Surly in their - uniform and there regaled themselves—the staple luxury being - ducks and green pease. These suppers were open to much - objection, and the custom has lately been done away - with.—_Etoniana_ (1865). - - -*Cheese*, _subs._ (Schools and University).—An adept; one - who “takes the shine out of another”; at Cambridge an - overdressed dandy = a HOWLING CHEESE. - - 1864. HEMYNG, _Eton School-days_. “Do you know Homer, Purefoy?” asked - Chudleigh. “No, I have not looked at the lesson yet.” “I am sure I - don’t know why you ever do; you are such a CHEESE. I want you to give - me a construe.” - - -*Chemmy*, _subs._ (Manchester Grammar).—Chemistry. - - -*Chief*, _subs._ (Sherborne).—The Head-master. - - -*Child*, _subs._ (Winchester: obsolete).—1. A scholar on the - foundation. - - 1547. Inj. Ed. VI. Commiss. [_William of Wykeham_, 152]. Item: that - all graces to be said or sung at meals within the said College, and - other prayers which the said scholars or CHILDREN are bound to use - shall be henceforth sung or said evermore in English. - - _d._ 1711. KEN, _Manual ... for the use of ... Winchester College_. If - you are a Commoner, you may say your prayers in your own Chamber; but - if you are a CHILD or a Chorister, then to avoid the interruptions of - the Common Chambers, go into the Chappel, between first and second - Peal in the morning, to say your Morning Prayers, and say your Evening - Prayers when you go _Circum_. - - 1891. WRENCH, _Winchester Word-Book_, s.v. CHILD. The word “Scholar,” - as used by Ken, included the three classes—“Children,” Commoners, and - Choristers; and it is observable that, though it has been adopted of - late officially to designate the “Children” exclusively, this usage - has not extended to the school. “CHILD” has fallen into desuetude, but - its place has not been supplied by any other term. - - 2. _See_ quot. 1891. - - 1822. NARES, _Glossary_, s.v. CHILD ... The “CHILDREN of the Chapel” - signifies the boys of the Chapel. - - 1867. COLLINS, _The Public Schools_, p. 64. One table, by a curious - traditionary custom, is called the CHILDREN’S table—the electors - present each choosing one of the junior scholars for their CHILD, and - presenting him with a guinea and a luxurious dinner at this privileged - table. - - 1891. WRENCH, _Winchester Word-Book_, s.v. CHILD. Each of the ELECTORS - (_q.v._) might choose a Scholar on the foundation to attend upon him - (a nominal duty in recent times) at election time. These were known as - Warden’s CHILD, Warden of New College’s CHILD, &c. Of late the Head - Master always chose for his CHILD the head scholar in Cloisters, and - the Warden the second. Each CHILD received a guinea from the Elector - who appointed him. The Children got off all fagging on DOMUM DAY - (_q.v._); at Election Dinner they sat at the same table with Writers - and Election Grace Singers, where the fare was better than that served - to the scholars generally; and they had wine and dessert afterwards in - CHILD’S-room in the Warden’s house. Warden’s CHILD had during the - following year the duty of applying to the Head Master for every - REMEDY (_q.v._), and half-remedy that came in the ordinary course. In - applying he used the set phrase, “The Præpostors’ duty, and they would - be obliged for a remedy” (or “half-remedy”). Whenever the application - was something more than a mere form, it was made by the Præfect of - Hall, _e.g._ where a leave out day disturbed the ordinary arrangements - of the week. - - -*Chince* (or *Chinse*), _subs._ (Winchester).—A chance. - [Apparently a corrupted form of the word.] - - -*Chinner*, _subs._ (Winchester: obsolete).—A grin. - - -*Chip-entry*, _subs._ (Stonyhurst: obsolete).—_See_ quot. - - 1884. _Stonyhurst Mag._, June, p. 294. The old kitchen was very near - the site of the present one, but a part of it jutted into what is now - the end of the Higher Line Washing-place. Just outside this was a - flight of old oaken steps leading to the refectory. Beyond these - stairs, leading out to the back, there was a very old round-headed - oaken door, which is now in the buttery; it is about three hundred - years old. This was called CHIP-ENTRY. - - -*Chips*, _subs._ (Wellington).—A kind of grill. [From its - hardness.] - - -*Choice*, _subs._ (Harrow).—A candidate in course of trial for - an Eleven (House or School), and who has not got his CAP - (_q.v._), FEZ (_q.v._), or FLANNELS (_q.v._). - - -*Chorister*, _subs._ (Winchester).—_See_ quots. - - _c._ 1840. MANSFIELD, _School-Life at Winchester_ (1866), 33. Besides - the Warden, Fellows, masters, and boys, there were twelve - “CHORISTERS,” who must by no means be omitted, as they formed an - important part of the internal economy. I suppose they were called - CHORISTERS because they had not to sing; certainly if ever that was a - part of their duty, it had entirely lapsed. Their office was to wait - on boys, in hall and chambers, till seven o’clock, and especially to - go on errands in the town,—the boys themselves never being allowed to - go there, except when invited by friends on Saints’ days. These little - CHORISTERS wore chocolate-coloured tail-coats and trousers, with metal - buttons; and, on the whole, I think their life must have been a weary - one.... _Ibid._, 189. The CHORISTERS really do sing now, and have not - to run errands in the town for boys, but wait on them in the hall - instead. - - 1867. COLLINS, _The Public Schools_, p. 22. The Bible-clerk meanwhile - reading aloud a chapter from the Old Testament, the CHORISTERS waited - at table. An antiphonal grace and psalm were sung, after which the - CHORISTERS and college servants took their dinner. - - -*Chouse*, _subs._ (Eton and Winchester).—A shame; an imposition. - Hence CHOUSER. [A derivative of chouse = trick; swindle: - _see_ quot. 1890.] - - 1864. _Athenæum._ When an Eton boy says that anything is “a beastly - CHOUSE,” he means that it is a great shame; and when an Eton - peripatetic tradesman is playful enough to call his customer “a little - CHOUSER,” he means that a leaf has been taken out of his own book by - one on whom he has practised. - - 1883. BRINSLEY RICHARDS, _Seven Years at Eton_. The boy ... was told - that what he had done was an awful CHOUSE. - - 1890. _Hist. Eng. Dict._ [MURRAY], _s.v._ CHOUSE. “As to the origin of - the Eng. use, Gifford (1814), in a note on the quot. from Ben Jonson, - says, ‘In 1609, Sir Robt. Shirley sent a messenger or CHIAUS to this - country, as his agent from the Grand Signior and the Sophy to transact - some preparatory business.’ The latter ‘CHIAUSED the Turkish and - Persian merchants of £4000,’ and decamped. But no trace of this - incident has yet been found outside of Gifford’s note; it was unknown - to Peter Whalley, a previous editor of Ben Jonson, 1756; also to - Skinner, Henshaw, Dr. Johnson, Todd, and others who discussed the - history of the word. Yet most of these recognised the likeness of - CHOUSE to the Turkish word, which Henshaw even proposed as the etymon - on the ground that the Turkish CHIAUS ‘is little better than a fool.’ - Gifford’s note must therefore be taken with reserve.” - - -*Christians*, _subs. pl._ (Cambridge).—Fellows of Christ’s - College. [Derivation obvious.] - - -*Christopher* (Eton).—An old inn in Eton Street. - - 1865. _Etoniana_, 23. On the great festivals ... they had permission - to spend part of the day in a country walk; not without a strong - caution (so similar are the temptations of schoolboys and the - anxieties of masters in all ages) against turning into taverns and - beer-shops by the way. The “Tap” and the CHRISTOPHER had their earlier - prototypes.... - - -*Chuck*, _subs._ (Westminster). _See_ quot. - - 1864. HOTTEN, _Slang Dict._, s.v. A schoolboy’s treat. - - -*Chucks!* _intj._ (general).—A signal of a master’s approach. A - French equivalent is _Vesse!_ - - -*Circum.* TO GO CIRCUM, _verb. phr._ (Winchester). _See_ quot. - - 1867. COLLINS, _The Public Schools_, p. 23 [_temp._ 1570]. At five the - school was dismissed, and the whole resident society—warden, fellows, - masters, and scholars—went in procession round the cloisters and the - whole interior circuit of the college, which was called GOING CIRCUM. - Thus they passed into the hall, where a supper of mutton was - served—one dispar to every three boys. - - -*Clacken*, _subs._ (Royal High School, Edin.).—A wooden bat - about two feet long with a thin handle and rounded head - (_e.g._ [Illustration] ), flat on both sides, originally - used for the game of _hails_. The game is no longer played - at the school, but survives in the Edin. Academy. [A “Hail” - in Scotland denotes the place from which a ball is driven - off at the commencement of a game. “Clacken” is from - “clack,” the clapper of a mill.] - - -*Clarian*, _subs._ (Cambridge).—A member of Clare Hall, - Cambridge; also GREYHOUND (_q.v._). - - 1889. C. WHIBLEY, _Cap and Gown_. E’en stuke-struck CLARIANS strove to - stoop. - - -*Classicus*, _subs._ (Winchester).—A Junior in each PART - (_q.v._): his duty is to get lessons set, &c. - CLASSICUS-PAPER = CUSE (_q.v._). - - -*Clean-straw*, _subs._ (Winchester).—Clean sheets. [Before 1540 - the beds were bundles of straw on a stone floor. At that - date Dean Fleshmonger put in oaken floors, and provided - proper beds, such as existed in 1871 in Third, and later in - the case of the Præfect of Hall’s unused beds in Sixth. The - term is never used in reference to mattresses of any kind, - straw or other.] The dormitory arrangements are now - thoroughly modernised. - - -*Clipe*, _verb_ (general).—To tell tales; to “split”; to peach. - - -*Clodding*, _subs._ (Rugby).—A ceremony of initiation [put - down by Dr. Wooll, _temp._ 1808-28] performed on those who - were promoted into the Fifth. They had to run along the - course of a small gutter which flowed from the cow-sheds - (_see_ BARN-SCHOOL), through a double line of boys, who - pelted them with clods of clay moistened in that not very - delicate stream. Unpopular boys had these clods specially - hardened for their benefit—it was even said with stones - inside. On promotion from the Fourth to the Remove a boy - had to run the gauntlet up and down the big school between - a double line of his fellows, armed with handkerchiefs - tied in “Westminster knots.” He was allowed to protect - himself with books stuffed inside his trousers; but the - punishment was fearful.—COLLINS. - - -*Cloister-peals*, _subs._ (Winchester).—_See_ PEALS. - - -*Cloister-roush*, _subs._ (Winchester: obsolete).—_See_ quot. - - _c._ 1840. MANSFIELD, _School-Life at Winchester College_, p. 117. We - had some singular customs at the commencement of Cloister time. Senior - part and Cloisters, just before the entrance of the Masters into - School, used to engage in a kind of general tournament; this was - called CLOISTER-ROUSH. - - -*Cloisters*, _subs._ (Winchester).—The name given to Middle and - Junior Part of Fifth BOOK (_q.v._), when combined together - in CLOISTER-TIME (_q.v._). - - 1867. COLLINS, _The Public Schools_, p. 24. But the younger commoners - probably seldom came into school, being taught chiefly in the chamber - of the warden or fellow under whose charge they were placed; and in - summer-time the whole of the scholars usually adjourned for lessons - into the adjacent CLOISTERS: a delightful arrangement, from which the - latter portion of the “long-half” is still called CLOISTER-TIME. - - -*Cloister-time*, _subs._ (Winchester).—Ten or twelve weeks at - the latter end of Long Half, commencing about Whitsunday and - ending at STANDING-UP WEEK (_q.v._). - - -*Clow*, _subs._ (Winchester).—Pronounced _clō_. A box on the - ear. [Possibly from _clout_. HALLIWELL, _clow_ (Cumberland) - = to scratch. Also _clew_ (Glouc.) = a blow.] Also as - _verb_: it was customary to preface the action by an - injunction to “hold down.” - - _c._ 1840. MANSFIELD, _School-Life at Winchester College_, p. 140. The - juniors did not get much fun out of the regular games, as their part - consisted solely in kicking in the ball, and receiving divers kicks - and CLOWS in return for their vigilance. _Ibid._, p. 39. Nor, when - ordered to “hold down” (_i.e._ put your head in a convenient position) - for a CLOW, would the victim dare to ward off the blow. - - -*Club-keeper*, _subs._ (Harrow).—A Captain of the side in a - game: at cricket or football. - - 1820-5. WORDSWORTH [_Letter_, 1889]. The old ground which we played - upon was too much upon a slope, and when I was one of the - CLUB-KEEPERS, and head of the eleven, a considerable sum was spent in - endeavouring to improve it, and we succeeded in levelling a sufficient - space for a tolerably good wicket. - - -*Coach*, _subs._ (formerly University and Public Schools: now - common).—A private tutor; and in a transferred sense one who - trains another in mental or physical acquirements: _e.g._ in - Sanskrit, Shakspeare, cricket, or rowing. Analagous terms - are CRAMMER, FEEDER, and GRINDER. Also as _verb_ = to - prepare for an examination by private instruction; to train: - in general use both by coacher and coachee. - - 1846. THACKERAY, _Vanity Fair_, ch. v. The superb Cuff himself ... - helped him on with his Latin verses, COACHED him in play-hours. - - 1850. F. E. SMEDLEY, _Frank Fairleigh_, ch. xxix. p. 240. Besides the - regular college tutor, I secured the assistance of what, in the slang - of the day, we irreverently termed a COACH. - - 1853. C. BEDE, _Verdant Green_, pt. I., pp. 63-4. “That man is Cram, - the patent safety. He’s the first COACH in Oxford.” “A COACH,” said - our freshman in some wonder. “Oh, I forgot you didn’t know college - slang. I suppose a royal mail is the only gentleman COACH _you_ know - of. Why, in Oxford a COACH means a private tutor, you must know; and - those who can’t afford a COACH, get a cab, _alias_ a crib, _alias_ - translation.” - - 1864. _Eton School-days_, ch. ix. p. 103. Lord Fitzwinton, one of the - smallest and best COACHES—in aquatics—in the school. - - 1870. _London Figaro_, June 10, “Quadrille Conversation.” It is, we - fear, Quixotic to hope that ladies and gentlemen invited to the same - ball would COACH with the same master. - - 1871. _Times_, “Report of the Debate in House of Lords on University - Test Bill.” The test proposed would be wholly ineffective; ... while - it would apply to the college tutors, who had little influence over - the young men, it would not affect the COACHES, who had the chief - direction of their studies. - - 1889. _Pall Mall Gazette_, 29th Nov., p. 1, col. 3. The schoolmaster - is concerned with the education of boys up to eighteen; all beyond - that falls either to the COACH or the professor. - - 1891. _Harry Fludyer at Cambridge_, 15. Our COACH is always finding - fault with me. - - -*Coaching*, _subs._ (Rugby: obsolete).—A flogging. - - -*Coat.* TO GET ONE’S COAT, _verb. phr._ (Harrow).—To be made a - member of the “Sixth Form Game”; the equivalent of the - “Twenty-two” at other schools: cricket. - - -*Cob*, _subs._ (Winchester).—A hard hit at cricket; a slogger: a - recent introduction. Also as _verb_ (common), to detect; to - catch. - - _Verb._ 1. (Stonyhurst).—To purloin oranges, &c., after a DO - (_q.v._): _e.g._ “COB for me,” sometimes whispered by an - envious disappointed one to a fortunate friend as he goes - into the “Do-room.” - - 2. (Harrow).—In the verbal sense of COB = to detect; to - catch (_see_ subs., _ante_); the practice at Harrow is - almost always to use the word in the passive, with “badly”: - _e.g._ “I was badly COBBED ‘tollying-up’” (_q.v._). - - -*Cock*, _subs._ (Stonyhurst).—An elevation from which, at - football, a GUARDER (_q.v._) kicks balls which “go out”: it - corresponds to the “tee” at golf. - - TO BE COCKED UP, _verb. phr._ (Charterhouse).—_See_ quot. - - 1900. TOD, _Charterhouse_, 85. Fags [at Old Charterhouse] had to fag - in reality at cricket; they got COCKED UP if they cut, and they got - COCKED UP if they missed a catch, or muffed a ball. A stump was always - handy. - - -*Cock-house*, _subs._ (general). A champion house; as at - cricket, football—anything. - - 1890. _Great Public Schools_, 95. (Harrow) The various Houses are - divided into “Upper Round” Houses (being those which possess a member - of the School Eleven at the beginning of the term), and “Lower Round” - Houses (being those which possess no member of the School Eleven at - the beginning of the term). The “Upper Round” Houses are drawn - together, and play against each other; and the same course is pursued - with regard to the “Lower Round” Houses. When all these ties are - played off, the winner of the “Upper Round” plays the winner of the - “Lower Round” for COCK-HOUSE. A silver challenge cup is presented to - the COCK-HOUSE of the year. - - 1898. WARNER in _Harrow School_, 271. Coming back from the holidays a - boy will eagerly discuss with his comrades the prospects of the term. - Have they any chance of being “COCK-HOUSE” in football or cricket—and - no chance is too small on which to build a mighty castle of hope. - - -*Cockloft, The* (Harrow).—A small room at the top of the Old - Schools; in turn a school-room or the limbo for the - SCHOOL-STOCK (_q.v._) of confiscated books. - - -*Cocks*, _subs._ (Charterhouse).—The old washing place. [Early - in the century a leaden trough, into which six taps - discharged water, was fixed in a corner of Writing School, - behind a partition which was constructed to hold Gownboys - Library. These taps suggested the term COCKS. Formerly - Gownboys washed at the pump.] - - -*Cocoa-club*, _subs._ (The Leys).—Afternoon tea, &c., at four in - winter in House rooms or studies. - - -*Codd*, _subs._ (Charterhouse).—_See_ quot. - - 1854. THACKERAY, _The Newcomes_. Yonder sit some threescore old - gentlemen, pensioners of the hospital; ... the Cistercian lads called - these old gentlemen CODDS. - - -*Cog.* TO COG ON, _verb. phr._ (Durham).—To swindle; to cheat: - _e.g._ “TO COG ON marks.” Also TO COCK ON. - - -*Coke on Littleton*, _subs. phr._ (Eton).—_See_ quot. - - 1743. DANIEL WRAY, _Letter_ from Cambridge [quoted in _Etoniana_ - (1865), 70]. One blowing a chafing-dish with a surplice sleeve, - another warming a little negus or sipping “COKE UPON LITTLETON,” - _i.e._ tent and brandy. - - -*Coll*, _subs._ (United Services).—The College. - - 1899. _Public School Mag._, Nov., p. 345. To deal first with the - outward appearance of the COLL.—(COLL, be it noted, not College.) - “That long white barrack by the sea Stares blankly seaward still,” - sings Kipling in one of his very early poems. - - -*Collections*, _subs._ (Oxford).—College Terminal Examinations. - - 1853. BRADLEY, _Verdant Green_, II. viii. Witless men were cramming - for COLLECTIONS. - - -*College-John* (Westminster).—The porter and factotum of - College: invariably so-called, whatever his name may be. - - -*Colleger*, _subs._ 1. (general).—A square cap; a MORTAR-BOARD - (_q.v._). - - 2. (Eton).—A boy on the foundation as opposed to an OPPIDAN - (_q.v._). - - 1899. _Public School Mag._, Nov., p. 367. The discussion continues as - to whether the COLLEGERS should compete for the House Cup. As we have - always said, this seems a ridiculous suggestion. If COLLEGE is on a - separate foundation to the Oppidans, we can see no reason for them to - desire to join in competing for Oppidan events. - - 1890. _Great Public Schools_, 14. Parents of independent means rejoice - when their sons obtain places on the Foundation at Eton. Admitted - after a severe competitive examination, and specially encouraged in - the habits of industry, the seventy COLLEGERS generally win a large - proportion of the prizes and other distinctions that are offered to - Etonians, and maintain the high reputation of their old school in the - class lists at Oxford and Cambridge. - - -*College-ware*, _subs._ (Winchester).—Crockery that falls - without breaking.—MANSFIELD. - - -*Combie*, _subs._ (University).—The “Combination room,” a - parlour in which college dons drink wine after Hall. - - -*Come.* COME UP! _intj._ (Sherborne).—The order given by the - Captain of the Games, after 3 Roll on a half-holiday, to - start the games at football. - - -*Come-up*, _subs._ (Stonyhurst).—A regulation as to the - conditions by which one player might try to take the ball - from another: football. - - -*Commoner*, _subs._ (general).—A boy not on the foundation. - Whence (Winchester) COMMONERS = the building they lived in. - [Now abolished as a residence and converted into class-rooms - with a handsome library. The old building, which presented - externally (_vide_ MANSFIELD) the appearance of an inferior - workhouse, was successfully altered by Mr. BUTTERFIELD, and - is now, in its architecture, worthy of its purpose and - surroundings.] - - 1867. COLLINS, _The Public Schools_, p. 26. Of the fellow-commoners, - or COMMONERS, as they are now termed, who have so increased as to form - a supplementary body of scholars doubling in number the College boys - themselves, it will be necessary to give some account. Provision had - been made in the original statutes for the reception and instruction - of independent students to the number of ten, sons of noblemen or of - “special friends” of the College, who, though not claiming the other - advantages of the foundation, might yet wish to avail themselves of - its sound teaching; with a proviso that these should not be in any way - burdensome to the revenues.... In [Dr. Burton’s] time the College rose - rapidly as a place of education for many of the young nobility, and - the accommodations were found insufficient. He built what is now - remembered by Wykehamists of the past generation as “OLD COMMONERS.” - ... The number of COMMONERS gradually increased, until in 1820 they - reached 135. “OLD COMMONERS” was pulled down in 1839-41 to make way - for the present building, which was the result of a general Wykehamist - subscription. _Ibid._, 115 [Westminster]. In every public school the - masters were entirely dependent for any income beyond their statutable - salaries on the liberality of the parents of those boys who were - admitted as COMMONERS, or oppidans. _Ibid._, _Etoniana_, 10. [At Eton] - there were two classes of these boys—“_generosorum filii - Commensales_,” and simple “_Commensales_”—corresponding to the - “gentleman-COMMONER” and “COMMONER” of Oxford; the former probably of - higher social rank, paying more for their commons, and dining at a - separate table. - - -*Commoner-grub*, _subs._ (Winchester).—A dinner formerly given - by COMMONERS (_q.v._) to College after cricket matches. - - -*Commoners-speaking*, _subs._ (Winchester).—The day on which the - speakers, selected from among the INFERIORS (_q.v._), - declaimed. - - -*Common Innings*, _subs._ (Stonyhurst: obsolete).—A form of - cricket. - - -*Common-time*, _subs._ (Winchester).—The Short Half, and - beginning of Long up to Easter time. - - -*Commons*, _subs._ (University).—Rations of bread, butter, and - milk, supplied from the buttery. [When a number of men - breakfast together, the student whose rooms are the - rendezvous tells his scout the names of those _in_-college - men who are coming to breakfast with him. The scout then - collects their COMMONS, which thus forms the substratum of - the entertainment. The other things are of course supplied - by the giver of the breakfast, and are sent in by the - confectioner. As to the knives and forks and crockery, the - scout produces them from his common stock.] - - 1853. BRADLEY, _Verdant Green_, viii. Of course you’d like to take out - an æger, sir; and I can bring you your COMMONS just the same. - - -*Compo*, _subs._ (King Edward’s, Birm.).—The championship - competition in the gymnasium, or at fives; place-kicking. - - -*Compositions*, _subs._ (Stonyhurst).—Three days coming at the - end of each quarter, during which the composition work of - the various Forms is tested. According to the results is - arranged the “Order of Compositions,” which is accepted as - fixing a boy’s place in his Form for the ensuing quarter. - There is a hill some distance from the College known as - “Composition Hill,” so called because the Poets (_q.v._) - went there for inspiration on composition days. The first - and second boys according to the order of Compositions are - known respectively as “Roman Imperator” and “Carthaginian - Imperator.” The last Compositions of the year used to be - known as the “Great Compositions.” By them the Form medals, - &c., were decided. - - -*Compound-kish* (or *Hish*), _subs._ (Marlborough).—The rules of - the Latin compound sentence. - - -*Compul*, _adj._ and _adv._ (Harrow).—That is, “compulsory.” - - -*Compulsory*, _subs._ (Charterhouse).—_See_ RUNABOUT. - - -*Con*, _subs._ 1. (Winchester).—A rap on the head with the - knuckles, or with anything hard, such as a cricket ball. - Also as _verb_: to rap with the knuckles. [The derivation - formerly accepted at Winchester was κονδυλον = a knuckle, - but the editors of the _Wykehamist_ suggest its origin in - the North Country _con_, “to fillip,” with which the French - _se cogner_ exactly corresponds.] - - 2. (general).—That is, “construe.” Hence TO GET A CONSTRUE = - to get some one to translate a piece. - - -*Conduct*, _subs._ (Eton).—A chaplain. - - 1867. COLLINS, _The Public Schools_, p. 163. I was stopped on my entry - into school by the “Minos.” The title of “CONDUCT,” by which the - chaplains of Eton College are known, was for many years ludicrously - misprinted by the successive editors of Horace Walpole’s Letters, who - made him talk of “standing funking over against a conduit to be - catechised.” - - -*Conduit*, _subs._ (Winchester).—(1) In College, a water-tap; - (2) in Commoners, a lavatory. - - -*Continent*, _adv._ (Winchester).—Ill; on the sick-list: _cf._ - ABROAD. [From _continens cameram vel lectum_.] Hence - CONTINENT-ROOM = a sick-chamber. - - 1605. SHAKSPEARE, _Lear_, i. 2. I pray you have a CONTINENT - forbearance; ... if you do stir abroad, go armed. - - _c._ 1840. MANSFIELD, _School-Life at Winchester College_, p. 146. - When a boy felt ill, or inclined to quit school for a period, he had - to get leave CONTINENT, which was done by sending a boy in the morning - first to get leave from his tutor, and then from the Head Master. - - 1878. ADAMS, _Wykehamica_, p. 224. We suggested the “CONTINENT room”; - and on being required to say what was to become of the sick boys? - replied, that it was notorious that there was never anything the - matter with them! - - 1881. _Felstedian_, Nov., p. 75, “A Day’s Fagging at Winchester.” I - remember that I have to get “LEAVE CONTINENT” for one of the fellows, - _i.e._ he wants to be “æger for the day” (“continent,” of course = - “keeping indoors,” being confined to “sick house” or the infirmary). I - have to ask leave from the senior præfect in chambers, the præfect of - hall, the second master, and the head-master, whom I waylay going to - chapel. - - -*Cool* (or *Cool-kick*), _subs._ (Eton).—A kick at football with - no one near. Also as _verb_ = to kick hard. - - -*Copus*, _subs._ (University).—A wine or beer cup: commonly - imposed as a fine upon those who talked Latin in Hall, or - committed other breaches of etiquette. [Dr. Johnson derives - it from _episcopus_, and if this be correct it is doubtless - the same as BISHOP.] - - -*Copy*, _subs._ (Harrow).—An asterisk: _e.g._ as placed on the - broadsheet against the name of any boy who comes out top of - his division in any subject; three COPIES secure a prize in - Speech-room. _See_ Appendix. - - -*Corn* (The), _subs._ (Oxford).—Cornmarket Street. - - -*Corner*, _intj._ (The Leys).—Look out! Clear the way! - [Originally shouted as a warning by boys cycling about the - buildings on approaching a corner.] - - -*Corner-monitor*, _subs._ (Harrow).—The monitor in turn at BILL - (_q.v._) to keep line and preserve order generally. - - -*Corps-board*, _subs._ (Harrow).—The Rifle Corps notice-board. - - -*Cosh*, _subs._ (King Edward’s, Birm.).—A caning. Also as _verb_ - = to cane. A rarer word is TANK (_q.v._). - - -*Cots*, _subs._ (Christ’s Hospital).—_See_ quot. [A corruption - of “cotton.”] - - 1810. CHARLES LAMB, _Recollections of Christ’s Hospital_ [1835], p. - 24. The COTS, or superior Shoe Strings of the Monitors. - - -*Coup*, _verb._ 1. (Durham).—To upset: in frequent use on the - river. [North dia. COUP = to empty or overset.] - - 2. (Stonyhurst).—At BANDY (_q.v._), to lift the ball from - the ground by means of the crook of the stick. - - -*Course*, _subs._ (Winchester).—Duty: in _rota_. IN COURSE = on - duty. [COURSE-KEEPER (obsolete) = a Commoner who drew up a - table of fagging duties.—WRENCH.] - - _c._ 1840. MANSFIELD, _School-Life at Winchester_, 206. COURSE-KEEPER, - an office in the patronage of the Commoner Præfects, the duties of - which were principally connected with the organisation of the fagging - department. He was required to have been three years in the school, to - be of reasonable bodily strength, and in Middle Part. His privileges - were numerous, the principal being that he was allowed to fag. When he - ascended into Senior Part his duties ceased, but his privileges - remained; he was then called EX-COURSE-KEEPER. - - -*Court, The* (Stonyhurst).—The quadrangle behind the College - Towers; now more commonly called the Quadrangle. - [“Quadrangle” was one of the names which puzzled the - Claimant in the famous Tichborne Trial. _Cf._ _Times_ - reports; also _Stonyhurst Magazine_, vol. i. p. 294, and - vol. ii. p. 317.] - - -*Courts*, _subs._ (Sherborne).—The school quadrangles: the - earliest known use of the term is at the end of the - sixteenth century. - - -*Cowshed*, _subs._ (Christ’s Hospital). _See_ Appendix. - - _c._ 1890. _More Gleanings from_ THE BLUE, 84. Time was when it was - looked upon as a sacred duty on the first Sunday of each term to - introduce Hertford boys to those three stones in the Ditch which - represent the toffee man, to show them his six little children, his - brush and comb, his windmill, and whatsoever else belonging to him the - imaginative youth can discern in the bare stones under the COWSHED, as - it is called. Those “sermons in stones” belonged essentially to - Sunday. - - -*Cow-shooter*, _subs._ (Winchester: obsolete).—A “deer-stalker” - hat: worn by Præfects and CANDLE-KEEPERS (_q.v._). - - -*Coxy*, _adj._ (general).—Stuck up; conceited; impudent. [COXY = - conceited (Warwickshire).—HALLIWELL.] - - 1856. HUGHES, _Tom Brown’s School-days_, p. 202. He’s the COXIEST - young blackguard in the house—I always told you so. _Ibid._, p. 214. - “Confoundedly COXY those young rascals will get if we don’t mind,” was - the general feeling. - - 1882. F. ANSTEY, _Vice Versâ_, ch. iv. “Now then, young Bultitude, you - used to be a decent fellow enough last term, though you were COXY. So, - before we go any further—what do you mean by this sort of thing?” - - -*Coy*, _adv._ (Sherborne).—Shy. - - -*Crackle* (or *Crackling*), _subs._ (University).—The velvet - bars on the gowns of the JOHNIAN “HOGS” (_q.v._). [From a - resemblance to the scored rind on roast pork.] The covered - bridge between one of the courts and the grounds of John’s - is called the Isthmus of Suez (Latin _sus_, a swine). - - 1885. CUTHBERT BEDE, in _Notes and Queries_, 6 S., xi. 414. The word - CRACKLE refers to the velvet bars on the students’ gowns. - - -*Cram*, _subs._ (general).—An adventitious aid to study; a - translation; a crib. As _verb_ = to study at high pressure. - Hence, CRAMMER = a COACH (_q.v._); a GRINDER (_q.v._); and - CRAMMING = studying hard. - - 1803. _Gradus ad Cantab._, s.v. - - 1812. Miss EDGEWORTH, _Patronage_, ch. iii. Put him into the hands of - a clever grinder or CRAMMER, and they would soon cram the necessary - portion of Latin and Greek into him. - - 1825. HONE, _Every-Day Book_, Feb. 22. Shutting my room door ... and - CRAMMING Euc. - - 1841. _Punch_, vol. i. p. 201, col. 1. Aspirants to honours in law, - physic, or divinity, each know the value of private CRAMMING. - - 1844. _Puck_, p. 13. Though for Great Go and for Small, I teach Paley, - CRAM and all. - - 1853. BRADLEY (“C. Bede”), _Verdant Green_, pt. II. p. 68. The - infatuated Mr. Bouncer madly persisted ... in going into the school - clad in his examination coat, and padded over with a host of CRAMS. - - 1863. CHARLES READE, _Hard Cash_, i. p. 16. “All this term I have been - (‘training’ scratched out and another word put in: c—r oh, I know) - CRAMMING.” “CRAMMING, love?” “Yes, that is Oxfordish for studying.” - - 1869. SPENCER, _Study of Sociology_, ch. xv. 574 (9th ed.). And here, - by higher culture, I do not mean mere language-learning, and an - extension of the detestable CRAMMING system at present in use. - - 1872. BESANT AND RICE, _My Little Girl_. The writer of one crushing - article CRAMMED for it, like Mr. Pott’s young man. - - 1872. _Evening Standard_, Aug. 16. “The Competition Wallah.” The - CRAMMER follows in the wake of competitive examinations as surely as - does the shadow the body. - - 1872. _Daily News_, Dec. 20. Competitive examinations for the public - service defeated in a great measure the object of their promoters, - which was to place rich and poor on an equality, because success was - made to depend very largely on successful CRAMMING, which meant a - high-priced CRAMMER. - - -*Crib*, _subs._ (general).—A surreptitious aid to study. Also as - _verb_. - - 1841. _Punch_, i. 177. CRIBBING his answers from a tiny manual ... - which he hides under his blotting-paper. _Ibid._, 185. He has with a - prudent forethought stuffed his CRIBS inside his double-breasted - waistcoat. - - 1855. THACKERAY, _Newcomes_, ch. xxii. I wish I had read Greek a - little more at school, ... when we return I think I shall try and read - it with CRIBS. - - 1856. T. HUGHES, _Tom Brown’s School-days_, pt. II. ch. vi. Tom, I - want you to give up using vulgus books and CRIBS. _Ibid._, ii. 3. Two - highly moral lines ... which he CRIBBED entire from one of his books. - - 1889. _Globe_, 12th Oct., p. 1, col. 4. Always, it seems likely, there - will be men “going up” for examinations; and every now and again, no - doubt, there will be among them a wily “Heathen Pass-ee” like him of - whom Mr. Hilton speaks—who had CRIBS up his sleeve, and notes on his - cuff. - - -*Crick, The* (Rugby). _See_ quot. - - 1890. _Great Public Schools_, 182. THE CRICK is the most celebrated of - all school runs. Everybody, I fancy, in the running world has heard of - it. On a day at the end of the Christmas term—generally on the first - Thursday in December—you may see all the School assembled at the “Quad - gates.”... THE CRICK is only run once a year. Its course is along - roads and footpaths to Crick village, and then back by Hillmorton, the - finish being a length of about a third of a mile along the Hillmorton - Road. It is a race pure and simple; and is in this respect a race - against time.... The length of the race is supposed to be about eleven - or twelve miles, and the time in which it is run is generally between - an hour and twenty minutes and an hour and a half. - - -*Cricket-bill*, _subs._ (Harrow).—A “call-over” on the - cricket-ground. All fall into line, down which a master goes - noting the number of those absent as stated by the SHEPHERDS - (_q.v._). - - -*Cricket-Quarter*, _subs._ (Charterhouse).—_See_ LONG QUARTER. - - -*Croc*, _subs._ (Cheltenham).—A ladies’ school when walking out. - - -*Crocketts*, _subs._ (Winchester).—A kind of bastard cricket, - sometimes called “small CROCKETTS.” A stump was used and a - fives ball, with a bat of plain deal about two inches broad, - or a broomstick. TO GET CROCKETTS = to fail to score; to get - a “duck’s egg.” _Cf._ BOOKS. - - _c._ 1840. MANSFIELD, _School-Life at Winchester College_, p. 122. The - more noisily disposed would indulge in ... playing Hicockolorum, or - CROCKETTS. - - -*Cropple*, _verb_ (Winchester).—To pluck; to plough—UP TO Books. - [_Wykehamicé_ for _cripple_.] - - -*Cross.* TO BE CROSSED, _verb. phr._—For not paying term bills - to the bursar (treasurer), or for cutting chapels, or - lectures, or other offences, an undergrad. can be CROSSED at - the buttery, or kitchen, or both, _i.e._ a CROSS is put - against his name by the Don, who wishes to see him, or to - punish him. - - 1853. BRADLEY (“Cuthbert Bede”), _Verdant Green_, pt. II. ch. x. - Sir!—You will translate all your lectures; have your name CROSSED on - the buttery and kitchen books; and be confined to chapel, hall, and - college. - - -*Crow*, _subs._ (Stonyhurst).—A master. [From the black gown - with “wings.”] - - -*Crown* (Charterhouse).—The school tuck-shop. - - 1900. TOD, _Charterhouse_, 96. At Old Charterhouse the word CROWN, - with a sort of coronet above it, was painted in large white letters on - a wall near the racket courts. The story is that the Crown Inn once - stood just outside this wall.... When the inn was pulled down, Lord - Ellenborough, then a boy in the school, painted a crown on a wall near - the place where the inn had stood. Years after, on his return from - India, being touched to find his boyish work still in existence, he - expressed a hope that it might never be allowed to vanish; so it has - been painted again from time to time, and Merchant Taylors’ still keep - it fresh. This “CROWN” was not near the tuck-shop, which was a grimy - cellar under the old school, with the face of a disused clock for a - signboard, and the superscription, “NO TICK HERE.” But it was thought - fit that the memory of this old word should be kept up somehow and - somewhere at the new school, so a large theatrical-looking crown was - suspended, like a tavern sign, outside the school tuck-shop in the - pavilion. In this way the name and memory of this bit of antiquity are - preserved. - - -*Crow Wood* (Stonyhurst).—A wood in the Park. - - 1884. _Stonyhurst Mag._, June, p. 294. The churn was in the latter - days [1834] turned by a wheel worked by water supplied from the CROW - WOOD. - - -*Crug*, _subs._ 1. (Christ’s Hospital).—At Hertford, a crust; in - the London school, crust and crumb alike. - - 1820. LAMB, _Elia_ (_Christ’s Hospital_) [_Works_ (1852), 322]. He had - his tea and hot rolls in a morning, while we were battening upon our - quarter of a penny loaf—our CRUG. - - 2. A BLUE (_q.v._); especially an “old boy.” - - 1877. BLANCH, _Blue-Coat Boys_, p. 80. All CRUGS will well remember, - &c. - - -*Cruganaler*, _subs._ (Christ’s Hospital).—A biscuit given on - St. Matthew’s Day. [Orthography dubious. Blanch inclines to - the following derivation: “The biscuit had once something to - do with those nights when bread and beer, with cheese, were - substituted for bread-and-butter and milk. Thence the - term ‘crug and aler.’ The only argument against this is - the fact that the liquid was never dignified with the - name of ale, but was invariably called ‘the swipes.’ By - another derivation = ‘hard as nails.’ It is then spelt - CRUGGYNAILER.”] Obsolete. - - -*Cruggy*, _adj._ (Christ’s Hospital).—Hungry. [From CRUG - (_q.v._).] - - -*Crump*, _subs._ (Winchester).—A hard hit; a fall. Also as - _verb_. - - -*Cud*, _adj._ 1. (Winchester).—Pretty; handsome. [A suggested - derivation is from κυδος; another is the A.S. _cuð_, the - Scots _couthie_, and whence _cuðle_, to cuddle (a derivative - of _cuð_), the meaning formerly given to a verbal usage of - CUD at Winchester.] - - 2. (Christ’s Hospital).—Severe. Whence CUDDY = hard: - difficult; said of a lesson. Also _Hertfordicé_ for - PASSY (_q.v._). [There is a common hard biscuit called a - “cuddy-biscuit” which doubtless has this derivation.] - Obsolete. - - -*Culminate*, _verb_ (University: obsolete).—To mount a - coach-box. - - 1803. _Gradus ad Cantabrigiam_, s.v. - - -*Cup-fag*, _subs._ (Charterhouse).—A boy whose duty it is to - place the challenge cups, should his House have any, in - their cases each morning, and remove them to a safe place - every night. He has also to keep them clean, and for neglect - of any of these duties he is fined. He receives a quarterly - payment for his services, and is exempt from other forms of - fagging. - - -*Curtain.* ABOVE THE CURTAIN, _phr._ (Westminster).—_See_ quot. - - 1867. COLLINS, _The Public Schools_, p. 108. A curtain formerly was - drawn across the school, dividing the upper forms from the lower. One - day a boy was so unlucky as to tear it; and Busby’s known severity - left no doubt of the punishment that would follow. The offender was in - despair, when a generous schoolfellow volunteered to take the blame - upon himself and suffered in his friend’s stead accordingly.... In - three year’s time he was sufficiently advanced to be admitted by Busby - ABOVE THE CURTAIN—that is, into the fourth class, the lowest in the - upper school. Of this class, however, he says the head-master “took - little or no care,” but as he rose into the higher forms he found the - teaching more satisfactory. - - -*Cuse*, _subs._ (Winchester).—A book in which a record is kept - of the “marks” in each division; a CLASSICUS PAPER (_q.v._): - also used for the weekly order. - - -*Custos*, _subs._ (Harrow).—The official who looks after all - arrangements in the way of stationery, &c., keeps the keys, - cuts names on the House-boards, &c. - - Also _see_ ADMONISHING-MONEY. - - -*Cut*, _verb_ (general).—To avoid; to absent oneself from: - _e.g._ TO CUT LECTURE, TO CUT CHAPEL, TO CUT HALL, TO CUT - GATES. _See_ Appendix. - - TO CUT INTO, _verb. phr._ (Winchester).—Originally to hit - one with a “ground ash.” The office was exercised by - Bible-clerks upon a man kicking up a row when up to Books. - Now generally used in the sense of to correct in a less - formal manner than TUNDING (_q.v._). - - TO CUT IN A BOOK, _verb. phr._ (Winchester).—_See_ quot. - - _c._ 1840. MANSFIELD, _School-Life at Winchester_ (1866). CUT IN A - BOOK.—A method of drawing lots. A certain letter was fixed on (_e.g._ - the first in the second line on the left page), each boy then turned - over a leaf, and whoever turned over the leaf in which the - corresponding letter was nearest to A, won. - - -*Cuts*, _subs._ (general).—Flannel trousers; SHORTS (_q.v._). - - - - - - -*Dab*, _subs._ (Harrow).—The entrance examination: held at the - beginning of term. - - To be a DAB = to be skilled at anything. Hence, the two - entrance examinations, one at the end of term, and the other - at the very beginning of the next, are the SKEW (_q.v._) and - the DAB respectively. The DAB offers no second chance; hence - a bad candidate tries the “skew” first. - - -*Dame*, _subs._ (Eton).—A mathematical or other master (except a - classical) who keeps a boarding-house for boys in College. - Also (obsolete) at Harrow. _See_ Appendix, and quot. 1867. - - 1786-1805. TOOKE, _Parley_, 390, s.v. BATTEL. A term used at Eton for - the small portion of food which in addition to the College allowance - the Collegers receive from their DAMES. - - 1865. _Etoniana_, 133. Formerly these [boarding] houses were almost - entirely kept by “DAMES” or “Dominies”—the latter being the old style - when there was a male head of the establishment, though now the term - “DAMES” applies to all without reference to sex. Tutors and - assistant-masters used to live in most of these houses, but had no - charge over the boys. Only the lower master and some of the senior - assistant-masters kept houses of their own. There are now twenty - boarding-houses kept by masters, and ten by “DAMES”—of whom four only - are ladies. - - 1866-72. “MAC,” _Sketchy Memories of Eton_ (1885). I am thankful to - say that I did not attend the show. But I happened to see the World - conducted back to his DAME’S, and the spectacle was gruesome. The - punishment inflicted had been very considerable, and I do not think - the World appeared in public for quite a fortnight. - - 1867. COLLINS, _The Public Schools_ [Harrow], p. 293. All these - [sixteen boarding-houses other than the head-master’s] are kept by - assistant-masters, and form one considerable source of their income. - No DAMES’ boarding-houses are now sanctioned; and for the good order - of his establishment each master is responsible. - - 1890. _Great Public Schools_, 16. Until recently some of the - boarding-houses were kept by assistant-masters, the remainder by - “dominies” or “DAMES,” who took no part in the work of education, and - had little or no disciplinary jurisdiction. The boys, therefore, who - boarded in DAMES’ houses had as their tutors assistant-masters - residing elsewhere. Now, although there remains only one female DAME, - the teachers of mathematics, science, and French are for some purposes - accounted DAMES. - - -*Damnation-corner*, _subs._ (Eton).—_See_ quot., and - DAMNATION-HILL (Appendix). - - 1866-72. “MAC,” _Sketchy Memories of Eton_ (1885). Meanwhile, - “regardless of our doom, we little victims played,” or rather watched - the play; we little knew what cruel fate awaited us, or that the - present head-master of Eton and the Rev. F. W. Cornish lay in ambush - for our outcoming behind that very sharp turn in the High Street, - which, on account of its acute angle, and the consequent danger of - being nailed in shirking in old days, was somewhat flippantly termed - DAMNATION-CORNER. - - -*Dancing Gallery, The* (Stonyhurst: obsolete).—The old name of - the Picta Gallery. - - 1884. _Stonyhurst Mag._, i. 290. The gallery now known as “Our Lady’s - Gallery,” which in former times was designated THE DANCING GALLERY. It - is by competent judges pronounced to be one of the finest bits of - “Baronial Gothic” architecture in England, but the door is quite a - solecism, for it is of a much later design. - - -*Dark Walk, The* (Stonyhurst).—A long avenue of tall yew trees - in the garden. Tradition says the last of the Shireburns was - poisoned by eating some of the berries from these trees. - _Cf._ _Stonyhurst Mag._, ii. 179; iv. 703. - - 1885. _Stonyhurst Mag._, i. 179. The DARK WALK formerly extended a - considerable way nearer the house than now, and when the Jesuits came - it was found necessary to encroach upon the gardens to make room for - the playgrounds, and a certain part of the DARK WALK was taken in. - - -*Darker* (Harrow).—The photographic “dark-room”: formerly under - the Science Schools. - - -*Dark-lanthorn* (Harrow).—_See_ JACK-O’-LANTERN. - - -*Date-card*, _subs._ (Haileybury).—_See_ quot. - - 1890. _Great Public Schools_, 297. Besides the ordinary forms of - punishment, there is the DATE-CARD, of which refractory or forgetful - youths write out selected “twelves.” It is much more useful to know - “Gutenberg prints from moveable type, 1453,” than to record “Infaudum, - regina, jubes renovare dolorem.” - - -*Daviesites* (Charterhouse).—_See_ OUT-HOUSES. - - -*Day* (Stonyhurst).—Rector’s Day, Provincial’s Day, General’s - Day—whole holidays given in honour of superiors; in the two - former instances accompanied by presentations of verses - written by the boys. [The word “DAY” seems as peculiar as - “PLACE” (_q.v._). _Cf._ the “Three hundred-day,” given when - the number of boys first reached three hundred; “Kenna’s - Day,” on the occasion of the visit of Captain Kenna, V.C., - to the College, &c.] - - -*Day-boys*, _subs._ (Cheltenham).—An exercise on the horizontal - bar. - - -*Dean*, _subs._ (Winchester).—A small band of wood round a - BILL-BRIGHTER (_q.v._); that securing a fagot is called a - BISHOP (_q.v._). - - -*Debater*, _subs._ (Harrow).—The school debating society. - - -*Deeds* (or *Dees*), _subs._ (Felsted).—Private prayers. - - -*Deg*, _subs._ and _verb_ (The Leys).—To degrade; to depose. - Hence, one who has forfeited rank or office by misconduct. - - -*Degra*, _subs._ (Charterhouse).—A degradation. - - -*Degrade*, _verb_ (Christ’s Hospital).—To feel degradation: - _e.g._ he is DEGRADED to do so-and-so. - - -*Dep*, _subs._ (Christ’s Hospital).—A deputy GRECIAN (_q.v._), - _i.e._ a boy in the form below the GRECIANS. - - -*Deputy*, _subs._ (Winchester).—The Junior CANDLEKEEPER - (_q.v._), who had the organisation of the Fagging - department, and assisted the Senior CANDLEKEEPER in - thrashing the Juniors in Hall.—MANSFIELD (_c._ 1840). - - -*Derrywag*, _subs._ (Harrow).—Paper used for parsing: ruled - twenty lines down, and six across. [That is, “derivation - paper.”] - - -*Deten*, _subs._ (King Edward’s, Birm.).—A card issued to a boy - set down for Saturday afternoon detention. Also called a - SOUP-TICKET. - - -*Devor*, _subs._ (Charterhouse).—Plum-cake. [From the Latin - verb.] - - -*Dex*, _subs._ (Loretto).—A form of “small cricket” once - extremely popular at Loretto. [The name originated with - Andrew Lang, and was not intended to be complimentary to the - game. Often called PUDDEX, owing to a mistaken derivation.] - - -*Dibs* (or *Dobs*), _subs._ (Sherborne).—Prayers. - - -*Dic*, _subs._ (Harrow).—A dictionary. - - -*Dinge*, _subs._ (Royal Military Academy).—A picture or - painting. - - -*Dip*, _subs._ 1. (Westminster).—A pocket-inkstand. - - 1867. COLLINS, _The Public Schools_, p. 165. Two pen-knives, two - pieces of india-rubber, two pencils, two pieces of sealing-wax, two - pieces of penstring, two DIPS (little globular ink-bottles), two - DIP-CORKS, two wedges, two pieces of gutta-percha (for putting on the - points of foils), and any number of pens. [Contents of a Westminster - fag’s pocket.] - - 2. (Felsted).—An “incandescent” electric lamp. Hence DIP-KEY - = an electric light switch-key. - - -*Dispar* (or *Disper*), _subs._ (Winchester).—A portion; a - share. _See_ quot., and CAT’S-HEAD. - - 1847. HALLIWELL, _Arch. Words_, s.v. DISPAR ... A commons or share. - - 1867. COLLINS, _The Public Schools_, p. 22. Under the superintendence - of the _præfectus ollæ_ (prefect of tub), portions of beef, called - DISPARS, were served out to the boys in messes of four, with a - sufficiency of bread, and beer in large black jacks. - - -*Distinction-breakfast*, _subs._ (Stonyhurst).—_See_ - GOOD-BREAKFAST. - - -*Distinguished*, _adj._ (Stonyhurst).—Said of a boy who obtains - two-thirds of the marks in any examination. “Distinction” in - the year’s work wins a prize, and term “distinctions” are - otherwise rewarded. - - -*Ditch* (The), _subs._ (Christ’s Hospital).—_See_ Appendix. - - 1854. _The Blue_ [quoted in] July 1871. The Steward did not attempt to - quiet us; he got us out of the Hall as quickly as he could, and we - rushed to the Treasurer’s house in the DITCH, and cried “Shame” till - we were tired. - - -*Ditto-blues*, _subs._ (Winchester).—A suit of clothes all of - blue cloth. - - -*Div*, _subs._ (Harrow).—A “division”: _e.g._ TIQUE-DIV - (_q.v._). - - -*Do*, _subs._ (Stonyhurst).—A general name for minor and special - suppers: usually given to some privileged class, or in - reward for some extra work: e.g. Choir-DO; Magazine-DO - (given to the staff and contributors to the School - magazine). _Cf._ GOOD-SUPPER and GOOD-BREAKFAST. Whence - DO-ROOM = the long room in which a DO is held. [As a rule - words with the suffix “room” are modern; “PLACE” (_q.v._) is - the older form.] - - -*Dock*, _verb_ (Winchester).—To erase: as by rubbing out, or by - a stroke of the pen; to tear out: as leaves from a book. - Also DOCK OUT. - - -*Doctor*, _subs._ (Winchester).—The Head-master. - - _c._ 1840. MANSFIELD, _School-Life at Winchester College_, p. 27. The - Head Master, or the DOCTOR, as he is always called, lives in - “Commoners’ buildings.” - - -*Dog-biscuit*, _subs._ (Charterhouse).—A biscuit, which with a - glass of milk, or (in winter) a cup of coffee, may be had - before chapel at 7.30 A.M. - - -*Dogger*, _verb_ (Charterhouse).—To cheat; to sell rubbish. - - -*Dogs*, _intj._ (Royal High School, Edin.: obsolete).—The - III^{rd} Class: formerly used as was CATS (_q.v._) of the - II^{nd} Class. - - -*Dog-shooter*, _subs._ (Royal Military Academy).—_See_ quot. - - 1889. BARRERE, _Slang, Jargon, and Cant_, p. 317. Cadets thus term a - student who accelerates, that is, who, being pretty certain of not - being able to obtain a commission in the engineers, or not caring for - it, elects to join a superior class before the end of the term. - - -*Dole*, _subs._ (Winchester: obsolete).—A stratagem; a trick: as - to get one out of bed. [From Latin _dolus_.] - - -*Dolifier*, _subs._ (Winchester).—One who contrives a trick. - _See_ DOLE. - - -*Dolphin*, _subs._ (Harrow).—A boy who has passed a certain - examination in swimming and diving: about the fifteen best, - as a rule, are so named. - - 1890. _Great Public Schools_, p. 96. On the last Monday of the term - there is a contest for the best swimmer and the best diver, a - challenge cup being given for these events by Lord Ebrington. There - are also contests for racing, picking up eggs, and to become - “DOLPHINS,” and for a Humane Society medal. - - -*Dome* (or *Doom*), _subs._ (Sherborne).—A bedroom. - - -*Domum*, _intj._ (Winchester; obsolete).—The summons back from - Hills: given by College Juniors. Also as in quot. - - _c._ 1840. MANSFIELD, _School-Life at Winchester_, 207. DOMUM—a Latin - Canticle, supposed to have been written by a boy who was not allowed - to go home for the holidays. The tradition says that he carved it on a - tree, and then committed suicide. On the last Friday in Long Half, - after Election, a kind of festival was held in the evening, when - numbers of people came into College, and DOMUM was sung over and over - again in School, Meads, and the principal Quadrangle ... at each place - (p. 183) singing DOMUM louder than before, till at last the power - failed, and the ladies, visitors, and superannuates went to recruit - their energies for a brief period before going to the DOMUM-BALL at - St. John’s rooms. - - -*Domum-ball*, _subs._ (Winchester).—A ball given by the - superannuated College Prefects on the evening after the - “men” go home for the Midsummer holidays. - - -*Domum-day*, _subs._ (Winchester).—Going-home day at Midsummer. - - -*Don*, _subs._ (University).—A fellow or officer of a college; - whence the vulgar usage = an adept; a swell. [From Latin - _dominus_, a lord, through the Spanish title.] - - 1665. DRYDEN, _Indian Emperor_, Epilogue, 21. For the great DONS of - wit—Phœbus gives them full privilege alone, To damn all others, and - cry up their own. - - 1698-1700. WARD, _London Spy_, pt. XIII. p. 299. Like the Great Old - DONS of the Law, when they dance the Measures in an Inns-of-Court Hall - upon the first day of Christmas. - - 1730. JAS. MILLER, _Humours of Oxford_, i. p. 7 (2nd ed.). The old - DONS ... will come cringing, cap in hand, to offer to show the ladies - the curiosities of the college. - - 1826. REYNOLDS (“Peter Corcoran”), _Song on the Fancy_. Dull - innocence! Twaddle on, Thy weary worshipper—and fain Would give thee - up, to be a DON, And beat the watch in Drury Lane. - - 1855. THACKERAY, _Newcomes_, ch. xi. Does not go much into society, - except ... once or twice to the houses of great country DONS who dwell - near him in the country. - - _c._ 1880. _Broadside Ballad_, sung by Jenny Hill. “’Arry, ’Arry, - There you are now, ’Arry, I say, ’Arry, by Jove, you are a DON.” - - 1891. _Harry Fludyer at Cambridge_, 11. What the DONS can be about to - allow boys ... to have a bottle of champagne each, and then “more,” I - can _not_ understand. - - -*Dor*, _subs._ (Old Westminster).—_See_ quot. [TO OBTAIN A DOR = - to get leave to sleep.—HALLIWELL.] - - 1715. J. KERSEY, _English Dictionary_. _Sub voce_, a term used at - Westminster School for leave to sleep awhile. - - -*Double*, _subs._ 1. (Loretto).—A general assembly of the - school. The first double is for morning prayers at 9.30 A.M. - after first hour’s school. After prayers, sides for the day - are arranged in Hall. The head boy holds a double after - dinner, when the exercise of those not playing in regular - games is arranged. [Originally summoned by a double bell.] - - 2. (Harrow).—A room shared by one other. _See_ SINGLE. - - -*Double Puff*, _subs. phr._ (Stonyhurst: obsolete).—_See_ quot. - - 1886. _Stonyhurst Mag._, iii. 18. DOUBLE PUFF, ... a game played after - the fashion of “tip and run,” except that instead of a wicket and - tennis ball a Stonyhurst cricket bat is used, and a ball about the - size of an ordinary BANDY (_q.v._) ball, made of soft material and - covered with sheepskin, which made it very hard to hit far, and still - harder either to catch, or to pick up and throw in.... The distance - between the wickets is not as long as in wicket cricket; and the rule - about bowling is the same as in Stonyhurst cricket, namely, under-arm - and not waiting till the batsman is ready. It used to be played a good - many years ago on Sunday afternoons, between Vespers and supper; and - the community used to come out in large numbers to play it. - - -*Double-ruled*, _subs._ (Harrow).—Punishment paper. [Ruled - double like a copy-book.] - - -*Dough*, _subs._ (general).—Pudding. - - -*Doul*, _subs._ (Shrewsbury and Durham).—A fag. Also as _verb_. - Obsolete at Durham. _Cf._ DOWLINGS. - - 1867. COLLINS, _The Public Schools_ [Shrewsbury], p. 250. Four boys - are “put on” by rotation every week as general fags for the head - common room, whose duties in modern days consist chiefly in fetching - and carrying. These fags are called DOULS (δουλος) in the classical - Shrewsbury vernacular. - - -*Dove*, _subs._ (Cambridge: obsolete).—A member of St. - Catharine’s College. - - 1889. C. WHIBLEY, _Three Centuries of Cambridge Wit_, p. xxix. It is - said that the members of St. Catharine’s Hall were first of all called - “Puritans” from the derivation of the name of their patroness from - καθαίρειν. The “dove” being the emblem of purity, to change a name - from “Puritans” to DOVES was but one short step. - - -*Dowlings*, _subs._ (Shrewsbury).—Football. - - 1883. PASCOE, _Life at our Public Schools_. There are four or five - compulsory games a week (football) known as DOWLINGS (δουλος). - - -*Down.* TO BE DOWN, _verb. phr._ (Winchester).—To be engaged in - fagging: as in the cricket field, &c. A COLLEGE usage. - - Also _see_ GO and SEND. - - -*Draw.* TO DRAW ROUND, _verb. phr._ (Felsted).—Originally to - bustle about; to chastise in a jocular way. Later, and - usually = to smack on the face or head. - - -*Dreep* (or *Dreip*), _subs._ (Royal High School, Edin.).—A - curiously dressed person: _e.g._ “That’s a funny-looking - DREEP.” - - -*Dribbler*, _subs._ (Sherborne).—A weak-minded person. - - -*Drifty*, _adj._ (Felsted: obsolete).—Cold: _e.g._ “a DRIFTY - day.” - - -*Drive*, _verb_ (Felsted).—To be late, or nearly late, for a - roll-call. Also as _subs._: _e.g._ “He did a drive.” - - _Intj._ (Felsted).—A contemptuous retort, signifying that a - piece of news is stale: originally DRIVE UP! [The original - usage.] - - -*Dry-bob*, _subs._ (Eton).—A boy who goes in for cricket rather - than boating. _See_ WET-BOB. - - 1839. BUCKLAND [_Macmillan’s Mag._ (Nov. 1889), “Eton Fifty Years - Ago”]. It was the ambition of most boys to be a wet-bob, and to be “in - the boats.” The school was divided between wet-bobs and DRY-BOBS, the - former taking their pleasure on the river, and the latter in the - cricket-field. - - -*Duchess’ Rooms* (Stonyhurst: obsolete).—A section of the old - College once inhabited by a Dowager Duchess of Norfolk. - - 1885. _Stonyhurst Mag._, ii. 100. The whole of this building ... stood - in what is now the back court.... It was entirely of wood and plaster, - in the style denominated “post and pattern.” The Duchess of Norfolk, - the last of the Shireburns, daughter of Sir Nicholas, resided in it, - hence the name of THE DUCHESS’ ROOMS by which it was last known. She - faced the front of the wooden building with stone, and inserted sash - windows, a style then coming into fashion. - - -*Dubs*, _adj._ (Winchester).—Double. - - -*Duck*, _subs._ 1. (Winchester).—The face. TO MAKE A DUCK = to - grimace. [DUCK (var. dial.) = to bow.] - - 2. (Felsted).—A school matron. - - 3. (Harrow).—One of the House swimming four, upwards of - sixteen. Whence DUCKLING = one under sixteen. - - 1890. _Great Public Schools_, p. 96. “Ducker” is open all the summer - term, and for two weeks after the boys go back in September. For those - who care for swimming there are inter-House swimming matches; and each - House elects DUCKS (boys over sixteen) and DUCKLINGS (boys under - sixteen) to compete for Cock-House. - - -*Ducker, The* (Harrow).—The school bathing-place beyond the - Footer Fields: the largest artificial open-air bathing place - in England. Originally the DUCK-PUDDLE. [Probably the first - example of the “-ER” terminations: it is at least forty - years old.] - - 1867. COLLINS, _The Public Schools_, p. 322. Bathing was always, until - very lately, practised under difficulties at Harrow. The common - bathing-place, known as DUCK-PUDDLE ... was a long piece of muddy - water, varying from four to eight feet in depth. There, after it had - been stirred up by all possible means into more of a puddle than - usual, new boys were formally dipped.... To avoid mixing in the - general wash at DUCK-PUDDLE, many boys used to go out to the Brent at - Perivale, or even as far as Ellestree reservoir, for bathing; and - these were favourite expeditions on the mornings of Saints’ days. But - Dr. Vaughan had the old “puddle” lined with brick, and supplied with - water by a steam-engine, to the great additional comfort of the - bathers. - - -*Ducks*, _subs._ (Harrow).—Football knickerbockers. [Made of - white “duck.”] - - -*Dump*, _verb_ (Winchester).—To extinguish: as a candle. _Ex._ - DUMP the TOLLY (_q.v._). [_Dump_ (Devon) = to knock heavily; - to stump.] - - -*Dungeons.* MEET YOU IN THE DUNGEONS, _phr._ (Royal High School, - Edin.).—A challenge to fight. _See_ CALTON, and CAMPUS - MARTIUS. - - -*Dusthole*, _subs._ (Cambridge: obsolete).—Sidney Sussex - College. - - - - - - -*Early* (or *Late*) *Play*, _subs._ (Westminster).—_See_ quot. - - 1867. COLLINS, _The Public Schools_, p. 186. Besides the regular - weekly half-holidays, there are others specially granted, known as - EARLY and LATE PLAYS. The latter, given by the head-master at his - discretion, consists in the remission of all school work after eleven - A.M. But an EARLY PLAY—when school is “up” at nine—is a much more - formal indulgence, accorded by very ancient custom only to the - personal request of some visitor of distinction. St. David’s Day - (March 1st) and St. Patrick’s (March 17) have always been holidays of - this class: for the former, the late and the present Sir Watkin Wynn - have always come down to Westminster; and for the latter, the late - Marquess of Lansdowne (as an Irish peer) and Sir Everard Home. The - custom, even now observed on some occasions, was for the visitor’s - arrival at the gate to be formally announced to the head-master by - Monos, who received a “tip” for his services. The master at once “came - down school,” and reappeared through the great door, accompanied by - the hero of the day, who was received by the boys with great - demonstrations of welcome, expressed by the vigorous rapping of books - on the desks. Both knelt down side by side, while the “monitor of - school,” kneeling immediately in front of them, proceeded with the - usual school prayers. The visitor then “begged a play,” which was - granted. The applause was renewed, and acknowledged by a bow, after - which the whole of the boys rushed joyously down school, the masters - following in more grave and stately fashion. The visits of the “King - of North Wales” were doubly popular, since he presented every Welsh - boy with a sovereign—a custom which the present baronet liberally - continues. - - -*East.* _See_ WISE MEN OF THE EAST. - - -*Ecky*, _subs._ (Manchester Grammar).—Exercise. - - -*Egg* (or *Egg-up*), _verb_ (Marlborough).—To show ostentatious - zeal. Whence EGGER (_subs._) and EGGY (_adj._). - - -*Egg-flip Day*, _subs._ (Winchester).—The Founder’s - Commemoration Day. [Because a favourite beverage at the - festivities succeeding the great annual football match - played on that day between the “first sixes” of Commoners - and College was “Egg-flip.”] - - -*Eggotty*, _adj._ (Felsted).—Used as follows: A boy seen - carrying an egg or eggs, if addressed by another as - “EGGOTTY,” might, must in fact, almost in honour, throw an - egg at him. If the egg-owner was a good shot he would invite - his friend “call me EGGOTTY.” - - -*Eight*, _subs._ (Harrow).—The school Shooting EIGHT: also the - Gym. EIGHT. - - -*Election*, _subs._ (Winchester).—The examination of Præfects - and Senior Part for New College, and of candidates for - admission to Winchester. - - _Intj._ (Westminster).—A fag-call. - - 1867. COLLINS, _The Public Schools_, p. 164. From about 8 to 10 he - [the fag] is supposed to be at work, in a sort of common room assigned - to the juniors collectively, preparing his lessons for next day; but - the call of “ELECTION,” which signifies that the services of one of - the junior election is required by one of the seniors, used to be - frequent enough to be a very serious interruption. It is admitted that - these demands upon a junior’s time have commonly been such that “a boy - tempted to be idle, as most of them are, finds very considerable - difficulty in doing his work.” In order to check these interruptions - as far as possible, a late regulation has made all fagging unlawful - during these evening hours of work. - - TO GAIN A YEAR BY ELECTION, _verb. phr._ (Winchester).—A boy - not being a FOUNDER (_q.v._) was obliged to leave at the - Election immediately succeeding his eighteenth birthday; he - whose birthday came shortly after Election, was thus enabled - to stay till he was nearly nineteen, and was so said “to - gain a year.”—MANSFIELD (_c._ 1840). - - -*Electors*, _subs._ (Winchester).—The Warden and two Fellows of - New College, and the Warden, Sub-Warden, and Head-master of - Winchester, who conducted ELECTION (_q.v._).—MANSFIELD (_c._ - 1840). - - -*Elegant Extracts*, _subs._ (Cambridge).—Students who, though - “plucked,” were still given their degrees. A line was drawn - below the poll-list, and those allowed to pass were - nicknamed the ELEGANT EXTRACTS. There was a similar limbo in - the honour-list. - - -*Elements*, _subs._ (Stonyhurst).—The first Form. - - -*End*, _subs._ 1. (Winchester).—A table or division of a table - in College Hall, practically meaning “mess.”—WRENCH. - - _c._ 1840. MANSFIELD, _School-Life at Winchester_ (1866), 208. END.—At - dinner-time the INFERIORS (_q.v._) were divided into six companies, - each being presided over by a _Candlekeeper_ (_q.v._). These companies - and the table at which they sat were called ENDS. - - 2. (Felsted).—_See_ TIP. - - -*English*, _subs._ (Winchester).—A translation; an adventitious - aid to study; a crib. - - -*Ensign* (Eton).—_See_ MONTEM. - - -*Enterta*, _subs._ (Charterhouse).—An entertainment. - - -*-er*, _inseparable suffix_ (Harrow). - - -*Erasmus.* GREAT (or LITTLE) ERASMUS FORM, _subs. phr._ - (Christ’s Hospital).—_See_ quot. - - 1834. TROLLOPE, _History of Christ’s Hospital_. THE GREAT AND LITTLE - ERASMUS FORMS get their respectable and respective titles from the - fact that their tenants in old time studied the larger and smaller - Colloquies of the learned Erasmus. - - 1870-95. _More Gleanings from_ THE BLUE, 191. THE GREAT ERASMUS.—The - origin of a name is seldom what one thinks it ought to be. Those of us - who rejoice in being able to write after our names the mystic letters, - L.E._x._, L.E._y._, L.E._z._, are distinguished from our less - fortunate neighbours by the lightning fluency with which we are able - to talk secrets in Greek. ERASMUS is a Greek word, and the Dutchman, - thanks to a visit to Oxford, became so great a scholar in Greek, that - he was appointed first Regius Professor of Greek in the University of - Cambridge.... Unfortunately, this is all wrong as far as the LITTLE - ERAS. are concerned, for they were not called ERAS. because they knew - Greek, but because they read Latin.... Erasmus did a kindness to - Christ’s Hospital long after his death in having written a number of - “Colloquies,” conversations between typical characters of his day, in - clear and faultless Latin. - - -*Ewe-lamb*, _subs._ (The Leys).—A school hour in which a Master - or Prefect has no appointed lesson. - - -*Ex*, _subs._ (Harrow).—(1) An exercise of any sort; and (2) an - EXEAT (_q.v._). Also (Charterhouse) in sense 2, but _not_ - EXTRA, sense 3 (_q.v._). - - -*Ex-Course-keeper*, _subs._ (Winchester).—_See_ COURSE-KEEPER. - - -*Exeat*, _subs._ 1. (general).—Written permission to go away - from School or College either at the end or during the term - for a longer period than a day. _Cf._ ABSIT. - - 1886. DICKENS, _Dict. of Cambridge_, 3. No undergraduate should go - down without obtaining his EXEAT. - - 2. (Charterhouse).—An interval in the middle of each of the - three terms of the school year; it was instituted so that - there might be no leaving at odd times. It lasts from noon - on Saturday to 6.45 P.M. on the following Monday. Formerly - Upper School had a GOING-OUT SATURDAY every week, and the - Under School one every other week, and leave lasted from - noon on Saturday till Sunday evening chapel. Also at Harrow - a similar term of leave. - - -*Exercises*, _subs._ (Sherborne: obsolete).—Ordinary Form - lessons, not merely written work: seventeenth century. - - -*Explain.* DON’T EXPLAIN! _intj._ (The Leys).—An injunction to - silence; “Shut up!” - - -*Extra*, _subs._ (Harrow).—1. Extra school on Tuesdays, when - those SENT (_q.v._) copy out Latin grammar for two hours and - a half: an extreme punishment. - - 2. (Harrow).—An extra day’s BOY (_q.v._): given to those who - CUT (_q.v._) when “on boy.” - - 3. (Charterhouse).—Extra school: it lasts from 2 to 4 every - Wednesday afternoon. The ways of procuring admission to it - are various: to neglect a REP (_q.v._) or a “construe,” to - be late for anything, to make a noise in the cubicles, to - come into school in slippers, or any misdemeanour leads to a - boy being “down for EXTRA.” The entries are kept in ... THE - BLACK BOOK. EXTRA school is for offences committed during - the first part of the week. There is also EXTRA drill on - Saturdays in Scholars’ Court, which lasts half the time of - EXTRA school, and which is much more disliked, for offences - committed between a Thursday and a Saturday. - - -*Extra Drill*, _subs._ (The Leys).—Imposed by way of punishment. - - -*Ex Trumps*, _adv. phr._ (Winchester).—Extempore. TO GO UP TO - BOOKS EX TRUMPS = to go to class without preparing one’s - lesson. - - - - - - -*Fag*, _subs._ 1. (general).—A boy who does menial work for a - schoolfellow in a higher Form. [From FAG, to grow weary.] - - _c._ 1840. MANSFIELD, _School-Life at Winchester_ (1866), 37. The - duties of a FAG, in the days of which I write, may be more easily - described by informing the reader what he had not to do, than by - endeavouring to make out a list of his positive duties. I believe when - I say that he had not to make the beds, nor to clean shoes, I have - exhausted the negative catalogue. - - 1855. THACKERAY, _Newcomes_, ch. xviii. Bob Trotter, the diminutive - FAG of the studio, who ran on all the young men’s errands, and fetched - them in apples, oranges, and walnuts. - - 1856. HUGHES, _Tom Brown’s School-days_, vii. These were the principal - duties of the FAGS in the house. From supper until nine o’clock three - FAGS taken in order stood in the passages, and answered any præposter - who called “Fag,” racing to the door, the last comer having to do the - work. This consisted generally of going to the buttery for beer and - bread and cheese (for the great men did not sup with the rest, but had - each his own allowance in his study or the fifth-form room), cleaning - candlesticks and putting in new candles, toasting cheese, bottling - beer, and carrying messages about the house.... And besides this - nightwork, each præpostor had three or four fags specially allotted to - him, of whom he was supposed to be the guide, philosopher, and friend, - and who in return for these good offices had to clean out his study - every morning by turns, directly after first lesson and before he - returned from breakfast. - - 1857. G. A. LAWRENCE, _Guy Livingstone_, ch. i. Is still enumerated - among the feats of the brave days of old, by the FAGS over their - evening small beer. - - 2. (Christ’s Hospital).—_See_ quot. - - 1850. L. HUNT, _Autobiography_, ch. iii. FAG, with us [at Christ’s - Hospital] meant eatables. The learned derived the word from the Greek - _phago_, to eat. - - 3. (Stonyhurst).—A fielder: at cricket. Also FAGGER. - - 4. (Stonyhurst).—A bore. - - _Verb._ 1. (general).—To do menial work for a schoolfellow - in a higher Form. Hence FAGGER, FAG-MASTER, FAGGING, and - FAGGERY. - - 1853. DE QUINCEY, _Autob. Sketches_, i. 210. FAGGERY was an abuse too - venerable and sacred to be touched by profane hands. - - 1873. _Pall Mall Gazette_, 17th May. The Winchester “tunding” system, - with all its faults, is hardly less objectionable than the FAGGING - system pursued in the Scotch endowed hospitals. - - 1881. _Felstedian_, Nov., p. 75. As I was smaller and weaker than most - of the FAGS running, I hardly ever managed to get a place, and it was - absurd to expect me to do so. I had been “spanked” two or three times - already for failing, but I don’t know that I was more successful for - that. I know I cordially detested that branch of FAGGING. - - 1884. _Temple Bar_, August, p. 514. He must have completely marred his - chance of happiness at the school when he refused to FAG and took - countless thrashings, snivelling. - - 1891. _Harry Fludyer at Cambridge_, 46. My new FAG-MASTER, Forker - Major, is a beast. - - 2. (Stonyhurst).—To field: at cricket. The ordinary meaning - either as _subs._ or _verb_ does not exist at Stonyhurst. - - -*Fag-book*, _subs._ (Charterhouse).—Formerly a book given by a - monitor on leaving to each of his fags: it is now usual to - give a bat or a racket. - - -*Fain lo!* (or *Loss*), _intj._ (Felsted).—A phrase used to - retain a seat, &c., temporarily vacated. Also LO. - - -*Fains* (*Fainits!* or *Fain it*), _intj._ (general).—A call for - truce during the progress of a game without which priority - of place would be lost; generally understood to be demanded - “in bounds,” or when out of danger. [Thought to be a - corruption of “fend.”] - - _Verb_ (also FEND, FAIN, FAINITS, &c.).—A cry of warning, or - of prohibition: as to prevent any change in the existing - conditions of a game; _e.g._ at marbles, FEN-PLACINGS = - no alteration in position of marbles is permissible; - FEN-CLEARANCES = removal of obstacles is forbidden. [FEND = - _M.E. defend_ in sense of “to forbid.”] FAIN, and FAIN I, - are corruptions. At Winchester, FINGY YOU, or FINGY THAT, - are analagous; but at Christ’s Hospital FIN = “I won’t - have.” - - _Ante_ 1815. E. C. HARRINGTON, in _N. and Q._, 5 S., vii. 98. - Respecting the word FEN ... I can testify to the use of the term by - school-boys prior to the battle of Waterloo ... meaning that we - protested against an exceptional action. - - 1852. DICKENS, _Bleak House_. “I’m fly,” says Jo. “But FEN larks, you - know.” - - 1877. _Notes and Queries_, 5 S., vii. 178. A comical application was, - I remember well, “FEN live lumber!” which, if pronounced in time, - would disable your opponent from moving a bystander out of the way of - his shot. - - -*Fardel*, _subs._ (Winchester: obsolete).—A division of Sixth - Book for New College Election. [A.S. _ferthe_ = the fourth, - and _del_, a part or portion.] - - 1200. _Orminn._ The FEORRTHE DALE was bitahht (delivered) to Pilate. - - 1283. _William of Palerne._ Non might sen other the FERTHE DEL of a - furlong. - - -*Faside*, _subs._ (Loretto).—To Faside Castle, and back: - altogether about five miles. Boys who have been watching - football matches have always to do this in wet weather; and, - in bad weather, a WALLYFORD (_q.v._). Whence FASIDE AND - THREE TREES = a combined walk and run about seven miles on a - short school-day not wet, when ground is unsuitable for - games. [Why THREE TREES is unknown.] _See_ GRIND-DAYS. - - -*Fat-flab*, _subs._ (Winchester).—A cut off the fat part of a - breast of mutton. _See_ DISPAR. - - -*Feeder-cric*, _subs._ (Christ’s Hospital: obsolete).—The game - usually known as “rounders.” _See_ Appendix. - - 1874. _The Blue_, Mar. In the country we shall have real unlimited - cricket in the place of rounders, FEEDER-CRIC, and the scanty - bi-weekly game in the suburbs. - - -*Fellow-commoner*, _subs._ (general).—_See_ quots., and - COMMONER. - - 1794. _Gent. Mag._, p. 1084. One [student at Cambridge] was a _Harry - Soph_; another a FELLOW-COMMONER and _senior Soph_, and occasionally - jocularly called an _empty bottle_, whilst _è contrà_, a bottle - decanted, was, from time to time, denominated a FELLOW-COMMONER. - - 1867. COLLINS, _The Public Schools_, p. 26. Thomas Middleton petitions - King Charles, on his restoration, to grant his royal letters to the - Winchester electors in favour of his son’s admittance “as a child in - Winchester College, where he has now spent three years as - FELLOW-COMMONER.” - - 1891. _Harry Fludyer at Cambridge_, 38. She said she had heard from - her cousin, who is, I think, a FELLOW-COMMONER, or something of that - sort, at Downing College, that Harry is one of the most popular men at - Cambridge. - - -*Feoffee*, _subs._ (Manchester Grammar: obsolete).—The original - name for the trustees in whose hands the foundation - estate was placed by Hugh Bexwycke. [A.S. _feo_ = fee or - inheritance.] - - -*Ferk.* _See_ *Firk*. - - -*Ferula*, _subs._ (Stonyhurst).—_See_ TOLLY. - - -*Festive*, _adj._ (Charterhouse).—Said of a boy who has not - learned his duty to his superiors and seniors. - - -*Fez*, _subs._ (Harrow).—The equivalent of the CAP (_q.v._) for - cricket: the FEZ being given to the House Eleven for - distinction at football. - - -*Field*, _verb_. 1. (Winchester).—To take care of; to support: - in swimming. - - 2. (Harrow).—_See_ LICK. - - 3. (Eton).—_See_ WALL. - - THE FIELD, _subs._ (Sherborne).—_See_ FIELDS. - - -*Fields*, _subs._ (Sherborne: obsolete).—The playing-ground: - seventeenth century. The modern term is “The Field,” though - there are five separate grounds. - - -*Fifteens*, _subs._ (Winchester).—A football match. _See_ - SIX-AND-SIX. - - -*Fifty, The*, _subs._ (Tonbridge).—The chief football ground; - the next immediately below it is the Middle Fifty, then the - Lower Fifty, and the Fourth Fifty. _Cf._ HUNDRED, which is - now obsolete. - - -*Fighting-green*, _subs._ (Westminster).—The old battle-ground - in the western cloister. - - -*Figures*, _subs._ (Stonyhurst).—The Second Form: formerly GREAT - FIGURES. _See_ LITTLE FIGURES. - - -*Fin*, _intj._ (Christ’s Hospital).—A form of negative. _Ex._ - “FIN the small court” = “I won’t have, &c.” [Lat. _fend_.] - _See_ FAINS. - - -*Find*, _subs._ (Harrow).—A mess of, usually, two upper boys - which takes breakfast and tea in the rooms of one or other - of the set: a privilege of the Sixth Form. Whence FIND-FAG = - a fag who lays the table for the upper boys. [_Find_ (dial.) - = to supply; to supply with provisions.] Also as _verb_. - - 1867. COLLINS, _The Public Schools_, p. 316. Immediately a certain - number of rolls (FINDS they were called—etymology unknown) were - ordered at the baker’s, and were rebaked every morning until they were - pretty nearly as hard as pebbles. At nine o’clock on the morning fixed - for the rolling in, the members of the hall ranged themselves on the - long table which ran along one side of the room, each with his pile of - these rolls before him, and a fag to pick them up. - - -*Finder*, _subs._ (Oxford).—A waiter. - - -*Finjy!* _intj._ (Winchester).—An exclamation excusing one from - participation in an unpleasant or unacceptable task, which - he who says the word last has to undertake. _Cf._ FAINS. - - -*Firk* (or *Ferk*), _verb_ (Winchester).—To proceed; to hasten; - to expel; to send; to drive away. [O.E. _fercian_.] Also TO - FIRK UP and TO FIRK DOWN. - - 1283. _William of Palerne._ Thei bisiliche fondede (tried) fast to - FERKE him forthward. - - _c._ 1400. _Troy Book._ I you helpe shall the flese for to fecche, and - FERKE it away. - - [?] _MS. Lincoln_, _Morte Arthure_, f. 79. The Kyng FERKES furthe on a - faire stede. - - 1599. SHAKSPEARE, _Henry V._, iv. 4. _Pistol._ I’ll fer him, and FIRK - him, and ferret him, discuss the same in French unto him. _Boy._ I do - not know the French for fer and ferret and FIRK. - - 1611. BARRY, _Ram Alley_ [DODSLEY, _Old Plays_ (REED), v. 466]. Nay, I - will FIRK my silly novice, as he was never FIRK’D Since mid-wives - bound his noddle. - - 1640. BROME, _Antipodes_. As tumblers do ... by FIRKING up their - breeches. - - 1795. SEWELL, _Hist. of Quakers_. At this the judge said, “Take him - away: prevaricator! I’ll FERK him.” - - -*Five, The*, _subs._ (Charterhouse).—The Five bell. - - -*Flannels*, _subs._ (Harrow).—The members of either School - Eleven. - - 1899. _Public School Mag._, Dec., p. 446. Up to the present the eleven - have won four matches and lost one, while Monro, Cookson, Wyckoff, and - Borwick have all received their FLANNELS. - - -*Flat*, _subs._ (Royal High School, Edin.).—An objectionable - person; a “bounder.” [A misuse of flat = fool.] - - -*Fleshy*, _subs._ (Winchester).—A thick cut out of the middle of - a shoulder of mutton. _See_ DISPAR. - - -*Flies.* SQUASHED FLIES, _subs._ (Durham: obsolete).—Biscuits - with currants. - - -*Floor*, _verb_ (general).—To pluck; to plough. Also = to - master; to prove oneself superior to the occasion: _e.g._ TO - FLOOR A PAPER, LESSON, EXAMINATION, EXAMINER, &c. _Cf._ - BOWL; THROW. - - 1852. BRISTED, _Five Years in an English University_, p. 12. Somehow I - nearly FLOORED the paper. - - 1853. BRADLEY, _Verdant Green_, iv. Mr. Filcher thoroughly understood - the science of “FLOORING” a freshman. - - 1861. HUGHES, _Tom Brown at Oxford_. I’ve FLOORED my Little Go. - - 1891. _Harry Fludyer at Cambridge_, 98. These blessed exams. are - getting awfully close now, but I think I shall FLOOR mine. - - -*Fluke*, _verb_ (general).—To shirk. - - 1864. _Eton School-Days_, ch. xvi. p. 203. “By Jove! I think I shall - FLUKE doing Verses; I should like to see Paddy drive tandem through - College,” said Butler Burke. - - -*Flyer*, _subs._ (Winchester).—A half-volley at football. A - MADE-FLYER is when the bound of the ball is gained from a - previous kick, by the same side, against canvas or any other - obstacle, or is dropped, as in a “drop-kick.” This is now - confused with a “kick-up.”—WRENCH. - - -*Flying-man*, _subs._ (Eton).—The boy who stands behind the - “bully,” and either runs down, or kicks hard, as may be - required. - - 1864. _Eton School-Days_, ch. xxiii. p. 255. He possessed good wind, - and was a very good “kick-off,” and he could “bully” a ball as well as - any one. He was a little too heavy for FLYING-MAN, but he made a - decent “sidepost,” and now and then he officiated as “corner.” - - -*Fobs*, _subs._ (Durham: obsolete).—Boiled bread and milk. - - -*Footer*, _subs._ (Harrow).—(1) Football; (2) a player of - football according to Rugby rules; and (3) the ball itself. - - 1890. _Great Public Schools_, p. 96. Directly after the goose match - (Michaelmas Day) FOOTER proper begins, and is the principal game - played at the school during the Christmas term. The game as played at - Harrow differs considerably from the game as played at Eton and other - schools, and has distinct rules of its own; it may be said to be more - like the Association game than any other. - - 1896. _Felstedian_, Nov., p. 139. H. H. H. who wants to have a - “second” FOOTER shirt. - - -*Footer-hill, The* (Harrow).—The hill from the football-fields - and DUCKER (_q.v._). - - -*For*, _phr._ (Tonbridge).—A form of ridicule: _e.g._ “first - eleven FOR one” would be used in jeering at a boy who had - recently obtained his colours. - - -*Forakers* (or *Foricus*), _subs._ (Winchester).—The - water-closet. [Formerly _foricus_, and probably a corruption - of _foricas_, an English plural of the Latin _forica_.] - - -*Force.* OUT BY FORCE, _phr._ (Stonyhurst).—Of a football when - it goes out from two opposite players at the same time. - - -*Founders*, _subs._ (Winchester).—Boys who proved their descent - from the Founder, and were afterwards elected (by rote among - the Electors) as such. Only two were admitted each year, and - only two were sent to New College, but these two were put at - the head of the ROLL (_q.v._) whatever their previous - position in SIXTH BOOK (_q.v._) might have been. They were - not obliged to leave at the age of eighteen, as the other - boys were, but were allowed to remain till they were - twenty-five. They were supposed to have particularly thick - skulls.—MANSFIELD (_c._ 1840). - - -*Founder’s-Com.*, _subs._ (Winchester).—The four days on which - there were festivals in commemoration of the Founder, when - there was AMEN-CHAPEL (_q.v._); the Fellows and Masters gave - a dinner in Common-room, and the FOUNDERS (_q.v._) received - a sovereign each.—MANSFIELD (_c._ 1840). - - -*Founder’s-day*, _subs._ (Harrow).—The 3rd of October, the - anniversary of the death of John Lyon: usually kept on the - nearest Thursday to the date in question. - - -*Founder’s-kin*, _subs._ (various).—Those, who at Winchester, - Harrow, &c., could show descent from William of Wykeham or - John Lyon, &c., as the case might be, and who were entitled - to priority of election on the foundation. - - 1867. COLLINS, _The Public Schools_, p. 32. The preference assigned to - FOUNDER’S-KIN in the election soon brought into the field, as may be - supposed, young Wykehams and Williamses from all quarters, with others - who proved more or less satisfactorily their connection with the - founder’s family; and gradually the customs obtained of electing two - only of these favoured candidates at the head of the roll for - admission, and filling up the remaining vacancies by a process of - successive nominations by each of the six electors, the Warden of New - College having the first turn, until the number of vacancies was - supplied. - - -*Founder’s-Ob.*, _subs._ (Winchester).—The anniversary of the - Founder’s death. - - -*Four-holed Middlings*, _subs. phr._ (Winchester: - obsolete).—Ordinary walking shoes. _Cf._ BEESWAXERS. - - -*Fourth*, _subs._ (Cambridge).—A rear or jakes. [Origin - uncertain; said to have been first used at St. John’s or - Trinity, where the closets are situated in the Fourth - Court. Whatever its derivation, the term is now the only - one in use at Cambridge, and is frequently heard outside - the university.] The verbal phrase is TO KEEP A FOURTH. - - -*Fourth Book*, _subs._ (Winchester: obsolete).—All the boys - below Junior Part the Fifth. _See_ BOOKS. - - -*Fourth Former* (Harrow).—The oldest form room in the Old - Schools: now used for morning prayer by those who go to the - Old Schools, and also as the head-master’s torture-chamber. - - -*Fourth of June* (Eton).—_See_ quot. - - 1865. _Etoniana_, p. 166. Since the glories of Montem have departed, - the FOURTH OF JUNE PROCESSION has taken its place as the great yearly - festival of Etonians. It was instituted in commemoration of a visit of - King George III., and is held on his birthday. It is the great - trysting day of Eton, when her sons gather from far and wide, young - and old, great and small,—no matter who or what, so long as they are - old Etonians; that magic bond binds them all together as brothers, and - levels for the time all distinctions of age or rank. The proceedings - begin with the ‘speeches’ delivered in the upper school at twelve - o’clock before the provost, fellows, masters, and a large audience of - the boys’ friends. Selections from classical authors, ancient or - modern, are recited by the Sixth-form boys, who are dressed for the - occasion in black swallow-tail coats, white ties, black knee-breeches - and buckles, silk stockings, and pumps. Then follows the provost’s - luncheon, given in the college hall to the distinguished visitors, - while similar entertainments on a smaller scale are going on in the - various tutors’ and dames’ houses. At 3 o’clock there is full choral - service in chapel. At 6 o’clock all hands adjourn to the Brocas, a - large open meadow, to witness the great event of the day,—the - procession of the Boats to Surly Hall, a public-house of that name, on - the right bank of the river, some three and a half miles from Windsor. - The boats are divided into two classes—Upper and Lower. The Upper - division consists of the _Monarch_ ten-oar, the _Victory_, and the - _Prince of Wales_, or, as it is more usually called, the _Third - Upper_. The Lower boats are the _Britannia_, _Dreadnought_, _Thetis_, - and _St. George_; sometimes, when the number of aspirants to a place - is larger than usual, an eighth boat called the _Defiance_ is added. - The collegers have also for some years put on a four-oar—latterly - expanded into an eight—which follows in the procession. The flotilla - is preceded by the Eton racing eight-oar, manned by the picked crew - who are to contend at Putney or Henley. Each boat has its distinctive - uniform. Formerly these were very fanciful—Greek pirates, or galley - slaves in silver chains, astonishing the quiet reaches of the Thames - for the day. The crews of the Upper boats now wear dark blue jackets - and trousers, and straw hats with ribbons, displaying the name of the - boat in gold letters. The coxswains are dressed in an admiral’s - uniform, with gold fittings, sword, and cocked-hat. The captain of - each boat has an anchor and crown embroidered in gold on the left - sleeve of his jacket. In the Lower boats, the crews wear trousers of - white jean, and all ornaments and embroidery are in silver. Each boat - carries a large silk flag in the stern. The procession is headed by a - quaint old-fashioned boat (an Eton racing boat of primitive days) - rowed by watermen and conveying a military band. The Westminster eight - always receives an invitation to this celebration, and occasionally - makes its appearance on the river, adding very much to the interest of - the procession.... Opposite to Surly Hall, a liberal display of good - things ... awaits the arrival of the crews—the Sixth Form alone being - accommodated with a tent. After a few toasts, and as much champagne as - can be fairly disposed of in a short time, the captain of the boat - gives the word for all to re-embark, and the flotilla returns to Eton - in the same order.... Singing, shouting, racing, and bumping, all go - on together in the most harmonious confusion.... The boats, after - their return through Windsor Bridge, turn and row two or three times - round an eyot in the middle of the stream above the bridge. During - this time a grand display of fireworks takes place on the eyot. The - ringing of the fine old bells in the Curfew Tower, the cheering of the - crews, and the brilliant coloured fires which strike across the water, - and light up the dense masses of spectators along the bridge, the - rafts, and the shore, produce an effect not easily forgotten. A - pyrotechnic illumination of the College arms concludes the ceremonies, - and is the signal for the crews to land and march in jubilant disorder - back to College. - - -*Fox-and-dowdy*, _subs._ (King Edward’s, Birm.: obsolete).—_See_ - ACTION. - - -*Fragment*, _subs._ (Winchester: obsolete).—A dinner for six - (served in College Hall, after the ordinary dinner), ordered - by a Fellow in favour of a particular boy, who was at - liberty to invite five others to join him. A fragment was - supposed to consist of three dishes.—_Winchester Word-Book_ - [1891]. - - -*Free*, _adj._ (Oxford).—Impudent; self-possessed. - - 1864. TENNYSON, _Northern Farmer_ (Old Style), line 25. But parson a - coomes an’ a goos, an’ a says it eäsy an’ FREEÄ. - - -*Freed*, _adv._ (Stonyhurst).—Of an extra recreation: given for - some special reason. - - -*Fresh*, _adj._ (University).—Said of an undergraduate in his - first term. - - 1803. _Gradus ad Cantabrigiam_, s.v. - - 1866. TREVELYAN, _Horace at Athens_. When you and I were FRESH. - - -*Fresher.* _See_ FRESHMAN. - - -*Freshers.* THE FRESHERS, _subs._ (Cambridge). That part of the - Cam which lies between the Mill and Byron’s Pool. So called - because it is frequented by FRESHMEN (_q.v._). - - -*Fresh-herring*, _subs._ (King Edward’s, Birm.).—A boy newly - admitted to the school. Such a one is seized on his first - or first few visits to the playground, and conveyed to a - corner—a MONKEY DEN—where he is more or less forcibly - SQUABBED (_q.v._) against the wall by as many persecutors - as can get at him. The incongruity of fresh-herrings in a - monkey-den does not seem to be remarked. But twenty-five - to thirty years ago FRESH-HERRINGS were hurled over _the - Precipice_. This was a drop of some six or eight feet from - the general level of the playground over a retaining wall - to the bottom of an incline up which coal-stores, &c., - could be brought into the playground. The new science and - art rooms have covered the site, and MONKEY-DEN has - superseded the terrors of this local Tarpeian Rock. The - FRESH-HERRING is always told that he must bring beeswax - and turpentine for the purpose of polishing his desk, and - he not infrequently comes armed with this or some other - form of furniture-polish, to the glee of the “stuffer-up.” - - -*Freshman* (or *Fresher*), _subs._ (University).—A University - man during his first year. In Dublin University he is a - JUNIOR FRESHMAN during his first year, and a SENIOR FRESHMAN - the second year. At Oxford the title lasts for the first - term. _See_ SOPH. - - 1596. NASHE, _Saffron Walden_, in _Works_, iii. 8. When he was but yet - a FRESHMAN in Cambridge. - - 1611. MIDDLETON, _Roaring Girl_, Act iii. sc. 3. _S. Alex._ Then he’s - a graduate. _S. Davy._ Say they trust him not. _S. Alex._ Then is he - held a FRESHMAN and a sot. - - 1650. HOWELL, _Familiar Letters_ [NARES]. I am but a FRESHMAN yet in - France, therefore I can send you no news, but that all is here quiet, - and ’tis no ordinary news, that the French should be quiet. - - 1671. COTGRAVE, _Wit’s Interpreter_, p. 221. First, if thou art a - FRESHMAN, and art bent To bear love’s arms, and follow Cupid’s tent. - - 1767. COLMAN, _Oxonian in Town_, ii. 3. And now I find you as dull and - melancholy as a FRESHMAN at college after a jobation. - - 1841. LEVER, _Charles O’Malley_, ch. xiv. “This is his third year,” - said the Doctor, “and he is only a FRESHMAN, having lost every - examination.” - - 1853. BRADLEY, _Verdant Green_, iii. Mr. Green saw at a glance that - all the passengers were Oxford men, dressed in every variety of Oxford - fashion, and exhibiting a pleasing diversity of Oxford manners. Their - private remarks on the two new-comers were, like stage “asides,” - perfectly audible. “Decided case of governor!” said one. “Undoubted - ditto of FRESHMAN!” observed another. - - 1891. _Harry Fludyer at Cambridge_, 55. A lot of FRESHMEN got together - after Hall (it was a Saints’ day, and they’d been drinking audit) and - went and made hay in Marling’s rooms. - - 1891. _Sporting Life_, Mar. 20. The mile, bar accidents, will be a - gift to B. C. Allen, of Corpus, who has more than maintained the - reputation he gained as a FRESHER. - - 1895. _Felstedian_, Dec., 178. The new trousers and immaculate brown - boots of the “FRESHER” are suffering terribly from the slush. - - 1898. _Stonyhurst Mag._, Dec., p. 149, “Life at Oxford.” Three Seniors - were entertaining some fifteen or more FRESHERS. - - _Adj._ (University).—Of, or pertaining to, a FRESHMAN, or a - first year student. - - -*Freshman’s Bible*, _subs. phr._ (University).—The University - Calendar. - - -*Freshman’s Church*, _subs. phr._ (Cambridge).—The Pitt Press. - [From its ecclesiastical architecture.] - - -*Freshman’s Landmark*, _subs. phr._ (Cambridge).—King’s College - Chapel. [From the situation.] - - -*Freshmanship*, _subs._ (old).—Of the quality or state of being - a freshman. - - 1605. JONSON, _Volpone, or the Fox_, iv. 3. Well, wise Sir Pol., since - you have practised thus, Upon my FRESHMANSHIP, I’ll try your salt-head - With what proof it is against a counter-plot. - - -*Froust*, _subs._ (Harrow).—1. Extra sleep allowed on Sunday - mornings and whole holidays. Also (2) an easy-chair. Hence - FROUSTER. - - -*Frout*, _adj._ (Winchester).—Angry; vexed. - - -*Fudge*, _subs._ 1. (Christ’s Hospital).—To copy; to crib; to - dodge or escape: also _see_ quot. - - 1870-95. _More Gleanings from_ THE BLUE. The Latin Grammar was a - strange book to the new boy; he says he was “relieved from - embarrassment by the readiness with which my schoolfellows in the - class above assisted in explaining,” &c. &c.; so a “FUDGE” is not a - modern invention, though it is expressed by a polite periphrasis. - - 1877. _The Blue-Coat Boys_, p. 97. FUDGE, to prompt a fellow in class, - or prompt oneself in class artificially. Thence to tell: _e.g._ “FUDGE - me what the time is.” - - 2. (common).—To advance the hand unfairly at marbles. - - -*Fug*, _subs._ (Harrow).—1. A small soft football. Also (2) the - game as played with such a ball in a yard, house, &c. _See_ - Appendix. - - _Verb._ 1. (Shrewsbury).—To stay in a stuffy room. - - 2. (Harrow).—To stop indoors. - - -*Fug-footer*, _subs._ (Harrow).—A species of football played in - passages with a FUG (_q.v._) _See_ ante. - - -*Fuggy*, _subs._ (general).—A hot roll. - - _Adj._ (Shrewsbury).—Stuffy. - - -*Fug-shop*, _subs._ (Charterhouse).—The carpenter’s shop. - - -*Functior* (or FUNCTURE), _subs._ (Winchester).—An iron bracket - candlestick, used for the night-light in College Chambers. - - _c._ 1840. MANSFIELD, _School-Life at Winchester_, p. 68. Beside the - window yawned the great fireplace, with its dogs, on which rested the - faggots and bars for the reception of the array of boilers. Above it - was a rushlight, fixed in a circular iron pan fastened to a staple in - the wall; it was called the FUNCTIOR. - - 1891. WRENCH, _Winchester Word-Book_, s.v. FUNCTURE. The word looks - like _fulctura_, an earlier form of _fulture_, meaning a prop or stay, - with phonetic change of _l_ into _n_. - - -*Funking-Monday*, _subs._ (Christ’s Hospital).—_See_ quot. - - 1887. _The Blue_, Nov. Yet it is not from ignorance of vulgar slang - that the author’s elegance springs, for he unbends once so far as to - say that the Monday after the holidays is called “FUNKING-MONDAY.” - - -*Funking-room*, _subs._ (medical).—The room at the Royal College - of Surgeons where students collect on the last evening of - their final during the addition of their marks, and whence - each is summoned by an official announcing failure or - success. - - 1841. _Punch_, i. p. 225, col. 2. On the top of a staircase he enters - a room, wherein the partners of his misery are collected. It is a - long, narrow apartment, commonly known as the FUNKING-ROOM. - - -*Funkster*, _subs._ (Winchester).—A coward. - - -*Furk.* _See_ FIRK. - - - - - - -*Gag*, _subs._ 1. (Christ’s Hospital).—_See_ quot. GAG-EATER = a - term of reproach. - - 1813. LAMB, _Christ’s Hospital_, in _Works_, p. 324 (ed. 1852). L. has - recorded the repugnance of the school to GAGS, or the fat of fresh - beef boiled; and sets it down to some superstition.... A GAG-EATER in - our time was equivalent to a ghoul, ... and held in equal estimation. - - 2. (Winchester: obsolete).—An exercise (said to have been - invented by Dr. Gabell) which consists in writing Latin - criticisms on some celebrated piece, in a book sent in about - once a month. In the Parts below Sixth Book and Senior Part, - the GAGS consisted in historical analysis. [An abbreviation - of “gathering.”] - - _c._ 1840. MANSFIELD, _School-Life at Winchester College_, p. 108. - From time to time, also, they had to write ... an analysis of some - historical work; these productions were called GATHERINGS (or GAGS). - - -*Gain.* _See_ ELECTION. - - -*Gaits* (*Geits*, *Gytes*, or *Gites*), _subs._ (Royal High - School, Edin.).—The first, or lowest class. _See_ CATS. - - -*Gallery*, _subs._ (Winchester).—A Commoner bedroom. [From a - tradition of GALLERIES in Commoners.] Hence GALLERY NYMPH = - a housemaid. - - -*Gang*, _subs._ (Felsted: obsolete).—A particular friend. From - the ordinary meaning of the word, applied first to the two - friends, then to each of them. Used only of “acute” - friendship. Also as _verb_ = to carry on such a friendship - with another. - - -*Garden, The* (Stonyhurst).—The playgrounds, built on the site - of part of the old garden, long kept this name. “The boys - went to the GARDEN” = “into the playground”: obsolete. - - -*Gater*, _subs._ (Winchester: obsolete).—A plunge head foremost - into a POT (_q.v._). - - -*Gates*, _subs._ (University).—The being forbidden to pass - outside the gate of a college. Hence as _verb_ = to confine - wholly or during certain hours within the college gate for - some infraction of discipline. To BREAK GATES = to stay out - of college after hours. GATE-BILL (old) = the record of an - undergraduate’s failure to be within the precincts of his - college by a specified time at night. - - 1803. _Gradus ad Cant._, p. 128. To avoid GATE-BILLS he will be out at - night as late as he pleases ... climb over the college wall, and fee - his gyp well. - - 1835. _The Snobiad_ (WHIBLEY, _Cap and Gown_, p. 141). Two proctors - kindly holding either arm Staunch the dark blood and GATE him for the - term. - - 1853. BRADLEY, _Verdant Green_, I. ch. xii. He won’t hurt you much, - Giglamps! GATE and chapel you! - - 1861. HUGHES, _Tom Brown at Oxford_, ch. xii. Now you’ll both be GATED - probably, and the whole crew will be thrown out of gear. - - 1865. _Cornhill Mag._, p. 227. He is requested to confine himself to - college after a specified hour, which is familiarly termed being - GATED. - - 1870. _Morning Advertiser_, May 23. The two least culpable of the - party have been GATED. - - 1881. LANG, _Xxxii. Ballades_, “Of Midsummer Term.” When freshmen are - careless of GATES. - - TO BE AT GATES, _verb. phr._ (Winchester: obsolete).—To - assemble in Seventh Chamber passage, preparatory to going - Hills or Cathedral. - - -*Gaudeamus*, _subs._ (general).—A feast; a drinking bout; any - sort of merry-making. [German students’, but now general. - From the first word of the mediæval (students’) ditty.] - - -*Gaudy* (or *Gaudy-day*), _subs._ (general).—A feast or - entertainment: specifically, the annual dinner of the - Fellows of a college in memory of founders or benefactors; - or a festival of the Inns of Court. [Lat. _gaudere_ = to - rejoice.] - - 1540. PALSGRAVE, _Acolastus_ [HALLIWELL]. We maye make our tryumphe, - kepe our GAUDYES, or let us sette the cocke on the hope, and make good - chere within dores. _Ibid._, I have good cause to set the cocke on the - hope, and make GAUDYE chere. - - 1608. SHAKSPEARE, _Antony and Cleopatra_, iii. 11. Come, Let’s have - one other GAUDY night; call to me All my sad captains; fill our bowls; - once more Let’s mock the midnight bell. - - 1636. SUCKLING, _Goblins_ [DODSLEY, _Old Plays_ (REED), x. 143]. A - foolish utensil of state, Which, like old plate upon a GAUDY day, ’s - brought forth to make a show, and that is all. - - 1724. E. COLES, _Eng. Dict._ GAUDY DAYS, college or Inns of Court - festivals. - - 1754. B. MARTIN, _Eng. Dict._, 2nd ed. GAUDIES, double commons, such - as they have on GAUDY or grand DAYS in colleges. - - 1760. FOOTE, _Minor_, Act i. Dine at twelve, and regale, upon a GAUDY - DAY, with buns and beer at Islington. - - 1803. _Gradus ad Cantab._, p. 122. Cut lectures ... give GAUDIES and - spreads. - - 1820. LAMB, _Elia_ (_Oxford in the Vacation_). Methought I a little - grudged at the coalition of the _better Jude_ with Simon—clubbing, as - it were, their sanctities together, to make up one poor GAUDY-DAY - between them. - - 1822. NARES, _Glossary_, s.v. GAUDY DAY or NIGHT. A time of festivity - and rejoicing. The expression is yet fully retained in the University - of Oxford. BLOUNT, in his _Glossographia_, speaks of a foolish - derivation of the word from a judge Gaudy, said to have been the - institutor of such days. But _such_ days were held in all times, and - did not want a judge to invent them. - - 1822. SCOTT, _Fortunes of Nigel_, ch. xxiii. We had a carouse to your - honour ... we fought, too, to finish off the GAUDY. - - 1878. BESANT AND RICE, _By Celia’s Arbour_, ch. xxxiii. Champagne ... - goes equally well with a simple luncheon of cold chicken, and with the - most elaborate GAUDY. - - -*General’s-day* (Stonyhurst).—_See_ DAY. - - -*Gentlemen-Philosopher*, _subs._ (Stonyhurst: obsolete).—_See_ - PHILOSOPHER. - - -*Genuine*, _subs._ (Winchester).—Praise. Also as _verb_ = to - praise. [It is suggested (but _see_ quot.) that the - derivation may be from _genuina_, the “jaw-tooth,” praise - being nothing but “jaw”: _cf._ _Parsius_, i. 115.] - - 1891. WRENCH, _Winchester Word-Book_, s.v. GENUINE.... He was awfully - quilled and GENUINED my task. Possibly from calling a thing genuine. - _Cf._ to blackguard, to lord, &c. But fifty years ago it was a _subs._ - only. [_See_ Appendix.] - - -*Gip* (or *Gyp*), _subs._ (Cambridge).—A college servant. - - 1891. _Harry Fludyer at Cambridge_, 8. My GYP said he thought he knew - some one who’d give me eighteen shillings for it. - - -*Girdlestoneites* (Charterhouse).—A boarding-house. [From a - master’s name.] _See_ OUT-HOUSES. - - -*Glope*, _verb_ (Winchester: obsolete).—To spit. - - -*Go.* TO GO DOWN, _verb_ (University).—To leave school or - college: by special EXEAT (_q.v._) or at vacation. Whence TO - BE SENT DOWN = to be under discipline; to be rusticated. - - 1863. H. KINGSLEY, _Austin Elliot_, i. 179. How dare you say “deuce” - in my presence? You can GO DOWN, my Lord. - - 1886. DICKENS, _Dict. of Cambridge_, 3. No undergraduate should GO - down without obtaining his EXEAT. - - 1891. _Harry Fludyer at Cambridge_, 53. I’m thankful to say this - Term’s nearly over now.... We shall be able to GO down next week ... - which is a blessing. - - 1898. _Stonyhurst Mag._, Dec., p. 149, “Life at Oxford.” You will - think, then, that most of us do no work. Well, a good many do precious - little. Still there is this check. All who do not pass their - examinations within a certain time must “GO DOWN,” _i.e._ they must - leave. It wholly depends upon ourselves, then, how much work we do; - and it is naturally a much more difficult matter to “read” in this way - than when one has regular schools and studies. - - -*Goal*, _subs._ (Winchester).—(1) At football the boy who stands - at the centre of each end, acting as umpire; and (2) the - score of three points made when the ball is kicked between - his legs, or over his head, without his touching it. _See_ - SCHITT. - - _c._ 1840. MANSFIELD, _School-Life at Winchester College_, p. 138. - Midway between each of the two ends of the line was stationed another - boy, as umpire (GOAL he was called), who stood with his legs wide - apart, and a gown rolled up at each foot: if the ball was kicked - directly over his head, or between his legs, without his touching it, - it was a GOAL, and scored three for the party that kicked it. - - -*God*, _subs._ 1. (Eton).—A Sixth Form boy. _See_ Appendix. - - 1881. PASCOE, _Life in our Public Schools_. A GOD at Eton is probably - in a more exalted position, and receives more reverence than will ever - afterwards fall to his lot. - - 2. (Westminster).—The juniors who, at the WESTMINSTER PLAY - (_q.v._), occupy a back gallery. A proposal was made in 1792 - to exclude them from the performance on the grand nights, - which, however, was successfully resisted. Whence GOD-KEEPER - = a Third Election boy, who acts as deputy monitor, and - keeps the gallery deities in order. - - 1867. COLLINS, _The Public Schools_, p. 155. A rushing noise is heard - as of a party of inebriated whirlwinds coming up College, and the _Di - Superi_ (in vulgar parlance THE GODS) make their appearance. Now is - the time to see the GOD-KEEPER in his glory, in kid gloves, cane, and - commanding voice: “Here, Jones, go up closer. Room for three or four - more in that corner. Tumble-up, Davis.” - - -*Going-out Saturday*, _subs._ (Charterhouse).—_See_ EXEAT 2. - - -*Gold Hatband*, _subs._ (old University).—A nobleman - undergraduate; a TUFT (_q.v._). - - 1628. EARLE, _Microcosmography_. His companion is ordinarily some - stale fellow that has been notorious for an ingle to GOLD HATBANDS, - whom hee admires at first, afterwards scornes. - - 1889. _Gentleman’s Mag._, June, p. 598. Noblemen at the universities, - since known as “tufts,” because of the gold tuft or tassel to their - cap, were then known as GOLD HATBANDS. - - -*Golgotha*, _subs._ (old University).—The Dons’ gallery at - Cambridge; also a certain part of the theatre at Oxford. - [That is, “the place of skulls” (_cf._ Luke xxiii. 33 and - Matt. xxvii. 33); whence the pun, Dons being the heads of - houses.] - - 1730. JAS. MILLER, _Humours of Oxford_, Act ii., p. 23 (2nd ed.). - Sirrah, I’ll have you put in the black-book, rusticated—expelled—I’ll - have you _coram nobis_ at GOLGOTHA, where you’ll be bedevilled, - Muck-worm, you will. - - 1785. GROSE, _Vulg. Tongue_, s.v. - - 1791. G. HUDDESFORD, _Salmagundi_ (Note on, p. 150). GOLGOTHA, “The - place of a Skull,” a name ludicrously affixed to the Place in which - the Heads of Colleges assemble. - - 1808. J. T. CONYBEARE in C. K. SHARP’S _Correspondence_ (1888), i. - 324. The subject then of the ensuing section is _Oxford News_ ... we - will begin by GOLGOTHA.... Cole has already obtained the Headship of - Exeter, and Mr. Griffiths ... is to have that of University. - - -*Gomer*, _subs._ 1. (Winchester).—A large pewter dish used in - College. [Probably from its holding a _homer_ or _omer_ in - measure: _see_ quots.] - - 1610-31. DONNE. Not satisfied with his GOMER of manna. - - _d._ 1656. HALL, _Satires_, Bk. v. He that gave a GOMER to each. - - 1778. _Inventory of Kitchen and Hall._ Twenty-four GOMERS (amongst - dishes and brass pots). - - 2. A new hat: specifically, a beaver when first introduced: - but _see_ quot., PEALS, and Appendix. - - 1867. COLLINS, _The Public Schools_, 68. Top-boots are no longer - considered, by young gentlemen of twelve, “your only wear” to go home - in, although the term for them—GOMERS (i.e. _go-homers_)—still - survives in the Winchester vocabulary. - - -*Good-breakfast*, _subs._ (Stonyhurst).—A breakfast given to - those DISTINGUISHED (_q.v._) every term: also called - DISTINCTION-BREAKFAST. _Cf._ DO and GOOD-SUPPER. - - -*Good-creatures*, _subs._ (Charterhouse).—Meat, vegetables, - and pudding. [From a quaint old-fashioned “Scholars’ - grace”—“Lord, bless to us these thy GOOD-CREATURES,” &c.] - - -*Good-day*, _subs._ (Stonyhurst).—A free day given at the end of - the school year to those distinguished in mathematics. There - is also a “Rhetoric GOOD DAY,” given to the RHETORICIANS - (_q.v._), and a “Certificate GOOD DAY,” given to candidates - for the Higher Certificate Examination. - - -*Good-Four-o’clock*, _subs._ (Stonyhurst: obsolete).—A repast - similar in character to a GOOD-SUPPER and a GOOD-BREAKFAST - (both of which see). - - -*Good-supper*, _subs._ (Stonyhurst).—A supper given for a - special reason: _e.g._ the CHOIR-SUPPER (that given to - members of the Choir); the ACTORS’-SUPPER (that given to the - participants in Shrovetide-plays); the ELEVEN-SUPPER (to the - Cricket eleven after an “out” match), &c. _Cf._ DO and - GOOD-BREAKFAST. - - -*Goose-match*, _subs._ (Harrow).—A cricket match played between - the School Eleven and a team of Old Harrovians on Michaelmas - Day, or as near to it as possible. The Eleven opposing the - School are called “the geese.” _See_ Appendix. - - -*Gosh*, _subs._ (Winchester).—To spit. - - -*Gown*, _subs._ 1. (Winchester: obsolete).—Coarse brown paper. - - 2. (University).—The schools as distinguished from the TOWN - (_q.v._): _e.g._ TOWN and GOWN. - - 1847. THACKERAY, _Punch’s Prize Novelists_, “Codlingsby,” p. 232. From - the Addenbroke’s hospital to the Blenheim turnpike, all Cambridge was - in an uproar—the College gates closed—the shops barricaded—the - shop-boys away in support of their brother townsmen—the battle raged, - and the GOWN had the worst of the fight. - - 1853. BRADLEY, _Verdant Green_, II., ch. iii. When GOWN was absent, - Town was miserable. - - 1891. _Pall Mall Gaz._, 30th May, p. 4, c. 3. Town and GOWN joined in - harmony. - - -*Gownboy*, _subs._ (Charterhouse).—A scholar on the foundation: - they wore at the Charterhouse black Eton jackets, black - trousers, shoes called GOWSERS (_q.v._), and gowns. This - distinctive garb was abolished in 1872. - - -*Gownboy-arch* (Charterhouse).—An arch near the east end of the - chapel, formerly the doorway from Scholars’ Court into - Gown-boys. The earliest Old Carthusian name inscribed on it - bears date 1778. - - -*Gownboy-cricket*, _subs._ (Charterhouse).—Cricket in which - there are twenty bowlers to one batsman, with no fielders. - - -*Gownboys* (Charterhouse).—A boarding-house. [Because on - migration to Godalming in 1872 nearly all the old GOWNBOYS - (_q.v._) were received there.] - - -*Gowner*, _subs._ (Winchester).—The GOAL (_q.v._) at football - stood with his legs stretched out, and a gown, rolled up - into a ball, at each foot. When the ball was kicked over - either of these gowns, without goal’s touching it, this - counted two for the party who kicked it.—MANSFIELD (_c._ - 1840). Also _see_ GOAL and SCHITT. Now obsolete. - - -*Gownsman* (also *Gown*), _subs._ (University).—A student. - - 1800. C. K. SHARPE, in _Correspondence_ (1888), i. 96. A battle - between the GOWNSMEN and townspeople ... in spite of the - Vice-Chancellor and Proctors. - - 1850. F. E. SMEDLEY, _Frank Fairlegh_, ch. xxv. The ancient town of - Cambridge, no longer animated by the countless throngs of GOWNSMEN, - frowned in its unaccustomed solitude. - - 1853. BRADLEY, _Verdant Green_, III. By the time Mr. Bouncer finished - these words, the coach appropriately drew up at the “Mitre,” and the - passengers tumbled off amid a knot of GOWNSMEN collected on the - pavement to receive them. - - 1861. HUGHES, _Tom Brown at Oxford_. The townsmen ... were met by the - GOWNSMEN with settled steady pluck. - - -*Gowsers*, _subs._ (Charterhouse: obsolete).—Shoes. - - -*Grammar*, _subs._ 1. (Stonyhurst).—The Lower Fourth Form. - - 2. (Harrow).—_See_ UPPER SCHOOL. - - -*Grand-matches*, _subs._ (Stonyhurst).—The three final matches - of the STONYHURST-FOOTBALL (_q.v._) season, played always on - the Thursday before Shrove-tide, and on the following Monday - and Tuesday. These days are school holidays, and in the - evenings the great plays of the year are given. - - -*Grass*, _subs._ (Royal Military Academy).—Vegetables. - - TO BE SENT TO GRASS, _verb. phr._ (University).—To be - rusticated; to RECEIVE A TRAVELLING SCHOLARSHIP (_q.v._). - - 1794. _Gent. Mag._, p. 1085. And was very near rustication [at - Cambridge] merely for kicking up a row after a beakering party. “Soho, - Jack!” briskly rejoined another, “almost presented with a travelling - fellowship? very nigh being SENT TO GRASS, hey?” - - -*Greaser*, _subs._ 1. (Durham: obsolete).—A cad. - - 2. (Winchester: obsolete).—A mode of torture performed by - rubbing a boy’s head hard with the knuckles.—MANSFIELD (_c._ - 1840). - - -*Great-go* (or *Greats*), _subs._ (Cambridge).—The final - examination for the B.A. degree: _cf._ LITTLE-GO. At Oxford, - GREATER. - - 1841. _Prince of the New-made Baccalere, Oxford._ GREAT-GO is passed. - - 1861. HUGHES, _Tom Brown at Oxford_, ch. x. Both small and GREAT are - sufficiently distant to be altogether ignored, if we are that way - inclined. - - 1856-7. THACKERAY, _King of Brentford’s Test._, st. 7. At college, - though not fast, Yet his little-go and GREAT-GO, He creditably pass’d. - - 1871. _Morning Advertiser_, April 28. Yes, Mr. Lowe has been plucked - for his GREAT GO. - - 1883. _Echo_, 3rd May, p. 2, c. 4. But few, indeed, are the men who - have been in for GREATS during the last twenty years, and who have not - blessed Mr. Kitchin for his edition of the _Novum Organum_. - - -*Grecian*, _subs._ (Christ’s Hospital).—A senior boy. - - 1870. _Blue Budget_, March. We have the full sanction and approval of - the GRECIANS, and some of them intend even to contribute articles - themselves. - - 1871. _The Blue_, Aug. Boys are taken at the age of seven years and - remain till they are sixteen.... If at their sixteenth year they have - shown remarkable aptitude, they are allowed to remain longer, and as - GRECIANS—a traditional title, the origin of which is unknown—to pursue - more advanced studies and to enjoy certain privileges as to table. - [_See_ Appendix.] - - -*Green.* 1. (Charterhouse).—The cricket-ground. _See_ - UNDER-GREEN. - - 2. (Felsted: obsolete).—A Post-Office Order. [From the - colour.] - - -*Green-back*, _subs._ (University).—One of Todhunter’s series of - mathematical text-books. [Because bound in green cloth. - _Cf._ BLUE-RUIN = Bohn’s _Classical Series_.] - - -*Green Book, The* (Charterhouse).—A record of the date of - entering and leaving the school: this has been somewhat - loosely kept, and gaps are conspicuous. - - -*Green-room Boys*, _subs. phr._ (Stonyhurst).—Boys chosen to be - the stage-manager’s assistants at the Shrove-tide plays. - - -*Greens, The* (Stonyhurst: obsolete).—Two large grass plots, or - lawns and shrubberies, on the south front. A cricket-ball - hit full pitch into either of these from the opposite end of - the playground was known as “A Greener.” Whence GREEN-BOYS = - boys who used to look after the “GREENS.” - - -*Greeze*, _subs._ (Westminster).—A crowd. - - -*Greyers*, _subs._ (Harrow).—Grey flannel trousers: worn by all - the school not entitled to white FLANNELS (_q.v._) at - cricket. - - -*Greyhound*, _subs._ (Cambridge: obsolete).—A member of Clare - College; a CLARIAN (_q.v._). - - 1889. WHIBLEY, _Cap and Gown_, xxviii. The members of Clare ... were - called GRAYHOUNDS. - - -*Grind*, _subs._ (common).—(1) Study; reading for an - examination. Also as a _verb_. (2) A plodding student. (3) - Athletic sports in general: specifically, a training run. - Also as _verb_ = to teach; to instruct; to coach. - - 1856. HUGHES, _Tom Brown’s School-days_, pt. II. ch. v. “Come along, - boys,” cries East, always ready to leave the GRIND, as he called it. - _Ibid._, ch. vii. “The thing to find out,” said Tom meditatively, “is - how long one ought to GRIND at a sentence without looking at the - crib.” - - 1872. _Chambers’s Jour._, April. Joe Rullock, the mighty gymnasiarch, - the hero of a hundred GRINDS, the unwearied haunter of the palæstra, - could never give the lie to his whole past life, and deny his own - gymnastics. - - 1887. _Chambers’s Jour._, 14th May, p. 310. Smalls made just such a - goal as was required, and the GRIND it entailed was frequently of no - slight profit to him. - - THE GRIND, _subs._ (Cambridge).—The ferry-boat at - Chesterton. (Oxford) A diversion popular among the less - athletic tutors and undergraduates, which consists in - walking by the Banbury Road to the 2-1/2 mile stone, - crossing to the Woodstock Road, which is here only a quarter - of a mile distant, and so returning to Oxford, occasionally - varying the proceeding by reversing the order of the walk. - It is, however, probable that the introduction of golf has - dealt a severe blow at the popularity of this innocent - amusement. Also THE FIVE MILES GRIND. - - ’VARSITY GRIND (Oxford).—A steeplechase held at Stratton - Audley. - - -*Grind-days*, _subs._ (Loretto).—The GRIND-DAYS occur twice a - year: in October and March. Privileged boys, school - officers, Sixth and Fifth, and probably Upper Fifth, go by - train to various places, such as Peebles, Pomathorn, &c., - and walk, perhaps about twenty miles, to some other place, - where they dine, returning by train. Some of the rest cross - the Pentlands, and the Juniors go up the highest Pentland. - - -*Grinder*, _subs._ (general).—A private tutor; a COACH (_q.v._). - - 1812. Miss EDGEWORTH, _Patronage_, ch. iii. Put him into the hands of - a clever GRINDER or crammer, and they would soon cram the necessary - portion of Latin and Greek into him. - - 1841. _Punch_, vol. i. p. 201. Then contriving to accumulate five - guineas to pay a GRINDER, he routs out his old note-books from the - bottom of his box and commences to read. - - 1841. A. SMITH, “The London Medical Student” in _Punch_, i. p. 229. G - was a GRINDER, who sharpen’d the fools. - - 1849. THACKERAY, _Pendennis_, ch. v. She sent me down here with a - GRINDER. She wants me to cultivate my neglected genius. - - -*Grinding-mill*, _subs._ (general).—The house of a tutor - or COACH (_q.v._), where students are prepared for an - examination. - - -*Groats.* TO SAVE ONE’S GROATS, _verb. phr._ (old - University).—To come off handsomely. [At the Universities - nine groats are deposited in the hands of an academic - officer by every person standing for a degree, which, if the - depositor obtains, with honour, are returned to him.—GROSE.] - - -*Grotius-time*, _subs._ (Winchester).—From 7 P.M. to 7.45 P.M. - on Sundays, in CLOISTER-TIME (_q.v._) when SIXTH BOOK - (_q.v._) and SENIOR PART (_q.v._) went into school to - translate the work of that author.—MANSFIELD (_c._ 1840). - Now obsolete. - - -*Groute*, _verb_ (Marlborough and Cheltenham).—To work or study - hard; to SWOT (_q.v._). - - -*Grovel*, _subs._ (Sherborne).—A scrummage at football. - - -*Grubber*, _subs._ (general).—A tuck-shop. _See_ LAMB’S-TAILS, - ROUND OTHELLOS, KILL-ME-QUICKS, and PICANINNIES. - - 1899. _Public School Mag._, Dec., p. 441. The shop is privately - managed by Mr. Kimmins, of High Street, Tonbridge [and] is known as - “GRUBBER.” - - -*Grubby*, _subs._ (Royal High School, Edin.).—The luncheon room. - - -*Gruff*, _adj._ (Christ’s Hospital).—Low-pitched: of the voice. - _See_ quot., and SQUEAKY. - - _c._ 1844. _Reminis. of Christ’s Hospital_ [_The Blue_, Aug. 1874]. - The voices, in our own peculiar phraseology, being divided into two - classes—those who sang “squeaky,” and those who sang GRUFF. - - -*Guarder*, _subs._ (Stonyhurst).—A goal-keeper: at football. - Whence SECOND-GUARDER = the “full-back” of Association - Football; and THIRD-GUARDER = the “halfback” of Association - Football. - - -*Gulf*, _subs._ (Cambridge).—The bottom of a list of “passes,” - with the names of those who only just succeed in getting - their degree. At Oxford a man who, going in for honours, - only gets a pass. Hence as _verb_ (Cambridge) = to place in - the GULF; TO BE GULFED = to be on such a list. [Men so - placed were not eligible for the Classical Tripos.] - - 1852. BRISTED, _Five Tears in an English University_, p. 205. Some ten - or fifteen men just on the line, not bad enough to be plucked, or good - enough to be placed, are put into the GULF, as it is popularly called - (the examiners’ phrase is “degrees allowed”), and have their degrees - given them, but are not printed in the calendar. _Ibid._, 297. I - discovered that my name was nowhere to be found—that I was GULFED. - - 1853. BRADLEY, _Verdant Green_, pt. III. p. 89. I am not going to let - them GULPH me a second time. - - 1863. H. KINGSLEY, AUSTIN ELLIOT, p. 123. The good Professor scolded, - predicted that they would all be either GULFED or ploughed. - - 1865. _Sporting Gaz._, April 1. A man who was _GULFED_ for - mathematical honours was certainly, in olden time, unable to enter for - the classical examination; but though the arrangement is altered, the - term is _not_ obsolete. A man who is GULFED is considered to know - enough mathematics for an ordinary degree, but not enough to be - allowed his degree in mathematics only; he is consequently obliged to - pass in all the ordinary subjects (except mathematics) for the “poll,” - before taking his degree. - - 1876. TREVELYAN, LIFE OF MACAULAY (1884), ch. ii. p. 61. When the - Tripos of 1822 made its appearance, his name did not grace the list. - In short ... Macaulay was GULFED. - - 1896. _Tonbridgian_, No. 339, 1124. Poole hopes to get a Third in - Honour Mods., and Law hopes to escape a GULF next year in the same. - - -*Gull*, _subs._ (Oxford: obsolete).—A swindler; a trickster. - _Cf._ “GULL-CATCHER,” of which it is probably an - abbreviation. - - 1825. _The English Spy_, v. i. p. 161. “You’ll excuse me, sir, but as - you are _fresh_, take care to avoid the GULLS.” “I never understood - that GULLS were birds of prey,” said I. “Only in Oxford, sir, and - here, I assure you, they bite like hawks.” - - -*Gutter*, _subs._ (Tonbridge).—A scrummage at Rugby football: - now nearly obsolete. [Properly the space between the teams - in the scrummage.] - - _Verb_ (Winchester).—To fall in the water flat on the - stomach. - - -*Gymmy*, _subs._ (Manchester Grammar).—The gymnasium. - - -*Gyp* (or *Gip*), _subs._ (Cambridge).—A college servant. At - Oxford, a scout; at Dublin, a skip. [Etymology doubtful: - according to _Sat. Rev._ an abbreviation of Gipsy Joe: - according to Cambridge undergraduates, from the Greek γυψ - (GUPS) = a vulture; from the creature’s rapacity.] - - 1794. _Gent. Mag._, p. 1085. [A Cambridge college servant is called a - JIP.] - - 1803. _Gradus ad Cantab._, 128. To avoid gate-bills he will be out at - night as late as he pleases, ... climb over the college wall, and fee - his GYP well. - - 1842. _Tait’s Mag._, Oct., “Reminiscences of Coll. Life.” There is - attached to colleges and halls a person more useful than ornamental, - and better known than paid, whom Oxonians name GYP, from his supposed - moral affinity to a vulture (γυψ). The same is in Dublin denominated a - _Skip_, because of the activity which is an indispensable item in his - qualifications. - - 1849. C. KINGSLEY, _Alton Locke_, ch. xii. I’ll send you in luncheon - as I go through the butteries; then, perhaps, you’d like to come down - and see the race. Ask the GYP to tell you the way. - - 1850. SMEDLEY, _Frank Fairleigh_, p. 254. Fellow you call the GYP - wanted to make me believe you were out—thought I looked too like a - governor to be let in, I suppose. - - 1882. F. ANSTEY, _Vice Versâ_, ch. v. Who should we see coming - straight down on us but a Proctor with his bull-dogs (not dogs, you - know, but the strongest GYPS in the college). - - -*Gyte*, _subs._ (Royal High School, Edin.).—A first year’s - student. - - - - - - -*Habit*, _subs._ (old University).—See quot. - - 1803. _Gradus ad Cantabrigiam._ HABIT. College HABIT, College dress, - called of old, livery: the dress of the Master, Fellows, and Scholars. - - -*Hades*, _subs._ (The Leys).—A W.C. _Cf._ STYX. - - -*Haggory*, _subs._ (Stonyhurst).—One of the gardens in the - _Higher Line_ (_q.v._) playground, which the Irish boys in - the early years of the century turned into a debating-place, - to promote the views of O’Connell and his party. [A - corruption of ἁγορά.] - - -*Hairy*, _adj._ (Oxford).—Difficult. - - _d._ 1861. ARTHUR CLOUGH, _Long Vacation Pastoral_. Three weeks hence - we return to the shop and the wash-hand-stand-bason, Three weeks hence - unbury Thicksides and HAIRY Aldrich. - - 1864. _The Press_, Nov. 12. HAIRY for difficult is a characteristic - epithet. - - -*Half-faggot*, _subs._ (Winchester).—_See_ quot. - - 1881. _Felstedian_, Nov., p. 75, “A Day’s Fagging at Winchester.” At - 6.15, when the first bell for chapel rings, I go round and wake up - everybody; as the præfects like hot water for washing, I make up a - fire, and put on the boilers; in other words, throw a bundle of sticks - called a “HALF-FAGGOT” on the old-fashioned “dogs,” or uprights, which - form the only fireplaces in chambers, coal not being in use. - - -*Hall*, _subs._ 1. (Oxford).—Dinner. Also as _verb_ = to dine. - [Taken in College Hall.] - - 1891. _Harry Fludyer at Cambridge_, 55. A lot of Freshmen got together - after HALL (it was a Saint’s day, and they’d been drinking audit) and - went and made hay in Marling’s rooms. - - 2. (Sherborne).—Evening preparation. - - 3. (Shrewsbury).—_See_ SENIOR HALL. - - TO GO ON HALL, _verb. phr._ (Winchester).—To fag: as a - breakfast waiter. - - 1867. COLLINS, _The Public Schools_, p. 48. However, as boys came to - school better scholars, and were consequently higher placed, fourth - form fags grew scarce, and the junior fifth were ordered, as the - phrase was, TO GO ON HALL. One champion stood upon his rights, and - refused; the indignant prefect proposed to thrash him publicly; the - juniors rose in a body and pinioned the prefects. Fond mammas, and - other declaimers against school tyranny, will regret to hear that this - spirited resistance was not appreciated by Dr. Williams; after a - patient hearing of the pleas on both sides, he supported the prefect’s - authority (it may be concluded that they had not really exceeded it), - and six of the ringleaders were expelled. - - -*Hall-crier*, _subs._ (Shrewsbury).—_See_ quot. - - 1867. COLLINS, _The Public Schools_, p. 249. And two HALL-CRIERS (or - latterly one), whose chief business was to read out at breakfast time - lists of the fags on duty for cricket or football, descriptions of - lost articles, &c. &c. This office in former days had commonly to be - performed under a fire of such missiles as came handiest—amongst them - often the regulation iron spoons supplied for the bread-and-milk - breakfast which was the fare in the rougher days of Shrewsbury. Each - proclamation began in due form with “Oh yes! oh yes! (Oyez! oyez!)” - and ended with “God save the King (or Queen)! and d—— the Radicals!” - - -*Hall-fagging*, _subs._ (Charterhouse).—A duty imposed on - sixteen of the lowest boys in each House. They have to - attend in Hall, usually four at a time, and carry out - orders, while the monitors have breakfast and tea. There - was no need for this duty at Old Charterhouse, fags - being always at hand. At New Charterhouse this was not - always the case; they were often playing at football or - cricket, or sitting in the library. Monitors, therefore, - arranged the system of HALL-FAGGING. Latterly it has - become usual to send into Hall fags who have offended - against monitorial discipline, have been talkative in - BANCO, or noisy in the cubicles. Where such culprits are - available the regular fags are exempt.—TOD. - - -*Halve*, _subs._ (Charterhouse).—A half-holiday: on Wednesdays - and Saturdays. - - -*Halves* (pron. _Hāves_), _subs._ (Winchester: - obsolete).—Half-Wellington boots, which were strictly _Non - licet_ (_q.v._). - - -*Hand.* To HAND UP, _verb. phr._ (Winchester).—To give - information against; to betray. - - -*Handball*, _subs._ (Stonyhurst).—(1) The Stonyhurst form of - Fives. Also (2) the ball used in playing; (3) the wall - against which the game is played; and (4) the courts into - which the wall and ground are divided. - - 1887. _Stonyhurst Mag._, iii. 18, “Stonyhurst in the Fifties.” On - Whit-Saturday HANDBALL came in. We had on that morning 2-1/2 hours’ - school ... and having gone up to the study-place to put away our books - were let out by schools to run for places. In the old playground there - stood one of the present HANDBALLS, one side of it belonging to the - Higher Line, and one to the Lower. Of the Higher Line HANDBALLS [on - each side of this HANDBALL—the wall—were two HANDBALLS or courts] one - belonged to Rhetoric and one to Poetry. Of the Lower Line HANDBALLS - one to Grammar and one to Rudiments. There were besides in both Higher - and Lower Lines, other inferior HANDBALLS in the wall which separated - the playground from the garden, where the rails now stand. They were - called “The Pavilions,” and each contained three courts. Those in the - Higher Line were common property, the Lower Line ones belonged to - Rudiments, Figures, and Elements. Syntax had thus no HANDBALL and - Rudiments had two. In the Higher Line possession of the HANDBALL - always went to the first comers, those who first “touched-in” having - it. In the Lower Line during after-dinner recreation (at least in the - large HANDBALLS) it went by order of Compositions. - - -*Handing-up*, _subs._ (Harrow).—A form of Lynch law inflicted - [up to the second quarter of the century] by monitors on a - boy known to have been guilty of any highly disgraceful - conduct reflecting on the character of the school—stealing, - for example. The monitors satisfied themselves, after - careful inquiry, of the guilt of the accused, and called him - before an assembly of the Upper School in Butler’s Hall, - where he received from each monitor a certain number of - blows with a study toasting-fork. The punishment was severe, - but merciful to the delinquent as an alternative in some - cases to expulsion if the charge had been brought before the - head-master.—THORNTON. - - -*Harder*, _subs._ (Harrow).—Racquets: as opposed to SQUASH - (_q.v._); also a racquet ball. Whence HARDER-COURT = the - racquet court. - - -*Hard-up*, _adv._ (Winchester).—Abashed or out of countenance; - exhausted (as in swimming). - - -*Harlequin*, _subs._ (Winchester).—The wooden centre of a red - indiarubber ball. - - -*Harry-soph*, _subs._ (Cambridge: obsolete).—See SOPH. - - 1795. _Gent. Mag._, p. 20. A HARRY, or ERRANT SOPH, I understand to be - either a person, four-and-twenty years of age, and of an infirm state - of health, who is permitted to dine with the Fellows, and to wear a - plain, black, full-sleeved gown; or else he is one who, having kept - all the terms, by statute required previous to his law-act, is _hoc - ipsa facto_ entitled to wear the same garment, and thenceforth ranks - as bachelor, by courtesy. - - 1803. _Gradus ad Cantabrigiam_. HARRY SOPH, or HENRY SOPHISTER; - students who have kept all the terms required for a law act, and hence - are ranked as Bachelors of Law by courtesy. They wear a plain, black, - full-sleeved gown. - - -*Hash*, _verb_ (general).—To study hard; TO SWAT (_q.v._). - - -*Hasher*, _subs._ 1. (Charterhouse).—A “made” dish. - - 2. (Charterhouse).—A football sweater—tight-fitting, with - the colours running round in horizontal lines. In 1863 - football shirts were introduced in place of HASHERS. - - -*Hat*, _subs._ (Cambridge).—A gentleman commoner. [Who is - permitted to wear a hat instead of the regulation - mortar-board.] Also GOLD HATBAND. - - 1628. EARLE, _Microcosmographie_, “Young Gentleman of the Universitie” - (ed. ARBER, 1868). His companion is ordinarily some stale fellow that - has beene notorious for an ingle to GOLD HATBANDS, whom hee admires at - first, afterwards scornes. - - 1803. _Gradus ad Cantabrigiam._ Hat Commoner; the son of a nobleman, - who wears the gown of a Fellow Commoner with a HAT. - - 1830. LYTTON, _Paul Clifford_, ch. xxxii. I knew intimately all the - HATS in the University. - - 1841. LYTTON, _Night and Morning_, Bk. I. ch. i. He had certainly - nourished the belief that some one of the HATS or tinsel gowns, _i.e._ - young lords or fellow. - - -*Hatch*, _subs._ (Winchester).—A flood-gate. [Hatch = a - flood-gate (BAILEY); also var. dial. = a garden-gate, - wicket-gate, or half-door.] - - -*Hatch-thoke*, _subs._ (Winchester).—A Founder’s - Commemoration-day. [THOKE = to lie late in bed; an old - custom being to lie in bed till breakfast on such occasions, - names being called at HATCH in Commoners.] - - -*Haul*, _verb_ (University).—To summon before the Proctor - for misdemeanour. Whence HAULABLE, _adj._, used of those - whose society authorities deem undesirable for the men: - _e.g._ they’re HAULABLE = those caught with them will be - proctorised. - - 1891. _Harry Fludyer at Cambridge_, 89. At last they were caught - trying to drive in through the big gate of John’s. Next day they were - HAULED and sent down. - - TO HAUL UP, _verb. phr._ (Harrow).—To have a boy up to House - out of school-hours, to say “turned” repetitions. - - -*Haves.* _See_ HALVES. - - -*He*, _subs._ (Charterhouse).—A cake. YOUNG HE = a small cake; a - FISH-HE = fish-cake. _See_ SHE. - - -*Head*, _subs._ (Tonbridge).—The chief cricket-ground. - - -*Health Walk*, subs. (Stonyhurst).—When the weather has been bad - for some time, the boys are freed on the first fine day for - “HEALTH WALKS.” The name seems still to be surviving, - through more often the boys have football than walks on such - occasions. - - -*Heder*, _subs._ (Winchester).—A plunge, feet foremost. Fr. _une - chandelle_. - - -*Hedgehog*, _subs._ (Christ’s Hospital).—A London nickname for a - Hertford BLUE (_q.v._). _See_ Appendix. - - _c._ 1800-29. _The Blue-Coat Boy_ [_More Gleanings from_ THE BLUE], - 203. Another isolated statement of interest (unknown, perhaps, to - some), is that “Hertford boys called the London boys, ‘Jackdaws,’ and - those in London called those at Hertford ‘HEDGEHOGS’;” hedgehog boys - and pigtailed masters! - - -*Heifer*, _subs._ (Charterhouse: obsolete).—A charwoman. - - -*Hell*, _subs._ (Winchester).—A shady nook near Third Pot, - famous for a profusion of violets. [Dial. (Hants) = a dark, - wooded place: originally (SKEAT) a hidden place.] - - -*Hell-and-neck boy*, _subs. phr._ (Royal High School, Edin.: - obsolete).—A venturesome boy who had frequently climbed the - KITTLE-NINE-STEPS (q.v.). - - -*Hell Hole* and “*Hell’s Gates*,” _subs._ (Stonyhurst).—The name - of some foundations of an old factory built on the Hodder. - - -*High* (The), _subs._ (Oxford).—High Street. _Cf._ The BROAD, - the TURL, the CORN, &c. - - -*High*, _subs._ (Christ’s Hospital).—A fruit-pie. _See_ Low. - - _c._ 1890. _More Gleanings from_ THE BLUE, 92. Those greedy gluttons - who during life had lain in wait for monied comrades, assailing them - with importunate entreaties or even with open violence. Now they - outstretched bony hands in vain for juicy “HIGHS,” which mocked and - eluded their grasp; bottles of ginger-beer and cherries hovered above - their skinny lips, as erst in “cherry-bob,” but never were they - granted taste or sip of cool beverage or dainty morsel. - - -*Higher Line*, _subs._ (Stonyhurst).—The three highest classes. - - -*High-master*, _subs._ (St. Paul’s and Manchester Grammar).—The - Head-master: at Manchester the term was used in the earliest - statutes of the school (1515). _See_ SUR-MASTER. - - -*Hills*, _subs._ 1. (Winchester).—St. Catharine’s Hill. Hence, - TO SHIRK HILLS = _see_ quot. - - _c._ 1840. MANSFIELD, _School-Life_, p. 28. Some of his principal - duties were to take the boys “on to HILLS,” call names there, &c. - - _c._ 1840. MANSFIELD, _School-Life at Winchester_, 214. HILLS—St. - Catherine’s Hill, a green hill about one mile and a half from College, - about five hundred feet high, and near the top surrounded by a deep - trench, the remains of an old Roman camp. The boys had to ascend this - twice a day on whole Holidays and Remedies, once before breakfast, and - again at half-past two. In the summer they also went out in the - evening, but did not ascend Hills, but disported themselves below. - These sorties were called “going on to HILLS,” the evening expedition - being called “Underhills.” _Ibid._, iii. Ordinary offences of a - trifling character, such as being late for Chapel or “SHIRKING HILLS” - [_i.e._ evading going Hills], were punished by the infliction of an - imposition—generally thirty lines of Virgil, English and Latin. - - 1867. COLLINS, _The Public Schools_, p. 24. Tuesdays and Thursdays - were partial holidays, on which the boys went out to the HILLS twice; - once in the morning, returning at nine to breakfast, and again in the - afternoon, coming off at three. There they played at quoits, football, - and something which seems to have borne a resemblance to cricket. - - 2. (Cambridge).—The Gogmagog Hills; a common morning’s - ride.—_Gradus ad Cantab._ - - -*Hiss* (The), _subs._ (Winchester).—The signal given at the - commencement of school hours when a Master was coming - in.—MANSFIELD (_c._ 1840). - - _c._ 1840. MANSFIELD, _School-Life at Winchester_ [1866], 104. Just - before school-time a boy was always stationed to watch the arrival of - the Master, of which he had to give notice by emitting a loud HISS, - upon which there was a general rush up to books; the previous uproar - dwindled to a calm, and work began. - - -*Hivite*, _subs._ (St. Bees’).—A student of St. Bees’ - (Cumberland). - - 1865. _John Bull_, Nov. 11. To be a HIVITE has long been considered a - little worse than a “literate.”... Of the value of some St. Bees’ - testimonials we may form an estimate, &c. - - -*Hobbs*, _subs._ (Tonbridge).—A fad; a mental eccentricity. - _See_ TACHS. - - -*Hobby*, _subs._ (common).—A translation. To RIDE HOBBIES = to - use CRIBS (_q.v._). - - -*Hockey-sticks and Fourpennies*, _subs. phr._ (Charterhouse).—A - kind of irregular cricket played at Old Charterhouse. The - bats were huge bludgeons called hockey-sticks, but without - any curve at the end; the balls were like large fives-balls, - and a little smaller than a regulation cricket-ball; the - wickets were usually coats or jackets; gownboy jackets were - much the best, because they were stiff and easily stood - upright; the pitch was either on the football ground, where - there was no grass, or on a flagged pavement in cloisters. - - -*Hodgsonites* (Charterhouse).—_See_ OUT-HOUSES. - - -*Hodman* (Oxford).—A scholar from Westminster School admitted to - Christ Church College. - - 1728. BAILEY, _Eng. Dict._, s.v. HODMAN. - - 1847. HALLIWELL, _Arch. Words_, s.v.... A nickname for a Canon of - Christ Church. - - -*Hog*, _subs._ (Cambridge: obsolete).—A student of St. John’s. - Also JOHNIAN HOG. _See_ CRACKLE, BRIDGE OF GRUNTS, and - ISTHMUS OF SUEZ. - - 1690. _Diary of Abraham de la Pryme_ (Surtees Society, No. 54), quoted - in _Notes and Queries_, 6 S., xi. 328. For us Jonians are called - abusively HOGGS. - - 1795. _Gent. Mag._, lxv. 22. The JOHNIAN HOGS were originally - remarkable on account of the squalid figures and low habits of the - _students_, and especially of the _sizars_ of Saint _John’s_ College. - [Another story of how name originated is given in detail in _Gent. - Mag._ (1795), lxv. 107.] - - 1889. WHIBLEY, _In Cap and Gown_, p. 28. An obsolete name for members - of St. John’s College, Cambridge. - - -*Hog Tower*, _subs._ (Stonyhurst).—A coaching room off Rhetoric - school-room. [So called (1) because part of a tower, and (2) - because the RHETORICIANS (_q.v._) originally wished to use - it for other “more profitable” purposes than for study.] - - -*Hoi Polloi*, _subs. phr._ (University).—The candidates for - ordinary degrees. [From the Greek.] _Cf._ GULF. - - -*Hol*, _subs._ (Harrow).—A holiday. Whence HOL-TAG = holiday - task. - - -*Holiday*, _subs._ (Sherborne: obsolete).—A Saint’s day: - sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. - - -*Hollis*, _subs._ (Winchester).—A small pebble. [Said to be - derived from a boy of that name.—WRENCH.] - - -*Holy Club* (The), _subs._ (Oxford: obsolete).—A band of kindred - spirits who gathered round John Wesley while at Lincoln - College: in ridicule. - - -*Home-bill*, _subs._ (Charterhouse).—Food supplied by the butler - at breakfast or tea, to supplement the bread-and-butter - supplied by the house master. It consists of eggs, eggs and - bacon, ham, or sausages at breakfast; of poached eggs, - mince, sausages and potatoes, tongue, ham, brawn, beef, - or pork-pie at tea. The price is usually 4d. for each - HOME-BILL; in some houses 6d. is the charge for the Upper - School. - - -*Home-bug*, _subs._ (Harrow).—A home boarder; a day boy. - - -*Honour* (*Legion of*). _See_ LEGION. - - -*Honours*, _subs._ (Stonyhurst).—Classes in which extra classics - are read in the three highest Forms. - - -*Hook*, _intj._ (Oxford).—An expression implying doubt. [Query - from the note of interrogation (?) or connected with “Hookey - Walker.”] - - 1823. BEE, _Dict. of the Turf_, s.v. HOOKEY WALKER—and WITH A HOOK, - usually accompanied by a significant upliftment of the hand and - crooking of the forefinger, implying that what is said is a lie, or is - to be taken contrariwise. - - 1843. MONCRIEFF, _Scamps of London_, i. 1. _Bob._ Will you have some - gin? _Fogg._ Gin—yes! _Bob_ (turning away). Ha—ha!—WITH A HOOK ... I - wish you may get it. - - 1870. TRAILL, _Saturday Songs_, p. 22. It’s go and go over the left, - It’s go WITH A HOOK AT THE END. - - -*Horse-box*, _subs._ (The Leys).—A cubicle or recess in - dormitory: about 5 or 6 feet high. Whence TO DO TEN - HORSE-BOXES = to perform “Sinking-and-rising exercise” on - the same. - - -*Hot*, _subs._ (Winchester).—1. A mellay at football. 2. A - crowd. Hence to HOT UP (or DOWN) = to crowd; to mob. - - _c._ 1840. MANSFIELD, _School-Life at Winchester_, 215. In Twenty-two - and Twenty-two (_q.v._) when the ball went out of bounds, it was - brought in and placed between the two sides, who all clustered up - close round, with their heads down, each party, by weight and kicking, - trying to force the ball through the other. - - 1878. ADAMS, _Wykehamica_, p. 367. It would be replaced and a fresh - HOT formed. - - -*Hot-end*, _subs._ (Winchester).—A half-burned faggot stick with - one end red-hot. - - -*Hots*, _subs._ 1. (Felsted: obsolete).—Tarts; pastry, &c. - - 2. (Felsted).—Money: specifically “coppers.” - - Whence TRAV-HOTS = travelling money. - - 1893. _Felstedian_, Mar., p. 20. I made two brackets in the workshop, - they liked them awfully; I meant to get them something decent, but I - hadn’t got any HOTS. - - 1893. _Felstedian_, July, p. 82. All right; it’s only a HOT. Did you - hear what we did in our dormy last night? - - 1895. _Felstedian_, April, p. 44. HOTS—“Hots” and “half-hots” very - evidently “burn a hole in one’s pocket” if they are left there long - enough. - - -*Hot-tiger*, _subs._ (Oxford: obsolete).—Hot-spiced ale and - sherry. - - -*Hound*, _subs._ (Cambridge).—_See_ quot. - - 1879. E. WALFORD, in _Notes and Queries_, 5 S., xii. 88. In the - _Anecdotes of Bowyer_ ... we are told that a HOUND of King’s College, - Cambridge, is an undergraduate not on the foundation, nearly the same - as a “sizar.” - - -*House-captain*, _subs._ (The Leys).—A boy, not in studies, - responsible for order in House-room. - - -*House-game*, _subs._ (Harrow).—A game—football or cricket—in - which the whole House play. - - -*House-list*, _subs._ (Harrow).—The printed list, in BILL - (_q.v._) order, of each House. - - -*House-room*, _subs._ (The Leys).—The Common Room of boys below - VI^{th} who have no studies. - - -*House-singing*, _subs._ (Harrow).—An informal concert at which - school songs are sung collectively: held once a fortnight - except in summer. - - -*House-washing*, _subs._ (Rugby: obsolete).—A sort of compressed - paper-chase, backwards and forwards in a short distance over - Clifton Brook, a tributary of the Warwickshire Avon. [The - name suggests that this was not a dry process; each House as - a rule had a HOUSE-WASHING in the Easter term.] - - -*Housey*, _adj._ (Christ’s Hospital).—Belonging or peculiar to - the Hospital. The reverse of TOWNEY = of the town. - - -*Housle*, _verb_ (Winchester).—To hustle. [Dial.: _cf._ doust = - dust; fousty = fusty; rousty = rusty, &c.] - - -*Huff*, _subs._ (Winchester).—Strong ale brewed by the College. - [A survival: also HUFF-CAP.] - - 1579. FULWELL, _Art of Flattery_. Commonly called HUFCAP, it will make - a man look as though he had seene the devil. - - 1586. HOLINSHED, _Description of England_. These men hale at HUFF-CAP - till they be red as cockes, and little wiser than their combes. - - 1602. CAMPION, _English Poesy_ (BULLEN, _Works_, 1889, p. 247). Hunks - detests when HUFFCAP ale he tipples. - - 1614. GREENE, _Looking-Glass_ [DYCE], p. 127. The ale is strong ale, - ’tis HUFCAP; I warrant you, ’twill make a man well. - - 1640. TAYLOR, _Works._ And this is it, of ale-houses and innes, - Wine-marchants, vintners, brewers, who much wins By others losing, I - say more or lesse, Who sale of HUFCAP liquor doe professe. - - _c._ 1840. MANSFIELD, _School-Life_, p. 180. Washed down by libations - of HUFF. - - 1878. ADAMS, _Wykehamica_, s.v. HUFF, the strong ale brewed by the - College. - - -*Hum*, _verb_ (Derby).—To smell. - - -*Hundred* (The), _subs._ 1. (Loretto).—A long straight walk - within the school grounds. - - 2. (Tonbridge: obsolete).—One of the lower football grounds. - There were Upper, Middle, Lower, Fourth, and Fifth Hundreds. - _See_ FIFTY. - - -*Husky*, _subs._ (Winchester: obsolete).—_See_ quot. - - _c._ 1840. MANSFIELD, _School-Life_, p. 145. There were two kinds - [Gooseberry fool] HUSKY and non-husky. - - - - - - -*Ick.* _See_ ACK. - - -*Iliad*, _subs._ (Charterhouse).—The regular penalty for late - attendance at chapel and other minor offences. - - -*Imperator*, _subs._ (Stonyhurst).—A name given to the two first - boys in each class. - - -*Impo*, _subs._ (Charterhouse).—An imposition. - - -*Impositor*, _subs._ (Sherborne: obsolete).—A school Præfect: - sixteenth century. - - -*Inferior*, _subs._ (Winchester).—Any member of the school not a - PRÆFECT (_q.v._). - - _c._ 1840. MANSFIELD, _School-Life_, p. 28. The Præfect of Hall ... - was looked upon by the INFERIORS with something more than a becoming - awe and reverence. - - -*Inform*, _verb_ (Charterhouse).—To sneak; to show up. - - -*Infra-dig*, _adj._ (Winchester).—Scornful; proud: _e.g._ “He - sported INFRA-DIG duck,” or “I am INFRA-DIG to it.” - - -*Island, The* (Rugby).—A mound or “tumulus” in the Close. - - 1867. COLLINS, _The Public Schools_, p. 372. They [the school - volunteer corps] had not only parades, but sham fights—if a fight - could be called a sham from which the combatants retired with broken - heads and bloody noses—attacking and defending the Doctor’s farmyard - on the little ISLAND between what were then the two Closes. - - -*Isthmus-of-Suez*, _subs._ (Cambridge).—The bridge at St. John’s - College, Cambridge, leading from the grounds to one of the - Courts, familiarly known as the “Bridge of Sighs.” Also THE - BRIDGE OF GRUNTS. [From its slight similarity to the - Venetian example. _Sues_ = swine, in punning reference to - the JOHNIAN HOGS (_q.v._).] _See_ CRACKLE and HOG. - - 1857. _Punch_, June 20. A resident Fellowe he was, I wis, He had no - cure of Soules; And across ye BRIDGE OF SUES he’d come From playinge - ye game of bowles. - - 1885. CUTHBERT BEDE, in _N. and Q._, 6 S., xi. 414. Another word is - _Sues_, for swine. This is applied to the bridge leading from the old - courts to the new, familiarly known as the BRIDGE OF SIGHS from its - slight similarity to the Venetian example, but also known as the - ISTHMUS OF SUEZ. This word _Suez_ was then transformed to _Suez_, - swine, to adapt it to its Johnian frequenters. - - - - - - -*Jack.* _See_ BLACK-JACK. - - -*Jackdaw*, _subs._ (Christ’s Hospital).—Hertford for a London - BLUE (_q.v._): obsolete. - - _c._ 1800-29. _The Blue-Coat Boy_ [_More Gleanings from_ THE BLUE, - 203]. Hertford boys called the London boys “JACKDAWS,” and those in - London called those at Hertford “Hedgehogs.” - - -*Jack-o’-Lantern*, _subs._ (Eton and Harrow: obsolete).—A - nocturnal form of “Hare and Hounds.” - - 1867. COLLINS, _The Public Schools_, p. 312. But there was an ancient - form of it [“Hare and Hounds”] at Harrow, so especially attractive as - being pursued at unlawful hours and under unusual difficulties, that - it deserves special mention. It was known also in former days at Eton, - and in both schools went by the name of JACK O’ LANTERN. About seven - o’clock on winter evenings, when it was quite dark, the boys, by - sufferance on the part of the authorities, were let out from their - several boarding-houses into the fields below the school. A stout and - active runner started in advance, carrying a lantern, by the light of - which the rest pursued him in full cry. He showed or concealed his - light from time to time, and a great point of the sport was to entice - the hounds into some pool or muddy ditch (which “Jack” himself has - carefully avoided) by showing the light exactly in a line on the other - side. - - 1885. THORNTON, _Harrow School_, p. 276. JACK-O’-LANTERN was abolished - by Dr. George Butler, but re-appeared in Dr. Longley’s time as one of - those forbidden pleasures so dear to youth. Always played in the - evening, and originally by sufferance of the authorities, the game in - question was simply a run across country after a lantern carried by a - swift-footed boy. Oftentimes would the luckless hounds be enticed into - some slough of despond, and the performers return in a condition of - mud which may find its equal on a wet football day or a paper-chase - forty years later, but yet present no adequate idea of the confusion - caused by the return from JACK-O’-LANTERN, of thirty or forty boys at - night when in ordinary clothes. It is one of the most distinct - evidences that no discipline existed when we read of such a proscribed - saturnalia having occurred after lock-up in Dr. Longley’s time. But - the fact has been communicated to us by Harrow men whose word is - indisputable. - - -*Jambi*, _subs._ (Harrow).—Greek Iambics; an exercise in the - Upper School. - - -*Janny*, _subs._ (Royal High School, Edin.).—A janitor. - - -*Jark*, _subs._ (Oxford).—A safe-conduct pass; a JASKER. [_Cf._ - JARK = a seal.] - - 1818. SCOTT, _Heart of Midlothian_, xxix. Stay, gentlemen, ... this is - a JARK from Jim Radcliffe. - - -*Jarrehoe*, _subs._ (Wellington).—A man-servant. _Cf._ GYP and - SCOUT. - - -*Jericho*, _subs._ (Oxford).—A low quarter of Oxford. - - -*Jesuit*, _subs._ (Cambridge).—A graduate or undergraduate of - Jesus College. - - 1771. SMOLLETT, _Humphrey Clinker_, To Sir W. Phillips, April 20. - Direct your next to me at Bath; and remember me to all our fellow - JESUITS. - - 1856. HALL, _College Words and Phrases_, p. 270, _s.v._ - - -*Jib*, _subs._ (Dublin).—A first-year’s man. - - 1841. LEVER, _Charles O’Malley_, xiv. There [referring to Trinity - College Freshmen] ... are JIBS, whose names are neither known to the - proctor nor the police-office. - - TO BE JIBBED, _verb. phr._ (Christ’s Hospital).—To be called - over the coals; to get into trouble. A Hertford word, the - London equivalent being TWIGGED. Obsolete. - - -*Jiffs, The* (Christ’s Hospital). _See_ Appendix. - - _c._ 1890. _More Gleanings from_ THE BLUE, 92. North is the “Hall - playground” (I use the terrene names); south, the “Library”; east, the - “Ditch”; and west, the “JIFFS.” - - -*Jig*, _subs._ (Winchester).—A clever man: fifty years ago it - meant a swindler. The word has now the meanings (1) a low - joke, (2) a swindle, (3) an object of sport. - - 1600. HEYWOOD, 2 _Edward IV._, i. 1. There domineering with his - drunken crew Makes JIGS of us. - - 1620. COTGRAVE, _Dictionarie_, s.v. FARCE ... the JYG at the end of an - enterlude, wherein some pretie knaverie is acted. - - 1652. STAPYLTON, _Herodion_ (quoted in _Notions_). Devising with his - mates to find a JIGG, That he thereby might make himself a king. - - -*Jimmy.* ALL JIMMY, _adv. phr._ (Cambridge).—All nonsense. - [_Cf._ JEMMY-BURTY (Cambridge) = an _ignis fatuus_.] - - -*Jink*, _subs._ (Durham).—A dodge: at football. - - -*Jockey*, _subs._ (Winchester).—(1) To supplant; (2) to - appropriate; (3) to engage: _e.g._ “He JOCKEYED me UP to - books”; “Who has JOCKEYED my baker”; “This court is - JOCKEYED.” Probably an extended use of the word borrowed - from turf slang. JOCKEY NOT = the Commoner cry claiming - exemption, answering to “feign” at other schools: of which - the College “finge” seems a translation. The opposite of - JOCKEY UP = to LOSE DOWN.—_Notions._ - - 1881. _Felstedian_, Nov. p. 75, “A Day’s Fagging at Winchester.” Here - let me observe that only the præfects have separate basins to wash in; - the juniors use the two stone conduits. As there are seven who are not - præfects, there is rather a rush for them, so I JOCKEY (_i.e._ secure) - one for the “candlekeeper” by turning on some water and putting his - sponge into it. - - -*John* (Westminster).—_See_ COLLEGE JOHN. - - -*Johnian*, _subs._ (Cambridge).—A student of St. John’s College: - also JOHNIAN PIG or HOG—_see_ HOG. Also as _adj._: _e.g._ - JOHNIAN blazer, JOHNIAN melody, &c. - - 1785. GROSE, _Vulg. Tongue_, s.v. HOG ... JOHNIAN HOGS, an appellation - given to the members of St. John’s College, Cambridge. - - 1829. PRAED, _Poems_, “The Vicar.” Sit in the Vicar’s seat: you’ll - hear The doctrine of a gentle JOHNIAN. - - 1841. _Westminster Review_, xxxv. 236. The JOHNIANS are always known - as pigs. They put up a new organ the other day which was immediately - christened “Baconi Novum Organum.” - - -*Joram*, _subs._ (Winchester).—A tin beer-can, used in - Commoners; a quart pot. [Var. dial. = a large dish or jug.] - In College a BOB (_q.v._) was used. - - -*Jordan* (Eton).—_See_ PLAYING-FIELDS. - - -*Jossop*, _subs._ (general).—Syrup; juice; gravy; sauce. - - -*Jubilee*, _subs._ (Winchester: obsolete).—A pleasant time: - _e.g._ The town was all in a JUBILEE of feasts.—_Dryden._ - - 1772. G. A. STEVENS, _Songs Comic and Satyrical_, p. 192. Day by day, - and night by night, Joyful JUBILEES we keep. - - _c._ 1840. MANSFIELD, _School-Life at Winchester_ (1866), 216. - _Jubilee_—Any time when there was nothing to do, either in the way of - lessons or fagging. - - -*June* (Eton).—_See_ FOURTH OF JUNE. - - -*Jungle*, The (Stonyhurst: obsolete).—The Seminary wood. - - 1889. _Stonyhurst Mag._, iii. 347. The welcome shade of what was - facetiously called THE JUNGLE. - - -*Junior*, _subs._ (Winchester).—All Inferiors except the seven - CANDLEKEEPERS (_q.v._) and Senior Inferior. - - _Adj._ (Winchester).—Applied to all comparable objects. Of - two neighbouring trees, the bigger is the “senior”: there - are a “senior” and a “JUNIOR” end to a table, a room, &c. - TIGHT JUNIOR = lowest of all. - - 1891. WRENCH, _Winchester Word-Book_, s.v. JUNIOR.... At about the end - of the fifteenth century _senior_ and JUNIOR superseded _major_ and - _minor_, before which the two sets of words seem to have been used - concurrently. - - -*Junior Hall* (Shrewsbury).—_See_ SENIOR HALL. - - -*Junior Soph.* _See_ SOPH. - - -*Junket!* _intj._ (Winchester).—An exclamation of - self-congratulation: _e.g._ “JUNKET” I’ve got a “remi.” - Hence to JUNKET OVER = to exult over. [JUNKETING = a - merry-making.] - - 1630. WADSWORTH [WRENCH]. They made him oft-times go on foot, whilst - they rode about JUNKETTING in his coach. - - _d._ 1745. SWIFT, _Works_. Whatever good bits you can pilfer in the - day, save them to JUNKET with your fellow-servants at night. - - - - - - -*Keelie*, _subs._ (Royal High School, Edin.: obsolete).—A town - boy. Now = “cad.” - - -*Keep.* To KEEP CHAPEL, _verb. phr._ (University).—_See_ quot. - 1852. - - 1850. _Household Words_, ii. p. 161. “As you have failed to make up - your number of chapels the last two weeks,” such were the very words - of the Dean, “you will, if you please, KEEP every CHAPEL till the end - of the term.” - - 1852. BRISTED, _Five Years_, _&c._, 32. The undergraduate is expected - to go to chapel eight times, or, in academic parlance, to KEEP eight - CHAPELS a week. - - TO KEEP CAVE, _verb. phr._ (Eton).—To watch and give warning - on a tutor’s approach. - - 1883. BRINSLEY RICHARDS, _Seven Years at Eton_, ch. iv. Another had to - mount guard in the passage, or on the staircase, TO KEEP _cave_. - - -*Kick.* TO KICK OVER, _verb. phr._ (Winchester).—To kick a ball - up in the air, when it is rolling along, or lying on the - ground: considered very bad play.—MANSFIELD (_c._ 1840). - _Ibid._, 217. KICK-IN.—In a game at football the bounds on - each side were kept by a line of Juniors, whose duty it was - to KICK the ball IN again whenever it passed outside the - line. _See_ KICKING-IN. - - -*Kicking-in*, _subs._ (Winchester).—_See_ quot., and KICK. - - _c._ 1840. MANSFIELD, _School-Life at Winchester College_, p. 138. But - football wasn’t all beer and skittles to the Fags. There was an - institution called KICKING-IN, which, while it lasted, was much worse - than “watching out” at cricket, although it had the very great merit - of not continuing so long; for, even on a whole holiday, we seldom had - more than two hours of it. - - -*Kick-off*, _subs._ (Winchester).—Taking the football in hand - and kicking it into the air: this was done after each SCHITT - (_q.v._), GOWNER (_q.v._), or GOAL (_q.v._) by the losing - side, and whenever a ball that had been kicked up in the air - had been caught by one of the other side.—MANSFIELD (_c._ - 1840). - - -*Kid*, _subs._ 1. (Winchester).—Cheese. - - 2. (The Leys).—A boy under fifteen. Hence KID-SIXES = - football for KIDS—six a side. - - -*Kill*, _verb_ (Winchester).—To hurt badly. - - 1800. EDGEWORTH, _Castle Rackrent_, “Glossary.” This word [KILL] ... - means not killed, but much hurt. In Ireland, not only cowards but the - brave “die many times before their death.” There “killing is no - murder.” - - 1836. MARRYAT, _Japhet_, iii. Sure enough it cured me, but wasn’t I - quite KILT before I was cured. - - -*Kill-me-quick*, _subs._ (The Leys).—A tuck-shop cake. - - -*King Edward’s, Birm.*—A curious custom exists here of inherited - nicknames: _e.g._ Years ago a boy named Pearson was - nicknamed “Jelly”; every Pearson, though unrelated to the - other, for many years afterwards was nicknamed “Jelly.” A - trio of brothers have been successively named “Tiddley,” - others “Topsy,” and “Bowie.” An elder brother was called - “Pussy,” and his younger brother “Kitten.” - - -*Kings*, TO GET KINGS, _verb. phr._ (Eton).—To obtain a - scholarship at King’s Coll., Cambridge. _See_ RIPPING. - - -*Kingsman*, _subs._ (Cambridge).—A member of King’s College. - - 1852. BRISTED, _Five Years_, 127. He came out the winner, with the - KINGSMAN, and one of our three. - - -*Kip*, _verb_ (Royal High School, Edin.).—To play truant. Common - throughout Scotland. [Possibly from “skip.”] - - -*Kish*, _subs._ (Marlborough).—A cushion: in ordinary use - doubled up under the arm for carrying school books, as well - as for sitting on in Form or Hall. As _verb_ = to use a - cushion as a weapon of offence. _See_ COMPOUND-KISH. - - -*Kittle-nine-steps*, _subs. phr._ (Royal High School, Edin.: - obsolete).—A pass on the very brink of the Castle rock, to - the north, by which it is just possible for a goat or a High - School boy to turn the corner of the building where it rises - from the edge of the precipice. _See_ HELL-AND-NECK-BOY. - - -*Klondyke*, _subs._ (The Leys).—A cross-country run to St. - Botolph’s. - - -*Knave*, _subs._ (Christ’s Hospital).—A dunce: at Hertford, a - KNACK. - - -*Knock.* TO KNOCK IN, _verb. phr._ (Oxford).—1. To return to - College after GATE is closed. - - 1825. _English Spy_, i. 155. “Close the oak, Jem,” said Horace - Eglantine, “and take care no one KNOCKS IN before we have knocked down - the contents of your master’s musical _mélange_.” - - 1837. BARHAM, _Ingoldsby Legends_, p. 464 [ed. 1862]. That same - afternoon Father Dick, who as soon Would KNOCK IN or “cut chapel,” as - jump o’er the moon, Was missing at vespers—at complines—all night! And - his monks were of course in a deuce of a fright. - - 1853. CUTHBERT BEDE, _Verdant Green_, I. xi. At first, too, he was on - such occasions greatly alarmed at finding the gates of Brazenface - closed, obliging him thereby to KNOCK IN. - - 1861. HUGHES, _Tom Brown at Oxford_, p. 458 [ed. 1864]. There’s twelve - striking. I must KNOCK IN. Good night. You’ll be round to breakfast at - nine? - - 2. TO KNOCK OUT, _verb. phr._ (Oxford).—To leave college - after hours: of out of college men only. _See_ KNOCK IN. - - 1861. H. KINGSLEY, _Ravenshoe_, vii. Five out-college men had KNOCKED - OUT at a quarter to three, refusing to give any name but the dean’s. - - 1861. HUGHES, _Tom Brown at Oxford_, xlv. p. 503 [ed. 1864]. “Hullo!” - he said, getting up; “time for me to KNOCK OUT, or old Copas will be - in bed.” - - 3. TO KNOCK UP, _verb. phr._ (Christ’s Hospital).—To gain a - place in class: _e.g._ I KNOCKED UP, and “I KNOCKED Jones - UP.” The Hertford equivalent is OX UP (_q.v._). Both forms - are now obsolete. - - -*Knuckle.* TO KNUCKLE DOWN, _verb. phr._ (Winchester).—To kneel. - - 1748. DYCHE, _Dict._ (5th ed.). KNUCKLE-DOWN (_verb_) to stoop, bend, - yield, comply with, or submit to. - - - - - - -*Labyrinth* (The), _subs._ (Stonyhurst: obsolete).—A part of the - Garden. - - -*Lag*, _subs._ (Harrow).—The last. The “lag of the school,” the - last boy in BILL-order (_q.v._) in the school. - - 1881. PASCOE, _Every-day Life in our Public Schools_. Every morning - the LAG junior prepares and brings to hall the list. - - -*Lage*, _subs._ (University: obsolete).—To wash. [_Cf._ the old - cant term _lagge_ = a bundle of clothes for washing.] - - -*Lamb’s-tails*, _subs._ (The Leys).—A cake sold at the - tuck-shop. - - -*Landies*, _subs._ (Winchester: obsolete).—Gaiters. [From - tradespeople—Landy and Currell—who supplied them.] - - -*Land of Promises*, _subs. phr._ (University).—_See_ quot. - - 1823. GROSE, _Vulg. Tongue_, s.v. LAND OF PROMISES. The fair - expectation cherished by a steady novice at Oxford. - - -*Land of Sheepishness*, _subs. phr._ (old University).—_See_ - quot. - - 1823. GROSE, _Vulg. Tongue_, s.v. LAND OF SHEEPISHNESS. Schoolboy’s - bondage. - - -*Largitate*, _subs._ (The Leys).—Apple-pie. [From the College - grace.] - - -*Lash*, _verb_ (Christ’s Hospital).—To envy. Generally in - imperative as a taunt. - - 1890. _The Blue_, Oct., “The Queen in the City.” Our lips LASH on - learning that the “general bill of fare” contained 200 tureens of - turtle, 200 bottles of sherbot (what is this?), 50 boiled turkeys, and - oysters. - - -*Late-play*, _subs._ (Westminster).—A half-holiday or holiday - beginning at noon. _See_ EARLY PLAY. - - -*Launch*, _verb_ (general).—_See_ quots. - - _c._ 1840. MANSFIELD, _School-Life at Winchester_ (1866), 218. - LAUNCH—To drag a boy out of bed, mattress, bed-clothes, and all. - - 1865. G. J. BERKELEY, _My Life_, &c., i. 129. I had [at Sandhurst - about 1815] to undergo the usual torments of being LAUNCHED, that is, - having my bed reversed while I was asleep; of being thrown on the - floor on my face, with the mattress on my back, and all my friends or - foes dancing on my prostrate body. - - -*Lawful Time*, _subs._ (Winchester).—Recess; playtime. - - -*Leave*, _subs._ (general).—Leave of absence from school; a - holiday. - - -*Leaving-money*, _subs._ (Eton). _See_ quot. - - 1865. _Etoniana_, p. 70. The restrictions [_temp._ Eliz.] by which the - masters were forbidden to take any fees (even from oppidans) was - probably evaded, almost from the first, by the system then universal - in all transactions of giving presents, under which heading the sons - of wealthy parents soon began to pay pretty highly for their - education. Traces of this arrangement remain in the custom still - prevailing—not at all to the credit of the school—of presenting a sum - as LEAVING-MONEY to the head-master and the private tutor. At what - time assistant-masters were first appointed does not appear; but they - were no doubt paid, up to a comparatively late date, entirely from - such fees as the parents of those under their tuition chose to give - them. - - -*Lecker*, _subs._ 1. (Oxford).—A lecture. - - 2. (Harrow).—The electric light. - - -*Legion of Honour*, _subs._ (Cambridge).—The last twelve in the - mathematical TRIPOS (_q.v._). - - 1785. GROSE, _Vulg. Tongue_, s.v. PLUCK.... These unfortunate fellows - are designated by many opprobrious appellations, such as the Twelve - Apostles, the LEGION OF HONOUR, Wise Men of the East, &c. - - -*Lemonade*, _subs._ (Stonyhurst).—A day of high festival, coming - twice a year, at Shrove-tide and at Easter. - - -*Lemon Peel Fight*, _subs. phr._ (Charterhouse: obsolete).—_See_ - quot. - - 1900. TOD, _Charterhouse_, 80. On Shrove-Tuesday, according to a - custom dating from 1850 or probably earlier, every boy used to receive - half a lemon with his pancake at dinner. This he reserved to use as a - missile in the fight which was to take place directly afterwards. At - Old Charterhouse, gownboys used to stand against the rest of the - school, and the fight consisted in each side pelting the other with - the half lemons. It lasted for fifteen or twenty minutes, and was - begun and ended by a house bell being rung. During these twenty - minutes a good many bruises and black eyes could be received, for - combatants fought at quite close quarters; and unpopular monitors were - sometimes badly damaged. At New Charterhouse the sides were at first - Old Charterhouse _v._ New. In 1877 they were changed again to - Out-houses _v._ The Rest. This was the last fight. Grave abuses had - crept in. The lemons were no longer simple lemons, but a sort of - bomb-shell, loaded with pebbles or ink, and several boys were badly - hurt. So the Sixth Form in 1878 “totally abolished LEMON PEEL as a - barbarous and obsolete practice.” It required a strong Sixth Form to - do this, for the fight was popular, and their action is one of the - best things that the school has done for itself. Its abolition differs - from the abolition of fighting; the latter became obsolete through the - action of public opinion; LEMON PEEL was abolished by an ukase almost - in defiance of public opinion. - - -*Lent Suppers.* _See_ PUBLIC-SUPPING. - - -*Let.* TO LET IN, _verb. phr._ (Oxford).—To associate with. - - 1861. HUGHES, _Tom Brown at Oxford_, i. He has also been good enough - to recommend to me many tradesmen, ... but, with the highest respect - for friend Perkins (my scout) and his obliging friends, I shall make - some inquiries before LETTING IN with any of them. - - -*Let-out*, _subs._ (Tonbridge).—Any less extensive holiday than - a half holiday. - - -*Levite*, _subs._ (Tonbridge).—A boy leaving the school. - - -*Levy*, _subs._ (Rugby).—_See_ quot. - - 1856. HUGHES, _Tom Brown’s School-days_, viii. In fact, the solemn - assembly, a LEVY of the school, had been held, at which the captain of - the school had got up, and, after premising that several instances had - occurred of matters having been reported to the masters; that this was - against public morality and School tradition; that a LEVY of the sixth - had been held on the subject, and they had resolved that the practice - must be stopped at once. - - -*Lib*, _subs._ (Charterhouse).—The Library. Whence LIB. COLL. = - a collection of library books. - - -*Licet*, _adj._ and _adv._ (Winchester).—Allowed; permissible; - befitting a Wykehamist. - - -*Lick.* TO LICK OFF THE FIELD, _verb. phr._ (Harrow).—To get - five BASES (_q.v._) before the other side scores one, in a - FOOTER (_q.v._) House-match: this closes the game. - - -*Lie.* TO LIE IN, _verb. phr._ (Royal Military Academy).—To keep - one’s room when supposed to be out on leave. - - -*Lincoln Devil* (The), _subs._ (Oxford).—A curious gilded - deformed image (copied from a figure in Lincoln Cathedral) - which decorates the bows of the Lincoln boat. Replicas are - honoured by, and found in the rooms of, most Lincoln men. - - -*Lines*, _subs._ (general).—The usual punishment—the copying out - of so many lines of Greek or Latin. Hence TO BE PUT ON LINES - (Harrow) = to have to show up so many lines each half-hour - for a certain number of half-holidays, for being late for - chapel, &c. - - -*Links*, _subs._ (Loretto).—A short run or walk before - breakfast: about half a mile. [Formerly always across - Musselburgh Links: now there are various LINKS according to - circumstances.] - - -*Lion*, _subs._ (old University).—_See_ quot. - - 1785. GROSE, _Vulg. Tongue_, s.v. LION.... Also the name given by the - gownsmen of Oxford to inhabitants or visitors. - - -*Lions, The* (Stonyhurst).—The two pillars in front of the - College. - - -*Little Figures*, _subs._ (Stonyhurst: obsolete).—The old name - for the class of ELEMENTS (_q.v._). - - 1895. _Stonyhurst Magazine_, v. p. 519. I was sent to Stonyhurst, when - I was put into the class of LITTLE FIGURES. - - -*Little Figuricians*, _subs. phr._ (Stonyhurst).—_See_ LITTLE - FIGURES. - - -*Little-go*, _subs._ (University).—The public examination which - students at the English Universities have to pass in the - second year of residence: also called the “previous - examination” (as preceding the final one for a degree), and, - at Oxford, SMALLS (_q.v._). - - 1841. THACKERAY, _King of Brentford’s Testament_, 86, 7. At college, - though not fast, Yet his LITTLE-GO and great-go He creditably pass’d. - - 1849. THACKERAY, _Pendennis_, iii. A tutor, don’t you see, old boy? - He’s coaching me, and some other men, for the LITTLE-GO. - - 1853. BRADLEY, _Verdant Green_, vii. “Oh,” said Mr. Charles Larkyns, - “they give you no end of trouble at these places; and they require the - vaccination certificate before you go in for your responsions—the - LITTLE-GO, you know.” - - -*Little Man*, _subs._ (Eton).—_See_ quot., and Appendix. - - 1866-72. _Sketchy Memoirs of Eton_, p. 16. He called the footman (or - LITTLE MAN ...) and bade him reach down the obnoxious placard. - - -*Little Refectory*, _subs._ (Stonyhurst: obsolete).—A room in - the old College, sometimes used as a refectory for smaller - boys. - - -*Little-side*, _subs._ (Rugby).—A term applied to all games - organised between houses only. _See_ BIG-SIDE. - - 1856. HUGHES, _Tom Brown’s School-days_, vii. In all the games too he - joined with all his heart, and soon became well versed in all the - mysteries of football, by continual practice at the School-house - LITTLE-SIDE, which played daily. - - -*Lob*, _subs._ (Winchester).—A “yorker”; never, as in ordinary - cricket phraseology, an underhand delivery. - - -*Lobster*, _intj._ (general).—A signal of a master’s approach. - - _Verb_ (Winchester).—To cry. [_Lowster_ or _louster_ (South) - = to make a clumsy rattling noise.] - - -*Lockback*, _subs._ (Winchester).—A Holiday or REMEDY (_q.v._), - on which, from bad weather or any other cause, the boys did - not go on to HILLS (_q.v._), but remained on the school side - of Seventh Chamber Passage Gate.—MANSFIELD (_c._ 1840). - - -*Lockees*, _subs._ (Westminster).—Lockhouse. - - -*Lockites* (Charterhouse).—_See_ OUT-HOUSES. - - -*Locks and Keys*, _intj._ (Winchester).—_See_ PEALS. - - -*Lock-up*, _subs._ (Harrow).—Locking up—the time by which all - have to be in their Houses for the night; the hour varies - with the season, from 5.30 P.M. to 8.30 P.M. - - -*Log*, _subs._ (general).—The last boy of his “form” or “house.” - - -*Logie*, _subs._ (Winchester).—Sewage. - - -*Log-pond*, _subs._ (Winchester).—A sewer. - - -*London-cricket*, _subs._ (Stonyhurst).—The modern game: to - distinguish it from STONYHURST-CRICKET (_q.v._). - - -*Long.* THE LONG (University).—The summer vacation. - - 1852. BRISTED, _Five Years in an English University_, p. 37. For a - month or six weeks in THE LONG they rambled off to see the sights of - Paris. - - 1863. READE, _Hard Cash_, i. 17. “I hope I shall not be [‘ploughed for - smalls’] to vex you and puss ...” “... Puss? that is me [sister - Julia]. How dare he? Did I not forbid all these nicknames and all this - Oxfordish, by proclamation, last LONG.” “Last LONG?” [remonstrates - mamma]. “Hem! last protracted vacation.” - - THE LONGS, _subs._ (Oxford).—The latrines at Brasenose. - [Built by Lady Long.] - - -*Long-box*, _subs._ (Winchester).—A deal box for holding bats, - stumps, balls, &c.—MANSFIELD (_c._ 1840). - - -*Long Chamber*, _subs._ (Eton).—_See_ quot. Long Chamber still - exists, but in a very different condition. - - 1890. _Great Public Schools_, 14. To Francis Hodgson, who was elected - Provost in 1840, is primarily due the vast improvement in the - condition of the scholars, or collegers, which was effected in the - course of the next few years.... LONG CHAMBER, a dormitory containing - no less than fifty-two beds, notorious for its filth and discomfort, - was considerably curtailed, and separate rooms were provided for - forty-nine boys by the erection of a new wing. - - -*Long-dispar*, _subs._ (Winchester).—_See_ quot. - - _c._ 1840. MANSFIELD, _School-Life_, 84. There were six of these - [DISPARS (_q.v._) or portions] to a shoulder, and eight to a leg of - mutton, the other joints being divided in like proportion. All these - “dispars” had different names; the thick slice out of the centre of - the leg was called a “middle cut,” ... the ribs “Racks,” the loin LONG - DISPARS. - - -*Long-fork*, _subs._ (Winchester).—_See_ quot. - - _c._ 1840. MANSFIELD, _School-Life_, 80. We had not proper toasting - forks, but pieces of stick called LONG FORKS. - - -*Long-glass*, _subs._ (Eton).—_See_ quot. - - 1883. *Brinsley Richards*, _Seven Years at Eton_, 321. A glass nearly - a yard long, shaped like the horn of a stage-coach guard, and with a - hollow globe instead of a foot. It held a quart of beer, and the - ceremony of drinking out of it constituted an initiation into the - higher circle of Etonian swelldom. There was LONG-GLASS drinking once - or twice a week during the summer half. The _invités_ attended in an - upper room of Tap after two, and each before the long glass was handed - to him had a napkin tied round his neck. It was considered a grand - thing to drain the glass without removing it from the lips, and - without spilling any of its contents. This was difficult, because when - the contents of the tubular portion of the glass had been sucked down, - the beer in the globe would remain for a moment as if congealed there: - then if the drinker tilted the glass up a little, and shook it, the - motionless beer would give a gurgle and come with a sudden rush all - over his face. There was a way of holding the long glass at a certain - angle by which catastrophes were avoided. Some boys could toss off - their quart of ale in quite superior style, and I may as well remark - that these clever fellows could do little else. - - -*Long-grass*, _subs._ (Winchester).—All MEADS (_q.v._) except - the paths and TURF (_q.v._). - - -*Long-meads*, _subs._ 1. (Winchester).—A field between - SICK-HOUSE (_q.v._) and COMMONERS (_q.v._): now thrown into - MEADS (_q.v._). - - 2. (Winchester).—“The time after dinner on summer evenings, - when we went on to UNDERHILLS.”—MANSFIELD (_c._ 1840). - - -*Long-paper*, _subs._ (Winchester).—Foolscap. - - -*Long Quarter*, _subs._ (Charterhouse).—One of the school terms: - now the shortest of the three, which are LONG, SUMMER, and - ORATION QUARTER. The SUMMER is colloquially known as - CRICKET-QUARTER, and the oration has been abolished. - - -*Long Room, The* (Stonyhurst).—The Museum. [From its shape.] - - -*Long Wallyford*, _subs._ (Loretto).—The usual run on a wet - short school day: about five miles. _See_ WALLYFORD and - FASIDE. - - -*Lord’s* (Winchester and Harrow).—_See_ Appendix. - - -*Lorettonian*, _subs._ (Loretto).—Frequently applied to boys who - wear even fewer clothes than usual at Loretto; or who - delight in violating the conventions of the outside world in - sensible ways. - - -*Lose.* TO LOSE DOWN (Winchester).—_See_ JOCKEY. - - -*Loss.* FAIN LOSS, _intj._ (Felsted).—The formula by which a - claim was made to a vacant seat. An obsolete equivalent was - FAIN LO; also NO LOSS. _See_ FAIN. - - -*Lounge*, _subs._ (Eton and Cambridge).—A treat; a chief meal. - _See_ Appendix. - - 1864. _The Press_, Nov. 12. By the way, we miss the Etonian word - LOUNGE, for which there is classic authority. “I don’t care for - dinner,” said Harry Coningsby at his grandfather’s table; “breakfast - is my LOUNGE.” - - -*Lout*, _subs._ (Rugby).—Any one of the poorer classes: not - necessarily an awkward, lubberly individual. - - 1856. HUGHES, _Tom Brown’s School-days_, v. “Hullo tho’,” says East, - pulling up, and taking another look at Tom, “this’ll never do—haven’t - you got a hat?—we never wear caps here. Only the LOUTS wear caps. - Bless you, if you were to go into the quadrangle with that thing on, - I——don’t know what’d happen.” - - -*Lower Club* (Eton).—_See_ PLAYING-FIELDS. - - -*Lower Line*, _subs._ (Stonyhurst).—The four lowest classes. - - 1890. _Felstedian_, Feb., p. 2. Well, Johnson _ma_, happening to meet - Tompkins _mi_ just before first Prep, &c. - - -*Low-man*, _subs._ (Cambridge).—A Junior Optimé as compared to a - Senior Optimé or a Wrangler. - - -*Luff*, _verb_ (Derby).—To hit out; to slog: as at cricket. - - -*Lush*, _subs._ (Eton).—A dainty. - - -*Lux*, _subs._ (Christ’s Hospital).—A good thing; a splendid - thing: _e.g._ My knife is wooston a LUX. A Hertford word [? - luxury]. Obsolete. - - -*Luxer*, _subs._ (Winchester: obsolete).—A handsome fellow. - - - - - - -*Mad*, _adj._ (Winchester).—Angry; vexed. [Old English, now - dial. in England, but universal in America. “Originally - severely injured” (SKEAT). “Enraged, furious” (JOHNSON).] - - 1369. CHAUCER, _Troilus_ [SKEAT, 1894], line 479. Ne made him thus in - armes for to MADDE. - - 1593. SHAKSPEARE, _Titus And._, iii. 1. 104. Had I but seen thy - picture in this plight, It would have MADDED me. _Ibid._, iii. 1. 223. - If the winds rage doth not the sea wax MAD. - - 1596. JONSON, _Every Man in His Humour_, iv. 1. You’d MAD the - patient’st body in the world. - - 1607. MIDDLETON, _Your Five Gallants_ [DE VERE]. They are MAD; she - graced me with one private minute above their fortunes. - - 1611. _Acts_ xxvi. 11 [Authorised Version].—And being exceeding MAD - against them, I persecuted them even unto strange cities. - - 1667. PEPYS, _Diary_, iv. 482 [BICKERS, 1875]. The king is MAD at her - entertaining Jermin, and she is MAD at Jermin’s going to marry from - her, so they are all MAD; and so the kingdom is governed. - - 1816. PICKERING, _Collection of Words, &c._, s.v. MAD, in the sense of - “angry,” is considered as a low word in this country, and at the - present day is never used except in very familiar conversation. - - 1824. R. B. PEAKE, _Americans Abroad_, i. 1. I guess—I’m MADDED, but - I’ll bite in my breath a bit—not that I’m sitch a tarnation fool as to - believe all you tell me. - - 1848. RUXTON, _Life in the Far West_, p. 167. That nation is MAD. - - 1871. _New Era_, April [DE VERE]. The Squire’s MAD riz. - - 1891. N. GOULD, _Double Event_, p. 189. My eye! won’t he be just MAD. - - -*Made-beer*, _subs._ (Winchester).—College swipes bottled with - rice, a few raisins, sugar, and nutmeg to make it “up.” - - -*Magistrand*, _subs._ (Aberdeen).—A student in arts of the last - (the fourth) year. _Cf._ BEJAN. - - -*Make*, _verb_ (Winchester).—1. To appropriate. - - _c._ 1840. MANSFIELD, _School-Life_, 46. In the matter of certain - articles ... supplied by the College, we used to put a liberal - interpretation on the eighth commandment, ... and it was considered - fair to MAKE them if you could. - - 2. To appoint Præfect. - - -*Man*, _subs._ (general).—A student: almost universal in School - phraseology instead of “boy.” - - 1811. _Lex. Bal._, s.v. MAN (Cambridge). Any undergraduate from - fifteen to thirty. As, a MAN of Emanuel—a young member of Emanuel. - - 1853. BRADLEY, _Verdant Green_, iii. The thought that he was going to - be an Oxford MAN fortunately assisted him in the preservation of that - tranquil dignity and careless ease which he considered to be the - necessary adjuncts of the manly character ... and Mr. Verdant Green - was enabled to say “Good-bye” with a firm voice and undimmed - spectacles. - - _See_ WISE MEN OF THE EAST. - - -*Marker*, _subs._ (Cambridge).—A person employed to walk up and - down chapel during a part of the service, pricking off the - names of the students present. - - 1849. _Blackwood’s Mag._, May. His name pricked off upon the MARKER’S - roll, No twinge of conscience racks his easy soul. - - -*Master*, _subs._ (Winchester: obsolete).—A title: of rustics, - bargees, &c. - - -*Match*, _subs._ (Stonyhurst).—A division in which the boys - play: e.g. “I’m in the third MATCH.” “This is the second - MATCH ground.” “He’s a first MATCH bowler.” - - -*Math. Ex.*, _subs._ (Charterhouse).—A mathematical exercise. - - -*Mathemat*, _subs._ (Christ’s Hospital).—_See_ quots. - - 1895. Gleanings from _The Blue_, 1870-95, 77. It is true that the - MATHEMAT does take the labours of his hands to the Queen, and is proud - to do so; but it is a pity that the reputation of the school should - depend upon such ceremonies as these. [_See_ Appendix.] - - 1900. _Pall Mall Gaz._, 20th Mar., 3. 2. One of the things that strike - a stranger is the metal plate upon some shoulders, so it may be as - well to say here that it merely marks the members of the Mathematical - School, which trains boys for the sea, and interested Mr. Samuel - Pepys. - - -*Mathy*, _subs._ (Manchester Grammar).—Mathematics. - - -*Matron’s-gift*, _subs._ (Christ’s Hospital).—_See_ quot. - - _c._ 1844. _Reminiscences of Christ’s Hospital_ [Blue, Aug. 1874]. - Once annually the boys were served at supper with what was called the - “MATRON’S GIFT,”—cream cheese; but they never could appreciate this - luxury. It was in vain that the good old matron, with a sister the - very counterpart of herself, walked round the different tables, - expatiating in glowing terms upon the merits of this “beautiful - cheese,” as she called it, and wondering how any one could fail to - have a liking for this luxurious gift. - - -*May*, _subs._ (Cambridge).—Easter Term examinations, &c. - - 1852. BRISTED, _Five Years, &c._, 70. As the _MAY_ approached I began - to feel nervous. - - 1891. _Harry Fludyer at Cambridge_, 104. I suppose you know the Mater - and the girls are coming up here for the MAY week. It’s called the MAY - week, but we always have it early in June now. I believe, some years - ago, it really used to be in May. - - 1896. _Felstedian_, June, 95, “Cambridge Letter.” The MAYS were rowed - under very favourable conditions, and produced some grand struggles. - - -*Meads*, _subs._ (Winchester).—The College cricket ground. - WATER-MEADS = the valley of the Itchen. - - -*Medes and Persians*, _subs. phr._ (Winchester).—Jumping on a - MAN (_q.v._) when in bed. - - -*Melon*, _subs._ (Royal Military Academy).—A new cadet. - - -*Men.* _See_ WISE MEN OF THE EAST. - - -*Mesopotamia*, _subs._ 1. (Oxford).—_See_ quot. - - 1886. _Pall Mall Gazette_, 23rd June, p. 13. Every Oxford man has - known and loved the beauties of the walk called MESOPOTAMIA. - - 2. (Eton).—_See_ PLAYING-FIELDS. - - -*Mess*, _subs._ (Winchester).—_See_ quot. - - _c._ 1840. MANSFIELD, _School-Life at Winchester_ (1866), 219. - MESS—The Præfects’ tables in Hall were called “Tub, Middle, and Junior - MESS” respectively. The boys who dined at each were also so named. Any - number of boys who habitually breakfasted together were so called with - some distinguishing prefix, such as “Deputy’s MESS.” In Chambers tea - was called MESS; as was also the remains of a joint of meat. Lest the - reader should make a “MESS” of all these different meanings, I will - give a sentence in which they shall all figure: “Look there, Junior - MESS has sat down at Tub MESS, but as they will find nothing left but - a MESS, they had better go down to Chambers, as MESS is ready.” - - -*Middle-briars*, _subs._ (Charterhouse).—A recess in the middle - of cloisters where Eleven meetings used to be held; now a - place in cloisters where names are carved: becoming - obsolete. - - -*Middle-cut*, _subs._ (Winchester).—_See_ quot., and DISPAR. - - _c._ 1840. MANSFIELD, _School-Life_, p. 84. There were ... eight - [portions] to a leg of mutton; ... the thick slice out of the centre - of the leg was called a MIDDLE CUT. - - -*Middle Fire* (Westminster).—_See_ UPPER FIRE. - - -*Middle-green* (Charterhouse).—The new cricket-ground used by - “The Maniacs.” - - -*Middle-mess*, _subs._ (Winchester).—_See_ MESS. - - -*Middle Part the Fifth*, _subs. phr._ (Winchester).—Generally - called MIDDLE PART. _See_ BOOKS. - - -*Middle-week*, _subs._ (Rugby).—A half-holiday on every third - Monday. [MODERN RUGS (_q.v._) say “because it was never the - middle of anything.”] - - -*Milk-hole*, _subs._ (Winchester).—The hole formed by the ROUSH - (_q.v._) under POT (_q.v._). - - -*Miller* (Harrow).—“The Milling Ground”: between the school-yard - and SQUASH (_q.v._) courts. Here all fights had to be - conducted in public. The practice is extinct, and the ground - is now used as a Morris-tube range. - - -*Minister*, _subs._ (Stonyhurst).—The superior responsible for - the _matériel_: as food, servants, &c. - - -*Minor*, _subs._ (Eton).—A younger brother. Also MI. - - 1864. _Eton School-days_, vii. “Let my MINOR pass, you fellows!” - exclaimed Horsham. - - 1890. _Felstedian_, Feb., p. 2. I was born in the month of Tompkins - MI. - - -*Mitre*, _subs._ (University).—A hat. _See_ TUFTS. - - -*Moab*, _subs._ 1. (University: obsolete).—A hat; specifically, - the turban-shaped hat fashionable among ladies 1858-9. [From - the Scripture phrase, “MOAB is my wash-pot” (Ps. lx. 8).] - - 1864. _Reader_, Oct. 22. MOAB, a ... hat.... University it is all - over. We feel sure we know the undergraduate who coined the - expression; he is now a solemn don delivering lectures in Cambridge. - - 1884. _Graphic_, 20th Sept., p. 307-2. The third, with his varnished - boots, his stiff brown MOAB of the newest fashion, his well-displayed - shirt-cuffs. - - 2. (Winchester).—_See_ quot. - - _c._ 1840. MANSFIELD, _School-Life_, 190. On the west side of school - court, a spacious room, nicknamed MOAB, has been erected, with - numerous marble basins, and an unlimited supply of fresh water. - - 1865. _Etoniana_, 21. Like Wykeham’s scholars, the Eton boys rose - [_temp._ Eliz.] at five, said their Latin prayers antiphonally while - dressing, then made their own beds and swept out their chambers. Two - by two they then “went down” to wash, probably at some outdoor conduit - or fountain like the old Winchester MOAB. - - 1867. COLLINS, _The Public Schools_, p. 45. Independent of very early - hours and somewhat coarse fare, it was not pleasant to have to wash at - the old MOAB, as it was called—an open conduit in the quadrangle, - where it was necessary, on a severe winter morning, for a junior to - melt the ice on the stop-cock with a lighted faggot before any water - could be got to flow at all. - - -*Mob*. TO MOB UP, _verb. phr._ (Charterhouse).—To hustle; TO - BARGE (_q.v._); TO BRICK (_q.v._). - - -*Mods*, _subs._ (Oxford).—The first public examination for - degrees. [An abbreviation of “Moderations.”] - - 1887. _Chambers’s Journal_, 14th May, 310. MODS cannot be attempted - until the end of one year from matriculation, and need not be tackled - until the expiration of two. - - -*Monarch*, _subs._ (Eton).—The ten-oared boat. - - -*Money and Direction Rolls*, _intj._ (Winchester).—_See_ PEALS. - - -*Monitor*, _subs._ 1. (Stonyhurst).—One of the chief members of - the Higher Line SODALITY (_q.v._), responsible for the - behaviour of the other boys in Church and Chapel. - - 2. (general).—A senior scholar entrusted with the - supervision of school work and pastimes. _See_ PRÆFECT. - - -*Monkey.* _See_ FRESH-HERRING, and Appendix. - - -*Monos*, _subs._ (Westminster).—A junior detailed for duty - during regular school hours, who remains on guard at - the door of the college, as a sentinel, to see that no - suspicious characters find their way in. This functionary is - known as MONOS [i.e. _Monitor ostii_].... An officer of the - same kind ... at Winchester ... bore a similar name, - OSTIARIUS (_q.v._).—COLLINS. - - -*Mons*, _subs._ (Winchester).—A crowd. Also as _verb_: _e.g._ - “Square round there, don’t MONS.” - - -*Montem*, _subs._ (Eton).—An Eton custom up to 1847, which - consisted in the scholars going in procession on the - Whit-Tuesday of every third year to a mound (Lat. _ad - montem_) near the Bath Road, and exacting a gratuity from - persons present or passing by. The collection was given to - the captain or senior scholar, and helped to defray his - expenses at the University. _See_ SALT, and _Sloane MS._ - 4839, f. 85. - - 1890. BREWER, _Phrase and Fable_, s.v. SALT-HILL. The mound at Eton - [near the Bath Road], where the Eton scholars used to collect money - from the visitors on Montem day. The mound is still called _Salt - Hill_, and the money given was called _salt_. The word salt is similar - to the Latin _sala’rium_ (salary), the pay given to Roman soldiers and - civil officers. _Ibid._ _Montem_.... Sometimes as much as £1000 was - thus collected. - - -*Morning-hills*, _subs._ (Winchester).—_See_ quot. - - _c._ 1840. Mansfield, _School-Life_, 52. On holidays and Remedies we - were turned out for a couple of hours on to St. Catherine’s Hill ... - once before breakfast (MORNING HILLS), and again in the afternoon - (MIDDLE HILLS). - - -*Mortar-board* (or *Mortar*), _subs._ (general).—The - trencher-cap worn at certain Public Schools and at the - Universities. - - 1600. KEMP, _Nine Days’ Wonder_, “Ded. Ep.” So that methinkes I could - flye to Rome ... with a MORTER on my head. - - _d._ 1635. Bishop CORBET to T. Coryate. No more shall man with MORTAR - on his head Set forward towards Rome. - - 1647. FLETCHER, _Fair Maid of the Inn_, v. 2. He ... may now travel to - Rome with a MORTAR on’s head. - - 1857. CUTHBERT BEDE, _Verdant Green_, pt. II. ch. iii. “I don’t mind - this ’ere MORTAR-BOARD, sir,” remarked the professor of the noble art - of self-defence, as he pointed to the academical cap which surmounted - his head. - - 1864. _Fun_, 21st May, p. 96. Anon I saw a gentle youth (no “_sub - fusc_” undergrad.). “_Toga virilis_” he had none, no MORTAR-BOARD he - had. - - 1881. PASCOE, _Every-day Life_, 147. On admission ... a boy provides - himself with a MORTAR or college-cap. - - 1898. _Stonyhurst Mag._, Dec., p. 149, “Life at Oxford.” The wearing - of a cap and gown is another novelty for freshmen. At first one is apt - to feel very foolish under a “MORTAR-BOARD” and in the folds of the - academic gown, particularly in the miserable garb assigned to - commoners (_i.e._ undergraduates without scholarships). - - -*Mouse-digger*, _subs._ (Winchester).—_See_ quot. - - _c._ 1840. MANSFIELD, _School-Life_, 150. Plying the MOUSE-DIGGER (a - kind of diminutive pick-axe) in search of mice. - - -*Mud-student*, _subs._ (general).—A student at the Agricultural - College, Cirencester. - - 1856. _Notes and Queries_, 2 S., ii. 198. A young friend of mine ... a - MUD-STUDENT. - - -*Muff*, _verb_ (Eton).—To fail in an examination; TO BE SPUN - (_q.v._) or PLUCKED (_q.v._); TO SKIP A COG (_q.v._). - - 1884. JULIAN STURGIS, in _Longmans’ Mag._, iii. 617. Freddy and Tommy - and Dicky have all MUFFED for the army. It’s really dreadful! - - TO MUFF A CATCH, _verb. phr._ (Stonyhurst).—To catch a ball - against the chest, or in any way not clean with both hands. - In cricket, as played at Stonyhurst, such a catch did not - put the batsman out: obsolete. - - -*Mug*, _verb_ (Winchester and Sherborne).—(1) To study; to - work hard: _e.g._ I MUGGED all the morning, and shall - thoke (Winchester) this afternoon. (2) To take pains; to - beautify: _e.g._ “He has MUGGED his study, and made it - quite cud.” [_Cf._ _mug_ = to paint the face or “make - up.”] Hence MUGSTER = a hard-working student. _See_ -STER - and BAT-MUGGER. - - _c._ 1840. MANSFIELD, _School-Life_, 122. The præfects would ... set - to work MUGGING. - - 1881. _Felstedian_, Nov., p. 74. I remember that the senior præfect is - going to get up to MUG early before chapel. - - 1890. G. ALLEN, _The Tents of Shem_, xxiv. “Miss Knyvett,” and he - paused with his brush upturned, “you’re a sight too clever for me to - talk to.” “Not clever,” Iris corrected; “only well read. I’ve MUGGED - it up out of books, that’s all.” _Ibid._, ii. Instead of reading her - “Odyssey” and her “Lucretius,” and MUGGING up amusing works on conic - sections. - - -*Muse*, _subs._ (Charterhouse).—The Museum. - - -*Mustard-and-Pepper Keeper*, _subs. phr._ (Winchester).—An - appointment in the gift of Præfect of Hall, which exempted - the holder from WATCHING-OUT (_q.v._) at cricket, or - KICKING-IN (_q.v._) at football.—MANSFIELD (_c._ 1840). - Obsolete. - - -*Muttoner*, _subs._ (Winchester: obsolete).—A blow on the - knuckles from a cricket-ball while holding the bat. - - -*Muzz*, _verb_ (Westminster).—To read. - - - - - - -*Nail*, _subs._ (Winchester).—_See_ quot., and BIBLING. - - _c._ 1840. MANSFIELD, _School-Life at Winchester_ (1866), 221. To - stand up under the NAIL—the punishment inflicted on a boy detected in - a lie; he was ordered to stand up on Junior Row, just under the centre - sconce, during the whole of school time. At the close of it he - received a Bibler. - - _Verb._ To impress for any kind of fagging; to detect. - - -*Name.* TO ORDER ONE’S NAME, _verb. phr._ (Winchester: - obsolete).—_See_ quots. - - _c._ 1840. MANSFIELD, _School-Life at Winchester_, 223. ORDER YOUR - NAME. An order given to a delinquent by the Head or Second Master, - which was carried out by the boy requesting the Ostiarius to do so, - the consequence of which was, that at the end of school that officer - presented to the Master the victim’s name on a Roll, who forthwith - received a Scrubbing. When the words to the Bible-clerk were added, - the business was confided to that officer, who, with the Ostiarius, - officiated at the subsequent ceremony, which in this case was called a - Bibler. - - 1878. ADAMS, _Wykehamica_, xxiii. 429. ORDER YOUR NAME, the direction - given to an offender by any of the authorities. The boy so directed, - if he was in College, or if the order was given in school, had to go - to the Ostiarius—or to the Præfect in course, if the offence was - committed in Commoners—and give information of the order, and the - reason why it had been given. The Ostiarius, or the Præfect in course, - wrote down the culprit’s name, together with that of the Master, and - the offence, and carried it up to the Head or Second Master, when due - execution was done. - - -*Native* (pron. _nahtive_), _subs._ (The Leys).—Originally a - “crib”: now of varied signification. TO NATIVE A FOOTBALL = - to be tricky with it; as _adj._ = clever: also NATIVEY. - - -*Nescio.* TO SPORT A NESCIO (old University).—_See_ quot. - - 1823. GROSE, _Vulg. Tongue_ [EGAN], s.v. NESCIO. HE SPORTS A NESCIO; - he pretends not to understand anything. After the senate-house - examination for degrees, the students proceed to the schools to be - questioned by the proctor. According to custom immemorial the answers - must be NESCIO. The following is a translated specimen: _Q._ What is - your name? _A._ I do not know. _Q._ What is the name of this - University? _A._ I do not know. _Q._ Who was your father? _A._ I do - not know. - - -*Nestor*, _subs._ (Winchester).—An undersized boy. - - _c._ 1840. MANSFIELD, _School-Life at Winchester_ (1866), 221. - NESTOR—Any boy who was past eighteen, or was old for his position in - the school, or who was known to be much older than he looked. - - -*New-bug*, _subs._ (general).—A new boy. - - -*New Guinea*, _subs._ (Oxford: obsolete).—_See_ quot. - - 1823. GROSE, _Vulg. Tongue_ [EGAN], s.v. NEW GUINEA. First possession - of income. - - -*News*, _subs._ (The Leys).—One division of the “School House,” - with three dormitories—“Upper News,” “Under News,” “Further - News.” _See_ OLDS. - - -*New Settlements*, _subs._ (Oxford: obsolete).—_See_ quot. - - 1823. GROSE, _Vulg. Tongue_ [EGAN], s.v. NEW SETTLEMENTS. Final - reckonings. - - -*Newy*, _subs._ (Winchester).—The CAD (_q.v._) paid to look - after the canvas tent in COMMONER (_q.v._) field. - - -*Nezzar*, _subs._ (Durham: obsolete).—A young lady. - - -*Nick*, _verb_ (Durham).—To pray. - - -*Nicks*, _intj._ (Manchester Grammar).—Cave! Look out! [Said - also to be common in Manchester as a warning of the approach - of the police.] _See_ Appendix. - - -*Niff*, _verb_ (Derby).—To smell. - - -*Nig*, _subs._ (Christ’s Hospital).—A dodge. Obsolete. - - -*Nigshious*, _adj._ (Christ’s Hospital).—Ingenious: _e.g._ “a - NIGSHIOUS dodge.” Obsolete. - - -*Nihil-ad-rem*, _adj._ (Winchester).—Vague; unconscious. _Ex._ - “He sported NIHIL-AD-REM ducks.” - - -*Nine Steps.* _See_ KITTLE-NINE-STEPS. - - -*Nipper*, _subs._ (Loretto).—Originally a boy of the lowest - Form: since there has been a preparatory House the term is - applied to all the boys there. - - -*Nipperkin*, _subs._ (Winchester: obsolete).—A stone jug used - for serving beer in College between meals. Tea has long been - substituted for beer. - - _c._ 1696. B. E., _Dict. Cant. Crew_, s.v. NIPPERKIN. Half a pint of - Wine, and but half a Quartern of Brandy, strong waters, &c. - - 1698-1700. WARD, _Lond. Spy_, II. (1706), i. 31. By that time we had - sipp’d off our NIPPERKIN of my Grannums _Aqua Mirabilis_. - - 1719. DURFEY, _Pills to Purge_.... Song, Quart-pot, pint-pot, - NIPPERKEN, &c. - - 1785. GROSE, _Vulg. Tongue_, s.v. - - 1832. _Noctes Ambrosianæ_, Sept. William III., who only snoozed over a - NIPPERKIN of Schiedam with a few Dutch favourites. - - 1882. J. ASHTON, _Social Life in Reign of Q. Anne_, i. 197. [Beer] was - of different qualities, from the “penny NIPPERKIN of Molassas Ale” to - “a pint of Ale cost me five-pence.” - - 1883. TROLLOPE, _What I Remember_. It was the duty of the bedmakers to - carry every evening into each chamber a huge NIPPERKIN of beer. - - -*Nob*, subs. (Oxford: obsolete).—The Fellow of a College. - [Probably the original application of the colloquial usage = - a person of rank or position; from “nobility.” _Cf._ MOB, - from _mobile vulgus_.] - - 1825. _English Spy_, i. 136. “We must find you some more tractable - personage; some good-humoured NOB.” - - -*Noggs*, _subs._ (Harrow).—A hereditary name for Custos’ - assistant. [From Dickens: the first owner’s name was - Newman—hence NOGGS.] - - -*Nomenclature* (Harrow).—_See_ UPPER SCHOOL. - - -*Non-attached* (or *Non-collegiate*), _adj._ (Oxford).—Most of - the students belong to a college or hall, but in 1868 what - was at first known as the “NON-ATTACHED,” and is now - designated the “NON-COLLEGIATE” system, was established. The - system, a revival of one that prevailed in ancient times, is - under the control of a body termed the Delegacy, the chief - officer being named the Censor. Efficient provision is made - for tuition, but its members live in their own lodgings in - the city, and are thus able to suit their own pockets. - Supervision is retained over the lodging-houses in a - sanitary and other points of view, from the fact that they - have to be licensed by the University authorities. - - -*Non-licet*, _adj._ and _adv._ (Winchester).—Illegal; - unbefitting a Wykehamist. _Ex._ “Don’t sport NON-LICET - notions.” - - -*Nonsense*, _subs._ (Eton).—A small division of the Third Form. - Now abolished. - - -*Northwick* (The),_ subs._ (Harrow).—The Northwick rifle: given - by Lord Northwick for the best aggregate of seven shoots - during the season. - - -*Noter*, _subs._ (Harrow).—A note-book. - - -*Notion*, _subs._ (Winchester).—A word, phrase, or usage - peculiar to Winchester College. - - -*Novi*, _subs._ (Tonbridge).—A new boy. - - -*Nurse*, _subs._ (Christ’s Hospital).—A matron. - - _c._ 1800. “Christ’s Hospital Seventy-five Years Ago” (_Blue_, Nov., - 1875). The NURSES were permitted to flog and punish the boys as they - thought proper, and some of the NURSES were cruel women. One poor - fellow in my ward was labouring under a bodily infirmity. The brute of - a nurse used constantly to flog him with nettles, fresh-gathered from - time to time for the purpose, declaring they had the virtue of - strengthening his bodily frame, &c.! [_See_ Appendix.] - - -*Nursery* (The), _subs._ (King Edward’s, Birm.).—A gallery at - one end of Big School, in which the lowest two classes are - taught. - - - - - - -*Oak*, _subs._ (University).—An outer door. TO SPORT ONE’S OAK = - to be “not at home,” indicated by closing the outer door. - - 1785. GROSE, _Vulg. Tongue_, s.v. - - 1840. _The Collegian’s Guide_, 119. In college each set of rooms is - provided with an OAK or outer door, with a spring lock, of which the - master has one key, and the servant another. - - 1853. BRADLEY (“Cuthbert Bede”), _Verdant Green_, iv. This is the - HOAK, this ’ere outer door is, sir, which the gentlemen sports, that - is to say, shuts, sir, when they’re a-readin’. _Ibid._, viii. Mr. - Verdant Green had, for the first time, SPORTED HIS OAK. - - 1861. HUGHES, _Tom Brown at Oxford_, vii. One evening he found himself - as usual at Hardy’s door about eight o’clock. The OAK was open, but he - got no answer when he knocked at the inner door. - - 1891. _Harry Fludyer at Cambridge_, 55. He tried to keep them out, but - they broke in his OAK, stripped him, tied him up in his table-cloth, - and left him on the grass plot where the porter found him. - - -*Ob*, _subs._ (Winchester).—A contraction of _obit_. - - -*Obeum* (The), _subs._ (Cambridge).—A water-closet building at - King’s College. [Attributed by the undergraduates to the - energy of O[scar] B[rowning].] - - -*Off-bat*, _subs._ (Winchester: obsolete).—“Point”: at cricket. - - _c._ 1840. MANSFIELD, _School-Life at Winchester_, 222. OFF BAT, the - station of one of the field in a cricket match, called by the outer - world “Point.” - - -*Officer*, _subs._ (Winchester).—A College Præfect when in - office: as the Præfect of Hall, Chapel, School, or Library. - - -*-oi*, _inseparable suffix_ (Tonbridge).—Indicative of - complaisant disdain: e.g. TO DO THE BLEED-OI (_see_ BLEED) = - to swagger; to appear to be distinguishing oneself. - - -*Oiler*, _subs._ (University).—A cad. - - -*Oips*, _subs._ (Haileybury).—Boys who are not good enough for - the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, or Below Bigside Elevens play in the - OIPS. [An abbreviation of _Hoi polloi_.] - - -*Old Cars*, _subs._ (Charterhouse).—Old Carthusians: regarded as - a vulgarism. - - -*Old Pig* (The).—_See_ PIG. - - -*Old Schools, The* (Harrow).—The original school building - erected by John Lyon, together with the “Old Speech-room,” - which, however, is of much later date. - - -*Olds*, _subs._ (The Leys).—A division of the “School House,” - three dormitories—“Upper Olds,” “Under Olds,” and “Under - Under.” _See_ NEWS. - - -*On*, _adv._ and _intj._ (Winchester: obsolete).—The word to - start given by the Præfect of Hall when the School went in - procession to Hills, Cathedral, &c. Also as in quot. _See_ - Appendix. - - _c._ 1840. MANSFIELD, _School-Life_, 222. When any person or thing of - importance was known to be likely to meet the boys when on Hills, the - word was passed that he, she, or it was ON—_e.g._ Ridsworth ON, snobs - ON, badger ON, &c. - - 1878. ADAMS, _Wykehamica_, xxiii. - - -*On-and-Off*, _subs._ (Tonbridge).—Lemonade. - - 1894. _Tonbridgian_, No. 330, 919. The scene is one of the wildest - disorder. The writhing mass, in their efforts to obtain the desired - article, tread on each other’s toes, spill the “OFF AND ON” down one - another’s garments, and knock each other about with their elbows. - - 1899. _Public School Mag._, Dec., p. 444. “ON AND OFF” signifies home - lemonade, and is so called because of the tap from which it flows. - - -*Ones*, _subs._ (Harrow).—A competition at football, one player - a side: organised by Mr. Bowen. The play is for five - minutes, the ground measures 40 yards by 30 yards, and the - BASES (_q.v._) 8 feet. - - -*Oppidan*, _subs._ (Eton).—A boy who boards in the town, as - distinguished from a King’s Scholar. - - 1865. _Etoniana_, 31. The Latin-English term OPPIDAN was applied to - these independent scholars at least as early as Fuller’s days. - Speaking of the College, he says, “There be many OPPIDANES there - maintained at the cost of their friends.” - - 1899. _Public School Mag._, Nov., p. 367. If there is any need for a - test match between college and the OPPIDANS, we should suggest that - they should play the winning house in the House match, and hope to - beat it. - - -*Optime*, _subs._ (Cambridge).—The name given to the second - class in the first portion of the public examination for - honours, called the Mathematical Tripos, those placed in the - first class being known as WRANGLERS (_q.v._), and those in - the third class as Junior Optimes. - - -*Oration Quarter*, _subs._ (Charterhouse).—_See_ LONG QUARTER. - - -*Oratorio*, _subs._ (Sherborne).—The large choir, as - distinguished from the chapel choir. - - -*Order*, _subs._ (general).—Written permission from a tutor to - make purchases: as from tailor, &c. _See_ NAME. - - -*Orders*, _subs._ (Durham: obsolete).—A Head-master’s promise to - add a day or two to the holidays: sometimes obtained, so - tradition says, by barricading Big School against him. - - -*Ostiar*, _subs._ (Sherborne: obsolete).—The Præfect on duty at - the Big School door: seventeenth century. - - -*Ostiarius*, _subs._ (Winchester: obsolete).—_See_ quots. - - _c._ 1840. MANSFIELD, _School-Life at Winchester_, 223. OSTIARIUS, an - office held by the Præfects in succession. The duties were, to keep - order in school, collect the Vulguses, and prevent the boys from - shirking out. It is also the official title for the Second Master. - - 1865. _Etoniana_, 133. A peculiarity in the arrangements at Eton is, - that the school is practically divided into two. The division seems to - have been in force from the very earliest times—the three lower forms - having been then, as now, under the charge of the OSTIARIUS, or, as he - is now called, the lower master, who has the appointment of his own - provost-assistants, and is practically independent of the head-master, - and subject only to the control of the provost. - - 1866. _Wykehamist_, No. 1, Oct. We know of nothing more which calls - for notice, except the revival by Dr. Moberly of the OSTIARIUS—an - office which had been discontinued for many years, but was revived by - the Head-master on account of the great increase in the number of the - school. - - 1878. ADAMS, _Wykehamica_, xxiii. 429. OSTIARIUS, the Præfect in - charge of school. - - -*Othello.* _See_ ROUND. - - -*Outer*, _subs._ (Durham).—A cad; a “bounder.” - - -*Out-houses* (Charterhouse).—All the boarding-houses except - Sanderites, Verites, and Gownboys. The names of the - eight OUT-HOUSES are Girdlestonites, Lockites, Weekites, - Hodgsonites, Bodeites, Daviesites, Pageites, and Robinites - (the last a contraction of Robinsonites). Except Bodeites, - each house bears the name of its first master. One house, - Uskites—from a supposed similarity of the surroundings to - the valley of the Usk—disappeared in 1878. - - -*Out-match*, _subs._ (Stonyhurst).—A match played against a - visiting team. - - -*Over-school*, _subs._ (Rugby).—A kind of common sitting-room - in the “new” building of 1755. The boys’ boxes were kept - there, and ASH-PLANTING (_q.v._) inflicted. The present - school-house hall was built on the site. - - -*Overtoys-box.* _See_ TOYS. - - -*Ovid* (Harrow).—_See_ UPPER SCHOOL. - - -*Owl*, _subs._ (Cambridge: obsolete).—A member of Sidney Sussex - College. - - - - - - -*Packing-up*, _intj._ (Winchester).—_See_ PEALS. - - -*Pad*, _subs._ (King Edward’s, Birm.).—Writing-paper: _e.g._ “a - sheet of PAD”; “lend me some PAD.” [The paper for exercises - is generally in the form of writing-pads, from which a sheet - may be separated as wanted.] - - -*Pageites* (Charterhouse).—_See_ OUT-HOUSES. - - -*Palmer*, _subs._ (Durham: obsolete).—A sly fellow. - - -*Pancake.* TOSSING THE PANCAKE, _verb. phr._ - (Westminster).—_See_ quot. - - 1867. COLLINS, _The Public Schools_, 171. The old Shrove-Tuesday - custom of TOSSING THE PANCAKE, though now peculiar to Westminster, is - said to have been also formerly in use at Eton. The ceremony as at - present performed is this. The cook, preceded by the verger, enters - the large school, in full official costume, with the hot cake in the - pan. He tosses it—or tries to toss it, for it is no easy feat—over the - iron bar, which has been already mentioned as having once held a - curtain screening off the upper school from the lower. If he succeeds - he claims a fee of two guineas. There is a scramble among the boys, - who stand on the other side of the bar, for the PANCAKE, and if any - boy can secure it whole, which seldom happens, he carries it up to the - dean, who presents him with a sovereign. They also claim a right to - “book” the performer (_i.e._ hurl a shower of books at him) if he - fails more than once. This right was liberally exercised in 1865, when - the wrath of the school had culminated owing to repeated failures in - that and the previous year. The exasperated cook replied to the attack - with his only available missile—the frying-pan—and a serious row was - the consequence. The battle is celebrated in a clever mock-heroic - poem, in Greek Homeric verse, attributed to a high Westminster - authority. - - -*Pandie*, _subs._ (Royal High School, Edin.: obsolete).—A stroke - from the leather strap known as the TAWSE (_q.v._), used in - Scotland instead of the cane; a PAUMIE (_q.v._). [From the - order given in Latin, _Pande manum_. _See_ _Redgauntlet_.] - - -*Pantile*, _subs._ (general).—A flat cake covered with jam. - - -*Panupetaston*, _subs._ (University: obsolete).—A loose overcoat - with wide sleeves. - - -*Paradise*, _subs._ 1. (Oxford).—A grove of trees outside St. - John’s College. - - 2. (Rugby).—A room in the old school (built in 1755) on the - site of which the school-house hall now stands. [From its - pleasant look-out.] - - -*Part.* _See_ BOOKS. - - -*Party Roll*, _subs._ (Winchester).—A list of boys going home - together. _See_ PEALS. - - -*Passy*, _adj._ (Christ’s Hospital).—Severe: of a master. [That - is, “passionate.”—BLANCH.] _See_ Appendix. - - 1844. _Reminis. of Christ’s Hospital_ [_The Blue_, Aug. 1874]. Rightly - or wrongly, it was the general opinion in our time that punishment in - school depended less upon the correctness with which the lessons were - said, than upon the temper of the particular master. Frequently and - anxiously the question was asked, “Is he PASSY this morning?” and the - arrival of a new master created immense excitement. Our first queries - were invariably of his manners and temper—matters of far more - importance to us than any question as to his ability. - - -*Patrol*, _subs._ (Dulwich).—Keeping order in Form rooms between - morning and afternoon school: a duty of school Præfects. - - -*Paul’s-pigeons*, _subs._ (common).—The scholars of St. Paul’s - School. - - -*Pawmie*, _subs._ (Royal High School, Edin.: obsolete).—A stroke - on the hand from the leather strap known as the TAWSE - (_q.v._), used in Scotland instead of the cane: also PANDIE - (_q.v._). [_Paum_ = palm of the hand.] - - -*Pavvy, The* (Harrow).—The pavilion on the cricket-ground. - - -*Pax*, _subs._ (Winchester).—A chum; an intimate friend. [_Cf._ - Scots _pack_ = intimate, familiar.] - - 1891. WRENCH, _Word-Book_, 30. Possibly the plural of “pack,” which - word has an extended use in reference to friendship ... as _adj._, - _subs._, and _verb_. This seems a more likely origin than the PAX of - the Church. - - _Intj._ An injunction to desist or to silence—“Be quiet!” - “Hands off!” Also HAVE PAX! [Almost the pure Latin use of - the word.] - - -*P. D.*, _subs._ (Dulwich).—Punishment drill: in Junior School. - - -*Peal*, _subs._ (Winchester: obsolete).—A custom in Commoners of - singing out comments on Præfects at the beginning of - CLOISTER-TIME (_q.v._). Also cheers given on the last three - Sundays of the Half for articles of dress, &c., connected - with going home, such as “Gomer Hats,” “Party Rolls,” &c.... - “The ringing of Chapel bells is also divided into PEALS.” - [HALLIWELL.—PEALS = a noise or uproar. _Cf._ Mid. Eng. - _apel_ = an old term in hunting music, consisting of three - long moots.] - - _c._ 1840. MANSFIELD, _School-Life at Winchester College_, p. 62. The - junior in chamber had a hard time of it; ... while endeavouring to get - through his multifarious duties, he had to keep a sharp ear on the - performance of the chapel bell, and to call out accordingly, “first - PEAL!” “second _PEAL_!” “bells down!” - - 1867. COLLINS, _The Public Schools_, p. 22. The scholars at this time - were expected to rise at the sound of “first PEAL” at five o’clock, - and were recommended to say privately a short Latin selection from the - Psalms as soon as they were dressed. _Ibid._ They then swept out their - chambers and made their beds (consisting in those days of nothing - better than bundles of straw with a coverlet), and SECOND PEAL at - half-past five summoned them to chapel. - - 1881. _Felstedian_, Nov., p. 75, “A Day’s Fagging at Winchester.” At - 6.30, I had to get back to call everybody again; and again at 6.40 - (five minutes to second PEAL); at 6.45 (“second PEAL”) when the chapel - bell started and kept on till seven. When the bell stops I wait at the - door and call out “præfect of chapel going in”—_i.e._ the præfect of - the week who calls names; then “præfect of chapel in” when he reaches - the door. - - 1900. _St. James’s Gazette_, Mar. 15, “Arnoldiana.”—He [Matthew - Arnold] was the victim of public expression of disapproval—in - connection, Mr. Arnold thinks, with the lively ceremony known as - CLOISTER PEALINGS, when he was placed at the end of the great school, - and, amid howls and jeers, pelted with a rain of “pontos” for some - time. [CLOISTER pealings is here incorrectly used: _see_ STICKING-UP.] - - -*Pec*, _subs._ (Eton: obsolete).—Money. [Lat. _pecunia_.] - - -*Pempe*, _subs._ (Winchester).—An imaginary object in search of - which a new-comer is sent: the equivalent of “pigeon’s - milk,” or the “squad-umbrella.” [From πεμπε μω̂ρον προτερον - = “Send the fool farther.”] - - -*Penance-table*, _subs._ (Stonyhurst).—A table in the refectory - at which a boy is condemned to sit alone for bad behaviour - during meals. Tradition says, with some authority, that the - present PENANCE-TABLE is the one on which Cromwell slept - when he spent a night at Stonyhurst. It is hence also called - “Cromwell’s Table.” - - -*Penance-walk*, _subs._ (Stonyhurst).—A path in the playground - where malefactors are condemned to tramp in silence during - recreation time. The form of the order given is: “Take an - hour’s PENANCE,” or “Go on PENANCE.” - - -*Pensioner*, _subs._ (Cambridge).—One who pays a “pensio” or - rent for rooms in College. At Oxford a COMMONER (_q.v._). - - 1780. MANSEL [WHIBLEY, _Cap and Gown_]. A Cambridge Commencement’s the - time When gentlemen come for degrees And with wild-looking cousins and - wives Through a smart mob of PENSIONERS squeeze. - - -*Pepper*, _verb_ (University).—To mark the accents of a Greek - exercise. - - -*Pepper-box*, _subs._ (Eton).—_See_ Appendix. - - -*Percher*, _subs._ (Winchester).—A Latin cross marked - horizontally against the name of an absentee. - - _c._ 1840. MANSFIELD, _School-Life at Winchester_ (1866), 225. - PERCHER—A mark (────┼──) put after a boy’s name on a Roll, which - showed that he had been absent from Chapel or Hills without leave; or - that he had not done his Verse or Prose Task, or Vulgus. It was also - often put by a Master in the margin of gags, or a Verse or Prose Task, - to indicate gross errors. - - -*Pets*, _subs._ (Charterhouse).—A set (says TOD) of young - ruffians in Under Long Room whom the editor of _The Verite - Chronicle_ (_see_ VERITE) was constrained from self-interest - to place on the free list. Only eight numbers appeared. - - -*Petties*, _subs._ (Harrow).—According to the Founder’s - regulations, the lowest class—“which have not learned their - accidence, or entered into the English rules of grammar.” - - -*Phædras* (Harrow).—_See_ UPPER SCHOOL. - - -*Phil*, _subs._ (Harrow).—The Philathletic Club. It consists of - members of the school elected for merit in athletics, the - first ten monitors being _ex officio_. - - -*Philosophers*, _subs._ (Stonyhurst).—The body of students above - the ordinary forms. Also PHILS. - - -*Pi*, _adj._ (Winchester).—Virtuous; sanctimonious. _Ex._ “His - pitch-up are very PI.” _See_ Appendix. - - 1891. WRENCH, _Winchester Word-Book_, s.v. PI.... Abbreviation of - “pious.” _Ex._ “He’s very PI now, he mugs all day. He PI-jawed me for - thoking.” - - -*Pie-match*, _subs._ (Rugby).—A match arranged between teams in - one house, or in one form, followed by a supper, subscribed - for by the players, or provided by the masters. - - -*Pig.* _See_ HOG. - - THE OLD PIG, _subs. phr._ (Rugby).—_See_ quot. - - 1856. HUGHES, _Tom Brown’s School-days_, vii. “The OLD PIG came by.” - “The what?” said the doctor. “The Oxford coach, sir,” explained Hall. - “Hah! yes, the Regulator,” said the doctor. - - -*Pigeon-hole*, _subs._ (Winchester).—A small study. - - -*Piggin*, _subs._ (Christ’s Hospital).—_See_ quot. - - 1798. “Christ’s Hospital Three Quarters of a Century Ago” [_Chelmsford - Chronicle_ (1875), Ap. 16]. Beer we had certainly served out in wooden - vessels of an extraordinary shape, called PIGGINS; about six of them - for four boys to drink out of, but such beer! The PIGGINS were seldom - replenished, for we could not drink it. - - -*Pig-market* (The), _subs._ (Oxford).—A corridor leading to the - Divinity School: properly the Proscholium. [Said to have - been so used in the latter part of the reign of Henry VIII.] - - 1837. INGRAM, _Memorials of Oxford_.... The schools built by Abbot - Hokenorton being inadequate to the increasing wants of the University, - they applied to the Abbot of Reading for stone to rebuild them; and in - the year 1532 it appears that considerable sums of money were expended - on them; but they went to decay in the latter part of the reign of - Henry VIII. and during the whole reign of Edward VI. The change of - religion having occasioned a suspension of the usual exercises and - scholastic acts in the University, in the year 1540 only two of these - schools were used by determiners, and within two years after none at - all. The whole area between these schools and the divinity school was - subsequently converted into a garden and PIG-MARKET; and the schools - themselves, being completely abandoned by the masters and scholars, - were used by glovers and laundresses. - - 1853. BRADLEY, _Verdant Green_, iv. Our hero proceeded with his father - along the High Street, and turned round by St. Mary’s, and so up Cat - Street to the Schools, where they made their way to the classic - PIG-MARKET, to wait the arrival of the Vice-Chancellor. - - -*Pill*, _verb_ (University).—To talk twaddle or platitudes. - - -*Pin*, _verb_ (Stonyhurst: obsolete).—To enjoy: _e.g._ “I PINNED - my innings”; “this is a PINNING book.” - - 1887. _Stonyhurst Mag._, iii. 89. A downright enjoyable PINNABLE game. - - TO PIN A LOZEN, _verb. phr._ (Royal High School, Edin.: - obsolete).—To break a window. [_Lozen_ = a pane of glass.] - - -*Pinch*. TO PINCH IN, _verb. phr._ (Harrow).—_See_ quot. - - 1867. COLLINS, _The Public Schools_, p. 315. Dr. Butler ... abolished, - amongst other old customs, certain rites and ceremonies which were - used in celebrating a boy’s remove from one form to the other in the - lower part of the school. No such promotion was considered complete, - so far as the boys were concerned, until the new member had been duly - “PINCHED IN”—remaining a certain fixed time in the play-room, during - which all the fraternity exercised a right of pinching him, limited - only by the tenderness of their dispositions or the strength of their - fingers. There were generally some adepts in this torture, who knew, - and taught others, the tenderest places and the most artistic mode of - taking hold, and who carried this evil knowledge with them from form - to form, to be practised on a succession of victims. The rites of - initiation were completed by tossing in a blanket in the dormitory, - and a certain number of bumps against the ceiling were required to - make the ceremony valid. - - -*Pintle*, _subs._ (Lancing).—(1) A form of cricket played with a - bat narrowed at both sides, a soft ball, and a stone wicket - in a pit. Also (2) = the bat used in the game. Hence - PINTLE-SLINGER = a fast bowler. - - -*Pitch-up*, _subs._ (Winchester).—One’s home circle; a group; a - crowd; a set of chums. Hence TO PITCH UP WITH = to associate - with. - - -*Place*, _subs._ (Stonyhurst).—A room: generic: as study-PLACE, - shoe-PLACE, tailor’s PLACE, washing-PLACE, Dick’s PLACE, - stranger’s PLACE ( = parlour). - - 1891. JOHN GERARD, S.J., _Stonyhurst College_. This evidently comes - from St. Omers, in which district, we are told, the word is still - employed in the same promiscuous way. - - TO RUN FOR A PLACE, _verb. phr._ (Winchester).—_See_ quot. - - 1881. _Felstedian_, Nov., p. 75, “A Day’s Fagging at Winchester.” My - next duty is what is called “running for a PLACE.” There are (or were) - six cricket pitches on “turf,” and any præfect has a right to one of - these all day (a bad arrangement, which I hope is altered now, as - fellows with no idea of cricket could thus keep much better players - off all day) provided he can get a stick with his name on, stuck in - the ground by his fag—the half-dozen out of the fifteen or twenty fags - running, who get their præfect’s sticks stuck in first, claiming the - place for him. It was the same sort of thing, as if the door from the - “underground” was opened about 6.30, and some twenty fellows rushed - out early in the morning to try and get pitches. - - -*Plain-ruled*, _subs._ (Harrow).—The paper usually used for - exercises, sixteen lines to a page. - - -*Planks* (The), _subs._ (Rugby).—_See_ quot. - - 1856. HUGHES, _Tom Brown’s School-days_, viii. The river Avon at Rugby - is ... a capital river for bathing, as it has many nice small pools - and several good reaches for swimming, all within about a mile of one - another, and at an easy twenty minutes’ walk from the School. This - mile of water is rented, or used to be rented, for bathing purposes by - the Trustees of the School, for the boys. The footpath to Brownsover - crosses the river by THE PLANKS, a curious old single-plank bridge - running for fifty or sixty yards into the flat meadows on each side of - the river—for in the winter there are frequent floods. Above THE - PLANKS were the bathing-places for the smaller boys; SLEATH’S, the - first bathing-place, where all new boys had to begin, until they had - proved to the bathing men (three steady individuals, who were paid to - attend daily through the summer to prevent accidents) that they could - swim pretty decently, when they were allowed to go on to ANSTEY’S, - about one hundred and fifty yards below. Here there was a hole about - six feet deep and twelve feet across, over which the puffing urchins - struggled to the opposite side, and thought no small beer of - themselves for having been out of their depths. Below THE PLANKS came - larger and deeper holes, the first of which was WRATISLAW’S, and the - last SWIFT’S, a famous hole, ten or twelve feet deep in parts, and - thirty yards across, from which there was a fine swimming reach right - down to the Mill. SWIFT’S was reserved for the sixth and fifth forms, - and had a spring-board and two sets of steps; the others had one set - of steps each, and were used indifferently by all the lower boys, - though each house addicted itself more to one hole than to another. - The School-house at this time affected WRATISLAW’S hole, and Tom and - East, who had learnt to swim like fishes, were to be found there as - regular as the clock through the summer, always twice, and often three - times a day. - - -*Plant*, _subs._ (Winchester).—A blow with a football. Also as - _verb_. - - -*Play*, _subs._ (Sherborne: obsolete—otherwise general).—A - holiday, half or whole. - - 1865. _Etoniana_, 115. Eton versification was very good indeed ... - exercises ... from their excellence, were laid before the provost, by - a time-honoured custom, as a claim for the weekly half-holiday called - “PLAY”—a ceremony which some other public schools have borrowed. - - TO BEG A PLAY (Westminster).—_See_ EARLY PLAY and - WESTMINSTER PLAY. - - -*Playing-fields*, _subs._ (Eton).—There are seven separate - grounds—Upper Club, Lower Club, Upper Sixpenny, Sixpenny, - Jordan, Mesopotamia, and the new ground in “Agars Plough.” - - 1890. _Great Public Schools_, 59. Every one knows the PLAYING-FIELDS. - They are the crowning glory, the eye of Eton ... they are always - beautiful. - - -*Pleb*, _subs._ (Westminster).—A tradesman’s son. - - -*Pledge*, _verb_ (Winchester).—To give away: _e.g._ “PLEDGE me” - = “after you”; “PLEDGE you” = “give, pass, or lend me;” - “I’ll PLEDGE it you when I’ve done with it.” - - 1882. SKEAT [WRENCH]. SKEAT says it comes from a Latin _præbium_, - connected with præbere, in which case PLEDGE simply means “give.” - - -*Plodge*, _verb_ (Durham).—To paddle. - - -*Plough* (or *Pluck*), _verb_ (common).—To reject: as in an - examination. - - 1785. GROSE, _Vulg. Tongue_, s.v. PLUCK.... Signifies to deny a degree - to a candidate at one of the universities, on account of - insufficiency. The three first books of Euclid, and as far as - Quadratic Equations in Algebra, will save a man from being PLUCKED. - These unfortunate fellows are designated by many opprobrious - appellations, such as the Twelve Apostles, the Legion of Honour, Wise - Men of the East, &c. - - 1847. C. BRONTË, _Jane Eyre_, x. He went to college and he got - PLUCKED, as I think they call it. - - 1853. BRADLEY, _Verdant Green_, iii. Verdant read up most desperately - for his matriculation, associating that initiatory examination with - the most dismal visions of PLUCKING, and other college tortures. - _Ibid._, xi. Note. When the degrees are conferred, the name of each - person is read out before he is presented to the Vice-Chancellor. The - proctor then walks once up and down the room, so that any person who - objects to the degree being granted may signify the same by pulling or - PLUCKING the proctor’s robes. This has been occasionally done by - tradesmen, in order to obtain payment of their “little bills,” but - such a proceeding is very rare, and the proctor’s promenade is usually - undisturbed. - - 1855. BRISTED, _Eng. Univ._, 258. If a man is PLUCKED—that is, does - not get marks enough to pass—his chance of a Fellowship is done for. - - 1863. READE, _Hard Cash_, Prol. Gooseberry pie ... adds to my chance - of being PLOUGHED for SMALLS. - - 1886. STUBBS, _Mediæval and Mod. Hist._, 386. I trust that I have - never PLUCKED a candidate ... without giving him every opportunity of - setting himself right. - - 1895. POCOCK, _Rules of the Game_, i. I knew one of that lot at - Corpus; in fact, we were crammed by the same tutor for “smalls,” and - both got PLOUGHED. - - -*Pluck*. _See_ PLOUGH. - - -*Plug*, _subs._ (common).—A translation; a CRIB (_q.v._). - - 1853. BRADLEY (“Cuthbert Bede”), _Verdant Green_.... Getting up his - subjects by the aid of those royal roads to knowledge, variously known - as cribs, crams, PLUGS, abstracts, analyses, or epitomes. - - -*Poacher*, _subs._ (Stonyhurst).—At football a player stationed - near an enemy’s goals to trouble his SECOND-GUARDERS - (_q.v._). They are not allowed to go within the - “Second-guarder’s” or POACHING line. - - -*Pœna*, _subs._ (general).—An imposition. - - -*Poet*, _subs._ (Stonyhurst).—See POETRY. - - -*Poetry*, _subs._ (Stonyhurst).—The Fifth Form. [From the former - chief study of the Form: originally THE HUMANITIES. _Cf._ - _Regulæ Professoris Humanitatis_ in the _Ratio Studiorum - Societatis Jesu_.] - - -*Poet’s-walk*, _subs._ (Eton).—A river-walk in the - playing-fields. POET’S-WALK = the tea those playing in Upper - Club have on half-holidays by the river. - - -*Pog*, _subs._ (Felsted).—The face. _See_ Appendix. - - 1895. _Felstedian_, April, p. 44. We won the game by one goal, three - rouges—points to its origin. “POG” may have meant a “melancholy” face - originally, and in time come to denote any Felstedian’s visage, grave - or gay. - - 1897. _Felstedian_, May, p. 87. I ... prayed that he wasn’t going to - drag in “Cheese” or “POG,” or any similar atrocities. - - -*Pojam*, _subs._ (Harrow).—A poem: set as an exercise. - - -*Poker*, _subs._ (Oxford).—A BEDEL (_q.v._) carrying a silver - mace before the Vice-Chancellor. - - 1841. _Rime of the New-Made Baccalere._ Around, around, all, all - around, On seats with velvet lined, Sat Heads of Houses in a row, And - Deans and College Dons below, With a POKER or two behind. - - 1853. BRADLEY (“Cuthbert Bede”), _Verdant Green_, vii. A sort of young - procession—the Vice-Chancellor, with his and Yeoman-bedels. The silver - maces carried by the latter gentlemen, made them by far the most showy - part of the procession.... _Ibid._ Tom is the bell that you hear at - nine each night; the Vice has to see that he is in proper condition, - and, as you have seen, goes out with his POKERS for that purpose. - - 1865. _Cornhill Mag._, Feb., 225. The heads of houses and university - officers attend [St. Mary’s, Oxford] in their robes, and form a - stately procession to and from the church. The Vice-Chancellor is - escorted by his mace-bearers, familiarly called POKERS, to and from - his residence. - - -*Poll*, _subs._ (Cambridge).—The ordinary examination for - the B.A. degree, as distinguished from the “Honours” - examination. Also a student who takes the “Pass” degree - without “Honours.” Hence POLL-DEGREE and POLL-MAN. TO GO - OUT IN THE POLL = to take an ordinary degree. - - 1855. BRISTED, _Eng. Univ._, 62. Several declared that they would GO - OUT IN THE POLL. - - 1884. JAS. PAYN, in _Cornhill_, April, 370. I took my degree, - however—a first-class POLL; which my good folks at home believed to be - an honourable distinction. - - 1889. _Academy_, Mar. 2. It is related of some Cambridge POLL-MAN that - he was once so ill-advised as to desert a private tutor. - - _Verb_ (Christ’s Hospital).—To maltreat; to make impure. - [That is, “pollute.”] - - -*Ponto*, _subs._ (general).—New bread kneaded into a ball. - - 1900. _St. James’s Gazette_, Mar. 15, “Arnoldiana.” He [Matthew - Arnold] was placed at the end of the great school, and, amid howls and - jeers, pelted with a rain of PONTOS for some time. The PONTO, though a - soft missile, being but the inside of a new roll, was probably - sufficient in quantity. - - -*Pony*, _subs._ (general).—A translation; a CRIB (_q.v._)—any - adventitious aid to study. Also as _verb_. - - 1832. _Tour through College_, 30. Their lexicons, PONIES, and - textbooks were strewed round their lamps on the table. - - 1856. HALL, _College Words_, s.v. PONY. So called, it may be, from the - fleetness and ease with which a skilful rider is enabled to pass over - places which to a common plodder may present obstacles. - - -*Poon*, _verb_ (Winchester).—To prop up a piece of furniture - with a wedge under the leg.—WRENCH. - - -*Pop*, _subs._ (Eton).—A club at Eton. Chiefly confined to - OPPIDANS (_q.v._), though COLLEGERS (_q.v._) are sometimes - elected. - - 1865. _Etoniana_, 207. “The Eton Society,” for reading and debates, - has had a longer and more successful existence than the magazines. It - is better known by its sobriquet of “POP,” supposed to be a - contraction of Popina, the rooms where it was held for many years - having been over a cookshop or confectioner’s. It was first instituted - in 1811, when Charles Fox Townshend (who was the elder brother of the - late Marquess, and died young) was the first president, and it has - gone on ever since with considerable popularity and success. The - preparation of the speeches leads to a certain amount of historical - reading for the purpose; but the chief attraction of “POP” lies in its - being a sort of social club, where papers and reviews are taken in; - and, as the numbers are strictly limited (originally twenty-two, since - increased to twenty-eight), to be elected into the society gives a boy - a certain degree of prestige in the school. In summer the debates are - almost nominal, out-door attractions being too strong; but in winter - they sometimes last for several hours, and are kept up with great - spirit. The members are almost exclusively oppidans, this being one of - the points where the jealousy between them and the collegers comes out - very distinctly. A few of the latter are admitted, but only when they - have some special claim to popularity. - - -*Portionist.* _See_ Postmaster. - - -*Poser*, _subs._ (Winchester and Eton).—An examiner: formerly a - bishop’s examining chaplain—at Eton for King’s College, and - at Winchester for New College Scholarships and Exhibitions. - Also APPOSER, OPPOSER, and OPPOSITOR. [_Posen_ = to - examine.—_Prompt. Parv._, 144.] - - 1574. QUEEN ELIZABETH, _Endorsement on Recommendation of Candidates - for College Election_, May 8. To our trustie and welbeloved the - wardens of the new Colledges in Oxford and nere Winchester and other - of them and to the OPPOSITORS and others having interest in the - election of Scollers. - - 1603. BACON, _Discourse_ [1887]. Let his questions not be troublesome, - for that is fit for a POSER. - - 1662. FULLER, _Worthies_, NORFOLK, ii. 462. The University [Cambridge] - ... appointed Doctor Cranmer ... to be POSER-GENERAL of all Candidates - in Divinity. - - 1867. COLLINS, _The Public Schools_, p. 61. The election-day, both for - Winchester and New College, is on the Tuesday next after the 7th of - July (St. Thomas Beckett), when the warden of New College, Oxford, - with two of his fellows, called the POSERS (or at one time - supervisors), arrive at the college, where they are received with a - Latin oration “ad portas” by the senior scholar. - - -*Post*, _subs._ (University).—_See_ quot. - - 1855. BRISTED, _Eng. Univ._, 74. Fifty marks will prevent one from - being POSTED, but there are always two or three too stupid as well as - idle to save their POST. These drones are POSTED separately, as “not - worthy to be classed,” and privately slanged afterwards by the master - and seniors. Should a man be POSTED twice in succession, he is - generally recommended to try the air of some small college, or devote - his energies to some other walk of life. - - _Verb._ 1. (University).—To reject: as in an examination; to - PLUCK (_q.v._); TO PLOUGH (_q.v._). - - 2. (Eton).—To put down for doing badly in COLLECTIONS - (_q.v._), the penalty being either a holiday-PŒNA (_q.v._), - or a SWISHING (_q.v._). - - 3. (University).—To put up a man’s name as not having paid - for food supplied by the College: supplies are then stopped - until the account is settled. - - -*Postmaster*, _subs._ (Oxford).—An Exhibitioner of Merton - College. Also PORTIONIST (_q.v._). - - 1853. BRADLEY (“Cuthbert Bede”), _Verdant Green_, vii. Each college - does its own postal department; and at Merton there are fourteen - POSTMASTERS, for they get no end of letters there. “Oh, yes! I - remember Mr. Larkyns ... telling us that the son of one of his old - friends had been a POSTMASTER of Merton; but I fancied that he had - said it had something to do with a scholarship.” “Ah, you see, it’s a - long while since the governor was here, and his memory fails him,” - remarked Mr. Charles Larkyns, very unfilially. - - 1886. _Oxford Guide_ [S. J. & C.]. The POSTMASTERS anciently performed - the duties of choristers, and their payment for this duty was six - shillings and fourpence per annum. - - -*Post-mortem*, _subs._ (Cambridge).—The examination after - failure. - - 1844. _Puck_, 13. And now tho’ I’ve passed the POST-MORTEM at last. - - -*Post-past*, _subs._ (Stonyhurst: obsolete).—Dessert: at St. - Omers. - - 1882. _Stonyhurst Mag._, i. 112. The dessert called POST-PAST was - always the best sort of apples or pears, and biscuits, or else - walnuts. - - -*Post te*, _phr._ (Charterhouse).—The most useful (says TOD) of - all the old Charterhouse expressions. For example, POST TE - MATH. EX. = “Will you have the kindness to permit me to - glance over your mathematical exercise?” Or one can give a - POST TE of anything; _e.g._ to give a friend a POST TE of a - book is to give him the right of its perusal when you have - done with it. The word is also used in a subtle and - sarcastic sense; _e.g._ POST TE hat or POST TE chum - signifies disapproval of the hat or friend of which or whom - the remark was made. - - -*Pot*, _subs._ (Winchester).—A canal lock. Whence POT-CAD = a - workman at the saw-mills; POT-GATES = lock-gates; POT-HOUSER - = a jump into the canal from the roof of a house called - POT-HOUSE. - - _c._ 1840. MANSFIELD, _School-Life at Winchester_ (1866), 226. POT—A - canal lock; the one just under Hills was generally meant when the word - was used. - - -*Pot-house* (The), _subs._ (Cambridge).—St. Peter’s College: - formerly Peterhouse. - - 1891. _Harry Fludyer at Cambridge_, 85. He asked me what it was.... I - hadn’t a notion, so I made a shot and said “POT-HOUSE.” He said, “I - suppose you mean St. Peter’s College.” - - -*Potted-fug*, _subs._ (Rugby).—Potted-meat. - - -*Præfect.* _See_ PREFECT. - - -*Præpositor*, _subs._ (Sherborne: obsolete).—A School PRÆFECT - (_q.v._): seventeenth century. - - -*Præpostor*, _subs._ (Rugby).—A PRÆFECT (_q.v._). - - 1856. HUGHES, _Tom Brown’s School-days_, v. The master mounted into - the high desk by the door, and one of the PRÆPOSTORS of the week stood - by him on the steps, the other three marching up and down the middle - of the school with their canes, calling out “Silence, silence!”... - Then the PRÆPOSTOR who stands by the master calls out the names, - beginning with the sixth form; and as he calls, each boy answers - “here” to his name, and walks out. - - -*Prayer-book* (Harrow).—_See_ Upper School. - - -*Precipice.* _See_ FRESH-HERRING. - - -*Prefect*, _subs._ (general).—A superior or senior member of a - school superintending in or out of school hours according to - office and school: as in studies, preparation, games, &c. - _See_ quots., PRÆPOSITOR, PRÆPOSTOR, &c. - - _c._ 1840. MANSFIELD, _School-Life at Winchester_ (1866), 226. - PRÆFECTS—The eighteen Senior boys in College, and the twelve senior in - Commoners. The ten senior of those in College were said to be in “Full - power,” and took the office of Bible-Clerk in rotation; they all had - the power of fagging the Juniors, but those not in full power were - supposed not to have the right of fagging on the School side of - Seventh Chamber Passage; practically, however, they always did. One of - the Senior PRÆFECTS was called PRÆFECT of Hall, and was responsible in - a great measure for the conduct of the boys out of school. His duties - and privileges were numerous. There was also a “PRÆFECT of Tub,” who - was supposed to see that the dinner was properly distributed; a - “PRÆFECT of School,” who had the care of that building; and two - “PRÆFECTS of Chapel,” who during alternate weeks called names in - Chapel. There were fees attached to all these offices; and all the - PRÆFECTS had a certain number of boys allotted to them as Pupils, each - of whom paid one guinea each half. - - 1881. _Felstedian_, Nov., p. 75. Here let me observe that only the - PRÆFECTS have separate basins to wash in; the juniors use the two - stone conduits. - - 1891. WRENCH, _Winchester Word-Book_, s.v. PRÆFECTS.... The number of - Præfects was eighteen in College, three to each Chamber ... in - Commoners first eight, with four senior-inferiors, who were like - Præfects in half-power, and later twelve.... The word PRÆPOSTOR was - also used concurrently, it would appear, till the last century, when - it disappeared, except in the formula demanding a remedy, in which it - survives. What the relations of the two words were to each other it is - not easy to determine.... Præpostor occurs in the College Register, - and is still used in asking for Remedies. Both seem, therefore, to be - official words. At Eton Præpostor survives, though they are stated to - have begun with officers bearing other titles. They have also retained - _major_, _minor_, _minimus_, which we have discarded for _senior_, - _secundus_, _junior_. The “Præfect of Tub”—“qui nomen ducit ab - olla”—who presided over meals, and whose perquisites are said to have - been most lucrative—amounting to the value of £80 per annum—and the - “PRÆFECT of Cloisters” are obsolete offices. - - 1900. _MS. Notes_ (Rev. A. GOODIER, Stonyhurst). PRÆFECTS ... These - are four in number. - - -*Prep*, _subs._ 1. (Dulwich).—Evening preparation. _Cf._ BANCO, - TOY-TIME, &c. - - 2. (Felsted).—A place of preparation. - - 1890. _Felstedian_, Feb., p. 2. Johnson _ma_ happened to be in PREP in - good time, so he managed to get in a moment’s conversation with Jones. - - -*Preparatory*, _subs._ (Stonyhurst).—The preparatory Form at - Hodder: originally ABECEDARII. - - -*Pricking Æger.* _See_ ÆGER. - - -*Private-business*, _subs._ (Eton).—Extra work with the tutor. - - -*Privee*, _subs._ (Charterhouse).—A private conversation. _See_ - BOULE. - - -*Privs*, _subs._ (Harrow).—Special privileges in the House: - granted to either Sixth Form or THREE-YEARERS (_q.v._). - These take different forms in different houses. TO FIND - (_q.v._) and to TOLLY-UP are PRIVS: so is the right to wear - a coat that is not regulation school dress after LOCK-UP - (_q.v._). - - -*Pro*, _subs._ (Oxford).—A proproctor, or second in command in - the proctorial police. The two proctors appoint a certain - number of proproctors each. - - 1823. _Hints for Oxford_, 10. They (Freshmen) cap the PRO’S too in the - street, speak to people without being introduced, and are guilty of a - thousand _gaucheries_. - - 1869. W. BRADWOOD, _The O.V.H._, x. The proctor (more strictly a PRO) - backed out of the room with wholesale apologies. - - -*Proctorized*, _adj._ and _adv._ (University).—Stopped by a - proctor and told to call on him. - - 1861. HUGHES, _Tom Brown at Oxford_, i. 12. So gets PROCTORIZED in his - old age. - - 1885. _Punch_, May 16, p. 233. PROCTORISED again last night! Coming - home from jolly wine-party at John’s. - - -*Progger*, _subs._ (University).—A proctor. - - 1898. _Stonyhurst Mag._, Dec., p. 149, “Life at Oxford.” But a - Proctor, or—by the common practice—“PROGGER,” soon teaches the unwary - that the wisest course is to wear it at the stated times, however - objectionable it may be. - - -*Progging*, _subs._ (University).—_See_ PROCTORIZED. - - 1898. _Stonyhurst Mag._, Dec., p. 149, “Life at Oxford.” A “PROGGING” - may form part of another article. At present I have passed all due - bounds. - - -*Proggins*, _subs._ (University).—A proctor. - - -*Promo*, _subs._ (Charterhouse).—Promotion. - - -*Prompter*, _subs._ (Merchant Taylors’).—A member of the Second - Form. - - -*Proof*, _subs._ (Oxford).—The best ale at Magdalen College. - - -*Pros*, _subs._ (Cambridge).—A W.C. - - -*Prose*, _subs._ (Winchester).—A lecture. Also as _verb_. - - -*Prose-task*, _subs._ (Winchester).—A piece of Latin prose - composition, which all the boys had to do once a - week.—MANSFIELD (_c._ 1840). - - -*Provincial’s-day.* _See_ DAY. - - -*Pruff*, _adj._ (Winchester).—Sturdy; insensible to pain. - - 1610. SHAKSPEARE, _Cor._, i. 4. Now put your shields before your - hearts, and fight With hearts more PROOF than shields. - - 1881. PASCOE, _Public Schools_.... But deprive a Wykehamist of words - in constant use, such as “quill,” meaning to curry favour with; PRUFF, - signifying sturdy, or proof against pain; “spree,” upstart, impudent; - “cud,” pretty, and many more, and his vocabulary becomes limited. - - -*Public-supping*, _subs._ (Christ’s Hospital).—_See_ quots. - - 1870. _The Blue_, Mar. It is, we believe, certain that T.R.H. the - Prince and Princess Teck will grace one of the Lent PUBLIC SUPPERS - with their distinguished presence. - - 1900. _Daily Telegraph_, Mar. 16, “London Day by Day.” That quaint and - historic old custom known as the “public supping” of the children was - celebrated last evening at Christ’s Hospital, Newgate Street, in the - presence of the Lord Mayor, Alderman Vaughan Morgan (treasurer of the - school), and other civic and educational dignitaries. - - 1900. _Pall Mall Gazette_, 20th Mar., 3. 2, “A Lenten Supper.” - Attention is directed to this festival this year for two reasons—one, - that it is a very ancient custom; the other, that this is nearly the - last year in which it will be held; for it is clear that when the - school has changed its site, its dress, and certain of its officers - and masters, it will not care to carry on this quaint old ceremony. - And indeed, were the Hospital to hold such revelry at Horsham there - would be few to come as guests, if the name of guest can be assigned - to one who plays a part so passive as that of seeing other people - eat.... The scene of the supping is the Great Hall.... Six hundred - boys and more appear as nothing; they are all seated.... At each table - sits a matron, according to their wards (of which there are fifteen), - and attached to each ward is a matron, who used to be called nurse. - Beside the tables are the monitors, responsible for order—biggish - boys—not “Grecians,” for Grecians do not appear at the Lent suppers, - except to read or pray or sing, having already eaten in their wards. - The first performance, probably, is to light the candles on the - tables; each ward has four candles, and all are lighted at almost the - same moment. The hall is lighted from the roof by gas, so the - candlesticks are little more than ornaments. They are of oak, old, and - well-weighted at the base, and can count their age by centuries.... - Their quaintness is concealed by artificial flowers, which the boys - pay for and the matrons arrange, the result more suggestive of - suburban bonnets than antiquity and quaintness. Ask a boy Why? he will - probably reply that “it always has been done.” Change has come; it - used to be held on Sundays during Lent instead of Thursday as to-day, - and up to absolutely recent years there were six suppers instead of - four. These festivals interfere somewhat with school work, and those - who are officially compelled to attend find sameness, even in a public - supper, in the course of thirty years or so. As the clock strikes - seven there is a rap, the boys stand up, the organ bursts into “God - save the Queen,” and up the hall marches the Lord Mayor, preceded by - the chief beadle of the Hospital, clad in gorgeous raiment and a mace - suggestive of a fish-slice. Behind comes the treasurer of the - Hospital, another alderman, and various governors, each bearing a - green stick to mark his office. These sit in reserved seats at the far - end of the hall, the Lord Mayor in _the_ chair, while on his right - hand by the wall are masters and on his left some “officers.” The - ceremony—a strange mixture of a religious service, a meal, and a - feudal relic—begun with the reading of a passage from the Sermon on - the Mount by a Grecian standing in a pulpit, whence he proceeded to - read special prayers written for the school by Bishop Compton, ending - with the Lord’s Prayer, after which a hymn and “grace” and then the - supper, during which the Lord Mayor, with a select few, made the grand - tour of the hall. Such a supper was soon over, and it was not long - before the boys had gathered up the plates and bowls and cloths and - knives, and then came grace and an anthem well sung by a well-trained - choir. This was followed by the feudal feature in the evening: the - whole school, with the exception of the Grecians, “bows round,” i.e. - the boys walk up two and two, marshalled by two beadles, who stand - near, and drawing near the chair, then bow the head in reverence to an - Authority. Most boys have a “trade,” and in this procession each one - carries a symbol of that “trade.” The matron’s special boy carries a - bonnet-candle in each hand, the knife-boy carries his knife-basket, - and the cloth-boy takes his cloth neatly rolled beneath his wing, - while, last of all, the bread-boy hoists the tall bread-basket - shoulder-high and “bows round” with it, never failing to raise a laugh - as well as a basket. When all have bowed, the boy-marshalling beadles - bow also, and the revels are ended. It is believed that the original - purpose of these suppers was to rouse interest in the outside public - and possibly raise money from their pockets; at all events, collection - boxes used to be placed about the hall on those occasions. - - -*Puddex.* _See_ DEX. - - -*Puke*, _verb_ (Winchester).—To vomit. [A survival.] - - -*Puker*, _subs._ (Shrewsbury).—A good-for-nothing. - - -*Pulling-out*, _subs._ (Charterhouse: obsolete).—PULLING-OUT - took place on Good Fridays. A line was marked from a corner - of green to cloisters. On one side of this line stood the - first and second forms, _i.e._ the Uppers, on the other side - of it the Unders. The Unders had the right of calling on any - unpopular Upper to run the gauntlet between two rows of - Unders from cloister doors to a point near the chapel. They - armed themselves with implements of all kinds, such as - sticks, or stones fastened into stockings, with which to - inflict punishment upon the Uppers. The latter naturally - resisted; hence there were fierce fights and dangerous - rushes. During the PULLING-OUT of 1824, a little fellow - called Howard, a younger son of the Earl of Suffolk, was - entangled in one of these rushes, dragged along the ground - for some distance, with a mass of boys upon him, and - received injuries from which he died soon after. This was - the end of PULLING-OUT, but the custom was as old as the - school.—MOZLEY. Also CALLING-OUT. - - -*Pulpiteers*, _subs._ (Winchester).—_See_ quot. - - 1891. WRENCH, _Word-Book_, s.v. _Pulpiteers_. An arrangement during - Cloister-time of Sixth Book and Senior Part V. going up to books - together.... Middle and Junior Part taken together were called - Cloisters. - - -*Pun*, _subs._ (Harrow).—Punishment. Also as _verb_. Hence - PUN-PAPER = specially ruled paper for PUNS and impositions. - - TO PUN OUT, _verb. phr._ (Christ’s Hospital).—To inform - against. _Ex._ “I’ll PUN OUT”; “I’ll PUN you OUT.” - Exclusively a London term: at Hertford the word is simply TO - PUN, or TO PUN OF. - - -*Punny*, _subs._ (Manchester Grammar).—Punishment School or - Drill: also known as P.S. and P.D.: both cause detention for - three-quarters of an hour after school. - - -*Punt*, _verb_ (Rugby).—To kick the ball (at football) before it - touches the ground. - - -*Punt-about*, _subs._ (Rugby).—The practice-ball: at football. - Also a practice game. - - 1856. HUGHES, _Tom Brown’s School-days_, I. v. He hadn’t long to - wonder, however, for next minute East cried out, “Hurra! here’s the - PUNT-ABOUT,—come along and try your hand at a kick.” The PUNT-ABOUT is - the practice-ball, which is just brought out and kicked about anyhow - from one boy to another before callings-over and dinner, and at other - odd times. - - -*Puny*, _subs._ (old Oxford).—A Freshman: also a student at the - Inns of Court. - - 15 [?]. _Christmas Prince at St. John’s College_, i. Others to make - sporte withall, of this last sorte were they whom they call freshmenn, - PUNIES of the first yeare. - - 15 [?]. _Ulysses upon Ajax_, B. 8. A very worme of wit, a PUNEY of - Oxford, shall make you more hatefull than Battalus the hungrye fidler. - - 1593. NASHE, _Christ’s Teares_ [WORKS (_Grosart_), iv. 228]. Sharing - halfe with the Baudes their Hostesses, and laughing at the PUNIES they - have lurched [robbed]. - - 1634. MARSTON, in _Lectores_, &c. [NARES]. Shall each odd PUISNE of - the lawyer’s inne, Each barmy-froth, that last day did beginne, To - read his little, or his nere a whit. - - _c._ 1640 [SHIRLEY], _Captain Underwit_ [BULLEN, _Old Plays_, ii. - 340]. Preach to the PUISNES of the Inne sobrietie. [PUISNE (_i.e._ - PUNY) was the term applied to students at the Inns of Court; also to - Freshmen at Oxford.—BULLEN.] - - 1847. HALLIWELL, _Arch. and Prov. Words_, s.v. PUNIES. Freshmen at - Oxford were called PUNIES for the first year. - - -*Pupe*, _subs._ (Harrow).—A pupil-room. [ROOM = class or form: - each tutor is assigned a ROOM, for the members of which he - is generally responsible, and for whom he signs orders.] - - -*Puseum* (The), _subs._ (Oxford).—The Pusey House in St. Giles’s - Street. - - -*Put.* TO BE PUT ON, _verb. phr._ (Dulwich).—To be told to - construe. - - -*Pux*, _verb_ (Royal High School, Edin.).—To punish with the - tawse: _e.g._ “Did you get PUXED?” - - - - - - -*Quad* (or *Quod*), _subs._ (general).—A quadrangle. - - 1840. _Collegian’s Guide_, 144. His mother ... had been seen crossing - the QUAD in tears. - - 1884. _Daily News_, Oct. 14, p. 5, col. 1. His undignified nickname is - carved in the turf of the college QUAD. - - _Verb_ (Rugby).—To promenade round Cloisters at calling over - before a football-match. - - -*Quarter* (The), _subs._ (Charterhouse).—The quarter bell. - - -*Quarter-marks*, _subs._ (Harrow).—The aggregate of marks for - work during the term, as opposed to marks gained in TRIALS - (_q.v._). - - -*Quarter of Paper*, _subs. phr._ (Winchester).—A quarter of a - sheet of foolscap, on which the Prose and Verse Tasks were - always written.—MANSFIELD (_c._ 1840). _Cf._ VESSEL. Also - used at Westminster. - - 1867. COLLINS, _The Public Schools_, p. 165. Besides this, he had to - carry with him into school a portfolio containing a sufficiency of - QUARTERNS of paper. All or any of these articles he was supposed to - supply, upon requisition, to any boy of the “upper election.” - - -*Quill*, _verb_ (Winchester).—To curry favour; to flatter: _see_ - QUILSTER. Hence (latterly) TO BE QUILLED = to be pleased. - _Cf._ QUILLER = a parasite. - - -*Quiller*, _subs._ (Winchester).—A parasite. - - -*Quilster*, _subs._ (Winchester).—A toady; a lickspittle. - - -*Quod*, _subs._ (Felsted).—_See_ D. (Appendix). - - - - - - -*Rabbiter*, _subs._ (Winchester).—A blow, delivered by the side - of the hand, on the back of the neck: as in killing a - rabbit. - - -*Rabbit-Skin*, _subs._ (University).—The academical hood. Hence - TO GET ONE’S RABBIT-SKIN = to obtain the B.A. degree. - [Because trimmed with rabbit fur. Also CAT’S-SKIN.] - - -*Rack*, _subs._ (Winchester).—A DISPAR (_q.v._), or portion - consisting of a joint (or chop) from a neck or loin of - mutton. [_Rack_ (HALLIWELL) = the neck of mutton or pork; - also (JOHNSON) = a neck of mutton cut for the table.] - - 1594. LYLY, _Mother Bombie_, iii. 4. _Lu._ And me thought there came - in a leg of mutton. _Dro._ What, all grosse meat? a RACKE had beene - dainty. - - 1706. COLES, _Eng. Dict._, s.v. RACK.... Probably from _hracca_, - Saxon, the back of the head. - - ... MAY, _Accomplished Cook_, 57. Then again, put in the crag end of - the RACK OF MUTTON to make the broth good. _Ibid._, p. 25. Take two - joynts of mutton, RACK and loin. - - -*Rag*, _subs._ (University).—1. An undergraduate’s gown. - - 1899. _Answers_, 14th Jan., 1. 1. This matter of the RAG is hedged - about with many unwritten laws. One who has mastered these will never - go to breakfast in another man’s rooms in cap and gown.... Nor will he - wear the RAG in the theatre, which is strictly barred. - - 2. A jollification. - - 1900. _Daily Mail_, 10th Mar., 2. 4. There was keen excitement at - Cambridge yesterday when the magistrates proceeded to deal with the - last two prosecutions of students arising out of the notorious RAG in - celebration of the relief of Ladysmith. - - -*Ragged-soph.* _See_ SOPH. - - -*Ramrod* (or *Raymonder*), _subs._ (Winchester).—A ball bowled - all along the ground.—MANSFIELD (_c._ 1840). - - -*Range*, _verb_ (The Leys).—To play football in the small walled - playground. - - -*Rattle*, _subs._ (Stonyhurst).—The hour of rising: _e.g._ “I - got up at the RATTLE.” [From the instrument by which the - boys are called.] - - -*Rawcliffe’s*, _subs._ (Stonyhurst).—An old tuck-shop: recently - obsolete. - - -*Rawk.* _See_ RORKE. - - -*Reader*, _subs._ (Winchester).—_See_ quot. - - _c._ 1840. MANSFIELD, _School-Life at Winchester_ (1886), 228. - READER—An office in the gift of every Præfect in Senior FARDEL - (_q.v._), which excused the recipient from watching out at Cricket. - His business was to read out aloud the translation of any book his - Master was cramming for Election examination. - - -*Reading-shelf*, _subs._ (Winchester).—A shelf with a drawer - fixed inside the head of a boy’s bed, on which to place a - candle for nocturnal studies.—MANSFIELD (_c._ 1840). - - -*Recker, The* (Harrow).—The town recreation-ground: here are - held the school sports. - - -*Rector.* 1. _See_ REGENT. - - 2. (Stonyhurst).—The Head-master. _See_ DAY. - - -*Regent*, _subs._ (Royal High School, Edin.: obsolete).—An - assistant master: the Head-master was called “Maister” or - “Principal Maister”; now “Rector.” - - -*Remedy*, _subs._ (Winchester).—A holiday. _See_ WORK, quot. - 1891. - - 1484. _Chapter Register of Southwell Minster._ Nota generaliter. - Ministri Ecclesiæ non vacant scolæ grammaticali. Magister - grammaticalis non attendit debitis horis doctrinæ suorum scolarium in - scola; et quam pluries indiscrete dat REMEDIUM suis scolaribus diebus - ferialibus, quod quasi ad tempus nichil addiscunt, expendendo bona - suorum parentum frustra et inaniter; et non locuntur latinum in scola - sed anglicum. - - _d._ 1519. DEAN COLET, _Statutes of St. Paul’s School_. I will also - that they shall have no REMEDYES. Yf the Maister granteth any REMEDYES - he shall forfeit 40s., totiens quotiens, excepte the Kyng, or an - Archbishopp, or a Bishop present in his own person in the Scole desire - it. - - 1530. THOMAS MAGNUS, _Endowment Deed_, Newark Grammar School. Thomas - Magnus ordeyneth ... that the said maisters shall not be myche - inclyned nor gyven to graunt REMEDY for Recreacyon or Dispoorte to - their scolers unless it be ones in a wooke upon the Thuysday or - Thursday, or that further REMEDY be requyred by any honorable or - worshipfull Person or Personage, &c. &c. - - 1593. _Rites Durham Cathedral Monastic Church_ [Surtees Society]. - There was ... a garding and a bowling allie ... for the Novices - sumetymes to recreate themselves when they had REMEDY of there master. - - _c._ 1840. MANSFIELD, _School-Life at Winchester_ (1866), 49. In the - short half we had at least one “REMEDY,” and a half day every week, - and in summer two always; they were on Tuesdays and Thursdays. These - “REMEDIES” were a kind of mitigated whole holidays. We were supposed - to go into school for an hour or two in the morning and afternoon; but - as no Master was present, it didn’t come to much. This was called - “Books Chambers.” REMEDIES were not a matter of right, but were always - specially applied for by Præfect of Hall on Tuesdays and Thursdays. - The custom was for him to waylay the Doctor on his way to morning - chapel, and make the request, when, if granted, a gold ring was handed - to the applicant, on which was engraved, “_commendant rarior usus_.” - This ring was worn by the Præfect of Hall for the rest of the day, and - returned by him to the Doctor at the beginning of middle school on the - day following. - - 1891. WRENCH, _Winchester Word-Book_, s.v. REMEDY. A holiday in the - half, with Books-chambers or Toy-time. Originally there was always - one, and generally two REMEDIES in the week. Later every Tuesday in - Easter-time and Cloister-time was a REMEDY, the Thursday’s REMEDY - being often granted. Now Thursdays in Cloister-time only are REMEDIES - proper in middle-school hours; there are on these days Morning-lines, - and the afternoon is a half-holiday. Ascension-Day and the Queen’s - Accession are _holidays_: all red-letter Saints’-days are - Leave-out-days. _Remedium_ seems to have been the original word for - holiday: translated REMEDY.... The tradition of REMEDIES being granted - by _great persons_ survives in the custom of the Judges on Circuit - demanding a Half-REMEDY. - - -*Remi*, _subs._ 1. (Westminster).—A holiday. _Cf._ REMEDY. - - 2. (Winchester).—REMISSION (_q.v._). - - -*Remission* (or *Remi*), _subs._ (Winchester).—_See_ quot. - - _c._ 1840. MANSFIELD, _School-Life at Winchester_ (1866), 229. - REMISSION—When owing to a Saint’s day having fallen on the day - previous to that on which a Verse or Prose Task, or Vulgus, was due, - the boys were excused from doing it, there was said to be REMISSION - from it. - - -*Rep*, _subs._ 1. (Harrow and King Edward’s, Birm.).—A - repetition. - - 1892. ANSTEY, _Voces Populi_, 65. It’s not in Selections from British - Poetry which we have to get up for REP. - - 2. (King Edward’s, Birm.).—The REPRESENTATIVE elected by the - Class to serve on the Committee of the School Club. - - -*Repeal Garden*, _subs._ (Stonyhurst).—One of the Higher Line - Gardens. [Used for Irish declamation at the beginning of the - century.] Obsolete. - - -*Responsions.* _See_ SMALLS. - - -*Resurrection*, _subs._ (Stonyhurst).—A sort of eat-all feast, - consisting of a meeting to discuss the remnants of an - Academy DO (_q.v._) held on the previous day. - - -*Rhetoric*, _subs._ (Stonyhurst).—The Sixth Form. [From - the chief work once studied in the form. _Cf._ _Regulæ - Professoris Rhetoricæ_ in the _Ratio Studiorum Societatis - Jesu_.] - - -*Rhetoric Good-day*, _subs. phr._ (Stonyhurst).—_See_ GOOD-DAY. - - -*Rhetorician*, _subs._ (Stonyhurst).—_See_ RHETORIC. - - -*Rigger*, _subs._ (Durham).—A racing-boat. - - -*Rinder*, _subs._ (The Leys and Queen’s).—An outsider. - - -*Riot Act*, _subs._ (King Edward’s, Birm.).—A body of school - rules, read over and commented upon by the Head Master on - the first Wednesday afternoon in term before the whole - school. - - -*Ripping*, _subs._ (Eton).—A ceremony incidental to the - departure of a Senior Colleger for King’s College, - Cambridge: when he has got KING’S (_q.v._) his gown has to - be stitched up that it may be RIPPED afterwards by the - Provost or his deputy. - - -*Robinites* (Charterhouse).—_See_ OUT-HOUSES. - - -*Rock*, _subs._ 1. (Derby).—The school bread. _See_ WASH. - - 2. (Winchester).—A medium-sized stone. - - -*Rod-maker*, _subs._ (Winchester).—The man who made the rods - used in BIBLING (_q.v._). - - -*Rogging*, _subs._ (Stonyhurst).—Brook-fishing. - - -*Roke*, _verb_ (Winchester).—To stir: as a fire, a liquid, &c. - - 1375. _Percival_ [HALLIWELL]. Were they wighte, were they woke, Alle - that he tille stroke He made their bodies to ROKE. - - 1383. CHAUCER, _Canterbury Tales_. Yet in our ashen cold is fyr - i-REKE. - - 1847. HALLIWELL, _Arch. Words_, s.v. ROKE.... To shake; to roll ... to - stir liquids. - - -*Roker*, _subs._ (Winchester).—A ruler; a stick; a poker. _See_ - ROKE. FLAT-ROKER = a flat ruler. - - -*Roll*, _subs._ (Winchester).—A list of names. - - _c._ 1840. MANSFIELD, _School-Life at Winchester_ (1866), 230. The - ROLL _par excellence_ is the list of the boys who have passed their - examination for New College, and of those who are to come in to - Winchester. There is also a ROLL printed every November, which - contains the name of every one connected with the School, from the - Warden to the Choristers. The lists from which the Præfects of Hall - and Chapel called names; the papers on which the names of the - absentees on such occasions were written; the papers on which were - written the “Standing up”; the lists of the boys who had leave out on - a Saints’ day; the papers put on the Master’s desk when boys wished to - go out of school; those handed to the Master at the close of School by - the Bible-Clerk or Ostiarius with the names of the delinquents, and - many other similar papers, were all called ROLLS. - - TO HAVE A ROLL ON, _verb. phr._ (Shrewsbury).—_See_ quot. - - 1877. PASCOE, _Every-day Life, &c._ Anything approaching swagger is - severely rebuked; there is no more objectionable quality than that - understood by the expression “He’s got such a horrid ROLL ON.” - - TO ROLL IN, _verb. phr._ (Harrow: obs.).—_See_ quot. - - 1867. COLLINS, _The Public Schools_, 316. Another ancient barbarism - survived even long after Butler’s accession. There were in the - head-master’s house two public rooms for the use of his boarders—the - hall and the play-room. The latter was open to all, but the hall was - regarded as a sort of club-room, which no boy was allowed to enter, - except at dinner and supper time, until he had become a member by - being ROLLED-IN. Any one who desired the privilege of admission (and - none below the upper fifth were eligible), gave in his name to the - head-boy some days beforehand, in order that due preparations might be - made for the inauguration. Immediately a certain number of rolls - (_finds_ they were called—etymology unknown) were ordered at the - baker’s, and rebaked every morning until they were pretty nearly as - hard as pebbles. At nine o’clock on the morning fixed for the - ROLLING-IN, the members of the hall ranged themselves on the long - table which ran along one side of the room, each with his pile of - these rolls before him, and a fag to pick them up. The candidate - knelt, facing them, on a form close against the opposite wall, with - his head resting on his hands, so as to guard the face, while they - held, as well as they could, a plate on the top of the head by way of - helmet. Thus protected, the head itself formed a mark for the very - peculiar missiles which were ready to be aimed. When all was ready, a - time-keeper, watch in hand, gave the word—“Now!” when fast and - furiously—and very spitefully, if the boy was unpopular—the rolls were - showered upon the devoted head for the space of one minute, neither - more nor less. Such protection as the plate gave was soon lost by its - being broken to pieces. It was, as may be imagined, a very severe - ordeal, the bruises being very painful for weeks afterwards. - - -*Roller*, _subs._ (Oxford).—A roll-call. - - -*Room*, _subs._ (Stonyhurst).—In Stonyhurst nomenclature, ROOM - as a place-name is modern. _See_ DUCHESS’ ROOMS, DUKE’S - ROOM, PLACE, &c. - - -*Roosh*, _verb_ (Harrow).—To rush about. - - -*Roost*, _verb_ (Derby).—To kick hard: at football. [? Root.] - - -*Root-about*, _subs._ (The Leys).—Promiscuous football practice. - Also as _verb_. - - -*Ropes*, _subs._ (general).—A half-back at football. - - -*Rorke* (or *Rawk*), _subs._ (Tonbridge).—A navvy. [? Latin - _raucus_. _Cf._ RORKER.] - - -*Rorker*, _subs._ (Derby).—A street boy; a cad. [? Latin - _raucus_. _Cf._ RORKE.] - - -*Rosh* (or *Roush*), _verb_ (Royal Military Academy).—To bustle; - to horseplay. Hence STOP ROUSHING! = an injunction to - silence. - - -*Rotten.* _See_ Appendix. - - -*Rotter*, _subs._ (Tonbridge).—A boy who shirks his fair share: - at games, &c.; a _fainéant_. - - -*Rouge*, _subs._ (Eton).—A point in the Eton game of football: 3 - ROUGES = 1 goal. _Cf._ SCROUGE. - - _Verb_ (Felsted).—To “rag”; to “scrag.” See _subs._ - - 1895. _Felstedian_, April, pp. 43-4. “Vic” ... entirely baffles me, - and so does the expression TO ROUGE; but the fact that it occurs in - the early numbers of the _Felstedian_—“we won the game by one goal, - three ROUGES”—points to its origin. - - -*Round-Othello*, _subs._ (The Leys). A Leysian tuck-shop - delicacy. - - -*Roush*, _subs._ (Winchester).—1. A rush, or charge: as by a - man, a beast, or by water. - - -*Rowing-man*, _subs._ (University).—A spreester; a loose fish. - [“Row” as in “bough.”] - - -*Rows*, _subs._ (Winchester).—The fixed benches at each end of - School: called respectively Senior, Middle, and Junior ROW. - - -*Rowsterer*, _subs._ (Derby).—A cad. - - -*Ruck.* TO RUCK ALONG, _verb. phr._ (Oxford).—To walk quickly. - - -*Rudiments*, _subs._ (Stonyhurst).—The Third Form. - - -*Rug*, _subs._ (Rugby).—A Rugbeian. - - 1892. _Evening Standard_, 25th Nov. 4, 5. The controversy was started - by the death of one who succumbed to his exertions. “An Old Medical - RUG” describes the sufferings he endured. - - -*Rugger*, _subs._ (general).—Football: the Rugby game. - - 1896. _Tonbridgian_, No. 339, 1124. At St. John’s, Sells has developed - into a good RUGGER half, Pinching is one of the best forwards, and - also plays Socker for the College at times. - - 1897. _Felstedian_, Nov., p. 194. As regards RUGGER the ’Varsity team - have been somewhat under-rated. - - -*Run.* TO RUN CLOISTERS, _verb. phr._ (Winchester).—A boy was - said TO RUN CLOISTERS when he obtained his remove from - Junior Part to Senior Part at the end of CLOISTER-TIME (a - period of ten or twelve weeks at the end of Long Half). - - -*Run.* _See_ RACE. - - -*Runabout*, _subs._ (Charterhouse).—An irregular form of - football: formerly called COMPULSORY. - - -*Running-stone*, _subs._ (Stonyhurst).—A stone set at a distance - from the CRICKET-STONE (_q.v._), to and from which a batsman - ran when making a score. _See_ STONYHURST-CRICKET. - - 1885. _Stonyhurst Mag._, ii. 85. The distance from the Cricket-stone - to the RUNNING-STONE to be twenty-seven yards. - - -*Rusticate*, _verb_ (common).—To send away a student for a time - from a College or University by way of punishment; to SHIP - (_q.v._). Hence RUSTICATION. - - 1714. _Spectator_, No. 596. After this I was deeply in love with a - milliner, and at last with my bedmaker, upon which I was sent away, - or, in the university phrase, RUSTICATED for ever. - - 1779. JOHNSON, _Life of Milton_, par. 12. It seems plain from his own - verses to _Diodati_, that he had incurred RUSTICATION; a temporary - dismission into the country, with perhaps the loss of a term. - - 1794. _Gent. Mag._, p. 1085. And was very near RUSTICATION [at - Cambridge], merely for kicking up a row after a beakering party. - - 1841. LEVER, _Charles O’Malley_, lxxix. You have totally forgotten me, - and the Dean informs me that you have never condescended a single line - to him, which latter enquiry on my part nearly cost me a - RUSTICATION.... Dear Cecil Cavendish, our gifted friend, slight of - limb and soft of voice, has been RUSTICATED for immersing four - bricklayers in that green receptacle of stagnant water and duckweed, - yclept the “Haha.” - - 1841. H. KINGSLEY, _Ravenshoe_, ch. viii. Non-university men sneer at - RUSTICATION; they can’t see any particular punishment in having to - absent yourself from your studies for a term or two. - - 1850. F. E. SMEDLEY, _Frank Fairlegh_, ch. xxx. Who, the landlord - tells me, has just been RUSTICATED for insulting Dr. Doublechin. - - 1853. BRADLEY, _Verdant Green_, iv. “The Master ... said as how Mr. - Bouncer had better go down into the country for a year, for change of - hair, and to visit his friends.” “Very kind indeed of Dr. Portman,” - said our hero, who missed the moral of the story, and took the - RUSTICATION for a kind forgiveness of injuries. - - 1885. _Daily Telegraph_, Oct. 29. Students who are liable at any - moment to be RUSTICATED. - - - - - - -*Saccer*, _subs._ (Harrow).—The Sacrament. _Cf._ SOCCER, RUGGER, - BREKKER, COLLECKER, &c. - - -*Salt*, _subs._ (Eton).—The gratuity exacted at the now obsolete - triennial festival of the MONTEM (_q.v._). - - 1886. BREWER, _Phrase and Fable_, s.v. SALT-HILL. At the Eton _Montem_ - the captain of the school used to collect money from the visitors on - Montem day. Standing on a mound at Slough, he waved a flag, and - persons appointed for the purpose collected the donations. The mound - is still called SALT-HILL, and the money given was called SALT. The - word salt is similar to the Latin _sala’rium_ (salary), the pay given - to Roman soldiers and civil officers. - - 1890. SPEAKER, 22nd Feb., 210. 2. In lively but worldly fashion we go - to Eton, with its buried Montem, its “SALT! your majesty, SALT!” its - gin-twirley, and its jumping through paper fires in Long-Chamber. - - -*Salt-bearer*, _subs._ (Eton).—_See_ MONTEM. - - -*Samson*, _subs._ (Durham: obsolete).—A baked jam pudding. - - -*Sanderites* (Charterhouse).—The head-master’s house. [Dr. - Sanders was head-master 1832-53.] - - -*Sands*, _subs._ (Winchester).—The pavement on the north side of - Chapel in Chamber Court. - - -*Sandwich-boat.* _See_ BUMPING-RACE. - - -*Sap*, _subs._ (common).—A hard worker; a diligent student. - - 1827. LYTTON, _Pelham_, ch. ii. When I once attempted to read Pope’s - poems out of school hours, I was laughed at, and called a SAP. - - 1850. SMEDLEY, _Frank Fairlegh_, 117. After several fruitless attempts - to shake my determination, they pronounced me an incorrigible SAP, and - leaving me to my own devices, proceeded to try their powers upon - Oaklands. - - 1856. WHYTE-MELVILLE, _Kate Coventry_, ch. xvii. At school, if he - makes an effort at distinction in school-hours, he is stigmatised by - his comrades as a SAP. - - 1888. GOSCHEN, _Speech at Aberdeen_, Jan. 31. Remember the many - epithets applied to those who, not content with doing their work, - commit the heinous offence of being absorbed in it ... schools and - colleges ... have invented for this purpose, with that peculiar - felicity which attaches to schoolboy nomenclature, phrases, - semi-classical, or wholly vernacular, such as a “SAP,” a “smug,” a - “swot,” a “bloke,” a “mugster.” - - _Verb._ To read or study hard; to sweat. - - 1848. C. KINGSLEY, _Yeast_, i. SAPPING and studying still. - - 1853. LYTTON, _My Novel_, Bk. I. ch. xii. He understands that he was - sent to school to learn his lessons, and he learns them. You call that - SAPPING—I call it doing his duty. - - 1856. Miss YONGE, _Daisy Chain_, ch. xii. “At it again!” exclaimed Dr. - May. “Carry it away, Ethel; I will have no Latin or Greek touched - these holidays.” “You know,” said Norman, “if I don’t SAP, I shall - have no chance of keeping up!” - - 1891. _Harry Fludyer at Cambridge_, 46. I ... haven’t to go SAPPING - round to get it when I want my own tea. - - -*Sappy*, _adj._ (Durham).—Severe: of a caning. - - -*Sark*, _verb_ (Sherborne).—To sulk. - - -*Saturday-nighter*, _subs._ (Harrow).—An exercise set for - Saturday night: usually an essay, map, or poem. - - -*Scadger*, _subs._ (Winchester: obsolete).—A scamp; a rascal. - Now a general colloquialism. - - -*Scaff*, _subs._ (Christ’s Hospital).—A selfish fellow. [The - adjectival forms are SCALY and SCABBY, whence may be the - derivation.] Obsolete: _see_ SCOUSE. - - -*Scaldings*, _intj._ (Winchester).—A general injunction to be - gone; “Be off!” - - -*Scan and Prove* (Harrow).—_See_ UPPER SCHOOL. - - -*Scheme*, _subs._ (Winchester).—An alarum worked by a candle. - _See_ quot. - - 1891. WRENCH, _Winchester Word-Book_, s.v. SCHEME.... The candle on - reaching a measured point ignites paper, which by burning a string - releases a weight: this falls on the head of the boy to be waked. - - -*Schitt*, _subs._ (Winchester: obsolete).—A goal: at football. - _See_ GOWNER. - - 1891. WRENCH, _Winchester Word-Book_, s.v. SCHITT.... This was the - word in general use till 1860, when it was superseded by “goal.” In - early Winchester football there seems to have been three methods of - scoring—a _goal_, a _gowner_, a SCHITT, worth respectively 3, 2, and - 1. The last behind stood between two gowns, which made a goal. The - ball passing over his head or between his legs scored three, over the - gowns two, over the rest of “worms” one. When the whole of “worms” was - made to count equally, every goal was a SCHITT. - - -*Schol*, _subs._ (Harrow).—(1) A scholar; and (2) a scholarship. - - -*School-stock*, _subs._ (Harrow).—The old books kept by the - school. - - -*School-twelve*, _subs._ (Harrow).—The twelve who take a leading - part at the concert. - - -*Scob* (or *Scobb*), _subs._ (Winchester).—_See_ quots. - - 1620. _Account_ [to J. Hutton at his entrance into the College]. For a - SCOBB to hold his books, 3s. 6d. - - 1890. GRANT ALLEN, _Tents of Shem_, xlii. Parker’s SCOB was 220. SCOB - was box in Winchester slang. - - 1891. WRENCH, _Winchester Word-Book_, s.v. SCOB.... An oak box with a - double lid, set at the angles of the squares of wooden benches in - school. It is used as desk and book-case.... Probably the word has - been transferred from the bench itself, and comes from Fr. _Escabeau_. - Lat. _Scabellum_. - - -*Sconce*, _verb_. 1. (University: once common).—To fine; to - deduct by way of fine; to discontinue. Also as _subs._ - Whence TO BUILD A SCONCE = to run up a score (as at an - alehouse, or of fines). - - 1632. SHIRLEY, _Witty Fair One_, iv. sc. 2. College! I have had a head - in most of the butteries of Cambridge, and it has been SCONCED to - purpose. - - _c._ 1640. [SHIRLEY] _Captain Underwit_ [BULLEN, _Old Plays_, ii. - 323]. _Tho._ I can teach you to build a SCONCE, sir. - - 1696. B. E., _Dict. Cant. Crew_, s.v. SCONCE. To build a large SCONCE, - to run deep upon tick or trust. - - 1730. JAS. MILLER, _Humours of Oxford_, i. p. 9 (2nd ed.). No, no, my - dear, I understand more manners than to leave my friends to go to - church—no, tho’ they SCONCE me a fortnight’s commons, I’ll not do it. - - 1748. T. DYCHE, _Dictionary_ (5th ed.). SCONCE (v.) ... also a cant - word for running up a score at an alehouse or tavern. - - 1760. JOHNSTON, _Chrysal_, ch. xxviii. [COOKE’S ed., N.D.]. These - youths have been playing a small game, cribbing from the till, and - building SCONCES, and such like tricks that there was no taking hold - of. - - 1765. GOLDSMITH, _Essays_, viii. He ran into debt with everybody that - would trust him, and none could build a SCONCE better than he. - - 1768. FOOTE, _Devil upon Two Sticks_, ii. 1. She paid my bill the next - day without SCONCING off sixpence. - - 1821. _The Etonian_, ii. 391. Was SCONCED in a quart of ale for - quoting Latin, a passage from Juvenal; murmured, and the fine was - doubled. - - 1823. BEE, SLANG DICT., s.v. SCONCE ... To discontinue: as SCONCE his - diet = give less victuals. SCONCE the reckoning = to go no further in - debt, but bolt. - - 1847. HALLIWELL, _Archaic Words_, s.v. SCONCE.... “To SCONCE, to eat - more than another, _Winton_; to SCONCE, to impose a pecuniary mulct, - _Oxon._,” Kennett, MS. To SCONCE at Oxford, was to put a person’s name - in the College buttery books by way of fine. - - 1864. HOTTEN, _Slang Dict._, s.v. SCONCE. The Dons fined or SCONCED - for small offences; _e.g._ five shillings for wearing a coloured coat - in hall at dinner-time. Among undergrads, a pun, or an oath, or an - indecent remark, was SCONCED by the head of the table. If the offender - could, however, floor the tankard of beer which he was SCONCED, he - could retort on his SCONCER to the extent of twice the amount he was - SCONCED in. - - 1883. H. T. ELLACOMBE [_Notes and Queries_, 6 S., viii. 326]. Men were - SCONCED if accidentally they appeared in hall undressed. I think the - SCONCE was a quantity of beer to the scouts. The SCONCE-table was hung - up in the buttery. - - 1899. _Answers_, 14th Jan., i. 1. The average freshman is not very - long at Oxford before he is acquainted with the mysteries of SCONCING. - A SCONCE is a fine of a quart of ale, in which the unlucky fresher is - mulcted for various offences in Hall. - - 1899. _Public School Mag._, Dec., p. 476. Opponents who get in each - other’s way and “SCONCE” the “kicks.” - - 2. (Winchester).—To hinder; to get in the way: as of a kick - at football, a catch at cricket, &c.: _e.g._ “If you had not - SCONCED, I should have made a flyer!” - - -*Scourge*, _subs._ (Winchester: obsolete).—To flog. Whence - SCOURGING = a flogging of three strokes. _See_ SCRUBBING and - TUND. - - 1883. TROLLOPE, _What I Remember_.... The words “flog” or “flogging,” - it is to be observed, were never heard among us, in the mouth either - of the masters or the boys. We were SCOURGED. - - -*Scout*, _subs._ (Oxford).—A College servant: combining the - duties of valet, waiter, messenger, &c. - - 1750. _The Student_, i. 55. My SCOUT indeed is a very learned fellow. - - 1853. BRADLEY, _Verdant Green_, iii. Infatuated Mr. Green! If you - could have foreseen that those spoons and forks would have soon - passed—by a mysterious system of loss which undergraduate powers can - never fathom—into the property of Mr. Robert Filcher, the excellent, - though occasionally erratic, SCOUT of your beloved son ... you would - have been content to have let your son and heir represent the - ancestral wealth by any sham that would equally well have served his - purpose! - - 1884. JULIAN STURGIS in _Longmans’ Mag._, v. 65. The old don went back - to his chair, and ... thrust the bits into the waste-paper basket, as - his “SCOUT” came in with a note. - - -*Scrape out*, _verb_ (Winchester).—When a Præfect wished to go - out of School, he SCRAPED with his foot till he got a nod - from the Master.—MANSFIELD (_c._ 1840). - - -*Scrub*, _verb_ (Christ’s Hospital).—To write fast: _e.g._ - “SCRUB it down.” Also as _subs._ = handwriting. [Lat. - _scribere_.] _See_ STRIVE. - - -*Scrubbing*, _subs._ (Winchester: obsolete).—A flogging: four - strokes at SCRUBBING-FORMS. _See_ SCOURGE. - - _c._ 1840. MANSFIELD, _School-Life at Winchester_ (1866), 109. The - ordinary punishment consisted of four cuts, and was called “A - SCRUBBING.” The individual who was to be punished was told “to order - his name,” which he did by going to the Ostiarius, and requesting him - to do so; that officer accordingly, at the end of school time, would - take his name to the Master, who would then call it out, and the - victim had to kneel down at Senior row, while two Juniors laid bare - the regulation space of his back. The first time a boy’s name was - ordered, the punishment was remitted on his pleading “_Primum - tempus_.” For a more serious breach of duty, a flogging of six cuts (a - “Bibler”) was administered, in which case the culprit had to “order - his name to the Bible-Clerk,” and that individual, with the help of - Ostiarius, performed the office of Jack Ketch. If a boy was detected - in a lie, or any very disgraceful proceeding—a rare occurrence, I am - happy to say—he had to stand up in the centre of Junior row during the - whole of the school time, immediately preceding the infliction of the - flogging; this pillory process was called a “Bibler under the nail.” I - have also heard, that for a very heinous offence, a boy might be - punished in Sixth Chamber, in which case the number of stripes was not - limited; but I never knew an instance of this. - - 1864. _Blackwood’s Magazine_, vol. xcv., p. 79. Underneath is the - place of execution, where delinquents are BIBLED. _Ibid._, p. 72. It - need hardly be said that it [the rod] is applied in the ordinary - fashion: six cuts forming what is technically called a BIBLING—on - which occasions the Bible-Clerk introduces the victim; four being the - sum of a less terrible operation called a SCRUBBING. - - 1891. WRENCH, _Winchester Word-Book_, s.v. SCRUBBING.... According to - T. A. Trollope, the word in use in his day was SCOURGING: this, - however, he describes as of three strokes: he does not mention - “bibling.” He was in College 1820-28. - - -*Scrutiny*, _subs._ (Winchester: obsolete).—_See_ quot. - - 1867. COLLINS, _The Public Schools_, p. 62. The Oxford visitors, on - their arrival, proceed at once to “Election Chamber” to hear any - complaints which the boys may have to prefer. This is called the - SCRUTINY, the seven senior prefects, and the seven juniors in chambers - (one from each chamber), are separately questioned; but complaints are - seldom made. Next morning the examination for election of scholars to - New College begins—no longer in the renowned “Election Chamber” - itself, but in the long “Warden Gallery,” as more convenient for the - purpose; all prefects who are of standing to leave the school are - examined with any other who choose. - - 1891. WRENCH, _Winchester Word-Book_, s.v. SCRUTINY. An examination of - the seven Seniors and seven Juniors in College, on the subject of - their personal comfort, &c., in College. There were two SCRUTINEES in - the year; one conducted by the Warden of New College and Posers in - Election Week, the other by the Wardens and Fellows of Winchester in - Sealing Week. - - -*Scud*, _subs._ (Rugby).—A runner. - - 1856. HUGHES, _Tom Brown’s School-days_, v. “I say,” said East, as he - got his wind, looking with much increased respect at Tom, “you ain’t a - bad SCUD, not by no means. Well, I’m as warm as a toast now.” - - -*Scull*, _subs._ (University).—The head (or master) of a - College. - - 1864. HOTTEN, _Slang Dict._, s.v. SCULL. The head, or master of a - college: nearly obsolete; the gallery, however, in St. Mary’s (the - Oxford University church), where the “Heads of Houses” sit in solemn - state, is still nicknamed the “Golgotha” by the undergraduates. - - -*Scull-race*, _subs._ (University).—A University Examination. - - -*Scuttle*, _verb_ (Christ’s Hospital, Hertford).—To cry out - under oppression with a view to attracting the notice of one - in authority. Hence SCUTTLE-CAT = one who SCUTTLES. - Obsolete. - - -*Second-bounce*, _subs._ (Stonyhurst: obsolete).—A kind of - handball once very popular. - - -*Second-bowler*, subs. (Stonyhurst).—A wicket-keeper. _See_ - STONYHURST-CRICKET. - - -*Second-Elevens*, _subs._ (Harrow).—(1) A match, at football, - for practice: between two Houses, not as a HOUSE-MATCH - (_q.v._). Also (2) a match, at cricket, between any Eleven - from two Houses, save CAPS (_q.v._) and those in a regular - game. Also SECONDERS. - - -*Second-examen*, _subs._ (Stonyhurst).—A punishment for great - carelessness in study during a term: _e.g._ I’ve got - SECOND-EXAM. - - -*Second-guarder.* _See_ GUARDER. - - -*Second-peal.* _See_ PEAL. - - -*Semi-bejan*, _subs._ (Aberdeen).—A student in the second class. - - -*Semper*, _adj._ (Winchester).—Always: _e.g._ I have got SEMPER - leave-out. _See_ Appendix. - - _c._ 1840. MANSFIELD, _School-Life at Winchester_ (1866), 233. A very - common prefix; _e.g._ a boy was said to be SEMPER Continent, Tardy, or - Ex Trumps if he was often at Sick-house, or late for Chapel, or - habitually went up to Books without having looked at his lessons. An - official who was always present at the College meetings went by the - name of SEMPER TESTIS. - - -*Send.* TO SEND DOWN, _verb. phr._ (University).—To expel; to - rusticate. _See_ GO DOWN. - - 1891. _Harry Fludyer at Cambridge_, 89. Next day they were hauled and - SENT DOWN. - - 1891. _Felstedian_, April, p. 32. They SENT him down for two terms for - smashing a shop window. - - TO SEND UP, _verb. phr._ (Harrow).—(1) To send up to the - head-master for some offence. Also (2) of an exercise sent - up to the head-master as “very good.” - - -*Senior.* _See_ JUNIOR. - - -*Senior Hall* (Shrewsbury).—_See_ quot. - - 1867. COLLINS, _The Public Schools_, p. 246. The boarders reside - chiefly either in the head-master’s house, or SENIOR HALL, as it is - called, or in a house adjoining rented by him, and called the “Junior - Hall.” The second-master also has a “Hall,” which will accommodate - about twenty. But the buildings are old, in many cases badly adapted - for their present use, and have either been purchased, built, or - rented from time to time by the head-master as the numbers of the - school required. - - -*Senior Part*, _subs._ (Winchester).—_See_ BOOKS. - - _c._ 1840. MANSFIELD, _School-Life at Winchester_ (1866), 233. SENIOR - PART, THE FIFTH—The part next below the Præfects, generally called - SENIOR PART. - - 1900. _St. James’s Gazette_, Mar. 15, “Arnoldiana.” One day they were - both invited to breakfast by the Head, in the company of a “stupid - boy” from SENIOR PART. - - -*Senior Soph.* _See_ SOPH. - - -*Servant*, _subs._ (Eton).—_See_ MONTEM. - - -*Servitor*, _subs._ (old).—_See_ SIZER. - - -*Seventh-chamber*, _subs._ (Winchester).—_See_ quot. - - 1867. COLLINS, _The Public Schools_, p. 23. The schoolroom was still - SEVENTH-CHAMBER—_Magna illa domus_, as the founder’s directions call - it—though, as some of the commoners must have been taught together - with the scholars, it is difficult to understand how so many could - have found room there without great confusion. - - -*Shack*, _subs._ (Felsted).—A share. Whence TO GO SHACK = to - give a share. - - -*Shadow*, _subs._ (Westminster).—_See_ quot. - - 1867. COLLINS, _The Public Schools_, 187. When a boy is first placed - in the school he is attached to another boy in the same form something - in the relation of an apprentice. The new boy is called the “SHADOW,” - the other, the “Substance.” For the first week the SHADOW follows the - Substance everywhere, takes his place next to him in class, - accompanies him as he rises or falls, and is exempt from any - responsibility for his own mistakes in or out of school. During this - interval of indulgence, his patron is expected to initiate him in all - the work of the school, to see that he is provided with the necessary - books and other appliances, and, in short, to teach him by degrees to - enter upon a substantial and responsible existence of his own. - - -*She*, _subs._ (Charterhouse).—A plum-pudding. _Cf._ HE. - - -*Sheep*, _subs._ (Aberdeen).—A second classman or undergraduate. - - 1865. MACDONALD, _Alec Forbes_, ii. 5. At length a certain semi - (second-classman, or more popularly SHEEP) stood up to give his - opinion on some subject in dispute. - - -*Sheepskin*, subs. (University).—The diploma received on taking - a degree. [Because inscribed on parchment.] Hence a person - who has taken a degree. - - -*Shell*, _subs._ (originally Westminster).—_See_ quot. - - 1867. COLLINS, _The Public Schools_, 178. At the end of this room [the - school-room] there is a kind of semicircular apse, in which the SHELL - form were formerly taught, and the shape of which is said to have - given rise to this name, since adopted at several other public - schools. - - -*Shepherd*, subs. (Harrow).—Every sixth boy in CRICKET-BILL - (_q.v._): he answers for the five below him being present. - - -*Shield* (The), _subs._ (Harrow).—The Ashburton Shield: shot for - at Bisley by Public School Eights. - - -*Shig*, _subs._ (Winchester).—A shilling.—MANSFIELD (_c._ 1840). - - -*Shimmy*, _subs._ (Felsted: obsolete).—A shirt. - - -*Shin*, _verb_ (Eton).—To kick on the shins. - - 1864. _Eton School-days_, xiii. He could not go out of his tutor’s if - there happened to be any one in the yard without some one throwing a - stone at him, or hissing, or SHINNING him if he passed near enough. - - -*Ship*, _verb._ 1. (Sherborne).—To turn a boy out of bed with - his mattress on top of him. _Cf._ LAUNCH. - - 2. (general).—To RUSTICATE (_q.v._). - - -*Shirk*, _subs._ (Stonyhurst).—An old building of some - dimensions, containing a number of private rooms; erected - for temporary use, but since found of too much service to be - demolished. - - 1884. _Stonyhurst Mag._, i. 277. Gothic architecture of all - descriptions, including Elizabethan, was trampled out by the - Renaissance (revived Greek), of which SHIRK is a very bad specimen - (where it tries to be ornamental, as in its triangular pediment and - the pilasters beside the larger window). - - _Verb._ 1. (Eton).—To hide when liable to be caught out of - bounds. Obsolete. - - 2. (Winchester).—_See_ HILLS. - - -*Shirkster*, _subs._ (Winchester).—One who shirks. - - TO SHIRK IN, _verb. phr._ (Winchester).—To walk into water - when bathing. - - TO SHIRK OUT, _verb. phr._ (Winchester).—To go out contrary - to rules. - - -*Shirt-sleevie*, _subs._ (Loretto).—A dance; on winter Saturday - evenings, and sometimes in the open air at the end of summer - term. [The costume is rational _de rigeur_: a flannel shirt - open at neck and flannel trousers—no coat or waistcoat may - be worn.] - - -*Shootabout*, _subs._ (Charterhouse).—An irregular form of - football. - - -*Shooter*, _subs._ (Harrow).—A black morning coat: as - distinguished from the tail-coat worn by the Fifth and Sixth - Forms. - - -*Shorts*, _subs._ (general).—Flannel trousers; CUTS (_q.v._). - - -*Shot*, _intj._ (Royal High School, Edin.).—A cry of warning at - the approach of a master. - - OUT BY SHOT, _phr._ (Stonyhurst).—At football when the ball - before going out hits one of the opposite side to the one - who last kicked. _See_ FORCE. - - -*Shuffle*, _verb_ (Winchester).—To pretend; to feign: as “to - SHUFFLE asleep.” Hence SHUFFLER. - - -*Shy*, _subs._ (Eton).—A point at the WALL (_q.v._) game. - - -*Siberia*, _subs._ (Felsted).—A section of the house containing - many private rooms. [From its supposed temperature in - winter.] - - 1889. _Felstedian_, July, 65. There lieth here a district which hath - the name SIBERIA: and also its people are called not Siberians, but - SIBERIA. - - -*Sick-house*, _subs._ (Winchester).—The College sanatorium, - which stands in SICK-HOUSE MEADS. _See_ also BOX-HOUSE and - BOX-BUILDINGS. - - -*Silver-fork*, _subs._ (Winchester).—A wooden skewer used as a - chop-stick when forks were scarce.—MANSFIELD (_c._ 1840). - - -*Silver-pence*, _subs._ (Westminster).—Small money rewards—which - were the pride of Westminsters in Cowper’s day—are still - continued. The coins are furnished to the school by the - Queen’s almoner in their unmilled state, prior to their - issue as currency. Some are given by the head-master every - week, and are valued quite as much as more substantial - prizes. Silver money is also furnished by the college - steward to the guests at the Elections dinners, that they - may be prepared to reward the epigrams; but this is the - ordinary coin of the realm. - - -*Sim*, _subs._ (Cambridge).—A Simeonite, or member of the - Evangelical section of the Church of England. The modern - equivalent is PI-MAN (_q.v._). [From the Rev. CHARLES SIMEON - (1759-1836), fifty-four years Vicar of Holy Trinity, - Cambridge.] - - 1826. TODD, _The Sizar’s Table_ [WHIBLEY, _Cap and Gown_, 109]. Some - carnally given to women and wine, Some apostles of Simeon, all pure - and divine. - - 1853. BRISTED, _Eng. Univ._, 39. While passing for a terribly hard - reading-man, and a SIM of the straightest kind with the empty bottles. - - -*Simon*, _subs._ (King Edward’s, Birm.: obsolete).—A cane. [Acts - ix. 43.] - - -*Sines*, _subs._ (Winchester).—Bread. A SINES = a small loaf. - - -*Single*, _subs._ (Harrow).—A room for exclusive use: thus - DOUBLE (_q.v._). - - -*Sink*, _subs._ (The Leys).—(1) A heavy feed; a “stodge.” Also - (2) one who indulges therein; a glutton. - - -*Sitter*, _subs._ (Oxford and Harrow).—A sitting-room. - - -*Six*, subs. (Oxford).—A W.C. - - -*Six-and-Six*, _subs._ (Winchester).—Football: six a side. _Cf._ - TWENTY-TWO AND TWENTY-TWO. _See_ Appendix. - - -*Sixes*, _subs._ (The Leys).—Football teams for competition—six - a side. _See_ KID, and Appendix. - - -*Six of* ..., _phr._ (Harrow).—An order to the value of - sixpence. Thus SIX OF SAUSAGES WITH (archaic) = - sixpennyworth of sausages with potatoes. - - -*Sixpenny*, _subs._ (Eton).—A large field for football and - cricket. _See_ PLAYING-FIELDS. - - 1864. _Eton School-days_, vi. I tell you plainly, if you are not in - SIXPENNY after twelve, I will do my best to give you a hiding wherever - I meet you. - - -*Six-raps*, _subs._ (Stonyhurst: recently obsolete).—A game - consisting chiefly in rapping balls across the playground to - be caught by others. - - 1887. _Stonyhurst Mag._, iii. 18, “Stonyhurst in the Fifties.” SIX - RAPS, it may be remarked, was in those days played with a miniature - Stonyhurst-cricket (_q.v._) ball. - - -*Size*, _subs._ (Cambridge).—An allowance of bread, &c., for a - particular price; but _see_ quots. Whence SIZINGS. - - 1592. NASHE, _Pierce Penilesse_ [_Works_, ii. 68]. The Maister Butler - of Pembrooke Hall, a farre better Scholler than thy selfe, (in my - iudgement) and one that sheweth more discretion and gouernment in - setting vp a SISE of Bread, than thou in all thy whole booke. - - 1605. SHAKSPEARE, _Lear_, ii. 4. To bandy hasty words, to scant my - SIZES. - - 1614. BEAUMONT AND FLETCHER, _Wit at Several Weapons_, ii. To be so - strict A niggard to your commons, that you’re fain TO SIZE your belly - out with shoulder fees, With kidnies, rumps, &c. - - 1620. MINSHEU, _Dict._, s.v. SIZE. A farthing which schollers in - Cambridge have at the buttery, noted with the letter S. - - 1632. SHIRLEY, _Witty Fair One_, iv. 2. College! I have had a head in - most of the butteries of Cambridge, and it has been sconced to - purpose. I know what belongs to SIZING, and have answered to my cue in - my days. - - 1656. *BLOUNT*, _Glossographia_, ... SIZE.—A farthing’s worth of bread - or drink which scholars at Cambridge had at the buttery. - - 1773. HAWKINS, _Origin of the Drama_, iii. 271. You are still at - Cambridge with your SIZE cue. - - 1795. _Gent. Mag._, p. 21. In general, a SIZE is a small plateful of - any eatable; and at dinner, TO SIZE is to order for yourself any - little luxury that may chance to tempt you, in addition to the general - fare, for which you are expected to pay the cook at the end of the - term. - - 1823. NARES, _Glossary_, s.v. SIZE. To feed with SIZES, or small - scraps. - - 1853. BRISTED, _Five Years_, 20. Go through a regular second course - instead of the SIZINGS. - - 1864. HOTTEN, _Slang Dict._, s.v. - - _Verb_ (Cambridge).—To order extras over and above the - usual commons at the dinner in College hall. Soup, pastry, - &c., are SIZINGS, and are paid for at a certain specified - rate per SIZE, or portion, to the college cook. Whence, to - pay one’s share of the expense: as at a supper-party. - SIZING-PARTY = a number of students who contribute each - his own part towards a supper, &c. - - 1785. GROSE, _Vulg. Tongue_, s.v. SIZE ... If a man asks you to sup he - treats you: if TO SIZE, you pay for what you eat, liquors only being - provided by the inviter. - - 1853. BRISTED, _Eng. Univ._, 19. Soup, pastry, and cheese can be SIZED - FOR. - - -*Sizer* (or SIZAR), _subs._ (Cambridge).—A poor scholar. They - were elected annually; paid rent for rooms and other fees on - a lower scale than ordinary students; and got their dinners - including sizings _(see_ SIZE, _subs._ and _verb_) from what - was left at the Upper or Fellows’ table, free, or nearly so. - They were equivalent to the BATTLERS (_q.v._) or SERVITORS - (_q.v._) of Oxford. - - 1574. [R. W. CHURCH, _Spenser_ (1888), ch. i. p. 9.] On the 20th of - May, he was admitted SIZAR, or serving clerk at Pembroke Hall. - - 1670. J. EACHARD, _Contempt of the Clergy_ [ARBER’S _Garner_, vol. - vii. p. 257]. They took therefore, heretofore, a very good method to - prevent SIZARS overheating their brains. Bed-making, chamber-sweeping, - and water-fetching were doubtless great preservatives against too much - vain philosophy. - - 1779. JOHNSON, _Life of Milton_, Par. 7. He was ... removed in the - beginning of his sixteenth year to Christ’s College in Cambridge, - where he entered a SIZAR, Feb. 12, 1624. - - 1820. LAMB, _Elia_ (_Oxford in the Long Vacation_). In moods of - humility I can be a SIZAR, or a Servitor. When the peacock vein rises, - I strut a Gentleman Commoner. - - 1840. LYTTON, _Money_, ii. 3. I was put to school—sent to college, a - SIZAR. Do you know what a SIZAR is? In pride he is a gentleman—in - knowledge he is a scholar—and he crawls about, amidst gentlemen and - scholars, with the livery of a pauper on his back! - - 1847. HALLIWELL, _Archaic Words_, s.v. SIZER.... A student at - Cambridge whose expenses for living are partially provided by the - College, originally a servitor, as serving one of the Fellows. Each - Fellow of a College had one servitor allotted to him. - - 1857. MONCRIEFF, _Bashful Man_, ii. 4. _Collegian._ Who’s that fat - gentleman that’s just got in? _Coachman._ That fat gentleman’s a SIZER - from Corpus. - - -*Skew*, _subs._ (Harrow).—An entrance examination held on the - last Thursday of term. _See_ DAB, and Appendix. - - -*Ski* (or SCI), subs. (Westminster).—A plebeian; an outsider: - specifically the outer rabble of invaders of the territory - of Dean’s yard, belonging of right to the _gens togata_ as - Romans. [Said to be an abbreviation of VOLSCI.] - - -*Skimmer*, _subs._ (Winchester).—A method of entering the water - when bathing: by just skimming beneath the surface, and - rising again immediately.—MANSFIELD (_c._ 1840). - - -*Skimmery*, _subs._ (Oxford).—St. Mary’s Hall. - - 1853. BRADLEY, _Verdant Green_, viii. I swopped the beggar to a - SKIMMERY man for regular slap-up sets of the ballet. - - 1860. G. and P. WHARTON, _Wits and Beaux of Society_, p. 427. After - leaving Westminster School he was sent to immortal SKIMMERY (St. - Mary’s Hall), Oxford. - - -*Skip*, _subs._ (Dublin).—A College servant: valet, messenger, - and waiter combined: the Oxford SCOUT (_q.v._), and at - Cambridge a GYP (_q.v._). Formerly (in general use) = a - footman. - - 1703. WARD, _London Spy_, Pt. VII. p. 151. As a Courtier’s Footman - when he meets his Brother SKIP in the middle of _Covent-garden_. - - 1754. MARTIN, _Eng. Dict._, s.v. SKIP.... A nickname for a footman. - - 1839. LEVER, _Harry Lorrequer_, ch. xiii. For the uninitiated I have - only to add that SKIP is the Trinity College [Dublin] appellation for - servant. - - 1842. _Tait’s Mag._, Oct., “Rem. College Life.” The SKIP, or according - to the Oxford etymology, the man-vulture, is not fit for his calling - who cannot time his business so as to be present simultaneously at - several places. - - 1849. THACKERAY, _Pendennis_, ch. xx. His wounded tutor, his many - duns, the SKIP and bedmaker who waited upon him. - - -*Skirmish.* TO SKIRMISH ON, _verb. phr._ (Winchester).—To run - home from HILLS (_q.v._) when it commenced to rain. - - -*Skug* (or *Scug*), _subs._ (Eton).—_See_ Appendix. - - 1889. DRAGE, _Cyril_, vii. Such a little SKUG, to use a word in use at - my tutor’s. - - -*Skull.* _See_ SCULL. - - -*Sky*, _verb_ (Harrow).—(1) To charge any one, or to knock down: - at football. Also (2) = to hit or throw anything away. - - -*Skyte*, _subs._ (Shrewsbury).—A day boy. [Σχυθαι] - - -*Slabs*, _subs._ (Durham: obsolete).—A flat cake. - - -*Slack*, _verb_ (Durham).—To sell: specifically, to dispose of - property to a dealer in second-hand goods. [From the name of - a second-hand bookseller in Durham.] - - -*Slave-driver*, _subs._ (Harrow).—A fag-master: exclusively at - cricket. - - 1890. _Great Public Schools_, p. 95. The upper ground on these days is - given up to practice at the nets for the Eleven and the “Sixth Form” - game, and to practice in fielding and catching. Boys below the Removes - have to fag for them, and these fags are managed by SLAVE-DRIVERS - (three or four boys appointed for the purpose). - - -*Sleath’s.* _See_ PLANKS. - - -*Slime*, _verb_ (Durham).—To try and cut games. Also = to loaf; - to lounge: _e.g._ SLIMING down town. _See_ App. - - -*Slog*, _subs._ (general).—A large slice. - - _Verb_ (Stonyhurst).—At hockey to hit at the ball when the - right hand is less than a foot below the left on the stick. - - -*Sloggers*, _subs._ (Cambridge).—The second division of boats; - corresponding to the Oxford TORPIDS (_q.v._). - - -*Slosher*, _subs._ (Cheltenham).—An assistant in a - boarding-house charged with superintending dormitories, - evening work, &c. - - -*Slow*, _adv._ (Winchester).—Ignorant of Winchester NOTIONS - (_q.v._). - - -*Slum*, _verb_ (Derby).—To evade; to get out of anything, as - work. Also (University), to avoid observation by using - by-streets. - - -*Small*, _adj._ (Harrow).—1. Under sixteen years of age: - eligible to go in for SMALL events in the sports. _See_ BIG. - - 2. Applied to boarding-houses kept by some of the assistant - masters, and strictly limited to seven or eight boys: a - comparatively modern arrangement, having been instituted - _circa_ 1850. - - -*Small-pill*, _subs._ (The Leys).—A diminutive football; used on - “runs.” - - -*Smalls*, _subs._ (Oxford).—The first examination. - - 1853. *Bradley*, _Verdant Green_, II. xi. The little gentleman was - going in for his Degree, _alias_ Great-go, _alias_ Greats; and our - hero for his first examination _in literis humanioribus_, _alias_ - Responsions, _alias_ Little-go, _alias_ SMALLS. - - 1863. READE, _Hard Cash._... Cramming for SMALLS.... Julia reminded - her that SMALLS was the new word for LITTLE-GO. - - -*Smoke.* _See_ COBBLER. - - -*Smoker* (or *Smoke-shell*), _subs._ (Royal Military Academy).—A - chamber-mug. - - -*Smug*, _subs._ (general).—An ill-mannered, ill-dressed, or - unpopular student. Also as _verb_ = to keep indoors hard at - work; whence also (as _subs._) a hard worker. - - -*Smuggler*, _subs._ (Winchester).—A small lead-pencil pointed at - both ends. - - -*Snack*, _subs._ (Winchester).—A racket ball: formerly a - bat-fives ball. [SNACK-BALLS (Glouc.) = balls made of SNACK - (a dried fungus), which are very elastic and bounce well.] - - -*Snap-up*, _verb_ (Winchester).—_See_ quot. - - _c._ 1840. MANSFIELD, _School-Life at Winchester_ (1866), 234. - SNAPPING UP for false quantities.—When up at Books, if any boy, when - translating, made a false quantity, any other boy (however low down in - the Part) who could first correct him was allowed to go up above him. - If, however, the SNAPPER-UP was himself wrong, he had to go to the - bottom of the Part. - - -*Snicks.* TO GO SNICKS, _verb. phr._ (Winchester).—To share. - - -*Snitch*, _subs._ (Christ’s Hospital).—A term of contempt. - - _Verb_ (Derby).—To hit in the eye. - - -*Sniw.* TO OFFER SNIW, _verb. phr._ (The Leys).—To cheek. [SNIW - = Snow.] - - -*Snob*, _subs._ 1. (University).—A townsman. - - 2. (Marlborough).—Small cricket: as two together, or at tip - and run. - - -*Snoke*, _subs._ (Durham: obsolete).—(1) An underhand person: - _e.g._ “He is a great SNOKE”; (2) an untoward circumstance: - _e.g._ “It was a great SNOKE, we lost the match.” - - _Verb._ To inform: of an offence. Not necessarily “to - sneak,” because it could be used of a master reporting to - the Head-master. - - 1847. HALLIWELL, _Archaic Words_, s.v. SNOKE. To ferret out; to pry - into. _North._ SNOKE-HORNE, _Townley Myst._, p. 68, a sneaking fellow. - - -*Snook*, _verb_ (Shrewsbury).—(1) To do the whole of an - examination proper. Whence (2) to beat in argument or - repartee. - - -*Snooker*, _subs._ (Royal Military Academy).—A newly-joined - cadet of the fourth class. - - -*Soap*, _subs._ (Royal Military Academy).—Cheese. - - -*Socius*, _subs._ (Winchester).—A chum; a companion. - - _Verb_ (Winchester).—To accompany. [The School precept is - _Sociati omnes incedunto_.] - - -*Sock*, _subs._ 1. (Eton).—Edibles of any kind. Hence TO SOCK = - to eat outside regular meals: _e.g._ “We SOCKED Lyndsay - minor three times last week,” _i.e._ we gave him something - to eat outside his regular meals three times last week. - Whence SOCK = to give. - - 1881. PASCOE, _Everyday Life in our Public Schools_.... The - consumption of SOCK, too, in school was considerable, and on occasion - very conspicuous. - - 1883. BRINSLEY-RICHARDS, _Seven Years at Eton_.... We Eton fellows, - great and small, SOCKED prodigiously. By the way, I do not know whence - that term SOCK, as applied to what boys at some schools call “grub,” - and others “tick,” is derived; for I question the theory which makes - it spring from “suck.” I am rather disposed to accept the story that - at the beginning of this century, one of the men, who sold fruits and - tarts at the wall, got nicknamed SOCKS, in consequence of his having - discarded knee-breeches and stockings in favour of pants and short - hose. The man’s nickname might then have spread to his business and to - his wares by a process familiar to etymologists, till SOCKING came to - mean the purchase of good things not from SOCKS only, but from any - other vendor. - - 1889. BUCKLAND, _Eton Fifty Years Ago_ [_Macmillan’s Mag._, Nov.]. “My - governor has SOCKED me a book.”... A boy has also been heard to ask - another to SOCK him a construe of his lesson. - - 2. (Winchester).—To hit hard: especially at cricket. Also to - beat; to defeat: as in a game. - - -*Socker*, _subs._ (general).—Association football. _Cf._ RUGGER. - Also SOCCER. - - 1896. _Tonbridgian_, 339, 1124. Hartley has been playing very well - this season, and has also become a great half-back at SOCKER. - - 1897. _Felstedian_, Nov., p. 194. In _SOCCER_, with old Blues up, we - ought to be very strong. - - -*Sodality*, _subs._ (Stonyhurst).—Higher Line SODALITY and Lower - Line SODALITY = two confraternities of which boys are - members; they meet at fixed times for devotions. A member is - called a SODALIST. - - -*Sodger* (or *Sojer*), _subs._ (Winchester).—The Latin cross (a - PERCHER, _q.v._) marked against a Præfect’s name when - absent. - - 1880. _Music of a Merry Heart_, 55. The books went up, and in due time - were returned to us after examination, with the most startling faults - indicated by a good big cross in the margin, which crosses, for some - reason, were known as SODGERS. - - -*Sodom*, _subs._ (Oxford).—Wadham College. - - -*Soft-ball*, _subs._ (Royal Military Academy).—Tennis. - - -*Sog*, _subs._ (Charterhouse and Winchester).—Twenty shillings; - a sovereign. - - -*Solo*, _subs._ (Winchester).—A solitary walk—without a SOCIUS - (_q.v._). - - -*Soph*, _subs._ (Cambridge).—A student of the second or third - year; the distinctions are: A first year man = FRESHMAN - (_q.v._); second year = Junior SOPH; third year = Senior - SOPH. - - 1870. GOODRICH [WEBSTER, _Unabridged_, s.v. SOPHOMOSE]. This word has - generally been considered an American barbarism, but it was probably - introduced into our country at a very early period from the University - of Cambridge, England. Among the cant terms at that University, as - given in the “_Gradus ad Cantabrigiam_,” we find SOPH-MOR as the next - distinctive appellation to Freshman. It is added that a writer in the - _Gentleman’s Magazine_ thinks Mor an abbreviation of the Greek μωρία, - introduced at a time when the “Encomium Moriæ,” the “Praise of Folly,” - by Erasmus, was so generally used. The ordinary derivation of the - word, from σοφός and μωρός would seem, therefore, to be incorrect. The - young SOPHS at Cambridge appear formerly to have received the adjunct - mor, μωρός, to their names, either as one they courted for the reason - mentioned above, or as one given them in sport for the supposed - exhibition of inflated feeling in entering upon their new honours. The - term thus implied seems to have passed at a very early period from - Cambridge in England to Cambridge in America, as the next distinctive - appellation to Freshmen, and thus to have been attached to the second - of the four classes in our American colleges, while it has now almost - ceased to be known, even as a cant word, at the parent institution in - England from whence it came. - - -*Sorry*, _intj._ (Winchester).—“I beg your pardon.” [Not now - confined to Winchester.—WRENCH.] - - -*Soup-ticket*, _subs._ (King Edward’s, Birm.).—A card issued to - a boy set down for Saturday afternoon detention: a DETÉN - (_q.v._). - - -*Spadge*, _subs._ (Christ’s Hospital).—An affected walk. Also as - _verb._ Formerly merely “to walk.” [_Cf._ Lat. _spatiari_; - Ger. _spatzieren_.] - - -*Spange*, _adj._ (Royal Military Academy).—New; elegant; smart: - _e.g._ “to look SPANGE,” “a SPANGE uniform.” - - -*Sparrow’s-hall*, _subs._ (Stonyhurst: obsolete).—The old - infirmary. [The head-bailiff was one Sparrow, and here the - servants received their wages from him.] - - -*Spec*, _subs._ (Winchester).—Something enjoyable or pleasant; a - good thing. ON SPEC = in consequence. - - 1891. WRENCH, _Winchester Word-Book_, s.v. SPEC.... What a SPEC! My - pitch-up have turned up, and I’ve got leave-out ON SPEC. - - -*Speecher*, _subs._ (Harrow).—The speech-day: usually the first - Thursday in July, when prizes are given. Greek, German, or - French plays are acted, and there is also an afternoon - concert. THE SPEECHER = the Speech-room, built in 1871. - - -*Speedyman*, _subs._ (Winchester: obsolete).—The messenger who - brought the news of a vacancy at New College, Oxford. Whence - SPED TO NEW COLLEGE = elected to a scholarship. - - -*Speg*, _adj._ (Winchester: obsolete).—Smart. - - -*Spending-house*, _subs._ (Rugby).—A pastry-cook’s: the custom, - until Dr. Arnold abolished it, had been for the boys to take - their morning and evening buttery commons of bread and cold - milk to one of these establishments, and with “extras,” such - as tea, coffee, butter, &c., to obtain a more decent meal - than was otherwise possible. - - 1890. _Great Public Schools_, p. 150. Every boy had a SPENDING-HOUSE, - as it was called, at one of the confectioners’ in High Street, where - he left his books, bat, fishing-rod, &c.—to save a journey to his - boarding-house—and spent his spare cash. It was in the back-yards of - these houses that dogs and guns were kept. - - -*Spess*, _subs._ (Felsted).—A specimen: a term of contempt. - - 1889. _Felstedian_, July, 66. Others ... calling out ... frightful - SPESSES, which word is in our language “specimens”; but as this is too - long for their memories, they have shortened it. - - -*Spin*, _verb_ (Royal Military Academy).—To reject: as to an - examination; to pluck; to plough. - - -*Spink*, _subs._ (Royal Military Academy).—Milk: specifically, - condensed milk. - - -*Spinning-house*, _subs._ (University).—The prison of the - Vice-Chancellor’s court. - - -*Spital Sermons* (Christ’s Hospital).—Once the chief feature of - the Easter festivities of this ancient foundation. _See_ - Appendix. - - 1834. TROLLOPE, _History of Christ’s Hospital_ [condensed and - annotated by the editor of _The Blue_]. All Easter festivities - connected with the School seem to be concentrated in the SPITAL - SERMONS. The great antiquity of those discourses may be judged from - the fact, that at the Easter following the foundation and opening of - the School [1552], its members were present at St. Mary Spital. At - this their first appearance at the Spital the boys appeared in that - costume which, with the exception of the hats, still distinguishes - them. A custom had long prevailed, according to which some learned - person was appointed yearly by the Bishop of London to preach at - Paul’s Cross on Good Friday on the Passion; and on the Monday, - Tuesday, and Wednesday following, three others were appointed in like - manner to uphold the doctrine of the Resurrection, at the Pulpit Cross - in the Spital. On the Sunday following, a fifth preached at Paul’s - Cross, passed judgment on the merits of those who had preceded him, - and concluded the ceremony with an appropriate exhortation from - himself. What this passing of judgment meant, and what purpose it - served, is rather hard to decide. It would almost seem as if some - prize or reward were offered for the best sermon. The SPITAL SERMONS - are certainly the oldest institution of their kind in London, and - probably in England. But they have naturally been subject to great - changes. At first there were five, two at Paul’s Cross and three at - St. Mary Spital. Many alterations followed; for instance, the Great - Rebellion put an end for a time both to pulpit and sermons, until the - Restoration, when they were revived, that is, the three SPITAL SERMONS - proper (for the judge disappears) at St. Bride’s Church, which still - stands in Fleet Street. Nothing interrupted them again until 1797, - when the preachers once more were removed to Christ’s Church, where - the SERMONS, now only two in number, have been regularly delivered, - until within the memory of many still in the school [1890] the - Corporation reduced their number to a minimum; and now one SPITAL - SERMON instead of five is listened to, not at St. Mary Spital, or - Paul’s Cross, or St. Bride’s, but at Christ Church, Newgate Street. - Though the scene has not changed since 1797, the accompanying ceremony - has been sadly mutilated. In my [Mr. Trollope’s] time, instead of the - subjects which were wont to be discussed from the Pulpit Cross of St. - Mary Spital, discourses were delivered commemorative of the five - Sister Hospitals of Christ’s Hospital, St. Thomas’, St. Bartholomew’s, - Bridewell, and Bethlehem. This feature has almost entirely - disappeared; the reverend preachers now pass by, or casually mention, - the original reason for their presence in the handsome pulpit of - Christ Church. “On each day the boys of Christ’s Hospital, with the - legend ‘He is risen’ attached to their left shoulder, form part of the - Civic procession; walking on the first day in the order of their - schools, the King’s boys bearing their nautical instruments.” [These - King’s boys are, of course, the Mathemats, who seem in earlier days, - before the development of the Classical side, and the chances of a - University career, to have been the most prominent part of the - School.] They assembled on Monday in the Square of the Royal Exchange, - and on their return were joined by the Lord Mayor and Civic - procession, with the ladies. On Tuesday they proceeded direct to the - Mansion House; each boy received a new sixpence, each monitor a - shilling, and each Grecian half a guinea. [It appears that Alderman - Thomson, whose portrait hangs in the Hall, whose name is engraven on - the walls of the Hospital, and to whom we owe the Classical and - Mathematical Medals, doubled the donation in every case, and his - successors have not returned to the original amount.] The boys were - again followed by the Civic authorities, without the ladies, to Christ - Church, where a Junior Bishop preached on Monday, and a clergyman - selected by the Lord Mayor (usually his chaplain) on Tuesday. But the - most interesting feature of all was that on both occasions an anthem - composed by one of the Grecians, and set to music by the organist, was - sung by the children. - - -*Spite*, _verb_ (Winchester).—To hate: to dislike. - - _c._ 1840. MANSFIELD, _School-Life at Winchester_ (1866), 235. When a - boy suffered some injury himself, in order to spite another person; or - having in some way injured another, received punishment, he was said - to be SPITING GABELL. Dr. Gabell was formerly Head-master, and the - extreme inexpediency of attempting to annoy him gave rise to the - proverb. - - 1891. WRENCH, _Winchester Word-Book_, s.v. SPITE. The word in - Wykehamical usage generally connoted the frame of mind rather than the - acts in which it finds expression. But the phrase “to SPITE Gabell” - describes the act popularly known as “cutting off your nose to SPITE - your face.” - - -*Splice*, _verb_ (Winchester).—To throw; to fling: as a missile. - - -*Sport*, _verb_ (Winchester).—To spread: as a baulk (or report); - to wear: as clothes; to provide: as a feast; to indulge in: - as smoking, walking, &c.—a general verb of action. Whence - SPORTING ACTION = an affected manner, gesture, or gait, or - betrayal of emotion. [_Sport_ (var. dial.) = to show, to - exhibit.] - - -*Sportings*, _subs._ (Charterhouse).—Clothes worn at the EXEAT - (_q.v._). - - 1900. TOD, _Charterhouse_, p. 102. The splendour of Exeat garb defies - description. It is enough to say that the Carthusian’s apparel then is - as costly as his purse will buy, and that he calls it SPORTINGS. - - -*Spree*, _adj._ (Winchester).—(1) Conceited; stuck-up: of - persons. (2) Smart; stylish; befitting a Wykehamist: of - dress, &c. [_Spree_ (Devon) = spruce, gay.] - - _c._ 1840. MANSFIELD, _School-Life at Winchester_ (1866), 72. At the - end of the half year we used to have large entertainments called - “SPREE MESSES,” between Toy-time and Chapel, consisting of tea, - coffee, muffins, cakes, &c., the funds for which were generally - provided by fines inflicted during Toy-time for talking loud, slamming - the door, coming in without whistling (to show that it was not a - Master entering), improper language, &c. &c. Sometimes a SPREE MESS - was given by the boys about to leave at the end of that Half. - - 1891. WRENCH, _Winchester Word-Book_, s.v. SPREE.... As applied to - juniors, uppish; inclined to assume airs, or usurp privileges not - belonging to juniors. As applied to acts, permissible only to prefects - or those of senior standing. - - -*Spreeman*, _subs._ (Winchester).—A Junior who has to fag hard. - - 1891. WRENCH, _Winchester Word-Book_, s.v. SPREEMAN. A Commoner - Inferior, who, in consideration of his social status or long standing - in the School, was invested by Præfects with privileges similar to - those enjoyed by Candle-keepers in College. - - -*Squab* (or *Squob*), _verb_ (King Edward’s, Birm.).—To squeeze - by. [The foot is placed against a wall or desk, and the back - against the victim, who is similarly treated from the - opposite side by some one else, or pressed against a wall.] - Hence SQUAB-UP = “push,” generally. [_Squab_ (Devon) = to - squeeze, to knock, to beat.] - - -*Square.* TO SQUARE ROUND, _verb. phr._ (Winchester).—To make - room: as at a fire, &c. - - -*Squash*, _subs._ 1. (Stonyhurst).—A mellay (at football) of the - two sides round the goal-posts. A goal secured in this way - is called a “squash-goal.” Also Harrow. - - 1876. COLLINS, _The Public Schools_ [Harrow], p. 312. The gravel cut - the leather case of the ball occasionally, as well as the hands and - faces of those who scrambled over it in a SQUASH, as that close - _mêlée_ is called, which Rugby men know as a “scrummage,” and Etonians - as a “rouge.” - - 1885. _Stonyhurst Mag._, i. 144. The second law on the Code enacts - that “no one may push, pull, charge, or trip another player.” How then - is a SQUASH GOAL to be accounted for? - - 2. (Harrow).—A game of racquets not played with a HARDER - (_q.v._), but with an indiarubber ball, which is also called - a SQUASH. - - -*Squashed-flies.* _See_ FLIES. - - -*Squeaky*, _adj._ (Christ’s Hospital).—High-pitched: of the - voice. _Cf._ GRUFF. - - 1844. _Reminis. of Christ’s Hospital_ [_The Blue_, Aug. 1874]. The - voices, in our own peculiar phraseology, being divided into two - classes—those who sang SQUEAKY and those who sang GRUFF. The monitors - were constantly on the look-out for boys with SQUEAKY voices, and did - any youth make himself at all prominent in this respect, down upon him - would pounce the monitor, forthwith to _transpose_ him to the organ - gallery, there to submit his musical abilities to a trial by the - organist. The latter was an elderly gentleman, inclined at times to be - rather irritable. - - -*Squealer*, _subs._ (Wellington).—A small boy. - - -*Squirm* (or *Squirt*), _subs._ (general).—An obnoxious boy. - - -*Squish*, _subs._ 1. (general).—Marmalade. - - 2. (Winchester).—Weak tea. - - -*Squo*, _adj._ (Charterhouse).—SQUASH (_q.v._); as in - SQUO-court, SQUO-ball, SQUO-bat, &c. - - -*Stally*, _adj._ (Derby).—Strong [? stalwart]. - - -*Stamp*, _subs._ (Harrow).—Every one is provided with a “school - stamp”; the name is cut on it, and this must be printed on - all books, &c. Above the Second Fifth boys keep their own - stamp. - - -*Stand.* TO STAND OUT FOR COLLEGE, _verb. phr._ - (Westminster).—To enter for a King’s scholarship. Candidates - must be under fifteen years of age, and have been in the - school as a town boy for not less than a year preceding. - - 1867. COLLINS, _The Public Schools_, p. 182. Then if he thinks proper - he “STANDS OUT FOR COLLEGE”—or, in the old Latin phraseology, becomes - one of the _minores candidati_. He undergoes a very severe - examination, called the “Challenge” [_q.v._], the form of which must - have been preserved from Queen Elizabeth’s days, and is the last - surviving relic of the old scholastic disputations; those tournaments - of Latin and logic, in which Queen Bess was wont to reward a - successful champion with a purse of gold from her own virgin hand, and - her successor, James, distributed liberally the more economical - guerdon of royal applause and criticism. - - -*Standing-up Week*, _subs. phr._ (Winchester).—_See_ quot. - - _c._ 1840. MANSFIELD, _School-Life at Winchester_ (1866), 235. - STANDING-UP WEEK—During the last week of Long Half all the boys, - except Sixth Book and Senior Part, had to say a number of lines by - heart in eight lessons, which they were supposed to have learned in - the course of the previous year; this was called STANDING-UP. Marks - were given according to merit, and these marks had a very material - effect on the respective positions of the boys in their Parts. - - -*Station.* ON STATION, _adv. phr._ (Westminster).—The - attendance, by juniors, on the games in the “Green” in Great - Dean’s Yard, or, on a rainy day, in College. - - 1867. COLLINS, _The Public Schools_, p. 186. The juniors are expected - to remain ON STATION in college for the short intervals after - breakfast and after dinner, and at other times in the playgrounds (the - “Green” in Dean’s Yard or Vincent Square, according to the time of - year or the game that happens to be in season); except on decidedly - wet days, when STATION is always in college. - - -*Statue* (The), _subs._ (Stonyhurst).—A statue of the Virgin - looked after by the boys. They have “Month of May” - devotions, and write “May verses” in her honour. - - -*Stay.* TO STAY OUT, _verb. phr._ 1. (Eton).—To stay out of - school. _See_ quot. - - 1883. BRINSLEY-RICHARDS, _Seven Years at Eton_. Sometimes Blazes had a - lazy fit, and put himself on the sick-list for a day. This was called - STAY OUT, for the reason that one had to stay in. - - 1866-72. “MAC,” _Sketchy Memories of Eton_. Many things at Eton were - called by misnomers, in the construction of which the _lucus a non - lucendo_ principle came out very strong. Thus, when we stayed in, we - said we were STAYING OUT; when “absence” was called, we had to be - _present_; a _third_ of a year was called a _half_, &c. &c. - - 2. (Rugby).—To go on the sick-list. - - -*Stedman promo*, _subs._ (Charterhouse).—An unexpected (and - probably undeserved) promotion. [Because announced in the - lists printed by Mr. R. B. Stedman, the school bookseller at - Godalming.] - - -*-ster*, _inseparable suffix_ (Winchester).—The termination - agent: as Brockster, Mugster, Thokester, Quilster, &c. - - -*Stew*, _verb_ (Stonyhurst).—To study. Whence STEW-POT = a hard - student. - - -*St. George*, _subs._ (Eton).—_See_ FOURTH OF JUNE. - - 1891. _Harry Fludyer_, 120. Well, about the boat procession. It went - off splendid. You know I’m in the ST. GEORGE, and Forker Major—a great - heavy brute—is our captain, and Tipkins is steerer. - - -*Sticking-up*, _subs._ (Winchester).—_See_ quot. - - _c._ 1840. MANSFIELD, _School-Life at Winchester_ (1866), 236. - STICKING-UP.—On the last three Fridays of each Half, a boy was - selected by appointment of Commoner Præfects and Course-keeper, and - placed on the top of TOYS (_q.v._) in their Hall, and was pelted with - PONTOS (_q.v._) by the rest. The following PEALS (_q.v._) were chanted - previously, one on each day: “Locks and Keys,” “Boots and Leathers,” - and “Gomer Hats.” - - -*Stick-ups*, _subs._ (Harrow).—Stand-up, or high collars: as - opposed to “turn-downs.” The rules as to collars are very - intricate, and differ in various Houses. At Charterhouse - STICK-UPS are not permissible until the end of the first - year. - - -*Stinks*, _subs._ (general).—Chemistry. Also as a nickname for a - lecturer thereon. - - -*Stizzle*, _verb_ (Tonbridge).—To cane. - - -*Stodge*, _subs._ (Charterhouse).—The inside of a roll; the - crumb of new bread. - - _Verb_ (Tonbridge).—To hurt. - - -*Stodger*, _subs._ (Charterhouse and Tonbridge).—A penny bun. - - -*Stone* (The), _subs._ (Christ’s Hospital: obsolete).—The - Steward’s table in Hall. TO GO TO THE STONE = to go up for - trial, judgment, and sentence for misconduct. - - 1844. _Reminis. of Christ’s Hospital_ [_The Blue_, Aug. 1874]. With - respect to misconduct out of school hours, the several monitors were - the police, and the Steward the sole judge. When first appointed, the - young monitors displayed excessive zeal in the discovery of - delinquencies, and would call out with as much severity as it was - possible to throw into the voice of a youth of fourteen, “Go to THE - STONE, you, sir!” “THE STONE” was the name given to the Steward’s - table in the Hall, where offenders were tried, judgment delivered, and - sentence carried out, immediately after meals. The mildest punishment - consisted of caning on the open hand (ironically termed “cakes”), and - next in severity was flogging with the birch (called “brushing”); and - Fate, with a grim sense of humour which we failed to appreciate at the - time, decreed that the head beadle in our time, who was appointed to - administer the said brushings and cakes, should bear the appropriate - name of Honey. - - -*Stonyhurst-cricket* (or *Football*). _See_ Appendix. - - -*Stop.* TO STOP OUT, _verb. phr._ (Harrow and Charterhouse).—To - absent oneself from school: at Harrow, through - indisposition. - - -*Stopping-up*, subs. (Stonyhurst).—An extra time of study - allowed to elder boys when the rest have gone to bed: _e.g._ - “I am going to STOPPING-UP to-night.” - - -*Strangers’ Place*, _subs._ (Stonyhurst: obsolete).—The - guest-rooms. When a boy had friends staying in the College - he was said to be “in the STRANGERS’ PLACE.” _Cf._ PLACE. - - -*Straw*,_ subs._ 1. (Harrow).—A straw hat worn by the whole - school all the year round, except on Sundays and at games. - The ELEVEN STRAW = a speckled black-and-white straw hat worn - by the Cricket Eleven. - - 2. (Rugby).—For two years after his first term (during which - a silk hat or “topper” was _de rigueur_) a boy wears a - black-and-white speckled straw hat with a black ribbon. Each - House has its own distinctive ribbon. At the end of his - third year a boy could “take” his “white straw,” but he was - not expected to do this unless he were a SWELL (_q.v._). - - Also _see_ CLEAN STRAW. - - -*Strawer*, _subs._ (general).—A straw hat. - - -*Stretch*, _subs._ (University).—A walk. - - -*Strive*, _verb_ (Christ’s Hospital).—To write with care: _see_ - SCRUB. _E.g._ “Copy this!” “Shall I STRIVE, Sir, or ‘scrub’ - it down?” - - -*Stub*, _verb_ (Felsted).—To kick a football about. - - 1888. _Felstedian_, Dec., p. 98. Now these hollow globes [footballs] - flying through the air, collide with their sandals, and this colliding - they call STUBBING. _Ibid._ (Nov. 1896, 153). Boys are fined for - STUBBING on a forty higher than their own. - - 1895. _Felstedian_, June, p. 104. Among plausible etymologies it is - attempted to derive STUB from “the sound made by a stubbed football.” - ... But the word STUB deserves to be rescued from its fate. I had - always imagined it to be an East Anglian word for “kick,” but it is, - to the best of my belief, obsolete in England.... A contributor to - _Notes and Queries_, writing on a totally different subject, quoted - the following words from a speech by an American judge: “As a - barefooted boy I STUBBED my chapped toes over a rough New England - farm.” [_Stub_ is commonly dialectical, in the sense of “to grub.”] - - -*Stuckling*, _subs._ (Winchester).—A kind of flat pastry made of - the current year’s apples and dried currants. - - 1847. HALLIWELL, _Archaic Words_, s.v. STUCKLING. An apple pasty, - thin, somewhat half circular in shape, and not made in a dish. - - 1883. TROLLOPE, _What I Remember_.... STUCKLING was a kind of flat - pastry made of chopped apples and currants. And the speciality of it - was that the apples must be that year’s apples. They used to be sent - up from Devonshire or Cornwall, and sometimes were with difficulty - obtained. - - 1891. WRENCH, _Winchester Word-Book_, s.v. STUCKLING. A pudding at - Election dinner, made of meat, apple, and carraway. - - -*Study-place*, _subs._ (Stonyhurst).—A study. _Cf._ PLACE. - - -*Stuggy*,_ adj._ (general).—Thick-set. [STUGGY (Devon) = thick, - stout.] - - -*Stumper*, _subs._ (Tonbridge).—Small cricket played with a - stump. - - -*Stumps*, _subs._ (Harrow).—Cricket played with a stump and a - soft ball. - - -*Styx*, _subs._ (The Leys).—A urinal. _Cf._ HADES. - - -*Sub-minister*, _subs._ (Stonyhurst).—The superior responsible - for the health of the house. _See_ MINISTER. - - -*Substance*, _subs._ (Westminster).—_See_ SHADOW. - - -*Suck*, _subs._ (University).—A parasite; a toady. - - -*Suction*, _subs._ (Winchester).—Sweetmeats. - - -*Sudden-death*, _subs._ (University).—A crumpet. - - -*Sum*, _intj._ (Winchester).—The response at names-calling; - ADSUM (_q.v._). - - -*Summer Quarter*, _subs._ (Charterhouse).—_See_ LONG QUARTER. - - -*Superann*, _subs._ (Charterhouse).—Superannuate. - - -*Superannuate*, _subs._ (Winchester).—_See_ quot. - - _c._ 1840. MANSFIELD, _School-Life at Winchester_ (1866), 237. - SUPERANNUATE.—A boy who was obliged to leave at Election, owing to his - being past eighteen years of age. FOUNDERS (_q.v._) were not - SUPERANNUATE till they were twenty-five. - - -*Surly Hall* (Eton).—A public-house on the right bank of the - Thames, some three and a half miles from Windsor. _See_ - FOURTH OF JUNE. - - -*Sur-master*, _subs._ (Manchester Grammar: obsolete).—The second - master; the “Usher.” [There is now no second in command.] - - -*Sus*, _subs._ (Winchester: obsolete).—The remains of a - Præfect’s tea: a fag’s perquisite. - - _c._ 1840. MANSFIELD, _School-Life at Winchester_ (1866), 237. - SUS.—The Juniors’ tea: generally drunk out of a pint cup when in bed. - - -*Swank*, _verb_ (general).—To work hard. [O.E. _Swinke_ = to - labour.] Hence SWANKER = a hard worker. _See_ SWINK. - - ... _MS. Cott. Vespas_, D. vii. f. 3. I SWANK in mi sighing stede, I - sal wasche bi al nyghtes mi bede. _Ibid._, 46. I SWANK criand, haase - made. Chekes mine for pine I hade. - - -*Swat.* _See_ SWOT. - - -*Sweat.* _See_ SWOT. - - -*Sweater*, _subs._ (Winchester).—A servant. - - -*Sweat-gallery*, _subs._ (Winchester).—Fagging Juniors. - - -*Swell*, _subs._ 1. (Eton and Harrow). _See_ quot. - - 18[?]. T. R. OLIPHANT, _Eton College_.... It is very hard to define - exactly what is meant by a SWELL at Eton; but it usually implies a boy - who, brought into notice either by athletic prowess or scholarship, or - high standing in the school, by this means becomes acquainted with the - leading members of the school, and is found on acquaintance to develop - considerable social qualities, which make him hand and glove with all - the Eton magnates. - - 2. (Rugby).—The word SWELL (says Mr. LEES KNOWLES) had an - indefinite, but well understood, meaning in the school. A - member of the school “twenty,” or “fifteen” as it is now, or - a member of the eleven, was, for instance, a SWELL. - - _Verb_ (Winchester).—To bathe; to wash. - - -*Swells*, _subs._ (Winchester).—Sunday services; Saints’-days, - &c. [When surplices were worn.] - - -*Swift’s.* _See_ PLANKS. - - -*Swill*, _verb_ (Shrewsbury).—To take a shower-bath; also - (Winchester) to wash by throwing water over the body. - - 1881. _Felstedian_, Nov., p. 75, “A Day’s Fagging at Winchester.” - Having taken out the washing-stool, I proceed to call the Senior - Præfect; when he gets up I have to SWILL him (_i.e._ pour a can of - water over his back in his bath), and then rub him down with a towel. - - -*Swinger*, _subs._ (Charterhouse).—A box on the ears. _Cf._ - _Swinge_ = to lash, to beat. Also SWINGE as _verb_. - - 1579. _Mariage of Witt and Wisdome._ O, the passion of God! so I - shalbe SWINGED; So, my bones shalbe bang’d! The poredge pot is stolne: - what, Lob, I say, Come away, and be hangd! - - 1611. COTGRAVE, _Dict._, s.v. DOBER. To beat, SWINGE, lamme, - bethwacke. - - 1637. DU BARTAS [NARES]. Then often SWINDGING, with his sinnewy train, - Somtimes his sides, somtimes the dusty plain. - - [..?..] _Havelok the Dane_ [SKEAT, E.E.T.S. (1868), 214]. An ofte dede - him sore SWINGE, And wit hondes smerte dinge; So that the blod ran of - his fleys, That tendre was, and swithe neys. - - -*Swink*, _verb_ (Winchester).—To sweat; to work hard. Also as - _subs._ _See_ SWANK. - - 1579. _Mariage of Witt and Wisdome._ But now I SWINKE and sweate in - vaine, My labour hath no end, And moping in my study still, My - youthfull yeares I spend. - - 1590. SPENSER, _Faërie Queene_.... Honour, estate, and all this - worlde’s good, For which men SWINCKE and sweat incessantly. - - 1891. WRENCH, _Winchester Word-Book_, s.v. SWINK.... The former [to - sweat] is the primary Wykehamical meaning: SWINK and _sweat_ have - therefore changed places. - - -*Swipes*, _subs._ 1. (Stonyhurst).—The boy-servant who serves - out beer at dinner. - - 2. (Harrow).—Supper. - - TO BE SWIPED, _verb. phr._ (Harrow).—To be birched. - - -*Swish*, _verb_ (Eton and Charterhouse).—To flog. Hence SWISHING - = a beating. - - _c._ 1889. _Illustrated London News._ Flogging, or, as it is called at - Eton, SWISHING, is to be abolished at that aristocratic seminary. - - 1891. _Harry Fludyer_, 47. He complained of us and Tipkins, and I got - SWISHED the other day. - - -*Swot* (*Swat* or *Sweat*), _subs._ (general).—Lessons; work: - specifically, mathematics at Royal Military Academy. Also a - hard-working student. - - 1883. PASCOE, _Everyday Life at Our Public Schools_.... So much for - work or SWOT, as the Harrovian, in common with other boys, somewhat - inelegantly terms the more important part of instruction he receives - at school. - - _Verb_ (general).—To work hard: as at lessons. - - IN A SWOT, _phr._ (Shrewsbury).—In a rage. - - -*Syntax*, _subs._ (Stonyhurst).—The upper Fourth Form. - - - - - - -*Tachs*, _subs._ (Tonbridge).—A fad; a mental eccentricity. - _See_ HOBBS. - - _c._ 1327. _Chester Plays_, ii. 27. For south this harde I hym saye, - That he woulde rise the thirde daye; Nowe suerlye and he so maye, He - hath a wounderous TACHE. - - _c._ 1400. _Occleve MS._ [Soc. Ant.], 134, f. 279. And to his fadris - maneris enclyne, And wikkid TACCHIS and vices eschewe. - - [..?..] _MS. Cantab_, Ff. i. 6, f. 157. It is a TACCHE of a devouryng - hounde To resseyve superfluyté and do excesse. - - _d._ 1565. CHALONER, _Moriæ Euc._, p. 3, _b_. It is a common TATCHE, - naturally gevin to all men, as well as priests, to watche well for - theyr owne lucre. - - 1612. WARNER, _Albion’s England_, Bk. xiii. p. 318. First Jupiter that - did usurp his father’s throne, Of whom even his adorers write evil - TACHES many an one. - - 1822. NARES, _Glossary_, s.v. TACHE or TATCH. A blot, spot, stain, or - vice; _tache_, French. - - 1847. HALLIWELL, _Archaic Words_, s.v. TACHE.... A quality, or - disposition; a trick; enterprise; boldness of design. (_A.-N._) - - _Verb_ (Tonbridge).—To stare at: mostly confined to one - House. - - -*Tack*, _subs._ (Sherborne).—A feast in one’s study. - - -*Tag*, _subs._ (Winchester).—An off-side kick: at football. Also - as _verb_. - - _c._ 1840. MANSFIELD, _School-Life at Winchester_ (1866), 237. TAG.... - When a player has kicked the ball well forward, and has followed it, - if it was then kicked back again behind him by the other side, he was - then obliged to return to his original position with his own side. If - the ball had, in the meantime, been again kicked in front of him, - before he regained his position, and he was to kick it, it would be - considered unfair, and he would be said TO TAG. - - -*Tails*, _subs._ (Harrow).—The swallow-tailed coats worn by all - in the Upper School, and (as “charity-tails”) by all in the - Lower School who are considered by the Head of the School to - be tall enough to require them. - - -*Tank*, _verb_ (King Edward’s, Birm.).—To cane: a rarer word - than COSH (_q.v._). [_Tank_ (Warwicks.) = a blow.] - - -*Tap* (Eton).—_See_ Appendix. - - -*Taps.* _See_ TOLLY (sense 2). - - -*Tardy*, _adv._ (Winchester).—Late: as “I was TARDY TASK” - (_q.v._). - - 1881. _Felstedian_, Nov., p. 75, “A Day’s Fagging at Winchester.” That - done I return to chambers, fling on my gown, which I am obliged to - keep off till the last moment as a sign of servitude to shew that I am - only a junior, and then scramble in to chapel somehow, very likely - late, with an impot in store from my form master, and a licking from - the præfect in my chamber for being TARDY, though as likely as not he - was himself the cause of it. - - -*Task*, _subs._ (Winchester).—All kinds of composition other - than an Essay or Vulgus. - - -*Tatol*, _subs._ (Winchester).—A tutor in Commoners. These came - into course in alternate weeks, their duties being to - preside at meals, Toys (_q.v._) and names-calling, and to go - round galleries at 9.15. - - -*Tavern* (The), _subs._ (Oxford).—New Inn Hall. [From its title, - “New Inn,” and also because the buttery is open all day, and - the members of the Hall can call for what they please at any - hour, the same as in a tavern.] - - -*Tawse*, _subs._ (Scots: general).—A leather strap used in - Scotland instead of the cane. [_Tawse_ (North) = a piece of - tanned leather.] - - -*Team*, _subs._ (University).—The pupils of a private tutor or - coach. - - -*Teddy-hall*, _subs._ (Oxford).—St. Edmund’s Hall. - - -*Teejay* (or *Tege*), _subs._ (Winchester).—A new-comer under - the charge of an older scholar, who also instructs him in - NOTIONS (_q.v._). Also as _verb_. [That is, _Protégé_.] - - -*Teek*, _subs._ (Harrow).—Mathematics. _See_ TIQUE. - - -*Temple*, _subs._ (Winchester).—A niche in Mead’s Wall. - - 1881. PASCOE, _Everyday Life in our Public Schools_.... On the last - night of term there is a bonfire in Ball Court, and all the TEMPLES or - miniature architectural excavations in Mead’s Wall are lighted up with - candle-ends. - - -*Ten-o’clock Recreation*, _subs. phr._ (Stonyhurst).—Still keeps - its name, though now for some years it comes nearly an hour - later. - - -*Tepe*, _verb_ (Durham: obsolete).—To smoke: a lane near School - was called Tepe Lane. - - -*Terrace, The* (Harrow).—The terrace below the chapel, towards - the Footer-fields. - - -*Tertian*, _subs._ (Aberdeen).—A student in the third class. - - -*Tetra*, _subs._ (Felsted: obsolete).—A “record”: TO GO BEYOND - THE TETRA = to beat the record. [A stuttering pronunciation - of, some say, “tremendous,” others, “extraordinary.”] _See_ - Appendix. - - -*Thick*, _subs._ (Winchester and Rugby).—A stupid fellow. Also - as _adj._ - - 1856. HUGHES, _Tom Brown’s School-days_, I. vii. What a THICK I was to - come! Here we are, dead beat, and yet I know we’re close to the run - in, if we knew the country. - - -*Thicker*, _subs._ (Harrow).—Thucydides: translated in the Upper - School. - - -*Third Elevens* (or *Thirders*), _subs._ (Harrow).—A house - SECOND ELEVEN (_q.v._) playing another house Second Eleven - at football. - - -*Third-guarder*, _subs._ (Stonyhurst).—_See_ GUARDER. - - -*Thoke*, _subs._ (Winchester).—Rest; lying in bed. Hence - as _verb_ = to lie in bed late. [Prov. Eng. _thoky_ = - sluggish.] Whence TO THOKE UPON = to anticipate with - pleasure; THOKESTER = an idler. - - 1847. HALLIWELL, _Archaic Words_, s.v. THOKISH. Slothful; sluggish. - _East._ In Lincolnshire it is usually THOKY. - - 1891. WRENCH, _Winchester Word-Book_, s.v. THOKE. I’m THOKING ON next - week: what a THOKE it will be, with a Leave-out-day, a Hatch-THOKE, - and a half remedy. - - 1899. _Public School Mag._, Dec., p. 465. He attributed his - success—or, at any rate, his long survival—to the art of “THOKING”—in - the vulgar tongue, “slacking”—which he had laboriously acquired during - his first years of office. - - -*Thoker*, _subs._ (Winchester).—A thick slice of bread soaked in - water and then baked. - - -*Thos’s-hole*, _subs._ (Rugby). _See_ quot. - - 1856. HUGHES, _Tom Brown’s School-days_, vii. And so Tom and the - Tadpole, in night-shirts and trousers, started off downstairs, and - through “THOS’S-HOLE,” as the little buttery, where candles and beer - and bread and cheese were served out at night, was called, across the - School-house court. - - 1867. COLLINS, _The Public Schools_, 367. “THOS” [Thomas Woobridge] - the well-remembered old school-house servitor, being mounted on the - leading horse. - - -*Three.* COME BACK AT THREE, _phr._ (Royal High School, - Edin.).—The formula to signify detention after school hours. - - -*Threepenny*, _subs._ (general).—A tuck-shop cake of that value. - - -*Throw*, _verb_ (University).—To master; to succeed: as in a - paper, lesson, examination, examiner, &c. - - 1891. _Harry Fludyer at Cambridge_, 98. These blessed exams. are - getting awfully close now, but I think I shall floor mine, and Dick’s - sure to THROW his examiners down. - - -*Tight*, _adj._ (Winchester).—Fast; hard. - - 1891. WRENCH, _Winchester Word-Book_, s.v. TIGHT.... A TIGHT bowler, - &c. As superlative adverb now only used in TIGHT junior. TIGHT-snob, - TIGHT-rot, and other such uses are obsolete. - - -*Tin-gloves*, _subs._ (Winchester).—_See_ quot. - - _c._ 1840. MANSFIELD, _School-Life at Winchester_ (1866), 54. But - there were other ordeals that were not quite so harmless. Green was - liable to be asked whether he possessed a pair of TIN-GLOVES. As this - article does not generally form part of a boy’s outfit, Bully would - proceed to furnish him with a pair in the following manner:—Taking a - half consumed stick from the fire, he would draw the “red-hot end” - down the back of Green’s hand between each of the knuckles to the - wrist, and having produced three satisfactory lines of blisters would - then make two or three transverse lines across. A scientifically - fitted pair of gloves of this description was generally, if not - pleasant wear, of great durability. - - -*Tin-tab*, _subs._ (Dulwich).—The carpenter’s shop. - - -*Tip*, _subs._ (Felsted).—1. A false report. - - 1890. _Felstedian_, Feb., p. 3. Some one ventured to suggest that it - was all a beastly TIP.... Many would just like to get hold of the - fellow that started the TIP. - - 1893. _Felstedian_, Dec., p. 143. Nor is it credible that he stands in - need of those useful and entertaining scraps of general information to - which we apply the term “TIPS” in our ordinary conversation. - - 1895. _Felstedian_, April, p. 45. TIP.—“Tip” and “tip-spreading,” - expressing with that brevity which is the soul of wit, our horror of - scandal and scandal-mongering, again defy analysis. - - 2. (Felsted).—A foolish mistake in translating, &c. - - -*Tipping*, _adj._ (general).—First-rate; jolly. - - -*Tique*, _subs._ (Harrow).—(1) Arithmetic; and (2) mathematics. - [From a French master’s peculiar English pronunciation.] - - -*Tish*, _subs._ (Royal Military College).—A partition; a - cubicle. - - -*Tit.* _See_ ’VARSITY-TIT. - - -*Titch*, _subs._ (Christ’s Hospital).—A flogging. Also as _verb_ - [Onomatopœia]. _See_ Appendix. - - -*Tizzy-poole*, _subs._ (Winchester: obsolete).—A fives ball - [costing 6d., and sold by a head porter named Poole.] - - -*Toad*, _subs._ (Winchester: obsolete).—In College a piece of - hot toast put into beer. - - -*Toe-fit-tie*, _subs._ (Winchester: obsolete).—_See_ quot. - - 1881. _Felstedian_, Nov., p. 84, “A Day’s Fagging at Winchester.” I - remember now; it was that brute A—— who “to FITTI”-ed me last - night.... For the benefit of the uninitiated let me explain the _modus - operandi_ and its etymology: it is nothing more or less than the - commencement of a line in the old familiar “_As in præsenti perfectum, - format in avi_,” which we used to learn, “_to fit-ti_,” in reference - to verbs of the third conjugation, transferred from the similarity of - sound to the school-boy’s toe; it consisted in tying a running noose - on a piece of string, cunningly turning up the bed-clothes at the - foot, putting it round the big toe of an unconscious sleeper, running - the noose up tight, and pulling till the victim followed the direction - of string from the pain, getting farther and farther out of bed and - nearer and nearer the floor, till mercifully released. - - -*Togger*, _subs._ (Oxford).—A TORPID (_q.v._) boat-race. - - 1894. _Felstedian_, Dec., p. 181. Wiltshire will probably row in one - of the University TOGGERS next term. - - 1896. _Tonbridgian_, No. 339, 1124. Rowland rowed in the TOGGER, fifth - on the river. - - -*Toke*, _verb_ (The Leys).—To be lazy; to “loaf.” - - -*Told.* TO BE TOLD, _verb. phr._ (Tonbridge).—To obtain one’s - colours in a school team. - - -*Tolly*, _subs._ 1. (general).—A candle. [From _tallow_.] _Cf._ - BROLLY, YOLLY, &c. - - 2. (Stonyhurst).—The flat instrument for administering - punishment on the hand: the maximum is “twice nine.” - Sometimes called TAPS (_q.v._): _e.g._ “I’ve to get TAPS - to-night.” - - TO TOLLY UP, _verb. phr._ (Harrow).—To surreptitiously light - candles after gas is out. - - -*Tom*, _subs._ (Oxford).—The great bell of Christ Church. [It - tolls 101 times each evening at ten minutes past nine - o’clock (there being 101 students on the foundation), and - marks the time for the closing of the College gates. “TOM” - is one of the lions of Oxford. It formerly belonged to - Oseney Abbey, and weighs about 17,000 pounds, being more - than double the weight of the great bell of St. Paul’s.] - - -*Tommy*, _subs._ (Dublin).—A sham shirt-front. [From the Greek - τομή, a section.] - - -*Tonkabout*, _subs._ (Charterhouse).—The hitting up of catches - at cricket: said to be a BODEITE (_q.v._) term. - - -*Toot* (or *Tout*), _verb_ (Royal High School, Edin.).—To treat - to lunch. [Recently introduced by a boy from New Zealand. - Originally shout, then tout, whence TOOT. “Shout” = to stand - treat.] - - -*To-pan*, _subs._ (Winchester).—_See_ quot., and BOILER. - - _c._ 1840. MANSFIELD, _School-Life at Winchester_ (1866), 240. - TOE-PAN.—A large basin of red earthenware placed in each chamber for - washing the feet in. - - -*Top-side*, _subs._ (Harrow).—A wing at football: the opposite - one to BOTTOM-SIDE (_q.v._). - - -*Torch-race*, _subs._ (Winchester: obsolete).—Formerly, part of - the breaking-up ceremony of the winter half-year. On the - last morning the boys, after early chapel, rushed out of - gates, each bearing a burning birch-broom, up College Street - and along the wall of the Close up to the old White Hart - Inn, where breakfast was prepared before the chaises started - for their various destinations. This curious TORCH-RACE - subsequently gave way to a race of the seniors in sedan - chairs. - - -*Torpid*, _subs._ (Harrow).—A boy who has not been two years in - the school. There is a cup for the COCK-HOUSE (_q.v._) at - torpids in football. - - -*Torpids*, _subs._ (Oxford).—(1) The eight-oared spring races; - (2) the boats; and (3) the crews. Also TOGGER. - - 1853. BRADLEY, _Verdant Green_, II. xii. The Misses Green had the - satisfaction to see their brother pulling in one of the fifteen - TORPIDS that followed immediately in the wake of the other boats. - - 1889. _Felstedian_, Feb., p. 11. After the TORPIDS will come the - Clinker Forms—an institution hitherto unknown in Oxford. - - 1900. _Westminster Gazette_, 21st Feb., 8. 3. Oxford University - TORPIDS. These races were concluded to-day. - - -*Tosh*, _subs._ (general).—A foot-tub; a bath. Also, as _verb_ = - to throw water over a person: _e.g._ “He TOSHED his house - beak by mistake, and got three hundred.” Hence TOSH-POND - (Royal Military Academy) = the bathing-pond. [That is, - “toe-wash.”] - - -*Tosher*, _subs._ (Oxford).—An unattached student. - - -*Tosh-soap*, _subs._ (Charterhouse).—Cheese. - - -*T’other-school*, _subs._ (Winchester).—(1) One’s former school; - and (2) any school not a Public School. Also as _adj._ = - NON-LICET (_q.v._), or unbecoming: because more or less - alien to Winchester. - - -*T’other-un*, _subs._ (Charterhouse).—A private school. - - -*Touch.* TO TOUCH IN, _verb. phr._ (Stonyhurst).—To reach one’s - block: of a batsman when running. _See_ STONYHURST-CRICKET. - [According to the Rules, “The TOUCHING-IN line is within a - bat’s length of the CRICKET-STONE” (_q.v._).] - - -*Touchy*, _adv._ (Christ’s Hospital).—Rather: _e.g._ TOUCHY a - lux = rather a good thing. - - -*Tow*, _subs._ (Shrewsbury).—A run in: at hare and hounds. - - 1881. PASCOE, _Everyday Life at our Public Schools_.... After that - last “all up,” there is a TOW or continuous run of from one to three - miles. - - -*Town and Gown*, _sub. phr._ (University).—The townsmen _v._ the - members of the University. [In her young days the position - of the University was one of perpetual conflict—with the - town, the Jews, the Friars, and the Papal Court.] - - 1853. BRADLEY, _Verdant Green_, II. iii. TOWN AND GOWN disturbances - are of considerable antiquity. Fuller and Matthew Paris give accounts - of some which occurred as early as the year 1238. These disputes not - unfrequently terminated fatally to some of the combatants. One of the - most serious TOWN AND GOWN rows on record took place on the day of St. - Scholastica the Virgin, February 10, 1345, when several lives were - lost on either side. The University was at that time in the Lincoln - diocese; and Grostête, the bishop, placed the townspeople under an - interdict, from which they were not released till 1357, and then only - on condition that the mayor and sixty of the chief burgesses should on - every anniversary of the day of St. Scholastica, attend St. Mary’s - Church and offer up mass for the soul of the slain scholars, and - should also individually present an offering of one penny at the high - altar. They, moreover, paid a yearly fine of 100 marks to the - University, with the penalty of an additional fine of the same sum for - every omission in attending at St. Mary’s. This continued up to the - time of the Reformation, when it gradually fell into abeyance. In the - fifteenth year of Elizabeth, however, the University asserted their - claim to all arrears. The matter being brought to trial, it was - decided that the town should continue the annual fine and penance, - though the arrears were forgiven. The fine was yearly paid on the 10th - of February up to our own time; the mayor and chief burgesses attended - at St. Mary’s and made the offering at the conclusion of the litany, - which, on that occasion, was read from the altar. This was at length - put an end to by Convocation in the year 1825. - - 1899. HEYWOOD, _Guide to Oxford_. The TOWN AND GOWN rows, as occasions - for displays of physical force, lasted until quite recent times, as - readers of _Verdant Green_ and _Tom Brown at Oxford_ will know. - Nowadays, however, they are happily unknown. - - -*Townee* (or *Towner*), _subs._ (general).—_See_ CAD. - - -*Towney* (Christ’s Hospital).—_See_ HOUSEY. - - 1887. _The Blue_, Nov. Thus, a little farther on, mention is made of - the time when a boy leaves the School. The consequent change of dress - might be vulgarly expressed by “exchanging HOUSEYS FOR TOWNEYS,” but - our author is before all things refined. “The boy is at liberty to - exchange the garb of the house for one more congenial to modern - taste.” - - -*Town-lout*, _subs._ (Rugby).—A scholar residing in the town - with his parents. - - -*Toys*, _subs._ (Winchester).—A bureau—desk and book-case - combined. Whence TOY-TIME (or TOYS) = evening preparation - (in College) and (in Commoners) all time so spent. - - 1440. _Prompt. Parv._ _Teye_, of a cofyr or forcer. - - 1881. PASCOE, _Everyday Life in our Public Schools_. The clock - striking seven each junior retires to his TOYS or bureau for an hour - and a half, during what is known as TOYTIME, when the work of the next - morning and the week’s composition have to be prepared. - - 1891. WRENCH, _Winchester Word-Book_, s.v. TOYS.... The expression - TOY-TIME suggests that the “s” has been added. If TOYS has not - descended from this word [teye], it must have been transferred from - the contents of the toys, and mean simply _one’s belongings_. - - -*Trades*, _subs._ (Christ’s Hospital).—_See_ quot. and - PUBLIC-SUPPING. - - 1900. _Daily Telegraph_, 16th March, “London Day by Day.” After the - boys had concluded their simple repast of tea and bread-and-butter, - they formed up two-and-two, and bowed to the Lord Mayor, the different - wards being headed by the TRADES, as the boys who carry the - candlesticks, the bread-basket, table-cloth, and cutlery are termed. - - -*Travelling-scholarship* (or *Fellowship*), _subs._ - (University).—RUSTICATION (_q.v._). - - -*Treacle-bolly*, _subs._ (Marlborough). A walk by the Kennett - close to the College. [So called from the cottage of a - miller so nick-named.] - - -*Tree of Knowledge, The* (Charterhouse).—The tree under which - books, &c., are piled in the interval between second school - and dinner (say 12.30 to 1.15), while run-about in winter - and cricket-nets or position drill in summer is engaged in. - - -*Treer*, _subs._ (Durham: obsolete).—A boy who avoids organised - games, but plays a private game with one or two friends. - [Presumably because played by the trees at the side of the - ground.] - - -*Trek*, _verb_ (Durham).—To run. - - -*Trencher*, _subs._ 1. (Winchester).—A square wooden platter: in - use in College. - - 2. (general).—A college cap; a MORTAR-BOARD (_q.v._). - - -*Trial*, _subs._ (Harrow).—An examination. Whence TRIALS = the - examinations at the end of the summer and winter terms. - - -*Tribune*, _subs._ (Winchester: obsolete).—A large pew in - ante-chapel: reserved for ladies. - - -*Tripos*, _subs._ (Cambridge).—A word dating from the sixteenth - century, and used successively in a number of different - senses. At first it was applied to the stool on which the - champion of the University sat at the disputations held at - the admission of Bachelors of Arts to their degree; then it - was transferred to the Bachelor himself; still later to the - humorous, or, in some cases, scurrilous, speech with which - “Mr. Tripos” opened the proceedings, and to the verses of - the Bachelors at the Acts. The honours-lists were printed - (about 1847-8) on the backs of these verses, and so - tripos came to mean an honour-list, and, last of all, the - examination itself. Until the year 1824 there was only one - tripos, the Mathematical; and up to 1850 only those who had - obtained honours in mathematics were admitted to the - Classical examination. The degree was not given for that - examination till a few years later. - - 1877. WORDSWORTH, _Scholæ Academicæ_, 20. Such interest as is now - attached to them belongs rather to the verses than to the list of the - several TRIPOSES (for the name has now at last come to signify degree - examinations) which have been circulated already severally. - - 1891. _Harry Fludyer at Cambridge_, 9. I’m seriously thinking of - chucking my TRIPOS and taking up the History Special. - - -*Trotter*, _subs._ (University).—A tailor’s assistant who goes - on round for orders. - - -*Truck-house*, _subs._ (Stonyhurst: obsolete).—The Recreation - rooms. - - 1882. _Stonyhurst Mag._, i. 12, “Rummagings amongst our Records.” - Grammar and Great Figures on their Declamation day ... were exempted - from studies and allowed something of a collation in the TRUCK-HOUSE. - - -*Tub*, _subs._ 1. (University).—A boat broad in the beam, used - by novices. Hence TUBBING = boating; to GET TUBBED = to be - taught to row. - - 1853. BRADLEY, _Verdant Green_.... So to the river he next day went, - and made his first essay in a TUB. - - 1889. _Morning Advertiser._ If “up” at the University, we will - probably pass our time between “grinding hard” and TUBBING on the - river. - - 1898. _Stonyhurst Mag._, Dec., p. 149, “Life at Oxford.” Rowing is - naturally a great attraction to many freshmen, and every College is - always on the look-out for new oarsmen. What one does is to get - “TUBBED,” that is, one is taught to row by members of the College - eight in boats that are too TUB-like to be easily capsized. - - 2. (Winchester).—A chest in Hall into which DISPARS (_q.v._) - not taken by the boys were put. - - _c._ 1840. MANSFIELD, _School-Life at Winchester_ (1866), 79. In front - of the screen stood “TUB,” from which the Præfect of that Ilk took his - title; it was a strong painted oak chest, with a lid, about two feet - high.... As will be seen, it was simply impossible for the Juniors to - be up to time, the consequence of which was that more than half the - dinners were not taken; these were thrown into “TUB” at the end of - Hall, whence they were ultimately taken away by some poor women, and I - always understood (though I am not certain that such was the case) - that the “Præfect of TUB” got a certain sum for each “Dispar” not - taken, and so had a direct interest in managing that as many as - possible should go without their dinner. I will now explain the - absence of the Juniors; immediately the Præfects were seated, the - whole Hall resounded with shouts of “Junior—Junior—Junior,” rising in - savageness of tone, as the supply became exhausted; in five minutes - all the Juniors were darting wildly about in all directions, executing - orders received from their lords and masters; some to Colson’s hatch - for salt, or down in the cellar for beer, back to school for something - forgotten, into chambers for a pint cup, down to the kitchen for - gravy, &c. &c. - - 1867. COLLINS, _The Public Schools_, p. 23. Until the last few years - the “præfect of TUB” (whose duty it was to examine the quality of the - meat sent in by the college butcher, and after dinner to see to the - proper collection and distribution of the remains) retained his title. - - -*Tub-mess*, _subs._ (Winchester).—The table at which the Senior - Præfects sat in Hall.—MANSFIELD (_c._ 1840). - - -*Tuck*, _subs._ (general).—Edibles of all kinds, but - particularly pastry. Hence TUCK-SHOP = a pastry-cook’s. - - -*Tuck-parcel*, _subs._ (Charterhouse).—A hamper from home: the - word is now becoming obsolete. - - 1856. HUGHES, _Tom Brown’s School-days_, I. vi. Come along down to - Sally Harrowell’s; that’s our school-house TUCK-SHOP. She bakes such - shining murphies. _Ibid._ The slogger looks rather sodden, as if he - didn’t take much exercise and ate too much TUCK. - - -*Tug*, _subs._ (Eton).—A Colleger; a scholar on the foundation. - Whence TUGGERY = College. - - 1881. PASCOE, _Everyday Life in our Public Schools_.... The long - looked-for St. Andrew’s Day arrives, when the great match of - collegers, or, as the small oppidan would term it, TUGS, and oppidans - is to be played. - - 1883. BRINSLEY-RICHARDS, _Seven Years at Eton_.... My interlocutor was - a red-headed freckled little boy of eleven, who had come from Aberdeen - “to try for TUGGERY,” that is, to try and pass in to the foundation as - a King’s Scholar. - - 1890. _Great Public Schools_, 52. The Collegers did not always fare as - bravely as they do now, either at board or bed. Terrible tales of - their manner of life may be read.... Perhaps the recollections of that - time caused the disrespect, almost bordering on contempt, with which - the Oppidans used for many years to regard the _Togati_, or - gown-wearing boys. [_Note._—I suppose there is not much doubt that the - nickname of TUG by which the Collegers used to go among the rest of - the school, was derived from the _toga_ they wore.] - - _Adj._ (Winchester) = stale; ordinary; vapid; common. Whence - TUGS = stale news; TUG-CLOTHES = everyday clothes; TUG-JAW = - wearisome talk. - - -*Tui*, _subs._ (Winchester).—Tuition. - - -*Tumbies*, _subs._ (University).—Ablutions. - - -*Tund*, _verb_ (Winchester).—To thrash. Whence TUNDING = a - thrashing. [Lat. _tundere_.] - - 1881. PASCOE, _Everyday Life in Our Public Schools_.... I never heard - of any case in Eton like the TUNDING which, some years ago, brought - our mother-school into disagreeable notice. - - 1883. TROLLOPE, _What I Remember_.... It was the prefect of hall who - ordered the infliction of a public TUNDING.... The following simple - and truthful statement of what a public TUNDING was may enable those - who take an interest in the matter to form some reasonable opinion - whether the infliction of such punishment were a good or a bad - thing.... Some dozen or so of boys, who had the best capacities for - the performance, were appointed by him for the purpose, and the whole - assembly stood around the daïs, while the hymn _Te de profundis_ was - sung. When all were thus assembled, and before the singers commenced, - the culprit who had been sentenced to a TUNDING stepped out, pulled - off his gown, and received from the hands of one deputed by the - “prefect of hall,” and armed with a tough, pliant, ground-ash stick, a - severe beating. - - _c._ 1890. _Punch_ [Confession by a Wykehamist]. I like to be TUNDED - twice a day, And swished three times a week. - - -*Turf*, _subs._ 1. (Winchester).—The pitch: at cricket. The - field is “long grass.” - - 2. (Felsted).—The cricket-field. - - 1881. _Felstedian_, Nov., p. 75. There are (or were) six cricket - pitches on TURF. - - _Verb._ 1. (Derby).—To send to bed at bed-time: used of - Præpostors. - - 2. (Marlborough).—To chastise. - - -*Turl* (The), _subs._ (Oxford).—Turl Street. [Formerly a narrow - opening through the city wall into the High Street.] - - -*Turn.* TO TURN UP, _verb. phr._ (Marlborough).—To chastise: - with cane, stick, or fives-bat. - - TO BE TURNED, _verb. phr._ (Harrow and Dulwich).—To be - ploughed in a _vive voce_ translation lesson. - - -*Twank*, _verb_ (Durham).—To cane. _See_ LAM and YARK. [_Twank_ - (East) = to give a smart slap with the flat of the hand.] - - -*Tweaker*, _subs._ (Felsted: obsolete).—A catapult. - - -*Twelve.* AFTER TWELVE, _subs. phr._ (Eton).—From noon till two - P.M. - - 1861. WHYTE-MELVILLE, _Good for Nothing_, p. 39. I used to visit him - regularly in the dear old college from the AFTER TWELVE. - - 1864. _Eton School-days_, vi. I tell you plainly, if you are not in - Sixpenny AFTER TWELVE, I will do my best to give you a hiding wherever - I meet you. - - 1883. BRINSLEY-RICHARDS, _Seven Years at Eton_. Croppie, who - abominated all laws and delighted in transgressions, resolved to go to - the fair, and without difficulty he persuaded the Pug and me to join - him. One day AFTER TWELVE the three of us passed over Windsor Bridge - in the same condition as the “bold adventurers” alluded to in Gray’s - Ode. - - THE TWELVE, _subs._ (Harrow).—_See_ quot., and Appendix. - - 1899. _Public School Mag._, Dec., p. 446. The working system of the - school has lately been slightly altered. Above the two sixth forms - there has been placed a Head-master’s “TWELVE,” with the object of - training the first TWELVE on the classical side for ’Varsity life. - They are only in school about three hours a day, but have to get - through a tough amount of work at their leisure. - - -*Twelve Apostles*, _subs._ 1. (Cambridge).—The last twelve in - the Mathematical Tripos. - - 1785. GROSE, _Vulg. Tongue_, s.v. PLUCK.... These unfortunate fellows - are designated by many opprobrious appellations, such as the TWELVE - APOSTLES, the Legion of Honour, Wise Men of the East, &c. - - 2. (Stonyhurst).—The twelve first Stonyhurst boys. - - 1887. _Stonyhurst Mag._, iii. 90. Stonyhurst boys of all past times - since the coming of the original “TWELVE APOSTLES” ... will have - noticed once a year, about Eastertide, a curious notice ... giving - warning of an approaching meeting of the Court Leet. - - -*Twenty* (The), _subs._ (Rugby).—The Sixth Form. - - -*Twenty-two and Twenty-two*, _subs. phr._ (Winchester: - obsolete).—Football: twenty-two a side. - - -*Twig* (The), _subs._ (Marlborough: obsolete).—The Head-master. - [In whose authority rested the use of the birch.] - - -*Twilight*, _subs._ (general).—Toilet. - - -*Twist* (or *Twoster*), _subs._ (Winchester).—A stick spirally - marked by a creeper having grown round it. - - - - - - -*Ulula*, _subs._ (Manchester Grammar).—The school magazine. [The - Owl is the school crest, as it was that of the founder, Hugh - Oldham, Bishop of Exeter.] - - -*Under Fire* (Westminster).—_See_ UPPER FIRE. - - -*Under-green* (Charterhouse).—Formerly the present big or match - football ground: now the Under’s cricket-ground. - - -*Under School* (Harrow).—_See_ UPPER SCHOOL. - - -*Under Selectæ* (Harrow).—_See_ UPPER SCHOOL. - - -*Union*, _subs._ (University).—An undergrad’s debating society. - - 1891. _Harry Fludyer at Cambridge_, 15. I think I shall speak at the - UNION soon.... I tried on Tuesday last, but I couldn’t catch the - President’s eye. - - -*Univ*, _subs._ (Oxford).—University College. - - -*Up*, _adv._ (Harrow).—In school. TO BE UP TO ANY ONE AT SECOND - SCHOOL = to go to any one for work at 10 or 11 o’clock. - - -*Upper Club* (Eton).—_See_ PLAYING-FIELDS. - - -*Upper (Middle, or Under) Fire*, _subs._ (Westminster).—The - three fire-places, under former arrangements, in the present - dormitory. - - -*Upper School*, _subs._ (Harrow).—In 1770 (the first year of the - printed BILLS (_q.v._) of the school) the school comprised - the monitors—their numbers varied from four to ten—the Fifth - Form, the Shell, and the Fourth and Third Forms: these - ranked as the UPPER SCHOOL. The UNDER SCHOOL was divided in - a very peculiar fashion; there was first the “Scan and - Prove” class, then the “Ovid,” the “Phædrus,” the “Upper - Selectæ,” “Under Selectæ,” “Nomenclature,” “Grammar,” and - “Accidence.”... At present there are, besides the monitors - (fifteen in number), an Upper and Lower Sixth, three - separate divisions of the Fifth, two “Removes,” three - “Shells,” and three Fourths. On the Modern Side are one - Sixth, three Fifths, one “Remove,” three Shells, and three - Fourths. - - -*Upper Selectæ* (Harrow).—_See_ UPPER SCHOOL. - - -*Upper Sixpenny* (Eton).—_See_ PLAYING-FIELDS. - - -*Uskites* (Charterhouse).—_See_ OUT-HOUSES. - - - - - - -*Vac*, _subs._ (University).—Vacation. - - 1891. _Harry Fludyer at Cambridge_, 2. I can’t make out why the Pater - is always so crusty about Rover. He told me every day last VAC he - wouldn’t have his house over-run with dogs. - - -*Valet*, subs. (Winchester).—Every Præfect had a Junior in - Chambers who acted in this capacity, made his tea or coffee, - carried his things through from Chambers to School and back - again, and looked after him in general.—MANSFIELD (_c._ - 1840). - - -*Varmint*, _adj._ (old University).—Good; spruce. - - -*Varmint-man*, _subs._ (Cambridge: obsolete). _See_ quots. - - 1803. _Gradus ad Cantab._ A VARMINT-MAN spurns a scholarship, would - consider it a degradation to be a Fellow. - - 1827. _Alma Mater...._ The handsome man, my friend and pupil, was - naturally enough a bit of a swell, or VARMINT-MAN. - - -*’Varsity*, _subs._ (Oxford and Cambridge).—The accepted - corruption of University. - - -*’Varsity-tit* (or *Tit*), subs. (Durham).—A student of Durham - University: in contempt. - - -*Varying*, _subs._ (Winchester).—A VULGUS (_q.v._) done UP TO - BOOKS (_q.v._). - - -*Vaseline*, _subs._ (Royal Military Academy).—Butter. - - -*Vaughan, The* (Harrow).—The school library: named after Dr. - Vaughan. - - -*Verites* (Charterhouse).—A boarding-house. [A corruption of - Oliverites, after Dr. Oliver Walford, 1838-55.] - - -*Vessel*, subs. (Winchester).—The eighth of a sheet of - LONG-PAPER (_q.v._).—[HALLIWELL.] Ital. _vassiola_. - - -*Vex*, _adv._ (Christ’s Hospital).—“So much the worse for”: - _e.g._ “VEX FOR YOU.” _Cf._ CHAFF. - - -*Vic*, _intj._ (Felsted).—An exclamation giving warning of a - master’s approach; the equivalent of _cave_, which is not - used at Felsted. Also TO KEEP VIC. - - -*Vice* (The), _subs._ (University).—The Vice-Chancellor. - - -*Vile-child*, _subs._ (Eton).—_See_ quot., and Appendix. - - 1866-72. _Sketchy Memories of Eton...._ Being called a VILE-CHILD, the - which I subsequently learnt was a very frequent term of mild reproach, - and had no particular reference to the age of the individual to whom - it was addressed. As a proof of this I may add that, being at Eton for - the Winchester Match in 1883, I (_moi-qui-vous-parle_, height 6 feet 2 - inches, and weight 14 stone 7 lbs.) was called a VILE-CHILD for being - on a committee to oppose a certain obnoxious Indian Bill! I wasn’t - sorry when tea was over, although many most pleasant evenings did I - afterwards spend in that room. - - -*Vocab*, _subs._ (Charterhouse).—A vocabulary. - - -*Vol*, _adj._ (Harrow).—Voluntary: _e.g._ VOL-GYM. - - -*Voluntary*, _subs._ (Winchester).—A copy of verses written - occasionally by some of the boys in Sixth Book and Senior - Part _ex proprio motu_.—MANSFIELD (_c._ 1840). - - -*Vulgus*, _subs._ (Winchester: obsolete).—A Latin epigram: four - or six lines long. Hence VULGUS-BOOK = a CRIB (_q.v._). - - 1883. TROLLOPE, _What I Remember_.... The mention of a VULGUS requires - some explanation. Every inferior, _i.e._ non-prefect, in the school - was required every night to produce a copy of verses of from two to - six lines on a given theme—four or six lines for the upper classes, - two for the lowest. This was independent of a weekly verse task of - greater length, and was called a VULGUS, I suppose, because - everybody—the VULGUS—had to do it. - - 1856. HUGHES, _Tom Brown’s School-days_, II. iii. The VULGUS (commonly - supposed to have been established by William of Wykeham at Winchester, - and imported to Rugby by Arnold more for the sake of the lines which - were learnt by heart with it than for its own intrinsic value, as I’ve - always understood), ... is a short exercise in Greek or Latin verse, - on a given subject, the minimum number of lines being fixed for each - form.... At Rugby VULGUS and lines were the first lesson every other - day in the week, on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays; and ... it is - obvious ... that the master of each Form had to set one hundred and - fourteen subjects every year.... Now, human nature being prone to - repeat itself, it will not be wondered that the masters gave the same - subjects sometimes over again after a certain lapse of time. To meet - and rebuke this bad habit of the masters, the school-boy mind, with - its accustomed ingenuity, had invented an elaborate system of - tradition. Almost every boy kept his own VULGUS written out in a book - ... duly handed down from boy to boy, till ... popular boys, in whose - hands bequeathed VULGUS-BOOKS have accumulated, are prepared with - three or four VULGUSES on any subject in heaven or earth, or in “more - worlds than one,” which an unfortunate master can pitch upon.... The - only objection to the traditionary method of doing your VULGUSES was, - the risk that the successions might have become confused, and so that - you and another follower of traditions should show up the same - identical VULGUS some fine morning; in which case, when it happened, - considerable grief was the result. - - - - - - -*Waffle*, _verb_ (Durham).—To talk nonsense. [North dial. - _waffle_ = to wave, to fluctuate; _waffler_ (Camb.) = a - person who is very weak; _waffy_ (Linc.) = insipid.] - - -*Walking-days*, _subs._ (Stonyhurst: obsolete).—Several days - allowed to a new boy during which he was initiated into the - ways of the house by an old boy. - - -*Wall*, _subs._ (Eton).—_See_ quot. - - 1890. _Great Public Schools_, 26. There are, as is well known, two - [football] games played at Eton—one at the WALL, the other in the - FIELD. The first is only played by a very limited number of boys, for - there is but one WALL; the game is of a mysterious and intricate - nature, and the uninitiated spectator cannot as a rule even see how a - point (called a SHY) is obtained. Indeed were it not for the - time-honoured match between Collegers and Oppidans on St. Andrew’s - Day, the game would probably become obsolete.... The Eton FIELD game - has, in the opinion of the writer [the Rev. Sydney R. James], merits, - as a game for boys, superior to those of any other kind of football. - In it speed and skilful dribbling and accurate kicking have their due - success, but strength and dogged perseverance and pluck are not left - out in the cold. - - _Verb_ (Oxford).—To confine to College. - - -*Wallyford*, _subs._ (Loretto).—The usual run on a wet whole - school-day: about 3-1/2 miles. _See_ LONG WALLYFORD. - - -*Wanker*, _subs._ (Felsted).—A bloater. [From - “stinker”—“stwanker”—“wanker.”] - - 1892. _Felstedian_, Oct., 105. My name it is “WANKER”; a leaner or - lanker, Salter or ranker, fish never swam. _Ibid._, June 1897, p. 100. - He sniffs. “’Eugh, WANKERS again.” - - -*Warden*, subs. (Winchester).—See quot. - - _c._ 1840. MANSFIELD, _School-Life at Winchester_ (1866), 27. The - chief of the whole establishment is the WARDEN, who has nothing to do - with the teaching of the boys; he admits and when necessary expels - them, confers on them the dignity of “Præfect,” listens to their - complaints, and, in fact, in all matters appertaining to the - management of the school and the society is omnipotent. - - -*Wash*, _subs._ (Derby).—School tea or coffee. _See_ ROCK. - - -*Washing-drawer*, _subs._ (Winchester).—In College, a box to - hold toilet requisites. - - -*Washing-stool*, _subs._ (Winchester).—In College, a Præfect’s - table. - - 1881. _Felstedian_, Nov., p. 74, “A Day’s Fagging at Winchester.” I - remember that the Senior Præfect is going to get up to mug early - before chapel, and I have to call him and take his WASHING-STOOL (a - rough wooden table generally used for putting washing basins on, - which, when covered with a cloth, serves as a writing-table) out into - Chamber Court.... Here let me observe that only the præfects have - separate basins to wash in; the juniors use the two stone conduits. - - -*Watch*, _subs._ (Westminster).—A junior who has to remain in - College during play-hours to answer inquiries, receive - messages, and so forth, performing, in fact, the duties of a - servant. - - -*Watch.* TO WATCH OUT, _verb. phr._ (Winchester).—To field: at - cricket. - - -*Water*, _subs._ (Westminster).—Boating. - - 1881. PASCOE, _Everyday Life in Our Public Schools_. Boating, or - WATER, as it is called at Westminster, is in a very flourishing - condition. - - -*Weekites* (Charterhouse).—_See_ OUT-HOUSES. - - -*Westminster Customs.* _See_ CAP; CHALLENGE; EARLY; PLAY; MONOS; - PANCAKE; SHADOW; SILVER-PENCE and WESTMINSTER PLAY. Besides - these are others worthy of mention:— - - 1. THE COLLEGE WAISTCOAT.—A remarkable and original service - was, up to the date of the Public Schools Commission, - exacted of a Westminster junior. He was supposed to be a - treasury of small conveniences for his seniors’ use in and - out of school. He wore a college waistcoat of peculiar - pattern, in the pockets of which he had to carry about and - produce immediately on legal demand—the items are recorded - in the published evidence—two penknives, two pieces of - india-rubber, two pencils, two pieces of sealing-wax, two - pieces of pen-string, two dips (_q.v._), two dip-corks, two - wedges, two pieces of gutta-percha (for putting on the - points of foils), and any number of pens. Besides, he had to - carry a portfolio containing a sufficiency of “quarterns” of - paper. - - 2. LATIN FORMULÆ.—Quaint old Latin formulæ continued in use - at Westminster, unchanged since its earliest foundation. - While the school is at morning lesson, the _monitor ostii_ - (_see_ MONOS) watches the clock, and at half-past eleven - comes to the monitor of school and announces the time. The - monitor goes to the head-master’s desk, makes his bow, and - says, “_Sesqui est undecima_.” At a quarter to twelve he - makes the further announcement, “_Instat duodecima_.” - When twelve o’clock has struck he says again, “_Sonuit - duodecima_;” at a quarter-past twelve, “_Prima quarta acta - est_;” at half-past, “_Sesqui est duodecima_,” at which - welcome words books are shut, and the whole school is - dismissed. The same formalities, with the necessary - variations, are repeated during afternoon lessons. Before - dinner the Captain calls out two boys of the Second - Election, one to say grace—“_Age gratias_”—and the other to - repeat the proper responses—“_Agite responsa_;” and when - dinner is over, before grace again, he pays even the - juniors the compliment of asking whether they have had - enough—“_Satisne edistis et bibistis?_” to which the - compulsory answer is made—in old times too often by hungry - lips—“_Satis edimus et bibimus_.” Every night at ten o’clock - the monitor of chamber gives the order for the juniors to - put out the lights and go to bed—“_Extinctis lucernis - intrate lectos_.” It is only within the last generation or - two that the rule of speaking Latin exclusively, both by - boys and masters, during school hours has fallen into - abeyance. - - -*Westminster Play.*—A Latin comedy, presented annually in the - dormitory of St. Peter’s College, a custom dating from Queen - Elizabeth’s days. The performances take place just before - the Christmas holidays, the play being repeated three times. - The cast is strictly confined to the forty scholars on the - foundation. At the close of last presentation a CAP (_q.v._) - is collected, the surplus of which, after paying expenses, - is divided among the performers. - - -*Wet-bob*, _subs._ (Eton).—A rowing man. _See_ DRY-BOB. - - 1839. C. T. BUCKLAND, _Eton Fifty Years Ago_ [1889, _Macmillan’s_, - Nov.]. It was the ambition of most boys to be a WET-BOB, and to be “in - the boats.” The school was divided between WET-BOBS and dry-bobs, the - former taking their pleasure on the river, and the latter in the - cricket-field. - - -*Whale*, _subs._ 1. (Cheltenham).—Codfish. - - 2. (Royal Military Academy).—A sardine. - - -*Whiter*, _subs._ (Harrow).—A white waistcoat: this may be worn - by those who have been three years in the school. - - -*Whole*, _subs._ (Harrow).—A whole holiday, or whole schoolday. - - -*Wicker*, _subs._ (Felsted: obsolete).—A hamper: as of - provisions. - - -*Wicket-cricket*, _subs._ (Stonyhurst).—Cricket played with a - stick or “wicket.” - - -*Wilderness* (The), _subs._ (Stonyhurst: obsolete).—The Dark - Walk; a part of the garden. _Cf._ GERARD, _Stonyhurst_, p. - 179. - - -*Wilderness* (Charterhouse).—A playing ground at Old - Charterhouse before Thomas Sutton bought the estate: now a - belt of trees to the south of UNDER-GREEN (_q.v._). - - -*Wine*, _subs._ (University).—A wine-party. Also as _verb_. - - 1853. BRADLEY, _Verdant Green_, vii. Now I’m going to WINE with Smalls - to-night. - - -*Wise Men of the East*, _subs. phr._ (Cambridge).—The last - twelve in the Mathematical TRIPOS (_q.v._). - - 1785. GROSE, _Vulg. Tongue_, s.v. PLUCK.... These unfortunate - individuals were designated by many opprobrious appellations, such as - the Twelve Apostles, the Legion of Honour, WISE MEN OF THE EAST, &c. - - -*Wooston*, _adv._ (Christ’s Hospital).—Very: _e.g._ WOOSTON a - jolly fellow; a WOOSTON jolly fellow; I am WOOSTON, chaffy. - [That is, “whore son.”—GUILLEMARD.] - - -*Work*, _subs._ (Winchester).—Pain. Also as _verb_ = to hurt. - - 14[?]. _Townley Mysteries_, “Processus Noe.” My bonys are so stark No - wonder if they WARK For I am full old. - - 14[?]. _Alexander_ [ASHMOL.], line 531. So sare WERKIS hire the wame. - _Ibid._, line 539. Of *WERKE* well ne I wede (am mad). - - 1469. MALORY, _Morte d’Arthur_. But I may not stonde, myn hede WERCHES - soo. - - 1750. COLLIER, _Works_. I gran an I thrutcht, till my arms WARTCHD - agen. - - 1860. R. BRIERLY, _Ab. in London_. I shaked his hond till my arm - WARTCHT, then he shaked mine till his arm WARTCHT. - - 1891. WRENCH, _Winchester Word-Book_, s.v. WORK. The use of REMEDY - (_q.v._) for a holiday seems to imply that WORK is a painful disease. - - -*Worms*, _subs._ (Winchester).—A trenched line on the turf: used - as goal at football. _See_ quot. - - 1881. PASCOE, _Life in Our Public Schools_. Across the two ends of the - ground a small trench is dug, about four inches wide and two deep, and - a goal is obtained when the ball is fairly kicked across the trench - (Wiccamicé WORMS). - - -*Wrangler*, _subs._ (Cambridge).—The name given to those who are - placed in the first class in the first or elementary portion - of the public examination for honours in pure and mixed - mathematics, commonly called the Mathematical Tripos, those - placed in the second class being known as Senior Optimes, - and those in the third class as Junior Optimes. Up to and - including the year 1882, the student who took absolutely the - first place in the Mathematical Tripos used to be termed - Senior Wrangler; those who came next to him being second, - third, fourth, &c., wranglers. Since then the title has been - given to the student who takes the first place in Part I. of - the Mathematical Tripos. The name is derived from the public - disputations, in which candidates for degrees were formerly - required to exhibit their powers. - - 1870. _The Blue_, March. We were rejoiced to hear of the University - success of a late Grecian—G. A. Greenhill, who was announced as Second - WRANGLER in the late Mathematical Tripos at Cambridge. Further on in - the month we heard of his being bracketed with Mr. Pendlebury (the - Senior WRANGLER) as Smith’s Prizeman, a thing seldom heard of at - Cambridge, and never before has any Blue attained that high honour. - - -*Wratislaw’s.* _See_ PLANKS. - - -*Writer*, _subs._ (Winchester).—A Junior acting as secretary to - a College officer. - - -*Wuggins*, _subs._ (Oxford).—Worcester College; BOTANY-BAY - (_q.v._). - - - - - - -*Yarder*, _subs._ (Harrow).—Cricket played in the school yard: - in the summer term. - - TO GET YARDS, _verb. phr._ (Harrow).—To get a catch at - football and be allowed a free kick, not running more than - can be covered in three running strides. Hence TO GIVE YARDS - = to give such a catch; TO STEP YARDS = to cover the - distance in “kicking off yards” in three strides; TO KNOCK - DOWN YARDS = to prevent another from “taking yards.” - [Originally three yards.] - - -*Yards* (The), _subs._ 1. (Durham).—The list of members, - originally of the First Game, but now of the Second Game—at - football or cricket. [Formerly in the cricket season only a - patch of ground thirty yards square was mowed. Those who had - the privilege of playing on this were said to be “on the - YARDS.”] - - 2. (Royal High School, Edin.).—The gravel-covered - playground. - - -*Yark*, _verb_ (Durham).—To cane. _See_ TWANK and LAM. [_Yark_ - (North) = to strike, to beat.] - - -*Yellow-hammer*, _subs._ (Christ’s Hospital).—A BLUE (_q.v._) in - disgrace for gross misconduct and under discipline. _See_ - quot. - - 1844. _Reminis. of Christ’s Hospital_ [The Blue, August 1874]. In the - case of a hardened offender, or of gross misdemeanour, a system of - degradation was adopted, by causing the culprit to wear his coat - turned inside out, and as the body of the coat had a yellow lining, - the metamorphosis was remarkably striking, and (unkindest cut of all!) - the subjects of this hideous transformation—these involuntary - turn-coats—were by their schoolfellows nicknamed YELLOW-HAMMERS. - - -*Yolly*, _subs._ (Winchester: obsolete).—A post-chaise. [That - is, “Yellow,” that having been generally a favourite colour - for these vehicles.] - - -*-y*, _inseparable suffix_ (Manchester Grammar).—_See_ MATHY, - CHEMMY, GYMMY, &c. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- - - - - -[Illustration] - - - - - APPENDIX - - - - -*A*, _subs._ (Felsted).—_See_ D, _infra._ - - -*Abbey, The* (Durham).—The Cathedral. The boys of Durham - School (and they alone) speak, and always have spoken, of - the Cathedral as “the Abbey.” This is supposed to show - that the school dates from pre-Reformation days, though - its foundation is put down to the time of Henry VIII. The - Charity Commissioners admit the claim, and pay to the - Head-master a pension founded by Cardinal Langley in 1415 - for the master of his school in Durham. - - -*Academia*, _subs._ (Stonyhurst).—A select literary club: in - vogue where the Jesuit _Ratio Studiorum_ flourishes. Not now - existent at Stonyhurst, but it is in great vigour in America - and on the Continent. - - -*Ambulacrum*, _subs._ (Stonyhurst).—The covered playground used - in wet weather. - - -*Arcady*, _subs._ (Stonyhurst).—An arched portion of the new - front. - - -*Atramentarius*, _subs._ (Stonyhurst: obsolete).—The ink-pot - boy: an office once in vogue, the holder of it being - responsible for the cleanliness, &c., of the ink-pots in the - class-rooms. For this he was given a GOOD-DAY (_q.v._) at - the end of the year. - - - - -*B*, _subs._ (Felsted).—_See_ D, _infra._ - - -*Back-stop*, _subs._ (Stonyhurst).—The wicket-keeper in ordinary - cricket. - - -*Bag*, _verb_ (Stonyhurst).—TO COB (_q.v._). - - -*Ball of Honour*, _subs._ (Stonyhurst).—_See_ BEGGAR’S-ACE. - - -*Bannet* (and *Bannet-fire*), _subs._ (Royal High School, - Edin.).—_See_ BONNET and BONNET-FIRE, _ante_: in each case - an error has crept in; the correct spelling is, of course, - _bannet_. - - -*Bate*, _adj._ (Harrow).—Angry. - - -*Beast*, _subs._ (Cambridge).—_See_ BRUTE. - - -*Beggar’s-ace* (and *Ball of Honour*), _subs._ (Stonyhurst).—Two - extra balls given by the winning side in a game to enable - their opponents to catch up if possible. - - -*Bill*, _subs._ (Eton).—An old Etonian states that “in the BILL” - used to mean only that a boy was “complained of” to the - Head-master. _See_ ante. - - -*Black Monday* (Stonyhurst).—The day of re-opening of schools. - - -*Blandyke* (Stonyhurst).—_See_ ante. It may be interesting to - call attention to the connection between Stonyhurst and St. - Omers and many of the words and phrases occurring in this - vocabulary. They not only date from the Continental period, - but find their explanation in it alone. The College was - founded in 1592 at St. Omers, and continued without a break - (at Bruges and Liège) previous to the settlement in England - in 1794. - - -*Bloody Wars*, _subs._ (Stonyhurst).—A common name for any - stiffness: such as that usually experienced at the beginning - of the football or cricket season: _e.g._ “I’ve got the - BLOODY WARS.” - - -*Blue*, _subs._ (Christ’s Hospital).—_See_ ante; concerning the - dress, I learn that the cap was given up many years ago. - There used to be a yellow petticoat under the blue skirt. - The boys also wear white “bands.” - - -*Bluebottle*, _subs._ (Christ’s Hospital: Hertford).—A BLUE - (_q.v._): used by girls at Hertford. _See_ GRASSHOPPER - (Appendix) and HEDGEHOG (_ante_). - - -*Bottle*, _verb_ (Durham).—_See_ ante. Also TO BE BOTTLED = to - be in a fix. - - -*Bouncer*, _subs._ (Stonyhurst).—A ball kicked from the hand - before it reaches the ground: Stonyhurst-football (_q.v._). - - -*Boy*, _subs._ (Harrow).—Specifically, a fag a grade above the - lowest form. _See_ ante. As a _verb_, TO BOY = to call for a - fag: all fags are summoned by a long drawn-out shout. - - -*Brick* (and *Clat*), _subs._ (Stonyhurst).—The names given - to the two rival camps in a certain notorious - quasi-insurrection in the College some fifty years ago. - A full account appears in Fitzgerald’s _Stonyhurst - Memories_. - - -*Bug and Snail*, _subs._ phr. (Winchester).—The Natural History - Society. - - -*Bug-shooter*, _subs._ (Harrow).—A member of the School Corps. - - -*Bumf.* TO BUY A BUMF, _verb. phr._ (general).—To purchase a - newspaper. MATH-BUMF = mathematical paper. _See_ ante. - - -*Bunker*, _subs._ (Stonyhurst).—(1) A native; (2) a low fellow. - - -*Bus*, _subs._ (Stonyhurst).—An extra nondescript class formed - chiefly of boys not born to study. - - -*Butt*, _subs._ (Dulwich).—The school tuck-shop. _See_ BUTTERY. - - -*Butter*, _subs._ (Stonyhurst).—A boy known often to miss a - catch. Hence, as _verb_ = to miss a catch. - - -*Buzz*, _verb_ (Christ’s Hospital).—To cry; to weep. - - - - -*C*, _subs._ (Felsted).—_See_ D, _infra_. - - -*Cæsar’s-bridge* (Stonyhurst).—An old bridge over the Hodder. - Also CROMWELL’S-BRIDGE, though it is probable that Cromwell - crossed the Hodder higher up. _See_ HIGGER BRIG. - - -*Cage, The* (Royal High School, Edin.).—A covered area, between - two gates, in which prisoners at games are confined. Also, - as _verb_ = to put in this enclosure. - - -*Candle-keepers*, _subs._ (Winchester).—MANSFIELD in his - _School-Life at Winchester College_, p. 30 (_see_ quot. - 1840, _ante_), says, “Why so called I have no idea,” but - _see_ ADAM’S _Wykehamica_ (1878), 418. - - -*Cards.* ON CARDS, _phr._ (Harrow).—A report on conduct taken to - the Head-master. - - -*Carthaginians* (Stonyhurst).—_See_ VICTORY-WALK. - - -*Champion*, _subs._ (Stonyhurst).—A boy in a LOWER LINE (_q.v._) - class who, on account of age or size, joins in the games of - the HIGHER LINE (_q.v._). _Cf._ CHARITY-TAILS. - - -*Chisel*, _verb_ (Winchester).—To cheat. - - -*Clap*, _verb_ (Christ’s Hospital: Hertford).—To push in front - of. Whence CLAPPER = one who so pushes. - - -*Clat* (Stonyhurst).—_See_ BRICK. - - -*Clogs*, _subs._ (Stonyhurst).—The boots made by the College - shoemaker. - - -*Common-key*, _subs._ (Stonyhurst).—A key by which most of the - doors on the boys’ side of the house are opened. - - -*Concertatio*, _subs._ (Stonyhurst).—An exhibition of class-work - given from time to time in the Community refectory by the - LOWER LINE (_q.v._) classes. - - -*Copy*, _subs._ (Harrow).—Formerly COPY = a prize-book, chosen - by the recipient. _See_ ante. - - -*Cork*, _verb_ (Eton).—To throw. [An Old Etonian informs me that - “Cork” and not CALK (_q.v._) is the correct orthography.] - - -*Cowshed, The* (Christ’s Hospital).—_See_ ante. It should be - stated that THE COWSHED is a sort of pent-house near the - Warden’s residence which workmen use for divers purposes. - - -*Cricket-machine*, subs. (Stonyhurst).—A boy who studies cricket - scores with excessive care. - - -*Crock*, _subs._ (general).—An indifferent performer at a game. - - -*Crocked.* TO BE CROCKED, _verb. phr._ (general).—To be injured - at a game. - - -*Crow’s-wing* (and *-refectory*), _subs._ (Stonyhurst).—The part - of the house in which the masters live and fare. _See_ CROW. - - -*Cut.* TO CUT IN, _verb. phr._ (Harrow).—If a boy misses his - place in the line at BILL (_q.v._), and tries to run in - irregularly, he is said TO CUT IN. - - - - -*D*, _subs._ (Felsted).—A division of “punishment bounds.” - Nominally the bounds were:—A = practically no bounds; B = - the ordinary bounds, the roads about a mile from the school; - C = punishment bounds, confinement to the cricket-fields and - playground; and D = confinement to the old school-house - playground, one of the commonest forms of punishment till - 1876, when the present school-house was opened. C and D were - also known respectively as MONGREL and QUOD. - - -*Dame*, _subs._ (Eton and Harrow).—Originally many ladies kept - boarding-houses: hence the word. _See_ ante. - - -*Damnation-hill* (Harrow).—_See_ DAMNATION-CORNER and HOWSON and - WARNER, _Harrow School_ (1898), 80. - - -*Degerd*, _adj._ (Harrow).—Degraded. [Pronounced _Daygerd_.] - - -*Dicks’* (Stonyhurst).—The chief tuck-shop at the present time. - - -*Ditch, The* (Christ’s Hospital).—_See_ ante. THE DITCH is one - of the three playgrounds, or rather open spaces, within the - walls of Christ’s Hospital: it takes its name from the old - City ditch which ran beneath it. The two others are the - “Hall Play,” and the “Garden.” - - -*Double-remove.* To get a DOUBLE-REMOVE, _verb. phr._ - (Harrow).—To skip a form. - - -*Dox*, _subs._ (Tonbridge).—The head-master. [An abbreviation of - “doctor.”] - - -*Dub.* TO DUB IN, _verb. phr._ (Christ’s Hospital).—To - subscribe. - - -*Duke’s-room* (Stonyhurst).—The PHILOSOPHERS’ (_q.v._) - drawing-room. - - - - -*Early bed*, _subs._ (Stonyhurst).—In winter time the smaller - boys go to bed an hour before the rest. Elder boys may avail - themselves of this if sick: _e.g._ “There is no EARLY BED - to-night.” - - -*Extraordinary*, _subs._ (Stonyhurst).—Classes in which extra - classics are read in the lower forms. - - - - -*Fag-poker*, _intj._ (Harrow: obsolete).—A cry to a fag to fetch - a stake for the fire. - - 1827. COLLINS, _The Public Schools_ [Harrow], p. 318. Poker and tongs - were unknown luxuries in the “play-room” at Butler’s; and the junior - fag, at the call of “FAG poker,” had to rush out in the cold to pull a - hedge-stake of substantial dimensions from the fence or faggot-stack. - - -*Feeder-cric* (Christ’s Hospital).—_See_ ante. This game got its - name from the “feeder,” _i.e._ the thrower of the ball, and - the humble imitation that it was of cricket. The bat was a - stick like a “glorified” ruler, but cut away at one end to - resemble in some sort a cricket-bat. It was played against a - buttress, on which was marked a circle in chalk, which - served as a wicket. The ball was soft, with a hole in it; as - in rounders the batsman might insist on certain conditions - as to the method of “feeding,” and might refuse to recognise - a “feed” unreasonable in height. - - - *First-praise*, _subs._ (Stonyhurst).—_See_ REPORT. - - - *First-touch.* TO BE FIRST-TOUCH, _verb. phr._ - (Stonyhurst).—To be first in reaching the scene - of a game, a place in which was secured by - touching some object, as a handball, a wicket, - &c. - - - *Flab*, _subs._ 1. (Christ’s Hospital).—Butter. - - 2. (Stonyhurst).—A boy who does not play in - any of the regular (cricket) matches. For - such a practice net is provided, known as - the FLAB’S-NET. - - - *Fob*, _verb_ (Christ’s Hospital).—To put on - carelessly: as bands or buttons, without - trouble, to look right for a minute or so. - - - *Forcing*, _subs._ (Stonyhurst).—Dribbling. _See_ - STONYHURST-FOOTBALL. - - - *Form-beak*, _subs._ (Harrow).—A form-master. _See_ - BEAK. - - - *Form-game*, _subs._ (Harrow: obsolete).—At - football, the games arranged in grades of - ability, and not by Houses. They were named - on the same principle as the school is - arranged—Sixth Form game, Fifth Form game, - and so on. - - - *Forty*, _subs._ (Felsted).—A division of the school - for football or cricket. Each FORTY has its own - ground. - - - *Fotch*, _subs._ (Christ’s Hospital).—A blow on the - face. Also as _verb_ = to strike. - - - *Fox*, _verb_ (Stonyhurst).—To pretend to be ill. - - - *Frart*, _subs._ (Christ’s Hospital).—A potato. - - - *Fug*, _subs._ (Harrow).—_See_ ante. The name is now - given to a diminutive Association ball: formerly - one of hair and chamois-leather. - - - *Fungi*, _subs._ (Christ’s Hospital)—India-rubber. - - - - - *Gomer*, _subs._ (Winchester).—_See_ ante, sense 2. - I am informed that there is yet another usage. - GOMERS = a suit of clothes in which to go home. - [Because College men wear gowns.] - - - *Goose-match*, _subs._ (Harrow).—_See_ ante, and - quot. - - 1898. S. W. GORE, _Harrow School_, 225. Harrow is, I - believe, one of the few schools where cricket is played in - the Michaelmas term, when the traditional “GOOSE” MATCH is - played. This was started on the 22nd of September 1849 by - Mr. C. O. Eaton. - - - *Grammar-match*, _subs._ (Stonyhurst).—A football - match in which the members of the highest class - of the LOWER LINE (_q.v._)—GRAMMAR (_q.v._)—play - the lower classes combined. - - - *Grasshopper*, _subs._ (Christ’s Hospital: - Hertford).—A BLUE-girl: used by boys at - Hertford. _See_ BLUEBOTTLE (Appendix) and - HEDGEHOG (_ante_). - - - *Great Figures* (Stonyhurst).—_See_ FIGURES, _ante_. - - - *Grecian*, _subs._ (Christ’s Hospital).—Add - following to 1871 quot.:— - - Then on leaving the school for college they obtain a gift - of £60 for clothing and outfit, and an allowance of £70 a - year while at college. Nor do they seem to owe any further - allegiance in after life to Christ’s Hospital. For - instance, many lads are educated specially for the navy, - and are distinguished from the others by wearing a metal - badge on the shoulder, but on leaving Christ’s they do not - necessarily enter maritime life. - - - - - *Head.* HEAD OF THE LINE, _subs. phr._ - (Stonyhurst).—The Captain of the School. - - - *Hedgehog* (Christ’s Hospital).—_See_ BLUEBOTTLE and - GRASSHOPPER (Appendix). - - - *Hell*, _subs._ (Stonyhurst).—A well-known hazard on - the golf links: another is called PURGATORY. - - - *Henner*, _subs._ (Royal High School, Edin.).—A - challenge to do something difficult, which the - challenger must first do himself: _e.g._ “Here’s - a HENNER for you!” [Probably from Old Scots - _hain_.] - - - *Higger Brig*, _subs._ (Stonyhurst).—A bridge over - the Hodder. It was by the old bridge at this - point that Cromwell crossed on his way to - Stonyhurst Hall, though some say it was at - CÆSAR’S BRIDGE (_q.v._). [Derived from an - attempt to pronounce “Higher Bridge” in the - local fashion.] - - - *Hopgarth*, _subs._ (Stonyhurst: obsolete).—A part - of the Gardens. - - - *House-beak*, _subs._ (Harrow).—A master. _See_ BEAK - and FORM-BEAK. - - - - - *Immunity-card*, _subs._ (Stonyhurst).—_See_ - TOLLY-TICKET. - - - *In.* ALL IN, _phr._ (Stonyhurst).—A direction - given (1) at end of recreation; and (2) to - stay indoors at recreation time when wet. - - - *Ink-pot Boy* (Stonyhurst).—_See_ ATRAMENTARIUS. - - - - - *Jicker*, _subs._ (Christ’s Hospital).—(1) The - juice of a HIGH (_q.v._). [It is suggested - that this is a “portmanteau word”—from _juice_ - and _liquor_.] Also (2) = blacking. - - - *Jickery*, _adj._ (Christ’s Hospital).—Big: _e.g._ - “You’re in for a JICKERY row.” [Query = - overflowing, like the JICKER (juice) of a “high” - (fruit tart).] - - - *Jiffs, The* (Christ’s Hospital).—THE JIFFS are - about the oldest part of the Hospital building. - The name is given to cloisters lying on the left - hand as one enters from Christ Church passage. - They are at a lower level, and are reached by - four steps. It was the only part not burned in - the Great Fire. The rooms above were destroyed. - [Suggested derivations are:—(1) from “Grey - Friars” = G.F.’s; and (2) from a beadle, - Geoffrey—Geoff’s—Jiffs.] - - - *Joseph*, _subs._ (Harrow: obsolete).—Generic for - boy: _e.g._ BEETLE-JOSEPH = an entomological - collector; MUSIC-JOSEPH = a boy who studied - music, and so forth. - - - - - *Keen*, _adj._ (Christ’s Hospital).—Good: _e.g._ - “jolly KEEN” = very good. - - - *Kenna’s-day* (Stonyhurst).—_See_ DAY, _ante_. - - - *King*, _subs._ (Royal High School, Edin.).—A game - peculiar to the school. The players range - themselves on one side of the playground, one - going into the centre and calling “King!” The - centre player endeavours to catch some one, who - then joins him, and this goes on till all are - caught. A rush is then made for the side, the - last to reach it taking the centre place in a - new game. It forms an excellent training for - football and a source of revenue to tailors. - - - - - *Lady Gallery* (Stonyhurst).—A gallery in which is a - statue of the Blessed Virgin. - - - *Lamm.* TO LAMM IN, _verb. phr._ (Stonyhurst).—_See_ - PEG IN. - - - *Last-quarter*, _subs._ (Stonyhurst).—An interval at - the end of long recreations for toilet purposes, - &c., before studies or other duties: _e.g._ “Is - there LAST-QUARTER after this recreation?” - - - *Leeming’s Knot* (Stonyhurst).—A ditch or hole in a - neighbouring wood. [From some local farmer who - is said to have jumped into it.] - - - *Little Man*, _subs._ (Eton).—_See_ ante: this term, - I am informed, is only applied to one particular - man in a certain shop. - - - *Lo* (Felsted).—_See_ FAIN LO. - - - *Long Litany Lane* (Stonyhurst: obsolete).—A lane - near the College. - - - *Long Sleep*, _subs._ (Stonyhurst).—A longer time - than usual in bed: _e.g._ “There will be LONG - SLEEP to-morrow,” “May I have LONG SLEEP?” - - - *Long-soft*, _subs._ (Stonyhurst).—A long, low - bounce: STONYHURST-FOOTBALL (_q.v._). - - - *Lord’s.* TO BE IN LORD’S, _verb. phr._ - (Winchester).—To be a member of the first Eleven - at cricket, dating from the old Public School - matches at Lord’s between Winchester, Harrow, - and Eton. Whence LORD’S-EX = the Exeat for the - Eton and Harrow match. - - - *Lounge*, _subs._ (Eton).—Both present and past Eton - schoolmen inform me that, as far as they know, - this word was, and is, never used. - - - *Love-lane* (Stonyhurst: obsolete).—A road near the - College. - - - *Low*, _subs._ (Christ’s Hospital).—There are two - sorts of fruit pies sold at the school shop, - called respectively, according to their shape, - “HIGH” and “LOW,” the word “pie” being generally - omitted. - - - - - *Magazine*, _subs._ (Stonyhurst).—The dormitory of - the smaller boys in the College. Once a trunk - room. - - - *Mathemat*, _subs._ (Christ’s Hospital).—_See_ ante, - and add following to quot. 1895:— - - The most distinctive feature in the MATHEMAT life was the - yearly “going to Court.” Our hair was trimmed and brushed - for the occasion by the Hospital barber, buttonholes and - gloves lavished on us. When we went to Buckingham Palace - we drove five in a carriage, the redundant gentleman being - literally and metaphorically sat upon by his justly - indignant comrades. But more interesting were our visits - to Windsor, with the march from the station to the Castle, - the long weary waiting in endless corridors and gorgeous - ante-chambers, the well-earned lunch, with John Brown - peeping in at the door; then Her Majesty’s inspection of - our drawings; and finally, our free range over the Castle - and toilsome ascent of the Round Tower. I remember the - following circumstance: One MATHEMAT exhibited a painting - of a ship still building. Prince George of Wales remarked - to his brother, “What a ‘rummy’ ship,” at which the - exhibitor laughed, causing the elder Prince to exclaim, - “Look, George, he’s laughing at you.” - - - *Mayfair* (Stonyhurst: obsolete).—A walk in the - playground. _Cf._ BOND-STREET. - - - *Meeter*, _subs._ (Stonyhurst).—A successful kick at - a ball coming towards the one who kicks. _See_ - STONYHURST-FOOTBALL. - - - *Mob*, _subs._ (Christ’s Hospital).—A move from one - Form to another. - - - *Mongrel* (Felsted).—_See_ D (Appendix). - - - *Monkey.* MONKEY-ROOM (Stonyhurst).—A lumber-room: - chiefly used as a stable for bicycles. - - - *Mull*, _subs._ (Christ’s Hospital).—A fight. - - - - - *Nicks*, _intj._ (Stonyhurst).—_See_ ante. Also used - at Stonyhurst by scouts at sight of a Prefect. - - - *Nip’s-night*, _subs._ (Felsted).—The annual - entertainment for the village people. [_Nip_ = a - rustic.] - - - *Nurse*, _subs._ (Christ’s Hospital).—_See_ ante. - Obsolete in London, but retained at Hertford. - - - - - *Officiate*, _verb_ (Christ’s Hospital).—To - interfere: _i.e._ to be “officious.” _E.g._ - “Don’t officiate.” - - - *On.* ALL ON, _phr._ (Stonyhurst).—The direction - given at the end of recreation. Also ALL IN. - - - - - *Passy*, _adj._ (Christ’s Hospital).—_See_ ante. Now - obsolete: the modern equivalent is VISH, which - _see_ (Appendix). - - - *Past*, _adv._ (Stonyhurst).—Beyond the goal line. - - - *Peg.* TO PEG IN, _verb. phr._ (Stonyhurst).—(1) To - throw in hard: of cricket. (2) To cane severely: - of corporal punishment: _e.g._ “Does So-and-so - PEG IN?” Also To LAMM IN. - - - *People*, _subs._ (Harrow).—Relations; visitors: - _e.g._ “I’ve got PEOPLE coming down.” - - - *Pepper-box*, _subs._ (Eton).—A buttress in - the original Fives Court on the Chapel - steps—reproduced in all Eton Fives Courts. - - - *Pester*, _subs._ (Harrow).—The special cab used to - convey boys with infectious diseases to SANNY - (_q.v._). - - - *Pet, The* (Felsted).—The petrifying stream: a small - brook near Felsted. - - - *Philathlet* (or *Phil*), _subs._ (Harrow).—_See_ - PHIL, _ante_. Also the large school cricket - ground used for lower games. - - - *Philosopher’s-quarters*, _subs._ (Stonyhurst).—The - part of the house in which the PHILOSOPHERS - (_q.v._) live. - - - *Pi*, _adj._ (originally Winchester).—_See_ ante. - This expression is now pretty general. Also - PI-JAW (or PI-GAS) = a serious admonition. - - - *Pog*, _subs._ (Felsted).—_See_ ante: the suggested - derivation is “Pig—pig-faced—pog.” “Put your - POG” was the usual direction to DRAWING-ROUND - (_q.v._). - - - *Post-office*, _verb_ (Harrow).—To promenade - the High Street. [Where is situated the - post-office.] - - - *Prefect’s-room*, _subs._ (Stonyhurst).—The room in - which corporal punishment is inflicted. “To - visit the PREFECT’S-ROOM” has a recognised - significance. Also known as the TOLLY-SHOP. - - - *Prisoner’s-bars*, _subs._ (Stonyhurst).—Otherwise - known as “Prisoner’s-base.” - - - *Privates*, _subs._ (Harrow).—Private lessons. - - - *Purgatory*, _subs._ (Stonyhurst).—_See_ HELL. - - - *Purl* (or *Pearl*), _subs._ (Winchester).—A header. - Also as _verb_. - - - - - *Rabble*, _subs._ (Stonyhurst: obsolete).—The Vesper - Choir: _i.e._ the choir formed of boys not in - the College choir proper, who sing alternately - with the latter at Vespers. - - - *Reading-room*, _subs._ (Stonyhurst).—An hour of - extra study after supper. So called from the - room in which this study may be done. “I am - going to Reading Room.” - - - *Rector’s Tower* (Stonyhurst).—A tower at the end of - the west wing. Also known as Parbrick Tower, - after the Rector who built it. - - - *Report*, _subs._ (Stonyhurst).—The account of the - school work given by the Prefect of Studies in - the Boys’ Refectory, before the whole house - assembled, at the end of each term. The class - which wins most honour is said to get FIRST - PRAISE. After the Report the DISTINCTION LISTS - are read. _Cf._ DISTINGUISHED. - - - *Retreat*, _subs._ (Stonyhurst).—A period of three - days annually devoted by the boys to practices - of piety. - - - *Romans* (Stonyhurst).—_See_ VICTORY-WALK. - - - *Rostrum*, _subs._ (Stonyhurst: obsolete).—A pulpit - formerly in the boys’ refectory: used for - reading during certain meals. - - - *Rotten.* BELLS GO ROTTEN, _phr._ - (Winchester).—_See_ MANSFIELD, _School-Life at - Winchester_ (1866), 432. - - - *Roust*, _verb_ (Durham).—To kick. - - - - - *Sabbatine*, _subs._ (Stonyhurst: obsolete).—A - kind of academical exhibition given by one of - the HIGHER LINE (_q.v._) classes to the rest - of the Higher Line and visitors on a Saturday - afternoon. [From _Sabbatum_.] - - - *Sack.* TO HAVE (or GET) THE SACK, _verb. phr._ - (Harrow).—To be dismissed from school for an - offence. A common enough word, but its specific - use at Harrow deserves mention. - - - *Sage*, _subs._ (Royal High School, Edin.: - obsolete).—A class. - - - *Sanny*, _subs._ (Harrow).—The School Sanatorium. - - - *Scaley*, _subs._ (Stonyhurst).—A term of contempt: - applied to all foreigners. - - - *Sciff*, _verb_ (Christ’s Hospital).—To knock over. - - - *Sconse*, _subs._ and _adj._ (Christ’s Hospital).—A - selfish fellow; selfish. _See_ SCAFF. - - - *Scratch* (Christ’s Hospital).—The matron’s servant. - - - *Scrub*, subs. (Stonyhurst).—A ball hit close to the - wall or ground: handball. - - - *Scug*, _subs._ (Eton).—A term of contempt for any - boy wanting in self-respect. - - - *Second-dinner*, _subs._ (Stonyhurst).—When a boy - for any reason has been unable to dine with the - rest, he is said to go to SECOND-DINNER. - - - *Second-tip*, _subs._ (Stonyhurst: obsolete).—A form - of STONYHURST-CRICKET (_q.v._), in which the - batsman had to run once at least in two hits. - - - *Second-washing*, _subs._ (Stonyhurst).—The interval - allowed every day before dinner for toilet - purposes. - - - *Semmies* (or *Seminarians*), _subs._ - (Stonyhurst).—Students at the Seminary or St. - Mary’s Hall. - - - *Semper* (Winchester).—_See_ ante. SEMPER TESTIS - also = “a boy always ready to support any - assertion of his friend.” - - - *Senior Philosopher*, subs. (Stonyhurst).—The head - and spokesman of the PHILOSOPHERS (_q.v._). - - - *Shag*, _subs._ (Christ’s Hospital).—A share. Also - as _verb_. - - - *Shark*, _subs._ (Christ’s Hospital).—A “cadger.” - Whence, as _verb_ = to make up to; to cadge. - - - *Shinner*, _subs._ (Stonyhurst).—A kick on the - shins. _See_ STONYHURST-FOOTBALL. - - - *Shop-boys*, _subs._ (Stonyhurst).—The boys - responsible for the shop in the “house.” It is - entirely in the boys’ own hands; the profits go - to the games club. - - - *Shuts*, _subs._ (Christ’s Hospital).—A “sell.” Also - as _intj._ = “Sold again!” - - - *Side.* BEHIND ONE’S SIDE, _phr._ (Winchester).—Said - of a man when nearer the opponents’ goal than - the player on his own side who last touched the - ball. - - Also _see_ SWAGGER (Appendix). - - - *Sig*, _subs._ (Harrow).—A signature for - work: _e.g._ “To get a SIG.” _See_ - SIGNED. - - - *Signed.* TO BE SIGNED, _verb. phr._ - (Harrow).—To be excused work. - - - *Six-and-Six*, _subs._ - (Winchester).—_See_ ante. Originally - one match yearly between College and - Commoners; now three matches between - College, Commoners, and Houses. Also - SIXES. _See_ APPLE-PIE DAY. - - - *Sixes*, _subs._ (Harrow).—Alternate six - balls in the Yard with another - batsman. Hence TO GO SIXES = to go - shares in anything. - - - *Skew* (Harrow).—_See_ ante. Also, as - _verb_ = to turn (or fail) in REP - (_q.v._). - - - *Skit*, _subs._ (Harrow).—A quantity. - - - *Slime*, _verb._ 1. (Felsted).—_See_ - ante. To sneak in, out, or past. - Also as _subs._, TO DO A SLIME (even - in games) = to take a crafty - advantage. - - 2. (Harrow).—To go round quietly. - - 1898. WARNER, _Harrow School_, 282. His house - beak SLIMED and twug him. - - 3. (Harrow).—To make drops at - rackets. - - - *Slop*, _subs._ (Christ’s Hospital).—A - term of contempt. - - - *Slopper*, _subs._ (The Leys).—A - slop-basin. - - - *Snoring-dormitory*, _subs._ - (Stonyhurst).—A special dormitory - reserved for troublesome sleepers. - - - *Souppy*, _subs._ (Royal High School, - Edin.).—The same as GRUBBY (_q.v._). - - - *Spec*, _verb_ (Harrow and Durham).—To - expect to get; to count on winning - beforehand: as a race, &c. - - - *Spital Sermon* (Christ’s - Hospital).—_See_ ante. In _The Blue_ - of April 1900 appears an account of - a Spital Sermon preached in Christ - Church, Newgate Street, April 23rd, - 1644: it is quaint. In recent years - the Lord Mayor’s chaplain preached - on Easter Monday, a bishop on - Tuesday, but within the last twenty - years the Monday sermon has been - given up. Also, the boys no longer - wear the bit of paper bearing the - words, “He is risen,” and the - “Mathemats” have ceased to carry - their nautical instruments. - - - *Spot.* ON THE SPOT, _phr._ - (Stonyhurst).—(1) In good humour; - (2) in good condition. - - - *Stonyhurst-cricket*, _subs._ - (Stonyhurst: recently obsolete).—A - form of cricket played till very - recent times at Stonyhurst, the - ordinary game being known as - LONDON-CRICKET. The points of - difference are chiefly these: (1) - the balls must be swift, and bowled - along the ground; (2) the batsman - must hit—“slog” is the term; and (3) - the game is played at a single - wicket. Bat, ball, and wickets - differ in shape and size from those - used in cricket proper. In Father - Gerard’s _Stonyhurst_ will be found - a detailed account of the game, and - a connection is traced between it - and a crude form once played at - Eton. It is in all probability a - survival of very primitive cricket - which became stereotyped because of - the life of the College abroad. - - - *Stonyhurst-football*, _subs._ - (Stonyhurst).—A kind of football - played at Stonyhurst and some other - schools. It differs materially from - the Association and Rugby game, - chiefly in these respects: (1) any - number may play at once; (2) the - ball may be touched by the hand - during the game, but not handled or - carried as in Rugby football; (3) - charging, or otherwise roughly - treating another player, is - prohibited. The goal-posts are - longer and the space between them - narrower than in other forms of the - game; the ball is small and round. - It is akin to a species of football - played at Eton, and is clearly a - relic of the past. In matches the - sides usually have names: _e.g._ - “French and English,” in the Grand - Matches—a significant survival from - old continental days; “Federals and - Allies” (now obsolete); “Pipes and - Windows”—a favourite impromptu - match, the “Pipes” being those who - sit on one side of the old “Study - Place,” the “Windows” those who sit - on the other. Now that the “Pipes” - (hot-water pipes) are on the same - side as the windows, the match is - more commonly called “Walls and - Windows,” but sometimes “Chapel - Pipes and Windows.” “Shavers and - Non-shavers” is another favourite - match. - - - *Strue*, _subs._ (general).—A construe. - _See_ CON. - - - *Superd.* TO BE SUPERD, _verb. phr._ - (Harrow).—To be superannuated. - - - *Swack*, _subs._ (Christ’s - Hospital).—Deception. Whence TO - SWACK UP = to deceive; to take in. - - - *Swagger* (or *Side*), _subs._ - (Harrow).—(1) Appropriating - privileges to which one has no - right; and (2) using peculiar - privileges which others may not use. - Etiquette in this respect is very - complex. - - 1898. WARNER, _Harrow School_, 280. The rules - of “SWAGGER” are most complex, like other - traditional and unwritten codes, and in them a - new boy is apt to find himself entangled. He - goes out with his umbrella rolled up, and he - finds he is swaggering; or he carries it by - its middle, or under his arm, or he walks on - the middle terrace after chapel, or he - innocently wears his “blues” open when it is - hot, or turns his trousers up when it is wet, - and again he is swaggering. Lady visitors - sometimes think small boys at Harrow rude. It - is not rudeness which leads boys to stick - close to the wall, even when coming up covered - with mud from football, and shoulder the world - into the gutter, it is modesty; to walk in the - road is SWAGGER. To loiter at the house door, - or to sing or whistle in the passages, and to - wear a hat in the house are also forms of - SWAGGER. - - - - - *Taff*, _subs._ (Christ’s Hospital: - Hertford).—A potato. - - - *Talker*, _subs._ (Harrow).—One who - cannot sing in time. - - 1898. HOWSON and WARNER, _Harrow School_, 208. - Then followed solos from those who could sing - and those who could not—it made no difference. - The latter class were called TALKERS, and - every boy was encouraged to stand up and “talk - it out.” - - - *Tap*, _subs._ (Eton).—Originally the - CHRISTOPHER (_q.v._). Now the only - place recognised by the authorities - where a boy can get beer. - - - *Tart-feast*, _subs._ (Stonyhurst: - obsolete).—Certain feasts indulged - in by classes at the end of the - school year. - - - *Temple of Bel[l], The* (Royal High - School, Edin.: obsolete).—A square - tower at the north-east corner of - the playground in which the bell was - formerly hung: now rendered - invisible by the new buildings. - - - *Tetra* (Felsted).—_See_ ante. Also as - _adj._: _e.g._ a science boy - regarded “Stinks” as “TETRA-buck.” - - - *Thirders*, _subs._ (Harrow).—The Third - Eleven. - - - *Three Hundred Day* (Stonyhurst).—_See_ - DAY. - - - *Three-yearer*, _subs._ (Harrow).—A boy - who has been three years in the - school, and who, by seniority, has - the right to do certain things, - which his juniors may not do. - - - *Ticket*, _subs._ (Winchester).—A - promise, given by a Prefect to a - Junior, to remit the next punishment - when incurred. - - - *Titch*, _subs._ (Christ’s - Hospital).—_See_ ante. It is - suggested that TITCH is a - “portmanteau word”—“tight breeches,” - the tightening of the garment being - often a preliminary to the - operation. - - - *Tizzy-tick*, _subs._ (Harrow).—An order - on a tradesman to the extent of - sixpence a day. - - - *Tolly, The* (Rugby).—_See_ quot. - - 1900. _Athenæum_, 16th June, p. 743. The - chapel rather loses by its stunted head, - especially as a fine tapering spire - (disrespectfully known as “THE TOLLY”) appears - at the back of the Close. - - - *Tolly-shop*, _subs._ - (Stonyhurst).—_See_ PREFECT’S-ROOM. - - - *Tolly-ticket*, _subs._ (Stonyhurst).—A - custom now generally obsolete, but - still kept up by some masters. It - used to be common, and consisted in - giving a boy a card of good conduct - as a reward for specially good work. - If, later, he were to incur - punishment for some offence, he - would produce this card, and, unless - the offence were too grave, could - thereby receive a free pardon. Such - cards were called TOLLY TICKETS or - IMMUNITY CARDS. [A precisely similar - custom is described as having - existed at Eton in the forties by - Mr. C. Kegan Paul in his - _Memories_.] - - - *Tonk*, _verb_ (Durham).—To hit: a - cricket term. - - - *Trav*, _subs._ - (Felsted).—Travelling-money. _See_ - HOTS. - - - *Tubby* (Christ’s Hospital).—A male - servant of the school: his business - was to move certain tubs, the use of - which has long been discontinued, - but the name remains. - - - *Tuft*, _subs._ (University).—A young - nobleman, entered as a student at a - university, so called from the TUFT - or gold tassel worn on the cap. Also - GOLD-HATBAND (_q.v._). Whence - “tuft-hunter.” - - - *Tuz I*, _phr._ (Felsted).—The same as - FAIN IT (_q.v._), BAGS I (_q.v._), - &c. - - - *Twelve* (Harrow).—_See_ ante. - - THE SCHOOL TWELVE, _subs. phr._ - (Harrow).—The twelve best singers - (bass and tenor voices singing in - unison) in the school. Whence THE - HOUSE TWELVE = the same in each - House. - - - *Twug* (Harrow).—Caught. [The _past - par._ of “twig.”] - - - - - *Vacation-shoes* (or *-clothes*), - _subs._ (Stonyhurst).—Each boy is - measured for these before the summer - holidays. - - - *Victory-walk*, _subs._ (Stonyhurst).—A - recognised reward given every - half-term to the classes of the - LOWER LINE (_q.v._). The system is - as follows:—Each class is divided - into two sides, ROMANS and - CARTHAGINIANS, the boys being set - one against another as rivals. When - lessons are asked, the rivals are - asked in pairs, and each tries to - correct the other. A successful - correction is called a VICTORY. At - the end of the half-term these - victories are counted: the side - which has the greater total is freed - some afternoon for a VICTORY-WALK. - - - *Vile-child*, _subs._ (Eton).—I am - informed that this expression was - only used by a particular tutor, and - was never regarded as _peculiar_ to - Eton phraseology. - - - *Vill*, _subs._ (Felsted).—The village - of Felsted. - - - *Vish*, _adj._ (Christ’s - Hospital).—Cross: the modern - equivalent of PASSY (_q.v._). [That - is, “vicious.”] - - - - - *Whopping*, _subs._ (Harrow).—1. A - beating with a cane inflicted by a - Monitor, Head of House, Sixth Form - boy, &c., on a lower boy for a - breach of discipline. - - 2. A MONITOR’S-WHOPPING—a more - serious affair, only inflicted in - grave cases; the delinquent is - brought before the whole body of the - Monitors in the Vaughan Library, and - punishment given there. - - - *Wooden-spoon*, _subs._ (Cambridge).—The - student last on the list of - mathematical honours. _See_ TRIPOS, - GULF, TWELVE APOSTLES, WRANGLER, &c. - - - - - Printed by BALLANTYNE, HANSON & CO. - Edinburgh & London - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- - - Transcriber’s note: - - Unusual and variable spellings, hyphenations, - and capitalizations have been retained. - - All upright instances of ‘Cf.’ italicized - (Bicker, [The] Dark Walk, Poetry, Rhetoric) - - Adsum, double quote inserted before ‘ADSUM,’ - “Newcome, “ADSUM,” or” - - Battlings, ‘67’ changed to ‘87,’ “1886-87. - Dickens, Dictionary” - - Bells, comma inserted following ‘Gabell,’ “be - heard “Gabell,” or” - - Bene-book, comma inserted after ‘male,’ “vix - satis, male, Big male” - - Black-jack, square brace inserted after ‘beer,’ - “boy servitor of beer.]” - - Blow, double quote inserted after ‘late,’ “thou - wakyst too late.”” - - Brasenose, double quote struck before ‘Brazen,’ - “Brazen Nose Hall, as” - - Calk, ‘Cork’ changed to small capitals, “See - Appendix, s.v. CORK” - - Challenge, square brace inserted after ‘q.v.,’ - “the Eton Montem (q.v.).]” - - Continent, double quote inserted after ‘day,’ - ““æger for the day”” - - Dispar, ‘Commons’ changed to ‘commons,’ “A - commons or share.” - - Div, text re-ordered for clarity, “e.g. - Tique-div (q.v.” - - Dreep, ‘or’ changed to medium weight, “Dreep (or - Dreip)” - - Drive, full stop inserted after ‘subs,’ “Also as - subs.” - - Fin, double quote inserted after ‘etc.,’ ““I - won’t have, &c.”” - - Genuine, square brace inserted after ‘115,’ “cf. - Parsius, i. 115.]” - - Go, comma inserted after ‘Kingsley,’ “H. - Kingsley, Austin Elliot” - - Hatch, ‘garden’ changed to ‘garden-gate,’ “a - garden-gate, wicket-gate” - - Haul, full stop inserted after ‘verb,’ “verb. - phr. (Harrow).—To have” - - Long Chamber, ‘Long Chamber’ changed to small - capitals, “years.... LONG CHAMBER, a dormitory” - - Long-meads, double qute inserted before ‘The,’ - ““The time after dinner” - - Mad, ‘Triolus’ changed to ‘Troilus,’ “Chaucer, - Troilus [Skeat” - - Mess, double quote inserted after ‘ready,’ “as - MESS is ready.”” - - Mortar-board, double quote struck before ‘fusc,’ - “(no “sub fusc” undergrad.)” - - Mustard-and-Pepper Keeper, ‘A’ changed to ‘An,’ - “An appointment in the” - - Nob, double quote inserted before ‘We,’ ““We - must find you some” - - Non-attached, double quote inserted after - ‘NON-ATTACHED,’ ““NON-ATTACHED,” and is now” - - Pandie, ‘See’ italicized, “See Redgauntlet” - - Post te, ‘POSTE’ changed to ‘POST,’ “e.g. POST - TE hat” - - Skirmish, full stop inserted after ‘verb,’ - “verb. phr. (Winchester).—To” - - Snicks, full stop inserted after ‘verb,’ “verb. - phr. (Winchester).—To” - - Sniw, full stop inserted after ‘verb,’ “verb. - phr. (The Leys).—To” - - Sock, double quote inserted after ‘week,’ “three - times last week,”” - - Swink, ‘Marriage’ changed to ‘Mariage,’ “Mariage - of Witt and Wisdome” - - Tardy, double quote inserted after ‘TASK,’ ““I - was TARDY TASK”” - - Touch, double quote inserted after ‘STONE,’ “of - the CRICKET-STONE”” - - Waffle, colon changed to semi-colon after - ‘weak,’ “is very weak; waffy” - - Appendix, Fag-poker, ‘LAG’ changed to ‘FAG,’ - “call of “FAG poker” - - Appendix, Stonyhurst-football, ‘form’ changed to - ‘forms,’ “in other forms of” - - - - - -End of Project Gutenberg's The Public School Word-book, by John S. 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Farmer - -This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere in the United States and most -other parts of the world at no cost and with almost no restrictions -whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of -the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at -www.gutenberg.org. If you are not located in the United States, you'll have -to check the laws of the country where you are located before using this ebook. - -Title: The Public School Word-book - A conribution to to a historical glossary of words phrases - and turns of expression obsolete and in current use peculiar - to our great public schools together with some that have - been or are modish at the universities - -Author: John S. Farmer - -Release Date: October 21, 2016 [EBook #53336] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: UTF-8 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE PUBLIC SCHOOL WORD-BOOK *** - - - - -Produced by Chris Curnow and the Online Distributed -Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was -produced from images generously made available by The -Internet Archive) - - - - - - -</pre> - - -<div> - <h1 class='c000'>THE PUBLIC SCHOOL<br />WORD-BOOK</h1> -</div> - -<div class='pbb'> - <hr class='pb c001' /> -</div> - -<div class='nf-center-c1'> -<div class='nf-center c001'> - <div>THE</div> - <div class='c002'>PUBLIC SCHOOL WORD-BOOK</div> - <div class='c002'>A CONTRIBUTION TO</div> - <div class='c002'>A HISTORICAL GLOSSARY OF WORDS PHRASES</div> - <div>AND TURNS OF EXPRESSION OBSOLETE</div> - <div>AND IN PRESENT USE</div> - <div class='c002'>PECULIAR TO</div> - <div class='c002'>OUR GREAT PUBLIC SCHOOLS</div> - <div class='c002'>TOGETHER WITH SOME THAT HAVE BEEN OR</div> - <div>ARE <i>MODISH</i> AT THE UNIVERSITIES</div> - <div class='c002'>BY</div> - <div class='c002'>JOHN S. FARMER</div> - <div class='c002'>EDITOR OF “AMERICANISMS—OLD AND NEW,” “REGIMENTAL RECORDS</div> - <div>OF THE BRITISH ARMY,” AND (WITH W. E. HENLEY)</div> - <div>“SLANG AND ITS ANALOGUES,” ETC.</div> - <div class='c002'>LONDON</div> - <div>PRIVATELY ISSUED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY</div> - <div>BY HIRSCHFELD BROTHERS</div> - <div>13 FURNIVAL STREET, E.C.</div> - <div>MCM</div> - </div> -</div> - -<div class='pbb'> - <hr class='pb c001' /> -</div> -<div class='figcenter id001'> -<img src='images/i_v_top.png' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div> - <h2 class='c003'>PREFACE</h2> -</div> - -<div class='c004'> - <img class='drop-capi' src='images/i_v_i.png' width='100' alt='' /> -</div><p class='drop-capi0_9'> -It has been a matter of note and, maybe, -of surprise that no attempt has hitherto -been made to gather in one volume the -numerous Words, Phrases, and Turns of -Expression peculiar to <span class='sc'>Our Great Public Schools</span>. -Bare lists of a dozen or more examples may be found -in certain (mostly out-of-date) Records and Histories; -but taking the Schools individually, only in one instance—Winchester—has -there been anything but the most -perfunctory attention given to the subject; and in no -case has the question received that analytical, scientific -treatment—historically and comparatively—which has -proved so invaluable in the “Oxford Dictionary” and -in “Slang and its Analogues.”</p> - -<p class='c005'>It would, however, seem almost necessary to emphasise -the fact that this Word-Book is not, <i>per se</i>, a -dictionary of school slang. On the contrary, it is far -more than that. For, though such colloquialisms as are -<i>peculiar</i> to Public School life are naturally and rightly -included, yet by far the larger number of the examples -here set down do not, by any accepted method of classification, -fall within that category. I am led to make -this clear at the outset by reason of a somewhat curious, -but altogether erroneous idea that the present book -was to be a mere reprint of extracts from the larger -work on which, for many years, I have been engaged. -That is not so.</p> - -<p class='c005'>Nor, moreover, do these words and phrases appear, -save in very few instances, in any other work—not even -in so admirably complete a dictionary, in other respects, -as “The Century,” while the monumental Oxford undertaking -will not be available, as a complete authority, for -many years to come.</p> - -<p class='c005'>Having thus stated what this work is <i>not</i>, it seems -borne on me to explain, anew, what it <i>is</i>, or rather, what -has been my method. Briefly put, my idea has been -to collect such words, phrases, names, and allusions to -customs as now are, or have been, <i>peculiar</i> to English -Public School life, and to apply to their definition and -elucidation what is known as the “historical” method, -illustrating such examples as lent themselves to it by -quotations from old and present-day writers.</p> - -<p class='c005'>The Public Schools with which I have been concerned, -arranged chronologically in order of foundation -or charter, are as follows:—</p> - -<table class='table0' summary=''> -<colgroup> -<col width='8%' /> -<col width='41%' /> -<col width='8%' /> -<col width='41%' /> -</colgroup> - <tr> - <td class='c006'>1160</td> - <td class='brt c006'>Derby.</td> - <td class='c006'>1564</td> - <td class='c006'>Felsted.</td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class='c006'>1387</td> - <td class='brt c006'>Winchester.</td> - <td class='c006'>1567</td> - <td class='c006'>Rugby.</td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class='c006'>1441</td> - <td class='brt c006'>Eton.</td> - <td class='c006'>1571</td> - <td class='c006'>Harrow.</td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class='c006'>1515</td> - <td class='brt c006'>Manchester Grammar.</td> - <td class='c006'>1592</td> - <td class='c006'>Stonyhurst.</td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class='c006'>1538</td> - <td class='brt c006'>Royal High School, Edin.</td> - <td class='c006'>1611</td> - <td class='c006'>Charterhouse.</td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class='c006'>1541</td> - <td class='brt c006'>Durham Grammar.</td> - <td class='c006'>1619</td> - <td class='c006'>Dulwich.</td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class='c006'>1550</td> - <td class='brt c006'>Sherborne.</td> - <td class='c006'>1830</td> - <td class='c006'>Loretto.</td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class='c006'>1551</td> - <td class='brt c006'>Shrewsbury.</td> - <td class='c006'>1841</td> - <td class='c006'>Cheltenham.</td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class='c006'>1552</td> - <td class='brt c006'>Christ’s Hospital.</td> - <td class='c006'>1843</td> - <td class='c006'>Marlborough.</td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class='c006'>1552</td> - <td class='brt c006'>King Edward’s.</td> - <td class='c006'>1848</td> - <td class='c006'>Lancing.</td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class='c006'>1553</td> - <td class='brt c006'>Tonbridge.</td> - <td class='c006'>1859</td> - <td class='c006'>Wellington.</td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class='c006'>1560</td> - <td class='brt c006'>Westminster.</td> - <td class='c006'>1875</td> - <td class='c006'>The Leys.</td> - </tr> - <tr><td class='c007' colspan='4'>Also the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge, Durham, Aberdeen, Dublin, &c.</td></tr> -</table> - -<p class='c005'>How far I have been successful in my task I leave -others to judge. I must confess, however, that the -extent and wealth of this special field of inquiry has -somewhat astonished me: yet I fear my lists are, in -some cases, still incomplete. But, even so, this contribution -towards a more perfect glossary will, I think, be -a revelation to many.</p> - -<p class='c005'>No wonder our Mother-tongue is so vigorous, adaptable, -and expansive—reaching out in its creative energy -to all the forms and necessities of modern life—when -even Young England shows such aptitude in coining -new expressions, and adapting older forms to its ever-changing -(and, shall I say, ever-increasing) needs. -Studied comparatively, there will be found much significance, -not alone in the survivals from past generations, -but also in the relatively newer phraseology. -Many an interesting side-light, too, is thrown on ancient -school customs and usages.</p> - -<p class='c005'>Though primarily addressing myself to past schoolmen, -it is not without a hope that the general student -and scholar, as well as those still <i>in statu pupillari</i>, will -find something of use and to interest.</p> - -<p class='c005'>Finally, I desire, though holding myself alone responsible -for aught that is solecismal in these pages, -to acknowledge my indebtedness to those who have -afforded me such unstinted aid in compiling this -work. Especially are my thanks due to Mr. P. K. -Tollit (Derby); Mr. W. Durnford (Eton); Mr. R. D. -Hodgson (Manchester Grammar); Mr. C. A. Ross -(Royal High School, Edin.); Rev. A. E. Hillard (Durham); -Mr. W. B. Wildman (Sherborne); Rev. J. F. -Cornish (Christ’s Hospital); Rev. E. W. Badger (King -Edward’s, Birm.); Mr. C. H. Crofts (Tonbridge); Rev. -E. Gepp (Felsted); Mr. G. Townsend Warner (Harrow); -the Rev. Fathers Gerard and Browne and Rev. A. -Goodier (Stonyhurst); Dr. H. H. Almond (Loretto); -Mr. J. F. L. Hardy (Marlborough); Mr. J. C. Isard -(The Leys).</p> - -<div class='nf-center-c1'> -<div class='nf-center c008'> - <div>SPECIAL NOTICE</div> - </div> -</div> - -<p class='c005'><i>While the “Public School Word-Book” was passing -through the press a certain amount of additional -matter came to hand. Rather than omit altogether I -have included it in an Appendix.</i></p> - -<p class='c005'><i>May I also say that I shall welcome any suggestions, -additions, or corrections that may be forwarded -to me?</i></p> - -<p class='c005'><i>Communications may be addressed to John S. -Farmer, c/o Messrs. Hirschfeld Bros., 13 Furnival -Street, London, E.C.</i></p> - -<div class='pbb'> - <hr class='pb c002' /> -</div> -<div class='figcenter id001'> -<img src='images/i_001_top.png' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='nf-center-c1'> -<div class='nf-center c001'> - <div>THE</div> - <div>PUBLIC SCHOOL WORD-BOOK</div> - </div> -</div> - -<div> - <h2 class='c003' title='A'></h2> -</div> -<div class='c009'> - <img class='drop-capi' src='images/i_001_a.png' width='100' alt='' /> -</div><p class='drop-capi0_9'> -<b>A</b>, <span class='sc'>To get one’s “a,”</span> <i>verb. phr.</i> (Harrow).—To -pass a certain standard in the Gymnasium: -the next step being to the Gymnasium -Eight. <i>See</i> Appendix.</p> -<div class='clearme'> - -</div> - -<p class='c010'><b>Abber</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Harrow).—1. An abstract: on -history, &c.; set as a punishment.</p> - -<p class='c011'>2. An <span class='fss'>ABSIT</span> (<i>q.v.</i>): on whole holidays, or under -medical advice.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Abroad</b>, <i>adv.</i> (Winchester).—Convalescent; out of the -sick-room: <i>e.g.</i> “I have been (or come) <span class='fss'>ABROAD</span> -a week.” <i>Cf.</i> <span class='sc'>Continent</span>.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1534. <span class='sc'>Udall</span>, <i>Roister Doister</i>, ... I bid him keepe warme at -home, For if he come <span class='fss'>ABROADE</span>, he shall cough me a mome.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1598. <span class='sc'>Shakspeare</span>, 2 <i>Hen. IV.</i>, i. 2. I am glad to see your Lordship -<span class='fss'>ABROAD</span>. I heard say your Lordship was sicke. I hope your -Lordship goes <span class='fss'>ABROAD</span> by aduice.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1761. <i>Letter</i> [<span class='sc'>Wrench</span>]. I have been exceeding ill ... am not -just got <span class='fss'>ABROAD</span> again.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Abs</b>, <i>adj.</i> (Winchester).—Absent: placed against the -name when away from school. [From <i>absunt</i> on -Rolls.]</p> - -<p class='c011'><i>Verb.</i> To take (get, or go) away. Formerly (<i>circa</i> -1840) to <span class='fss'>ABS</span> a tolly (candle) = to put it out; it -now = to take it away whether lighted or unlighted, -the modern <span class='fss'>NOTION</span> (<i>q.v.</i>) for putting it out being -to “dump” it. As a neuter verb <span class='fss'>ABS</span> is generally -used in the imperative: <i>e.g.</i> “<span class='fss'>ABS!</span>” “Oh, do <span class='fss'>ABS</span>!” -Sometimes, however, a fellow is said <span class='fss'>TO ABS</span> quickly, -and <span class='fss'>MESS THINGS</span> (<i>q.v.</i>) are <span class='fss'>ABSED</span>, or put away. To -<span class='fss'>HAVE ONE’S WIND ABSED</span> = to have it taken away -by a violent blow in the stomach.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Absence</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Eton).—Names-calling. [This takes -place at 3 and 6 <span class='fss'>P.M.</span> on half-holidays; at 11.30, 3, -and 6 <span class='fss'>P.M.</span> on whole-holidays; at 6 <span class='fss'>P.M.</span> only in -summer half.]</p> - -<p class='c012'>1867. <span class='sc'>Collins</span>, <i>The Public Schools</i>, p. 174. And the elevens were -made up, as they best might, out of such adventurous spirits as dared -to “skip” roll-calls and <span class='fss'>ABSENCE</span> for the purpose. Eton, when the -losers, attributed the fact to the want of their best men in consequence -of these difficulties.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Absit</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Cambridge).—<i>See</i> quot.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1886. <span class='sc'>Dickens’s</span> <i>Dictionary of the University of Cambridge</i>, p. 3. Every -undergraduate wishing to leave Cambridge for a whole day, not including -a night, must obtain an <span class='fss'>ABSIT</span> from his tutor. Permission to go -away for a longer period, either at the end of the term or in the middle, -is called an “exeat,” and no undergraduate should go down without -obtaining his “exeat.”</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Academia</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Stonyhurst).—<i>See</i> Appendix.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Academy</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Stonyhurst).—An exhibition given at -the end of every quarter: the first by <span class='sc'>Rhetoric</span> -(<i>q.v.</i>), the second by <span class='sc'>Poetry</span> (<i>q.v.</i>), the third by -<span class='sc'>Syntax</span> (<i>q.v.</i>), the last, called the <span class='sc'>Great Academies</span>, -by all three combined. This last is the -crowning act of the school year, being attended -by many visitors, and is followed by the annual -distribution of prizes. Hence <span class='sc'>Academy Room</span> = the -large hall in which the chief exhibitions, displays, -concerts, plays, &c., are held. [The name may -have come from the school at Liège, which was -known as the “Academy”; but more probably it is -of much older date, being derived from the “Academiæ” -of the <i>Ratio Studiorum Societatis Jesu</i>.]</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Accidence</b> (Harrow).—<i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Upper School</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Ack</b> (or <b>Ick</b>), <i>intj.</i> (Christ’s Hospital).—No! nothing. -<i>Ex.</i> “Lend me your book.” “<span class='sc'>Ack!</span>” Obsolete.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Action</b>, <i>subs.</i> (King Edward’s, Birm.: obsolete).—A game -in which a number of boys start from one end of -the cloisters and run to the other, trying to avoid -being captured <i>en route</i> by others who seek to intercept -them. The game was also called <span class='sc'>Fox and -dowdy</span>. These were names in use twenty-five -years ago. To-day the same game is called <span class='sc'>Bacca</span>, -because the prisoners must be held long enough for -the captor to say, “one, two, three, caught, tobacco!”</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Ad lib.</b>, <i>subs. phr.</i> (Stonyhurst).—The time when boys -are not bound to study in the <span class='sc'>Study-place</span> (<i>q.v.</i>).</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Admonishing-money</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Westminster).—<i>See</i> quot.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1867. <span class='sc'>Collins</span>, <i>The Public Schools</i>, p. 116. The punishments for -speaking English in hall or school, which have been before alluded to, -were strictly enforced in his [Dr. Busby’s] days in the way of fines, -called <span class='fss'>ADMONISHING-MONEY</span>, which figure occasionally in his [Lynn’s] -account. The custom was for the second boy of the second election -to act as a sort of monitor for this purpose, and to deliver to any boy -who so offended a “mark” or tally, with the words, <i>Tu es custos</i>; this -mark he had to pass in turn to the first whom he could detect in a -similar slip, and the boy with whom the mark remained when hall -broke up incurred a fine. Charles Dryden, son of the poet, thought -himself so hardly used by being made <i>custos</i> three days running (by -some unfairness, as he conceived), that the father wrote a strong letter -on the subject to his old master, Busby, and was very nearly removing -the boy from school.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Ad portas</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester: obsolete).—A Latin -speech delivered by the Senior College Prefect to -the Warden of New College and the <span class='sc'>Posers</span> (<i>q.v.</i>) -under Middle gate at the commencement of Election -week.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1867. <span class='sc'>Collins</span>, <i>The Public Schools</i>, p. 61. When the Warden of -New College, Oxford, with two of his Fellows, called the “posers” (or -at one time “supervisors”), arrive at the college, ... they are received -with a Latin oration <span class='sc'>Ad Portas</span> by the senior scholar. Two -other speeches are delivered in school just before their arrival: 1. -<i>Elizabethæ et Jacobi Laudes</i> (commonly known as “Elizabeth and -Jacob”), by the Prefect of School; 2. <i>Fundatoris Laudes</i>, formerly -assigned to the senior “Founder’s kin” scholar, but now spoken by -the third prefect.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Adsum</b>, <i>intj.</i> (Charterhouse).—The response made in -answer to names-calling.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1855. <span class='sc'>Thackeray</span>, <i>The Newcomes</i>, p. 774. At the usual evening -hour the chapel bell began to toll, and Thomas Newcome’s hands outside -the bed feebly beat time. And just as the last bell struck a -peculiar sweet smile shone over his face, and he lifted up his head -a little and quickly said <span class='fss'>ADSUM</span>, and fell back. It was the word -we used at school when names were called; and lo, he whose heart -was as that of a little child had answered to his name, and stood in -the presence of the Master.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1900. <i>Daily Telegraph</i>, 23rd March, 8. 7. As in the old days of -Colonel Newcome, “<span class='fss'>ADSUM</span>,” or “Always ready,” is still the watch-word -of the Charterhouse, whose authorities have issued a neatly-printed -list of Old Carthusians serving in South Africa, in a cover of -the school colours.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1900. <span class='sc'>Tod</span>, <i>Charterhouse</i>, p. 97. <span class='sc'>Adsum</span> is the name of a new institution.... -There was no occasion for it when the school was in -London, and none could pass beyond the school precincts. Colonel -Newcome must have answered <span class='fss'>ADSUM</span> at prayers only.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Æger</b>. <i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Ægrotat</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Æger-room</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Felsted).—The sick-room. <i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Ægrotat</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Ægrotat</b> (or <b>Æger</b>), <i>subs.</i> (University).—(1) A medical -certificate excusing attendance. (2) The degree -taken by those so excused. <span class='sc'>Reading Ægrotat</span> = -leave taken (generally in December) to read for -one’s degree. [Lat. <i>ægrotare</i>.]</p> - -<p class='c012'>1794. <i>Gent. Mag.</i>, p. 1085. They [at Cambridge] sported an <span class='fss'>ÆGROTAT</span>, -and they sported a new coat!</p> - -<p class='c012'>1853. <span class='sc'>Bradley</span>, <i>Verdant Green</i>, iv. “That there’s the ‘All, sir, -<i>that</i> is,—where you dines, sir, leastways when you ain’t ‘Æger,’ or -elseweer.” <i>Ibid.</i>, viii.—“Not very well, Robert, thank you. I—my -head aches, and I’m afraid I shall not be able to get up for chapel.”... -“If you’ll leave it to me, sir, I’ll make it all right for you, <i>I</i> -will. Of course you’d like to take out an <span class='fss'>ÆGER</span>, sir; and I can bring -you your Commons just the same.”</p> - -<p class='c012'>1864. <span class='sc'>Babbage</span>, <i>Passages from the Life of a Philosopher</i>, 37. I sent -my servant to the apothecary for a thing called an <span class='fss'>ÆGROTAT</span>, which I -understood ... meant a certificate that I was indisposed.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1870. <i>Chambers’s Journal</i>, June 18, p. 395. Dick laughed. “I’ll -get the receipt from him. I often want a good thing for an <span class='fss'>ÆGER</span>.”</p> - -<p class='c012'>1888. <span class='sc'>H. Smart</span>, in <i>Temple Bar</i>, February, p. 213. “Instead of -applying for leave to my tutor, I had resorted to the old device of -pricking <span class='fss'>ÆGER</span>.”</p> - -<p class='c012'>1890. <i>Felstedian</i>, Feb., p. 2. What’s up ... with Smith? He -went <span class='fss'>ÆGER</span> before school this afternoon. I expect he’s rather bad; he -is not the fellow to go <span class='fss'>ÆGER</span> for nothing. I do hate that <span class='fss'>ÆGER</span>-room.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>After Four.</b> <i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Four</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Afternoon-tea</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Royal High School, Edin.).—Detention -after 3 o’clock.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>After Twelve.</b> <i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Twelve</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>-agger</b>, <i>inseparable suffix</i> (Charterhouse).—As in <span class='sc'>Combinaggers</span>, -a combination suit of pyjamas.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Alderman</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Felsted: obsolete).—A qualified swimmer. -[From “The Alders,” a deep pool in the river -Chelmer.]</p> - -<p class='c012'>1893. <i>Felstedian</i>, June, p. 79. Years ago there existed at Felsted a -class of beings known as “Swimming <span class='fss'>ALDERMEN</span>.” What they were, -and whence they came, I know not; perhaps some Old Felstedian will -be able to enlighten me on the point. Perhaps the name was given to -those who could swim so many times from the “Alders” to “Duck-pond”; -or, perhaps, the name was derived from the aldermanic proportions -of the swimmer. <i>Ibid.</i> (1895, Ap., p. 44). A fourth term, -“<span class='fss'>ALDERMAN</span>,” was not in the list. It has certainly “been dead -lengthy” but was once prized by its possessors, who had to swim so -many times from the “Duck Pond” to “The Alders” before they -could gain the title. Ten lengths of the new bath would afford a fair -test, and <span class='fss'>ALDERMEN</span> might have some privilege or other. Its revival -would be a good thing, for there has of late been a tendency to -prefer diving to swimming.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>All.</b> <i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Along</span>; <span class='sc'>In</span>; <span class='sc'>Out</span>; and <span class='sc'>On</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Allows</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Harrow).—The weekly allowance of 2s., -from which breakages, &c., are stopped.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Alma Mater</b>, <i>subs.</i> (general).—One’s school, college, or -university.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1853. <span class='sc'>Bradley</span>, <i>Verdant Green</i>, ii. 2. A white tie and a pair of -very small bands—the two articles which, with the usual academicals, -form the costume demanded by <span class='fss'>ALMA MATER</span> of all her children when -they take their places in her schools.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1874. <i>The Blue</i>, Aug., <i>Reminis. of Christ’s Hospital</i>. In fact, the -musical arrangements of our <span class='fss'>ALMA MATER</span> were something exceedingly -below <i>par</i>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Along.</b> <span class='sc'>All Along</span>, <i>subs. phr.</i> (Stonyhurst: obsolete).—A -kind of dribbling football practice: indulged -in during a short spell of recreation.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Alto-cad</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—The paid member of the -choir taking alto.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Amen-chapel</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—A long service performed -on the four days set apart for commemorating -the Founder, and on the anniversary of his -death.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Ancient-mariner</b>, <i>subs.</i> (University).—A rowing Don.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Anstey’s.</b> <i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Planks</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Apostles</b>, <i>subs.</i> (University).—<i>See</i> quot.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1803. <i>Gradus ad Cantab.</i> The <span class='fss'>APOSTLES</span> are the clodhoppers of -literature, who have at last scrambled through the Senate House without -being plucked, and have obtained the title of B.A. by a miracle. -The last twelve names on the list of Bachelor of Arts are thus designated. -[The term is now (1900) applied to the last twelve in the -Mathematical <span class='sc'>Tripos</span> (<i>q.v.</i>)]</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Appii</b> (The), <i>subs.</i> (Durham: obsolete).—The Three -Tuns, a celebrated Durham inn. [From a misunderstanding -of Acts xxviii. 15.]</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Apple-pie Day</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—The day on which -<span class='sc'>Six-and-Six</span> (<i>q.v.</i>) is played—the Thursday after -the first Tuesday in December. [Because hot -apple-pies were served on <span class='fss'>GOMERS</span> (<i>q.v.</i>) in College -for dinner.]</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Aquatics</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Eton).—Where boys “in the boats” -play cricket; also the <span class='sc'>Wet-bob</span> cricket team.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Archdeacon</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Oxford).—Merton strong ale.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Armoury, The</b> (Harrow).—The room under the Old -Schools where rifles, belonging to the Rifle Corps, -are kept.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Arrow</b>, subs. (Harrow).—A challenge arrow, of silver: -given to the <span class='sc'>Cock-house</span> (<i>q.v.</i>) at shooting.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Arundel Day</b> (The Leys).—The choir summer holiday.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Ascension-day.</b> <i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Ascensio Scholarum</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Ascensio Scholarum</b>, <i>subs. phr.</i> (Stonyhurst).—The -opening ceremony of the school year. The whole -house assembles in the <span class='sc'>Study-place</span> (<i>q.v.</i>), and the -Prefect of Studies reads out the new forms, prefixing -the formula “<i>Maneant in</i>” or “<i>Ascendant -in</i>” as the case may be. The day is known as -“Ascension Day.”</p> - -<p class='c012'>1843. <i>Stonyhurst Mag.</i>, Nov. 1883, p. 232. The <i>Ascensio Scholarum</i> -was managed quite otherwise then than now [1843-83].... <i>Ascension -Day.</i>—The opening day of schools. Mass of the Holy Ghost is said in -the church, after breakfast. The different schools, headed by their -masters, then return to the schoolrooms which they occupied the -preceding scholastic year. Presently the large bell tolls, and then -the Prefect of Studies opens the door of <span class='sc'>Poetry</span> (<i>q.v.</i>), and announces -that “<span class='sc'>Rhetoric</span> (<i>q.v.</i>) is empty.” The <span class='sc'>Poets</span> (<i>q.v.</i>) leave their room -and ascend to Rhetoric, and forthwith become Rhetoricians, with all -their privileges. Then the (late) Poet’s doorkeeper knocks at <span class='sc'>Syntax’</span> -(<i>q.v.</i>) door and sings out that “Poetry is empty”; and so on through -the different schools. The little fellows newly arrived have to wait -in the gallery until “<span class='sc'>Little Figures</span>” (<i>q.v.</i>) is vacant, when they -become Little Figuricians, “Little Figures,” it will be observed, being -what we [1883] call “<span class='sc'>Elements</span>” (<i>q.v.</i>).</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Ash-planting</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Rugby).—<i>See</i> quot.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1867. <span class='sc'>Collins</span>, <i>The Public Schools</i>, p. 349. In this room [Over-School] -it was that, in the latter half of the last century, the punishment -of <span class='fss'>ASH-PLANTING</span> used to take place. It was inflicted by order -and in the presence of a judicial committee of the præposters (Sixth -Form) for some few grave offences against the recognised internal discipline -of the school, <i>e.g.</i> personal assault upon one of their body by a -mutinous fag—an offence which would still be severely punished by -the masters, if not by the Sixth themselves. Three ash-saplings were -used; in theory, at least, the two first were to be broken upon the -person of the culprit. The punishment was severe—perhaps unjustifiably -so; but it had the character of being only inflicted in extreme -cases, and with strict justice, and was not regarded as a cruelty in the -school.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Athens</b> (Eton).—A bathing-place.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1865. <i>Etoniana</i>, p. 162. No boy is now allowed to go into a boat -until he has passed an examination in swimming before a committee -of masters at <span class='fss'>ATHENS</span> or at Cuckoo Weir.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Audit-ale</b> (or <b>Audit</b>), <i>subs.</i> (Cambridge).—A special -brew of ale, peculiar to Trinity College. [First-made -draught on <span class='fss'>AUDIT</span> days.]</p> - -<p class='c012'>1837. <span class='sc'>Barham</span>, <i>Ingoldsby Legends</i>, “Lay of St. Dunstan.” The -“Trinity <span class='fss'>AUDIT ALE</span>” is not come-at-able, as I’ve found to my great -grief when dining at that table.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1876. <span class='sc'>Trevelyan</span>, <i>Life of Macaulay</i> (1884), ch. iv. p. 127. A glass -of the <span class='fss'>AUDIT ALE</span>, which reminded him that he was still a Fellow of -Trinity.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1891. <i>Harry Fludyer at Cambridge</i>, 55. A lot of Freshmen got -together after Hall (it was a Saints’ day, and they’d been drinking -<span class='fss'>AUDIT</span>) and went and made hay in Marling’s rooms.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Aul. præ</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—Prefect of Hall. [Abbreviation -of <i>Præfectus Aulæ</i>.]</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Ave Maria Lane</b> (Stonyhurst: obsolete).—A walk in -the playground.</p> - -<div class='chapter'> - <h2 class='c003' title='B'></h2> -</div> -<div class='c009'> - <img class='drop-capi' src='images/i_008_b.png' width='100' alt='' /> -</div><p class='drop-capi0_9'> -<b>B</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Harrow).—A standard in Gymnasium -the next below the A (<i>q.v.</i>). <i>See</i> Appendix.</p> -<div class='clearme'> - -</div> - -<p class='c010'><b>Bacca.</b> <i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Action</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Bacchus</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Eton).—A copy of verses. -<i>See</i> quot.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1865. <i>Etoniana</i>, 27. On Shrove-Tuesday verses were written [<i>c.</i> 1561] -in honour or dispraise of Bacchus—“because poets were considered -the clients of Bacchus”—and those composed by the senior boys were -fixed on the inside of the folding-doors of the hall, as was the old -fashion in all schools and colleges. This custom was continued almost -into modern days, and though the subject was changed, the copy of -verses was still called “a <span class='fss'>BACCHUS</span>.” When Pepys paid a visit to the -school in 1665, he found the subject given out for that year was the -one topic of absorbing interest—the Plague.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Back.</b> To <span class='fss'>BACK UP</span>, <i>verb</i> (Winchester).—To call out: -<i>e.g.</i> “Why didn’t you <span class='fss'>BACK UP</span>? I should have -come.” [In College various times are <span class='fss'>BACKED-UP</span> -by Junior in Chambers, such as “Three quarters!” -“Hour!” “Bells go single!” “Bells down!”]</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Back Alley</b> (The Leys: obsolete).—A passage dividing -“Upper” and “Lower” Quadrangle: now done away -with.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Backings-up</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—Half-burned fagot-ends. -[<span class='sc'>Backing</span> (prov. in Linc., Leices., and North -country) = slack; small-coal; turf.]</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Backs</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Cambridge).—A favourite walk with undergraduates.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1891. <i>Harry Fludyer at Cambridge</i>, 23. I’m in training now for the -Lent races, and have to be out for a walk in the <span class='fss'>BACKS</span> before breakfast -every morning.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Badger</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Wellington).—A member of the Second -XV. at football. [A “badge” is bestowed when -permission is given to play in this team.]</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Bag</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Westminster).—Milk.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Bags</b> (or <b>Bags I</b>), <i>intj.</i> (common).—Used to assert a -claim to some article or privilege. Analogous -school slang is <span class='fss'>FAINS</span> or <span class='fss'>FAIN IT</span> (<i>q.v.</i>) for demanding -a truce during the progress of a game, and -which is always granted by the opposing party. -In other schools <span class='sc'>pike I</span> or <span class='fss'>PRIOR PIKE</span> serve to lay -claim to anything, or for asserting priority. Also -<span class='fss'>BAR</span>: <i>e.g.</i> “He wanted me to do so and so, but I -<span class='fss'>BARRED</span> not.” <i>Cf.</i> <span class='sc'>Fain</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Bags’-stile</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Rugby).—<i>See</i> quot.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1867. <span class='sc'>Collins</span>, <i>The Public Schools</i>, 363. On the Dunchurch Road -there was a stile long known as <span class='fss'>BAGS’ STILE</span>; here a certain set of -boys, of whom Lyttelton was one [<i>c.</i> 1793], used to sit and “chaff” -the passing “bagsmen”—for the commercial travellers to Rugby then -rode with actual saddle-bags; and this practice led to terrible fights -occasionally with the aggrieved riders.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Bake</b>, <i>verb</i> (Winchester).—To rest; to sit or lie at ease. -Hence <span class='fss'>BAKER</span> (<i>q.v.</i>); <span class='fss'>BAKESTER</span> (obsolete) = a sluggard; -<span class='fss'>BAKING-LEAVE</span> (<i>q.v.</i>); <span class='fss'>BAKING-PLACE</span> (<i>q.v.</i>); -<span class='fss'>BAKER-LAYER</span> (<i>q.v.</i>). [North. Dial. <i>beak</i> = to bask in -the heat. <span class='sc'>Jamieson</span>, <i>beik</i>, <i>beke</i>, <i>beek</i> = to bask.]</p> - -<p class='c012'>1360. <i>Ywaine</i> [<span class='sc'>Ritson</span>, <i>E. M. R.</i>]. And ligges <span class='fss'>BEKEAND</span> in his bed.</p> - -<p class='c012'><i>d.</i> 1395. <i>Barbour MS.</i> Ane Inglis man, that lay <span class='fss'>BEKAND</span> Hym be -a fyr.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1577. <span class='sc'>Kendall</span> [<span class='sc'>Wrench</span>]. At home we take our ease And <span class='fss'>BEAKE</span> -ourselves in rest.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1648. <span class='sc'>Symmons</span>, <i>Vindication of Chas. I.</i> Wherefore if that Pope -of Rome when he lay <span class='fss'>BEAKING</span> himself in the midst of his luxuries, -had cause to cry out, <i>Heu quantum patimur pro Christo</i>.</p> - -<p class='c012'><i>d.</i> 1758. <span class='sc'>Ramsay</span>, <i>Works</i>. She and her cat sit <span class='fss'>BEEKING</span> in her -yard.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Baker</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—A cushion; also anything -used to sit or kneel upon, as a blotting-book, &c. -[<span class='sc'>Bakers</span> were of two kinds: that used in “College” -was of large size, oblong in shape, and green in -colour. The other, used in “Commoners,” was thin, -narrow, much smaller, and of red colour.] Hence -<span class='fss'>BAKER-LAYER</span> (obsolete) = a Junior who used to take -a Prefect’s green <span class='fss'>BAKER</span> in and out of Hall at meal-times.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Baker-layer.</b> <i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Baker</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Baking-leave</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester: obsolete).—1. Permission -to <span class='fss'>BAKE</span> (<i>q.v.</i>) in a study in Commoners, or -in a <span class='sc'>Scob</span> (<i>q.v.</i>) place in College. 2. Leave to sit in -another’s <span class='sc'>Toys</span> (<i>q.v.</i>).</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Baking-place</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—Any place in which -to <span class='fss'>BAKE</span> (<i>q.v.</i>), or in connection with which <span class='fss'>BAKING-LEAVE</span> -(<i>q.v.</i>) was given.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Balbus</b>, <i>subs.</i> (University).—A Latin prose composition. -[From the frequency with which <span class='sc'>Balbus</span> is quoted -in <span class='sc'>Arnold’s</span> well-known text-book, <i>Latin Prose -Composition</i>.]</p> - -<p class='c012'>1870. <i>Quarterly Review.</i> <span class='sc'>Balbus</span> was in constant use.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Ball.</b> <span class='sc'>Call the ball!</span> <i>phr.</i> (Stonyhurst).—The “Foul!” -of Association Football.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Balls</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—A Junior in College collects -footballs from the lockers in school and takes them -through at 6 o’clock to the Ball-keeper in Commoners -to be blown or repaired. The Ball-keeper -is an Inferior who, for service in looking after cricket -and foot-balls, is exempted from <span class='fss'>KICKING-IN</span> (<i>q.v.</i>) -and <span class='fss'>WATCHING-OUT</span> (<i>q.v.</i>).</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Bally</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Sherborne: obsolete).—Ball court, the old -name for the Fives’ courts; there was a game, evidently -like fives, played at Sherborne against the -north transept of the church as early as 1585. The -word has long ago passed out of use.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Banco</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Charterhouse).—Evening preparation at -<span class='sc'>House</span> under the superintendence of a monitor; -the Winchester <span class='sc'>Toy-time</span> (<i>q.v.</i>).</p> - -<p class='c012'>1900. <span class='sc'>Tod</span>, <i>Charterhouse</i>, 81. At old Charterhouse monitors had -unlimited powers.... They were seldom interfered with by any -master; for instance, the visit of a house master to <span class='fss'>BANCO</span> was -intensely resented. There was a “boule” in the Sixth Form of 1872, -as to what a monitor should do who was thus insulted. Should he at -once put his cap on, and take no notice of the master? or would it be -more dignified to walk straight out of the room? <i>Ibid.</i>, 84. The chief -duties of a monitor now are to keep <span class='fss'>BANCO</span>, and to see that order is -preserved in the cubicles, and in his house generally. <span class='sc'>Banco</span> is the -time from 7.30 to 8.55 every week-day evening except Saturday, and -from 8.15 to 8.55 on Sundays, when the Under School sit in Long Room -and prepare their work for the next day. The keeping of <span class='fss'>BANCO</span> -is a fine exercise in discipline for the monitor, and a very convenient -arrangement for the house master. It is a tradition that a monitor -helps every Under School boy with his work during <span class='fss'>BANCO</span> if he can. -<i>Ibid.</i>, 95. The term <span class='fss'>BANCO</span> was suggested by H. W. Phillott, afterwards -Canon of Hereford ... in 1832, or a little later.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Bandy</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Stonyhurst: nearly obsolete).—The Stonyhurst -form of Hockey: prominent in the Tichborne -trial, when the Claimant at first thought it -a nickname, and afterwards a part of the College -buildings.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1823. <span class='sc'>Nares</span>, <i>Glossary</i>, s.v. <span class='sc'>Bandy-ball</span>. A Yorkshire game, played -with a crooked bat and a ball. It is the same as the Scottish game of -golf. See <span class='sc'>Stowe’s</span> <i>Survey</i>, ed. 1720, i. 251.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1847. <span class='sc'>Halliwell</span>, <i>Archaic Words</i>, s.v. <span class='sc'>Bandy</span>. A game played -with sticks called <span class='fss'>BANDIES</span>, bent and round at one end, and a small -wooden ball, which each party endeavours to drive to opposite fixed -points. Northbrooke, in 1577, mentions it as a favourite game in -Devonshire. It is sometimes called <span class='fss'>BANDY-BALL</span>, and an early drawing -of the game is copied in <span class='sc'>Strutt’s</span> <i>Sports and Pastimes</i>, p. 102.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Bangy</b> (or <b>Bangay</b>), <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—Brown sugar. -Also as <i>adj.</i> = brown. Hence <span class='fss'>BANGAY BAGS</span> (or -<span class='fss'>BANGIES</span>) = brown-coloured trousers. <span class='sc'>Wrench</span> says -the strong objection to these in former times probably -arose from Tony Lumpkin coming to school -in corduroys. [Suggested derivations are: (1) from -<i>Bangalore</i>, a coarse-sugar growing country; (2) -<i>bhang</i> = hemp; (3) <i>banjy</i> (Essex) = dull, gloomy.] -A brown gate formerly leading from Grass Court -into Sick House Meads was known as the <span class='sc'>Bangy -Gate</span>. The term is now often applied to the gate -by Racquet Court into Kingsgate Street.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Bar.</b> <span class='sc'>To bar out</span>, <i>verb. phr.</i> (Royal High School, Edin.: -obsolete).—To lock or barricade the doors to exclude -the masters. This custom has been practically -extinct since the day that Bailie John -Macmorrane was shot by a pupil, William Sinclair, -son of the Chancellor of Caithness, while endeavouring -to get the door battered down (Sept. -15, 1595).</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Barbar</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Durham).—A candidate for scholarship -from another school. [That is, “barbarian” = -foreigner.]</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Barber</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—A thick fagot or bough; -one was included in each bundle. Also any large -piece of wood.</p> - -<p class='c011'><i>Verb</i> (University).—To work off impositions by -deputy. [Tradition relates that a learned barber -was at one time frequently employed as a scapegoat -in working off this species of punishment inflicted -on peccant students.] Also <span class='fss'>TO BARBERISE</span>.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1853. <span class='sc'>Bradley</span> (“Cuthbert Bede”), <i>Verdant Green</i>, xii. As for -impositions, why ... ’Aint there coves to <span class='fss'>BARBERISE</span> ’em for you?</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Barge</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Sherborne).—Small cricket: played, with -a stump for bat, against a wall.</p> - -<p class='c011'><i>Verb</i> (Charterhouse).—To hustle; <span class='fss'>TO MOB UP</span> -(<i>q.v.</i>); <span class='fss'>TO BRICK</span> (<i>q.v.</i>).</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Barn, The</b> (Charterhouse).—A temporary wooden -building, constructed in 1876 to meet deficiencies -in class-room accommodation. It stood on the site -now occupied by the Museum. It disappeared in -1884.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Barnet</b>, <i>intj.</i> (Christ’s Hospital: obsolete).—Nonsense! -Humbug!</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Barn-school</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Rugby).—<i>See</i> quot.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1867. <span class='sc'>Collins</span>, <i>The Public Schools</i>, 367. Dr. James found there -[Rugby in 1777] 52 boys; in five years he had raised them to 165. -The one large schoolroom was no longer sufficient ... a new building -was added.... Even the new schools overflowed, for the -members rose in time to near 300; and the head-master was -obliged to migrate into a barn adjoining the Dunchurch Road.... -There for more than twenty years successive head-masters taught -the two senior forms.... Connecting these buildings with the -three schools adjoining the old manor-house was a line of cow-sheds, -which served as a shelter in rainy weather.... Such was -the Rugby of 1809; for it was not till long afterwards that barn -and cow-sheds disappeared, though the present school buildings -were begun in that year.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Barracks</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Loretto).—A Form occasionally interpolated -between <span class='sc'>Nippers</span> (<i>q.v.</i>) and Fourth. [In the -Sixties a master at Loretto was known as the Captain, -and when the first overflow from the school-house -took place, the house in which a few boys -slept, and over which he was master, was called -the Garrison. The adjoining house was afterwards -occupied and was called the <span class='fss'>BARRACKS</span>. Whence -the interpolated Form, which for a time had for its -schoolroom a room at that house, getting the name -of the Barracks Form. The name clung to it when -moved to one of the regular schoolrooms.]</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Barter</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—A half volley at cricket. -Also as <i>verb</i>. [From Warden Barter, who was -famous in the cricket-field for dealing with such -balls.]</p> - -<p class='c012'>1867. <span class='sc'>Collins</span>, <i>The Public Schools</i>, 65. None showed more enthusiastic -interest in these [Public School Cricket] matches than the late -excellent Warden, Robert Speckott Barter.... He seldom missed -a match at Lord’s from the time he played in the school eleven -himself. He was a tremendous hitter in his day; and the remarkable -punishment which he dealt out to the ball, when he was lucky enough -to catch it on the “half-volley,” has given to a long hit of this -character at Winchester (and even elsewhere) the name of a <span class='fss'>BARTER</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Bartlemytide</b>, <i>subs.</i> (general: old).—The summer holiday.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Base</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Harrow).—A goal: at football.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Basinite</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Charterhouse: obsolete).—A hot-water -fag: he had to get hot water and towels ready -for a monitor when he descended to wash in -<span class='fss'>COCKS</span> (<i>q.v.</i>).</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Bat-mugger</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—A wooden instrument -used in oiling cricket-bats.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Battal</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Harrow and Charterhouse).—Battalion -drill for the Rifle Corps: usually (at Harrow) in the -evening. [The second is the syllable accentuated.]</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Battler</b>, <i>subs.</i> (general).—A student. <i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Battlings</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Battlings</b> (or <b>Battels</b>), <i>subs.</i> (general).—An allowance, -in money or kind; apparently originally intended -to supplement the meagre fare of fast-days. <i>Cf.</i> -quots. Hence <span class='fss'>TO BATTEL</span> = to take provisions from -the buttery.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1607. <span class='sc'>Wentworth Smith</span>, <i>Puritan</i> [<span class='sc'>Malone</span>, <i>Suppl.</i>, ii. 543]. Eat -my commons with a good stomach, and <span class='fss'>BATTLED</span> with discretion.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1611. <span class='sc'>Cotgrave</span>, <i>Dict.</i>... To <span class='fss'>BATTLE</span> (as scholars do in Oxford), -être debiteur au collège pour ses vivres. <i>Ibid.</i>, Mot usé seulement des -jeunes écoliers de l’université d’Oxford.</p> - -<p class='c012'>16 [?]. <i>Account rendered to Arch. of York</i> [<i>William of Wykeham and -His Colleges</i>]. Item for <span class='fss'>BATTLINGS</span> on fasting days with the lent. -0. 9. 8. [<i>i.e.</i>, 9s. 8d.]</p> - -<p class='c012'>1678. <span class='sc'>Phillips</span>, <i>Dict.</i>, s.v. <span class='sc'>Battel</span>. In the University of Oxford is -taken for to run on to exceedings above the ordinary stint of the -appointed Commons.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1744. <span class='sc'>Salmon</span>, <i>Present State of Univ.</i>, i. 423. Undergraduates consisting -of Noblemen, Gentlemen-Commoners, Commoners, Scholars of -the Foundation, Exhibitioners, <span class='sc'>Battlers</span>, and Servitors.... The -Commoners, I presume, are so called from their Commoning together, -and having a certain portion of Meat and Drink provided for them, -denominated Commons.... The <span class='sc'>Battlers</span> are entitled to no Commons, -but purchase their Meat and Drink of the Cook and Butler.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1786-1805. <span class='sc'>Tooke</span>, <i>Purley</i>, 390, <i>s.v.</i> <span class='sc'>Battel</span>, a term used at Eton -for the small portion of food which, in addition to the College allowance, -the Collegers receive from the Dames.</p> - -<p class='c012'><i>c.</i> 1840. <span class='sc'>Mansfield</span>, <i>School-Life at Winchester College</i>, p. 184. The -expense was defrayed by the boys subscribing the last three <span class='fss'>BATTLINGS</span> -(<i>i.e.</i> the weekly shilling allowed each boy). This was rather an -illusory coin, for we seldom actually fingered it, as some one of the -College servants generally had a kind of prescriptive right to a benefit; -and whenever Saturday arrived, Præfect of Hall’s valet was sure to -come round to ask the boys if they would give their <span class='fss'>BATTLING</span> to Rat -Williams, or Dungy, or Pulver, or Long John, or some other equally -deserving individual.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1853. <span class='sc'>Bradley</span>, <i>Verdant Green</i>, <span class='fss'>II.</span> vii. [Note]. <span class='sc'>Battels</span> are -the accounts of the expenses of each student. It is stated in Todd’s -<i>Johnson</i> that this singular word is derived from the Saxon verb, -meaning “to count or reckon.” But it is stated in the <i>Gentleman’s -Magazine</i> for 1792, that the word may probably be derived from the -Low-German word <i>bettahlen</i>, “to pay,” whence may come our English -word <i>tale</i> or <i>score</i>.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1864. <i>Household Words</i>, p. 188. The business of the latter was to -call us of a morning to distribute amongst us our <span class='fss'>BATTLINGS</span>, or -pocket-money.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1880. <span class='sc'>Trollope</span>, <i>Autobiogr.</i>, i. 13. Every boy had a shilling a week -pocket-money, which we called <span class='fss'>BATTELS</span>. [This is probably a misprint—the -Winchester term, as that used at other schools, is <span class='fss'>BATTLING</span>. -It was advanced out of the pocket of the Second Master.]</p> - -<p class='c012'>1886-87. <span class='sc'>Dickens</span>, <i>Dictionary of Oxford and Cambridge</i>, p. 16. <span class='sc'>Battels</span> -is properly a designation of the food obtained from the College -Buttery. An account of this, and of the account due to the Kitchen, -is sent in to every undergraduate weekly, hence these bills also are -known as <span class='fss'>BATTELS</span>, and the name, further, is extended to the total -amount of the term’s expenses furnished by the College. In some -Colleges it is made essential to the keeping of an undergraduates’ -term that he should <span class='fss'>BATTEL</span>, <i>i.e.</i> obtain food in College on a certain -number of days each week.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1889. <span class='sc'>Murray</span>, <i>Hist. Eng. Dict.</i>, s.v. <span class='sc'>Battels</span>. Much depends on -the original sense at Oxford: if this was ‘food, provisions,’ it is -natural to connect it with “<span class='fss'>BATTLE</span>,” to feed, or receive nourishment.... -It appears that the word has apparently undergone progressive extensions -of application, owing partly to changes in the internal economy -of the colleges. Some Oxford men of a previous generation state that -it was understood by them to apply to the buttery accounts alone, or -even to the provisions ordered from the buttery, as distinct from the -“commons” supplied from the kitchen; but this latter use is disavowed -by others, ... but whether the <span class='fss'>BATTELS</span> were originally the -provisions themselves, or the sums due on account of them, must at -present be left undecided.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Baulk</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—A false report. This is -<span class='fss'>SPORTED</span> (<i>q.v.</i>), not spread.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Beak</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Harrow).—A master. <span class='sc'>Form-beak</span> = Form-master.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Beanfielder</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Felsted: obsolete).—A long hit: at -cricket.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Bearded Cad</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—A porter employed -by the College to convey luggage from the railway -station to the school. [The term originated in an -extremely hirsute individual, who, at one time, -acted in the capacity.]</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Beards!</b> <i>intj.</i> (The Leys: obsolete).—An ejaculation -of surprise.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Beast</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Cambridge).—A student who, having left -school, goes up to Cambridge to study before entering -the university. [Because (so it is stated) he -is neither man nor boy.]</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Bedmaker</b> (or <b>Bedder</b>) <i>subs.</i> 1. (Cambridge).—A charwoman; -a servant who makes beds and does other -necessary domestic duties for residents in College.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1891. <i>Harry Fludyer at Cambridge</i>, 6. Remember me most kindly -to Mrs. Bloggins. I shall never forget how good she was when we -were at Cambridge last term.... These <span class='fss'>BEDMAKERS</span> are kind souls -after all.</p> - -<p class='c011'>2. (Oxford).—<span class='sc'>Bedder</span> = a bedroom.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Beef Row</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Shrewsbury).—<i>See</i> quot.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1867. <span class='sc'>Collins</span>, <i>The Public Schools</i>, 247. The dinners themselves -[<i>c.</i> 1800-40] were fairly good, with the exception of the “boiled beef” -days, which were highly unpopular. The beef was probably good -enough, but it was cured with saltpetre, and the consequent redness -was, in the boys’ eyes, objectionable. Remonstrances had been made -in vain; and the result was something like a school rebellion, well -remembered as the <span class='fss'>BEEF ROW</span>. By concerted arrangement, on one -day the boys in every hall rose from the table in a body, and left the -masters and the boiled beef in sole occupation. Butler was indignant; -he came into each of the halls after locking up, and demanded from -the heads of the school a public apology for the insult, giving them an -hour for consideration, and placing before them the alternative of -immediate dismissal. The boys held together, and, early the next -morning the whole of the Sixth Form, comprising no less than three -who were to be future heads of Colleges, were started by chaise or -coach for their respective homes. The rest of the boys declared -themselves <i>en revolte</i>; they would not go into school, and the masters -walked about the court alternately threatening and persuading. At -last a gentleman in the town, an old Shrewsbury boy, much respected, -harangued the rebels, and persuaded them to surrender. Some sort -of concession seems almost to have been made by a portion of the -absent Sixth Form under home influence, and the affair ended in the -return of all the exiles.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Beeswaxers</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—Thick boots for football. -[Pronounced Bĕswaxers.]</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Behind</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Eton and Winchester).—A back at football. -At Eton <span class='fss'>SHORT BEHIND</span> and <span class='fss'>LONG BEHIND</span>: -usually abbreviated to “short” and “long.” At -Winchester, <span class='fss'>SECOND BEHIND</span> and <span class='fss'>LAST BEHIND</span>. -These answer to the half-back and back of Association -football. At Winchester, in the Fifteens, there -is also a <span class='fss'>THIRD BEHIND</span>.</p> - -<p class='c011'><span class='sc'>Up behind</span>, <i>phr.</i> (The Leys).—Out of bounds: -at back of College.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Behind one’s Side.</b> <i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Side</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Bejant</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Aberdeen).—A new student: one of the -first or lowest class. <i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Semi-bejants</span>, <span class='sc'>Tertians</span>, -and <span class='sc'>Magistrands</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Belial</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Oxford).—Balliol College.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Bells.</b> <span class='sc'>Bells go single</span>, <i>phr.</i> (Winchester).—A single -bell is rung for five minutes before the hour at -which chapel commences. For College evening -chapel three three’s are rung, and then follows a -“bell,” one for every man in College—70. <span class='sc'>Bells -down</span> = <i>see</i> quots.</p> - -<p class='c012'><i>c.</i> 1840. <span class='sc'>Mansfield</span>, <i>School-Life at Winchester College</i>, p. 62. The -junior in chamber had a hard time of it; ... while endeavouring to -get through his multifarious duties, he had to keep a sharp ear on the -performance of the chapel bell, and to call out accordingly, “first -peal!” “second peal!” and <span class='fss'>BELLS DOWN!</span></p> - -<p class='c012'>1878. <span class='sc'>Adams</span>, <i>Wykehamica</i>, p. 256. At a quarter to six the peal -again rang out, and the cry of <span class='fss'>BELLS GO</span> was sounded in shrill tones -through every chamber of College and Commoners.... After ten -minutes the peal changed, and only a single bell continued to ring. -This was notified by the cry <span class='fss'>BELLS GO SINGLE</span>, and five minutes afterwards, -by that of “<span class='fss'>BELLS DOWN</span>.”... Presently the head-master ... -would descend from his library: or the second master ... would appear -at the archway near Sixth Chamber, and the warning voice would -be heard “Gabell,” or “Williams through,” “Williams,” or “Ridding -in.” Straightway there would be a general rush, the college-boys -darting across the quadrangle in the rear of the Præfect of Chapel; -while the Commoners hurried in, keeping up a continuous stream from -their more distant quarters.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Belly-hedge</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Shrewsbury).—An obstruction of -such a height that it can easily be cleared: of -school steeplechases. [That is, about belly high.]</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Belows</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Rugby).—<i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Cap</span> (3).</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Bender</b>, <i>subs.</i> (common).—The bow-shaped segment of -a kite.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1873. Dr. <span class='sc'>Blackley</span>, <i>Hay Fever</i>, p. 145. The first kite was six -feet in length by three feet in width, and was made of the usual form, -namely, with a central shaft or “standard,” and a semicircular top or -<span class='fss'>BENDER</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Bene-book</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Charterhouse).—<i>See</i> quot.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1900. <span class='sc'>Tod</span>, <i>Charterhouse</i>, 131. Besides prizes, <span class='fss'>BENE-BOOKS</span> are -awarded to the Sixth Forms on the following system: Every boy -generally does four classical exercises a week, viz., Greek and Latin -prose, Greek and Latin verse, and one mathematical exercise; these -are marked, according to their merit, <span class='fss'>B</span>, b, sb, s, vs, m, <span class='fss'>M</span>; that is to -say, Big bene, bene, satis bene, satis, vix satis, male, Big male.... -A <span class='fss'>BENE-BOOK</span> (value 12s. 6d.) is earned by the winner of two <span class='fss'>BENES</span> a -week throughout the quarter. There used to be a yet higher mark, -<i>i.e.</i>, B†, or a <span class='sc'>Write-out</span>, which counted four. A B† denoted that the -composition to which it was attached was worthy of being written -out in a book kept with a view to forming a new edition of “Sertum -Carthusianum.” There are many volumes of old <span class='sc'>Write-out</span> books on -the shelves of the library, but for years no addition has been made to -them. The <span class='sc'>Write-out</span> is quite obsolete.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Bevers</b>, <i>subs.</i> (general).—An afternoon meal or refreshment; -a snack between meals. Whence (Winchester) -<span class='fss'>BEVERS</span> (or <span class='fss'>BEVER-TIME</span>) = an interval -from 4.30 to 5 in afternoon school, observed (says -<span class='sc'>Wrench</span>) long after the distribution of bread and -beer had ceased on whole school-days. [<i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Beaumont -and Fletcher</span>, i. 20; <span class='sc'>Ford</span>, i. 392; <span class='sc'>Florio</span>, in -v. <i>Merénda</i>; <span class='sc'>Cooper</span>, in v. <i>Antecænium</i>; <i>Stanihurst’s -Descr. of Ireland</i>, p. 18; <i>Nomenclator</i>, p. -79; Sir <span class='sc'>John Oldcastle</span>, p. 42; <span class='sc'>Howell</span>, sect. 43; -<span class='sc'>Middleton’s</span> <i>Works</i>, iv. 427, v. 141.]</p> - -<p class='c012'>1580. <i>Lingua</i> [<span class='sc'>Dodsley</span>, <i>Old Plays</i> (<span class='sc'>Reid</span>, 1825), v. 148]. <i>Appetitus.</i> -Your gallants never sup, breakfast, nor <span class='fss'>BEVER</span> without me.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1585. <i>Nomenclator</i>, p. 79. A middaies meale: an undermeale: a -boire or <span class='fss'>BEAVER</span>: a refreshing betwixt meales.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1597. <span class='sc'>Harrison</span>, <i>Desc. of England</i>. Of old we had breakfastes in -the forenoone, <span class='fss'>BEUARAGES</span> or nuntions after dinner, and thereto reare -suppers, generallie when it was time to go to rest, a toie brought into -England by hardie Canutus; but nowe these are very well past, and -each one, except some young hungrie stomach, that cannot fast till -dinner-time, contenteth him self with dinner and supper.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1598. <span class='sc'>Florio</span>, <i>Worlde of Wordes</i>, s.v. Merenda, Plauto. Propriè -olim prandium dicebatur quod meridie daretur. Nonius cibum qui -post meridiem sumitur interpretatur. ἑσπέρισμα. Le reciner.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1604. <span class='sc'>Marlowe</span>, <i>Dr. Faustus</i>. Thirty meals a day and ten <span class='fss'>BEVERS</span>.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1607. <span class='sc'>Beaumont and Fletcher</span>, <i>Woman Hater</i>, i. 3. He is none -of those same ordinary eaters, that will devour three breakfasts, and -as many dinners, without any prejudice to their <span class='fss'>BEVERS</span>, drinkings, or -suppers.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1611. <span class='sc'>Cotgrave</span>, <i>Dict.</i>, s.v. <span class='fss'>BEVER</span>. An afternoon’s nuncheon.</p> - -<p class='c012'><i>c.</i> 1840. <span class='sc'>Mansfield</span>, <i>School-Life at Winchester College</i>, p. 83. In -summer time we were let out of afternoon school for a short time about -4 <span class='fss'>P.M.</span>, when there was a slight refection of bread and cheese laid out -in Hall. It was called <span class='fss'>BEEVER-TIME</span>, and the pieces of bread -<span class='fss'>BEEVERS</span>.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1847. <span class='sc'>Halliwell</span>, <i>Archaic Words</i>, s.v. <span class='fss'>BEVER</span>. An intermediate -refreshment between breakfast and dinner. The term is now applied -to the afternoon snack of harvest-men and other labourers, and -perhaps may be explained more correctly as any refreshment taken -between the regular meals. Sometimes refreshments of drink, or -drinkings, were called <span class='fss'>BEVERS</span>; but potations were not <span class='fss'>BEVERS</span>, as -Mr. Dyce asserts.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1867. <span class='sc'>Collins</span>, <i>The Public Schools</i> [Winchester], p. 23. School -opened again at two o’clock; at half-past three came an interval called -<span class='fss'>BEVER-TIME</span>, when the boys had again bread and beer allowed them. -At five the school was dismissed, and the whole resident society—warden, -fellows, masters, and scholars—went in procession round the -cloisters and the whole interior circuit of the college.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1884. <span class='sc'>M. Morris</span>, in <i>English Illustrated Magazine</i>, Nov., p. 73. [At -Eton, we] came up from cricket in the summer afternoons for <span class='fss'>BEAVER</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Bible-Clerk</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—A College Prefect in -full power, appointed for one week. Formerly -(with <span class='sc'>Ostiarius</span>, <i>q.v.</i>) he kept order in school, and -assisted at floggings. He now reads lessons in -Chapel, and takes round <span class='fss'>ROLLS</span> (<i>q.v.</i>). He is absolved -from going up to <span class='fss'>BOOKS</span> (<i>q.v.</i>) during his -term of office. The Prefect of <span class='sc'>Hall</span> need not act -as <span class='fss'>BIBLE-CLERK</span> unless he likes, and the Prefect of -School may choose any week he pleases; the rest -take weeks in rotation, in the order of their -Chambers in College.</p> - -<p class='c012'>15 [?]. <span class='sc'>Chris. Johnson</span> [<span class='sc'>Wrench</span>]. In Testamento Veteri caput -alter in Aulâ Clarâ voce legit, qui <span class='fss'>BIBLIOCLERICUS</span> inde Dicitur; -hebdomadam propriis habet ille Camænsis.</p> - -<p class='c012'><i>c.</i> 1840. <span class='sc'>Mansfield</span>, <i>School-Life at Winchester College</i>, p. 103. Order -was kept during school hours by the <span class='fss'>BIBLE-CLERK</span> and Ostiarius, two -of the Præfects, who held these offices in rotation—the former lasting -for a week, the latter for one day only. They paraded School armed -with sticks, and brought up to the Head and Second Masters (who -alone had the power of flogging) the names of the delinquents which -had been “ordered” for punishment; the names of the more heinous -offenders being confided to the <span class='fss'>BIBLE-CLERK</span>, the others to the -Ostiarius.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1847. <span class='sc'>Halliwell</span>, <i>Archaic Words</i>, s.v. <span class='sc'>Bible</span>. A great book. -(<i>A.-N.</i>) The term was constantly used without any reference to the -Scriptures. <i>Ibid.</i>, s.v. <span class='sc'>Bible-clerkship</span>. A very ancient scholarship -in the Universities, so called because the student who was promoted -to that office was enjoined to read the Bible at meal-times.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1864. <i>Blackwood’s Magazine</i>, <span class='fss'>XCV.</span>, p. 73. [At dinner] portions of -beef were served out to the boys ... the <span class='fss'>BIBLE-CLERK</span> meanwhile -reading a chapter from the Old Testament. <i>Ibid.</i>, p. 87. An hour ... -is expected to be employed in working under the superintendence of -the <span class='fss'>BIBLE-CLERK</span>, as the Præfect in daily “course” is termed, who -is responsible for a decent amount of order and silence at these hours.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1878. <span class='sc'>Adams</span>, <i>Wykehamica</i>, p. 59. There appears to have been no -regular <span class='fss'>BIBLE-CLERK</span>.... From this it has been inferred that the institution -of these offices must have been subsequent, and (some think) -long subsequent, to the Founder’s time.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Bibler.</b> <i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Bibling</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Bibling</b> (or <b>Bibler</b>), <i>subs.</i> (Winchester: obsolete).—A -flogging of six strokes. Hence <span class='fss'>BIBLING-ROD</span> = the -instrument used in <span class='fss'>BIBLING</span>: it consisted of a -handle with four apple twigs in the end twisted -together. It was first used by Warden Baker in -1454, and is represented in the <i>Aut Disce</i>. <span class='sc'>Bibling -under nail</span> = a <span class='fss'>BIBLING</span> administered for very -heinous offences after an offender had stood under -<span class='fss'>NAIL</span> (<i>q.v.</i>).</p> - -<p class='c012'>1864. <i>Blackwood’s Magazine</i>, <span class='fss'>XCV.</span>, p. 79. Underneath is the place -of execution, where delinquents are <span class='fss'>BIBLED</span>. <i>Ibid.</i>, p. 72. It need -hardly be said that it [the rod] is applied in the ordinary fashion: six -cuts forming what is technically called a <span class='fss'>BIBLING</span>—on which occasions -the Bible-Clerk introduces the victim; four being the sum of a less -terrible operation called a “scrubbing.”</p> - -<p class='c012'>1867. <span class='sc'>Collins</span>, <i>The Public Schools</i>, p. 37. Underneath is the place -of execution, where delinquents are <span class='fss'>BIBLED</span>; and near it is a socket -for a candle-sconce, known as the “nail,” under which any boy who -has been detected in any disgraceful fault—lying, &c.—is placed as in -a sort of pillory to await his punishment; a piece of ancient discipline -for which happily there is seldom occasion.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Bicker</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Royal High School, Edin.).—A fray between -the boys of the school and the town boys, or -<span class='fss'>KEELIES</span> (<i>q.v.</i>); generally waged with the aid of -stones (<i>cf.</i> <span class='sc'>George Borrow’s</span> <i>Lavengro</i>, ch. vii.; also -<span class='sc'>Scott</span>, <i>Redgauntlet</i>, ch. i.). In the present Rector’s -boyhood these school fights were often waged with -“Cowts,” made of a rope twisted firmly into a thick -end, with about four feet attached with which to -swing it.</p> - -<p class='c012'>... <i>Cursor Mundi</i>, MS. Coll. Trin. Cantab., f. 87. And for she -loveth me out of <span class='fss'>BIKER</span>, Of my love she may be siker.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1581. <span class='sc'>Riche</span>, <i>Farewell to Militarie Profession</i>. My captaine, feelyng -suche a <span class='fss'>BICKERYNG</span> within himself, the like whereof he had never -indured upon the sea, was like to bee taken prisoner aboard his owne -shippe.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1585. <i>Nomenclator.</i> Naturæ et morbi conflictus, Aurel. κρίσις. The -conflict or <span class='fss'>BICKERMENT</span> of nature and sicknesse.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1823. <span class='sc'>Nares</span>, <i>Glossary</i>, s.v. <span class='sc'>Bickering</span> and <span class='sc'>Bickerment</span>. Skirmishing.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1847. <span class='sc'>Halliwell</span>, <i>Archaic Words</i>, s.v. <span class='sc'>Bicker</span>. To fight; to -quarrel; to act with hostility. <i>Ibid.</i>, <span class='sc'>Bickerment</span>. Conflict. <i>Ibid.</i>, -s.v. <span class='sc'>Bikere</span>. To skirmish; to fight; to quarrel. Also a substantive, -a quarrel. (<i>A.-S.</i>) <i>Cf.</i> <i>Leg. Wom.</i>, 2650; <i>Piers Ploughman</i>, p. 429; -<span class='sc'>Minot’s</span> <i>Poems</i>, p. 51; <i>Arthour and Merlin</i>, p. 206.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Biddy</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—A bath in College. [Fr. -<i>bidet</i>.]</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Big</b>, <i>adj.</i> (Harrow).—Upwards of sixteen years of age; -as “only able to go in for <span class='fss'>BIG</span> sports.” <i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Small</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Big-game</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Harrow: obsolete).—The chief football -game.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1867. <span class='sc'>Collins</span>, <i>The Public Schools</i>, p. 312. There is now a spacious -piece of ground kept for the especial purpose, where as many as six -separate games can be played at once, besides four smaller grounds -belonging to different houses. The <span class='fss'>BIG-GAME</span>, in which only the <i>élite</i> -of the school players take part, is managed by the monitors under -very stringent regulations. [Now called Sixth Form game.—<span class='sc'>Ed.</span>]</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Big-school</b>, <i>subs.</i> (King Edward’s, Birm.).—The room -in which the school assembles for prayers, or on -any occasion when it is addressed as a whole by the -Head Master. The room is also used for teaching, -though not so entirely so as twenty-five years ago.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Big-side</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Rugby and elsewhere).—The combination -of all the bigger fellows in the school in one and -the same game or run. Also the ground specially -used for the game so denominated. Hence <span class='sc'>Big-side</span> -run = a paper-chase, in which picked representatives -of all Houses take part, as opposed to a -House run. <i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Little-side</span>.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1856. <span class='sc'>Hughes</span>, <i>Tom Brown’s School-days</i>, vii. “Well, I’m going to -have a try,” said Tadpole; “it’s the last run of the half, and if a -fellow gets in at the end, <span class='fss'>BIG-SIDE</span> stands ale and bread and cheese -and a bowl of punch; and the Cock’s such a famous place for ale.”</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Bill</b>, <i>subs.</i> 1. (Eton).—A list of the boys who go to the -Head Master at 12 o’clock; also of those who get -off <span class='fss'>ABSENCE</span> (<i>q.v.</i>): <i>e.g.</i> an eleven playing in a match -are thus exempt. <i>See</i> Appendix.</p> - -<p class='c012'>c. 1850. <span class='sc'>Brodrick</span>, <i>Memories and Impressions</i>. ... It is credibly -reported of Mr. Cookesley—who, in spite of a tendency to buffoonery, -was an inspiring teacher—that he addressed a remarkably stupid boy -in the following terms: “I tell you what it is, sir, if you ever show me -up a copy of your own verses again, I’ll put you in the <span class='fss'>BILL</span>” (an -Etonian euphemism for a capital punishment). “Why, a great strong -fellow like you can have no difficulty in getting a decent copy of -verses written for him, and if you ever again bring me one of your -own concoction I’ll have you flogged.”</p> - -<p class='c012'>1867. <span class='sc'>Collins</span>, <i>The Public Schools</i>, p. 100. Bagshawe even went so -far as to rebuke one of the monitors for rising in Mr. James’ presence; -and when told that it was by Mr. Busby’s order, desired him to write -that down on his <span class='fss'>BILL</span>; a proceeding equivalent, as Mr. Busby declared, -and as Westminster and Eton men will perhaps agree, to ordering the -head-master up for corporal punishment.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1876. <span class='sc'>Brinsley Richards</span>, <i>Seven Years at Eton</i>. Some of the -small boys whom this delightful youth tempted to ape his habits, had -often occasion to rue it when they staggered back to College giddy -and sick, carrying with them a perfume which told its tale to their -tutors, and caused them to be put in the <span class='fss'>BILL</span>.</p> - -<p class='c011'>2. (Harrow).—The “call-over” of the whole -school on half-holidays; at 4 <span class='fss'>P.M.</span> in summer, at -4.15 <span class='fss'>P.M.</span> in other terms. Whence <span class='fss'>BILL-BOOK</span> = -the book—the list of the school in order of forms—from -which <span class='fss'>BILL</span> is called; <span class='fss'>BILL-ORDER</span> = the -order of the school as in the <span class='fss'>BILL-BOOK</span>; <span class='fss'>BILL-MONITOR</span> -= a member of the “First Fourth” who is -in charge of the paper on which monitors sign their -names during <span class='fss'>BILL</span>. Also used at Westminster.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1867. <span class='sc'>Collins</span>, <i>The Public Schools</i>, p. 284. His pupils were chiefly -boys of rank, and during Thackeray’s time had been exempted from -appearing at <span class='fss'>BILLS</span>. Sumner stopped this privilege, to the great disgust -of Dr. Glasse and some of his aristocratic friends. Earl Radnor -even threatened to “ruin the school” if Sumner refused to give way; -but the new head-master was firm. Lord Dartmoor, on the other -hand, supported him, and removed his sons into his House from -Glasse’s, who was beaten in the struggle, and left Harrow. <i>Ibid.</i>, 293. -At the time of his appointment he was only twenty-six, but his reputation -as a scholar stood very high. It is enough to say that under -his rule Harrow has increased in numbers, and certainly not lost in -reputation. The last <span class='fss'>BILL-BOOK</span> contains 492 names.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1899. <i>Public School Mag.</i>, Dec., p. 446. The uniformity of daily life -at Harrow was interrupted by a pleasant interlude not long ago. The -Chinese Ambassador paid a visit to the school. His Excellency -made an inspection of the school buildings, and was finally cheered at -<span class='fss'>BILL</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Bill-brighter</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—A small fagot used -for lighting coal fires in kitchen. [From a servant, -Bill Bright, who was living in 1830.]</p> - -<p class='c012'><i>c.</i> 1840. <span class='sc'>Mansfield</span>, <i>School-Life at Winchester College</i>, p. 89. The -Kitchen is a spacious apartment with a vaulted roof, occupying the entire -height of the building on the west side of the quadrangle, and at least -half its length; here we might see a few Fags endeavouring to coax -Jem Sims, John Coward, or Mother Mariner (the cooks) for an extra -supply of mashed potatoes, till Kitchen is cleared by the exasperated -Manciple, who has just detected a delinquent in the act of secreting -under his gown an armful of the small faggots used for lighting the -Kitchen fires (called <span class='fss'>BILL BRIGHTERS</span>), an opportunity for purloining -which was never allowed to slip by a Junior of a properly regulated -mind.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Bim</b> (or <b>Bimb</b>), <i>verb</i> (Tonbridge).—To cane. Hence -<span class='fss'>BIMB-STICK</span> = a cane.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Binge</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Oxford).—A drinking-bout. [<i>Binger</i> -(Linc.) = tipsy.]</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Birch-broom Race</b>, <i>subs. phr.</i> (Winchester).—<i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Torch-race</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Birch-room</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Westminster).—<i>See</i> quot.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1867. <span class='sc'>Collins</span>, <i>The Public Schools</i>, p. 178. Behind is the “French -room,” once known as the <span class='fss'>BIRCH-ROOM</span> (in which those useful implements -were manufactured and used), where a bench is carefully preserved -bearing the name of “John Dryden,” no doubt cut by the poet -himself, as the style of the letters corresponds with his date.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Bird</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Durham).—A credulous boy; one easily -cajoled; a “soft.”</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Bishop</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—The sapling with which a -fagot is bound together.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Bite</b>, <i>intj.</i> (Charterhouse and Christ’s Hospital).—<i>Cave!</i></p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Black</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Rugby).—A nickname.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1856. <span class='sc'>Hughes</span>, <i>Tom Brown’s School-days</i>, <span class='fss'>I.</span> vi. “There’s plenty of -youngsters don’t care about it,” said Walker. “Here, here’s Scud -East—you’ll be tossed, won’t you, young un?” Scud was East’s nickname, -or <span class='fss'>BLACK</span>, as we called it, gained by his fleetness of foot.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Black Book, The</b> (Charterhouse).—<i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Extra</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Black-hole</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Shrewsbury).—<i>See</i> quot.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1867. <span class='sc'>Collins</span>, <i>The Public Schools</i>, p. 241. There used to be a -small four-square apartment, not much larger than a Punch-and-Judy -box, lighted by a single narrow loop-hole—a receptacle for the flogging-block -and other like apparatus. This was known as the <span class='fss'>BLACK-HOLE</span>, -or sometimes more familiarly as “Rome’s Hole,” from a traditionary -culprit who had been a very regular occupant.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Black-jack</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—A large leathern beer -jug used in College. It holds two gallons. In -olden times <span class='fss'>BLACK-JACKS</span> were in common use for -small beer. [<i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Unton</span>, <i>Inventories</i>, p. 1; <span class='sc'>Brand’s</span> -<i>Pop. Antiq.</i>, ii. 206; <i>Ord. and Reg.</i>, p. 392; <span class='sc'>Heywood’s</span> -<i>Edward IV.</i>, p. 97. Also <span class='sc'>Jack</span>: whence -(Christ’s Hospital) <span class='fss'>JACK-BOY</span> = a boy servitor of -beer.]</p> - -<p class='c012'>15—. <i>Simon the Cellarer.</i> But oh, oh, oh! his nose doth show, -How oft the <span class='fss'>BLACK-JACK</span> to his lips doth go.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1592. <span class='sc'>Nashe</span>, <i>Summer’s Last Will</i> [<span class='sc'>Dodsley</span>, <i>Old Plays</i> (1874), viii. -59]. Rise up, Sir Robert Toss-pot. [<i>Here he dubs Will Summer with the</i> -<span class='fss'>BLACK-JACK</span>.]</p> - -<p class='c012'>1606. <i>Return from Parnassus</i> [<span class='sc'>Dodsley</span>, <i>Old Plays</i> (1874), ix. 207]. -A <span class='fss'>BLACK-JACK</span> of beer and a Christmas pie.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1630. <span class='sc'>Taylor</span>, <i>Works</i>, i. 113. Nor of <span class='fss'>BLACK-JACKS</span> at gentle -buttery bars, Whose liquor oftentimes breeds household wars.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1690. <span class='fss'>B. E.</span>, <i>Dict. Cant. Crew</i>, s.v. <span class='sc'>Jack</span>.</p> - -<p class='c012'>18[?]. <span class='sc'>T. Warton</span>, “The Happy Junior of Sixth Chamber.” Yet -still with pleasure shall we think on The Junior’s happy life at Winton -... lozenges and snacks ... dispars, gomers, <span class='fss'>JACKS</span>.</p> - -<p class='c012'><i>c.</i> 1844. <i>Reminiscences of Christ’s Hospital</i> (<i>The Blue</i>, Aug. 1874). -By mistake the Cask was found to contain a fine old ale. The news -soon spread from boy to boy and from ward to ward; and there was -an extraordinary call upon the services of the <span class='fss'>JACK-BOYS</span>, whose -utmost exertions were scarcely equal to the demand. As might be -expected, these latter took care of themselves upon the occasion.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Black-sheep</b>, <i>verb</i> (Winchester: obsolete).—To get above -(or “jockey”) a fellow in Middle Part: of men in -Junior Part.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Black Tiger, The</b> (Rugby).—A nickname given to Dr. -Ingles, head-master from 1793 to 1803.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Blandyke</b> (Stonyhurst).—The monthly recreation day. -[From the village of Blandyke (now Blandecques), -a league from St. Omers, where was a country -house or villa at which such days were spent during -the summer months.] <i>See</i> Appendix.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Blazer</b>, <i>subs.</i> (originally Cambridge: now general).—A -light jacket of bright colour. Originally applied -to the bright red uniform of the Lady Margaret -Boat Club of St. John’s College, Cambridge. [Prof. -<span class='sc'>Skeat</span> (<i>N. and Q.</i>, 7 S., iii. 436), speaking of the -Johnian <span class='fss'>BLAZER</span>, says it was always of the most -brilliant scarlet, and thinks it not improbable that -the fact suggested the name which subsequently -became general.]</p> - -<p class='c012'>1880. <i>Times</i>, June 19. Men in spotless flannel, and club <span class='fss'>BLAZERS</span>.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1885. <i>Punch</i>, June 27, p. 304. Harkaway turns up clad in what he -calls a <span class='fss'>BLAZER</span>, which makes him look like a nigger minstrel out for a -holiday.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1889. <i>Daily News</i>, Aug. 22, p. 6, col. 6. <span class='sc'>Dress by the Sea.</span> -<span class='sc'>Sir</span>,—In your article of to-day, under the above heading, you speak -of “a striped red and black <span class='fss'>BLAZER</span>,” “the <span class='fss'>BLAZER</span>,” also of “the -pale toned” ones. This is worth noting as a case of the specific -becoming the generic. A <span class='fss'>BLAZER</span> is the red flannel boating jacket -worn by the Lady Margaret, St. John’s College, Cambridge, Boat Club. -When I was at Cambridge it meant that and nothing else. It seems -from your article that a <span class='fss'>BLAZER</span> now means a coloured flannel jacket, -whether for cricket, tennis, boating, or seaside wear.—Yours faithfully, -<span class='sc'>Walter Wren</span>.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1897. <i>Felstedian</i>, June, p. 99. The new football <span class='fss'>BLAZER</span> is very -handsome.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Bleed</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Tonbridge).—One who is remarkably good -at anything.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Bleyis-sylver</b> (or <b>Bent-sylver</b>), <i>subs.</i> (Royal High -School, Edin.).—A gratuity given in olden times -by pupils to masters. He who gave most was proclaimed -“<i>victor</i>” or “king.” [<span class='sc'>Bleyis</span> is derived from -<i>bleis</i> = a torch or blaze (mod. Scot. <i>bleeze</i>). <span class='sc'>Bleyis-sylver</span> -= silver given at Candlemas on the time of -the bleeze. Dr. Jamieson (<i>Dict.</i>) suggests <i>bent</i> = -Fr. <i>benit</i>, <i>i.e.</i> blessed, because money was given on -a Saint’s day. Dr. <span class='sc'>Stevens</span>, the school historian, -suggests <i>bent</i> = coarse grass. In sixteenth and -seventeenth centuries pupils had leave to go and -cut this coarse grass to strew on floor of school. -Afterwards annual holidays were instituted on first -Mondays of May, June, and July, when a money -payment was made to the master to purchase -“bent.” (<i>Cf.</i> <span class='sc'>Stevens’</span> <i>Hist. of High School</i>, p. 678.) -This is more probable.]</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Block, The</b> (Eton).—A wooden step in the library of -the Upper School upon which a boy set down for -flogging kneels. He is “held down” by two junior -Collegers, and the Sixth Form Preposter hands to -the head-master the necessary birch or birches.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Blockhouse</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Charterhouse).—A sick-house.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Bloody Porch</b> (Harrow: obsolete).—<i>See</i> quot.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1867. <span class='sc'>Collins</span>, <i>The Public Schools</i>, p. 320. Harrow fagging had no -special reputation for cruelty; yet there are those living who can -remember having been called out of their beds at night to have cold -water poured down their backs—for no special reason, but as a part -of the hardening process considered good for fags generally; or to -start from Leith’s boarding-house in the dark, to go round the church-yard -by the north porch—<span class='fss'>BLOODY PORCH</span>, as it was called, from some -obscure legend. Once a boy was sent upon this dreaded tour at night, -when it so happened that there were a party concealed in the porch, -watching the grave of a newly-buried relative—for these were the -days of resurrection-men; they mistook the unfortunate fag for a -body-snatcher, and fired at him, wounding him slightly, and frightening -him almost to death.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Blotch</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Harrow).—Blotting-paper.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Blow</b>, <i>subs.</i> (old University).—A drunken frolic; a spree. -[<i>Blowboll</i> = a drunkard: <i>cf.</i> <span class='sc'>Skelton</span> (<i>Works</i>, i. 23), -“Thou blynkerd blowboll, thou wakyst too late.”]</p> - -<p class='c011'><i>Verb</i> (Winchester).—To blush. <i>Cf.</i> <span class='sc'>Blue</span> = to -blush, as in quot. 1709.</p> - -<p class='c012'>14[?]. <i>Torrent of Portugal</i>, 11. His browys began to <span class='fss'>BLOWE</span>.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1645. <span class='sc'>Habington</span>, <i>Works</i>. Th’enamoured spring by kissing <span class='fss'>BLOWS</span> -soft blushes on her cheek.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1709. <span class='sc'>Steele</span> and <span class='sc'>Swift</span>, <i>Tatler</i>, No. 71, p. 8. If a Virgin blushes, -we no longer cry she <span class='fss'>BLUES</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Blucher</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester: obsolete: <i>ch</i> hard).—A College -præfect in half power. His jurisdiction did -not extend beyond “Seventh Chamber passage,” -though his privileges were the same as those of -other præfects. These were eight in number.</p> - -<p class='c012'><i>c.</i> 1840. <span class='fss'>MANSFIELD</span>, <i>School-Life at Winchester College</i>, p. 30. The -eight senior præfects were said to have “full power,” and had some -slight privileges not enjoyed by the remaining ten, who were generally -called <span class='fss'>BLUCHERS</span>.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1864. <i>Blackwood</i>, p. 86. The remaining eight college præfects -(called in Winchester tongue, <span class='fss'>BLUCHERS</span>) have a more limited authority, -confined to Chambers and the Quadrangle.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1867. <span class='sc'>Collins</span>, <i>The Public Schools</i>, p. 55. The remaining eight -college prefects (called in Winchester tongue <span class='fss'>BLUCHERS</span>) have a more -limited authority, confined to chambers and the quadrangle; the form -of making these is—“<i>Præficio te sociis concameralibus</i>.” At least two -prefects are located in each of the seven chambers—one from the first -seven in rank, and one from the next seven. The juniors are also -divided into ranks of seven, and out of each rank the prefects, according -to their seniority, chose one each to fill up the numbers in their -own chamber; so that each chamber has, to a certain extent, ties and -associations of its own.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Blue</b>, <i>subs.</i> 1. (Christ’s Hospital).—A scholar of Christ’s -Hospital; a blue-coat boy. [Derived from the -colour of the clothes—a blue drugget gown or body -with ample skirts to it, a yellow vest underneath in -winter time, small-clothes of Russia duck, worsted -yellow stockings, a leathern girdle, and a little -black worsted cap, usually carried in the hand, -being the complete costume. This was the ordinary -dress of children in humble life during the -reigns of the Tudors.] <i>See</i> Appendix.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1834. <span class='sc'>W. Trollope</span> (<i>Title</i>), Christ’s Hospital ... with Memoirs of -Eminent <span class='sc'>Blues</span>. <i>Ibid.</i> At the Spital did they first earn the title of -<span class='fss'>BLUE</span> by appearing in raiment of that hue. Hitherto they had worn -russet cotton. The bands are supposed to be a relic of the ruff, as the -girdle was of the hempen cord. The ruff was regal, or reginal, and -the cord monkish, so a <span class='fss'>BLUE</span> hovers ’twixt palace and monastery (one -picture pourtrays the dresses of the various Orders of Friars).</p> - -<p class='c012'>1877. <span class='sc'>W. H. Blanch</span>, <i>Blue-Coat Boys</i>, p. 33. To some extent it -holds also with regard to Civil Engineers, amongst whom, however, -one well-known name is that of a <span class='fss'>BLUE</span>.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1895. <i>Gleanings from “The Blue”</i> Dedication. To all <span class='sc'>Blues</span> Past -and Present this Book is dedicated.</p> - -<p class='c011'>2. (University).—A member of the Universities -of Oxford or Cambridge. [The colours for inter-University -sports are dark and light blue respectively.]</p> - -<p class='c011'><span class='sc'>To get one’s blue</span>, <i>verb. phr.</i> (University).—To -be selected as a competitor in inter-University -sports: <i>cf.</i> “to get silk” (of Q.C.’s). [From the University -colours.]</p> - -<p class='c012'>1899. <i>Stonyhurst Mag.</i>, Feb., p. 194. The expression “to get a -<span class='fss'>BLUE</span>” is a phrase which is universally recognised as applying to the -athletics and games of the sister Universities, Oxford and Cambridge, -and to them only. As an ardent Oxford man I do not appreciate his -compliment; as an old Stonyhurst boy, I cannot but deplore his -servility.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Blue-book</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Harrow).—A school register (alphabetically -arranged) comprising name, form, house, -tutor, age, term of coming, prizes, and honours.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Bluer</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Harrow).—A blue flannel coat: worn by all -going to <span class='sc'>Footer</span> (<i>q.v.</i>) in winter, and cricket in -summer.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>B. N. C.</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Oxford).—The popular abbreviation of -Brasenose College.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1885. <i>Daily News</i>, March 13, p. 5, col. 1. As when Corpus bumped -B. N. C. years ago, and went head of the river, whereon a spirit of -wrath entered into the B. N. C. men, and next night they bumped -Corpus back again.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Board.</b> <span class='sc'>To keep one’s name on the board</span>, <i>verb. -phr.</i> (Cambridge).—To remain a member of a -College.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Boat</b> (The Leys).—A shallow valley, in which football is -played.</p> - -<p class='c011'><span class='sc'>Procession of boats</span> (Eton).—<i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Fourth of -June</span>.</p> - -<p class='c011'><span class='sc'>To sit a boat</span>, <i>verb. phr.</i> (Eton).—<i>See</i> quot., and -<span class='sc'>Fourth of June</span>. [Long since abandoned.]</p> - -<p class='c012'>1865. <i>Etoniana</i>, p. 170. The time-honoured custom of <span class='fss'>SITTING A -BOAT</span> must here claim mention. Some old Etonian, of generous and -festive disposition (generally an old “oar”), signifies to the captain of -a boat his intention of presenting the crew with a certain quantity of -champagne. In return he is entitled to be rowed up to Surly in the -boat to which he presents the wine; he occupies the coxswain’s seat, -who kneels or stands behind him. This giver of good things is called, -from this circumstance, a “sitter”; and the question, “Who <span class='fss'>SITS -YOUR BOAT</span>?” or, “Have you a sitter?” is one of some interest, which -may often be heard addressed to a captain. The seat of honour in the -ten-oar is usually offered to some distinguished old Etonian. Mr. -Canning occupied it in 1824.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Bob</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—A large white beer-jug, about -a gallon in capacity.</p> - -<p class='c012'><i>c.</i> 1840. <span class='sc'>Mansfield</span>, <i>School-Life at Winchester College</i>, p. 85. Each -end and præfect’s mess had their beer served up in a large white jug, -or <span class='fss'>BOB</span>. The vessel used for the same purpose in Commoners’ was -called a “Joram.”</p> - -<p class='c012'>1888. <span class='sc'>T. A. Trollope</span>, <i>What I Remember</i>. Only those “Juniors” -attended whose office it was to bring away the portions of bread and -cheese and <span class='fss'>BOBS</span> of beer for consumption in the afternoon.</p> - -<p class='c011'><i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Dry-bob</span>; <span class='sc'>Wet-bob</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Bod</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Oxford).—The Bodleian Library; also Bodley.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Bodeites</b> (Charterhouse).—<i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Out-houses</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Bodleian, The</b> (Oxford).—A famous library, popularly -known as the Bodley, founded by Humphrey, Duke -of Gloucester, 1445-80. Despoiled in 1550 and -again in 1556, it was restored and added to in -1598 by Sir Thomas Bodley. It now contains some -600,000 volumes, and is especially rich in manuscripts -(some 30,000 volumes) and other literary -treasures. James Russell Lowell, the distinguished -American, says of this famous library: “Directly we -enter, we are struck by the stillness and solemnity -that reign around, helped by the dim light, the -windows with painted glass, the ponderous shelves, -the illuminated missals, the graduates or attendants -conversing in low whispers or moving quietly about. -For reading purposes the library is as free and as -good as the library of the British Museum; with -the advantages that you may be seated in front of -a window commanding a beautiful garden prospect, -that your arm-chair is not disturbed, that books -are allowed to accumulate around you, and that -you are not obliged to return them to the care -of the custodian on leaving the library. The -visitor will not fail to notice the portraits in the -upper library, and especially to cast a grateful look -at the fine portrait of Bodley. He will see the -exercise-books used by Edward VI. and Elizabeth -when children, and, close by, the autographs of -distinguished visitors.”</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Boiler</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—A plain coffee-pot used for -heating water—fourpenny and sixpenny boilers, not -from their price, but from the quantity of milk -they held. το παν <span class='fss'>BOILERS</span> = large tin saucepan-like -vessels in which water for a <span class='fss'>BIDDY</span> (<i>q.v.</i>) was -heated.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Bolly</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Marlborough).—Pudding.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Bom</b>, <i>subs.</i> (The Leys).—A servant; a waiter. [A waiter -was once dubbed “a vile abomination”; whence the -contractions “vile bom” and “<span class='fss'>BOM</span>.”]</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Bond Street</b> (Stonyhurst).—A walk along one side of the -playground. Once obsolete but now restored, being -applied to another walk.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Boner</b>, <i>subs.</i> (general).—A sharp blow on the spine.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Bonner</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Oxford).—A bonfire.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Bonnet.</b> <span class='sc'>To hold the bonnets</span>, <i>verb. phr.</i> (Royal High -School, Edin.: obsolete).—To hold the bonnet -or handkerchief used to divide High School boys -when fighting.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Bonnet-fire</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Royal High School, Edin.: obsolete).—The -process otherwise known as “running the -gauntlet.”</p> - -<p class='c012'>1812. <span class='sc'>Jamieson</span>, <i>Dict. Scottish Language</i>, s.v.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Book</b>, <i>verb</i> (Westminster).—<i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Pancake</span>, and quot.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1867. <span class='sc'>Collins</span>, <i>The Public Schools</i>, p. 172. They also claim a right -to <span class='fss'>BOOK</span> the performer (<i>i.e.</i> hurl a shower of books at him) if he fails -more than once. This right was liberally exercised in 1865, when the -wrath of the school had culminated owing to repeated failures in that -and the previous year. The exasperated cook replied to the attack -with his only available missile—the frying-pan—and a serious row was -the consequence.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Books</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—1. The prizes formerly presented -by Lord Say and Sele, now given by the -governing body, to the “Senior” in each division -at the end of “Half.” 2. The school is thus -divided:—<span class='sc'>Sixth Book</span>—Senior and Junior Division; -the whole of the rest of the School (but <i>see</i> -quotations), is in <span class='sc'>Fifth Book</span>—Senior Part, -Middle Part, Junior Part, each part being divided -into so many divisions, Senior, Middle, and Junior, -or Senior, 2nd, 3rd, and Junior, as the case may -require. Formerly there was also “<span class='sc'>Fourth Book</span>,” -but it ceased to exist about the middle of the -Sixties.</p> - -<p class='c012'><i>c.</i> 1840. <span class='sc'>Mansfield</span>, <i>School-Life at Winchester College</i>, p. 104. The -school was divided into three classes, or <span class='fss'>BOOKS</span>, as they were called. -Of these, the Præfects formed one, <span class='sc'>Sixth Book</span>; <span class='sc'>Fifth Book</span> was -subdivided into three parts, called respectively “Senior, Middle, and -Junior part of the Fifth”; in speaking of them, the words “of the -Fifth” were generally omitted. The rest of the boys made up -“Fourth Book.”</p> - -<p class='c012'>1867. <span class='sc'>Collins</span>, <i>The Public Schools</i>, p. 24. The tiers of stone seats, -which may still be noticed in the deep recesses of the windows, were -the places in which the prefects sat when the boys were arranged in -their respective <span class='fss'>BOOKS</span>; the term still used at Winchester for what in -other schools would be called “forms” or “classes.” There were then, -as now, four <span class='fss'>BOOKS</span> only, though the highest was and is numbered as -the “sixth.” Then followed the fifth, fourth, and second fourth. The -work of the sixth <span class='fss'>BOOK</span> comprised Homer, Hesiod, Virgil, Cicero, -Martial, and “Robinson’s Rhetoric.” <i>Ibid.</i>, 36. Ninety feet long and -thirty-six in breadth, it is sufficiently spacious to allow all the <span class='fss'>BOOKS</span> -to be assembled there without more confusion than is inseparable from -the system of teaching so many distinct classes in a single room—an -arrangement peculiar to Winchester alone amongst our large Public -Schools.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1891. <span class='sc'>Wrench</span>, <i>Winchester Word-Book</i>, s.v. <span class='sc'>Books</span>. The name of -the Classes into which the School is divided. The VI<sup>th</sup>, V<sup>th</sup>, and -II<sup>nd</sup> only remain. From <i>Liber</i> in the sense of <i>Roll</i> probably.</p> - -<p class='c011'><span class='sc'>Up to books.</span>—In class; repeating lessons; formerly -<span class='fss'>UP AT BOOKS</span>.</p> - -<p class='c012'><i>c.</i> 1840. <span class='sc'>Mansfield</span>, <i>School-Life at Winchester College</i>, p. 101. At -each end of school are three tiers of benches rising gradually one -above the other,—that on the ground being called “Senior Row,” and -the others “Middle” and “Junior Row” respectively. On these the -Classes sit when <span class='fss'>UP AT BOOKS</span>, <i>i.e.</i> when repeating lessons.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1847. <span class='sc'>Halliwell</span>, <i>Archaic Words</i>, s.v. <span class='sc'>Book</span>. This word was -formerly used for any composition, from a volume to a single sheet, -particularly where a list is spoken of. See the <i>State Papers</i>, i. 402.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1867. <span class='sc'>Collins</span>, <i>The Public Schools</i>, p. 37. Three tiers of fixed seats -rise against the wainscotted walls on the east and west, where the boys -are arranged when <span class='fss'>UP TO BOOKS</span>, the chairs of the different masters -being in front of each.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1872. <span class='sc'>Walcott</span>, <i>Traditions and Customs of Cathedrals</i>, “Statutes of -Chichester Cathedral.” Four wax candles are always distributed at -the end of Lauds, at the four uppermost <span class='fss'>BOOKS</span>, to the Senior set of -the <span class='fss'>BOOKS</span>, to find the lights to the same <span class='fss'>BOOKS</span> for that time. [Note -to foregoing:—At Winchester College the Forms are still called <span class='fss'>BOOKS</span>.]</p> - -<p class='c012'>1878. <span class='sc'>Adams</span>, <i>Wykehamica</i>, 417, <i>s.v.</i></p> - -<p class='c012'>1891. <span class='sc'>Wrench</span>, <i>Winchester Word-Book</i>, s.v. <span class='sc'>Books</span>. It has been -suggested that this phrase arose from the school having originally to -go up to the Donatus—the one book which College boasted; and an -entry is extant of a three days’ remedy being entailed by the book -going to be bound. The pluralization would be no more than an -ordinary Wykehamical inflection.... The following mysterious use -of <i>Libri</i>, however, suggests a much more probable origin. <span class='sc'>Chris. -Johnson</span> says: “<i>Seu Chandlerus erat, seu Custos ordine primus, Durus -ab inductis dicitur esse LIBRIS!</i>” To which a contemporaneous note -is appended: “<i>Lectionum a cæna repetitiones instituisse creditur, quas -Wiccamici materna lingua Libros dicunt.</i>” What these “repetitiones” -were is not clear; but they were some form of lesson which præ-Elizabethan -Wykehamists had christened <span class='fss'>BOOKS</span> in their <i>materna lingua</i>, -and Johnson’s annotator thought the word strange enough to deserve -a note. We may, therefore, very possibly be only perpetuating this -word in our use of <span class='fss'>UP TO BOOKS</span>.</p> - -<p class='c011'><span class='sc'>Books Chambers.</span>—Explained by quotations.</p> - -<p class='c012'><i>c.</i> 1840. <span class='sc'>Mansfield</span>, <i>School-Life at Winchester College</i>, p. 103. On -Remedies (a kind of whole holiday) we also went into school in the -morning and afternoon for an hour or two without masters; this was -called <span class='fss'>BOOKS CHAMBERS</span>; and on Sundays, from four till a quarter to -five.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1891. <span class='sc'>Wrench</span>, <i>Winchester Word-Book</i>, s.v. <span class='sc'>Books-chambers</span>. -Hours of preparation in College: in the evening called Toy-time.</p> - -<p class='c011'><span class='sc'>To get</span> (or <span class='fss'>MAKE</span>) <span class='fss'>BOOKS</span>.—To get the first place, -or to make the highest score at anything. <i>Cf.</i> -<span class='sc'>Books</span>, sense 1.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Bookwork</b>, <i>subs.</i> (University).—Mathematics that can -be learned <i>verbatim</i> from books—anything not a -problem.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Boots-and-Leathers</b>, <i>intj.</i> (Winchester).—<i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Peal</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Bostruchyzer</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Oxford: obsolete).—A small comb -for curling the whiskers.—<span class='sc'>Hotten.</span></p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Botany-bay</b>, <i>subs.</i> (University).—(1) Worcester College, -Oxford; and (2) part of Trinity College, Dublin. -[On account of their remote situations.]</p> - -<p class='c012'>1841. <span class='sc'>Lever</span>, <i>Charles O’Malley</i>, xx. note. <span class='sc'>Botany Bay</span> was the -slang name given by college men to a new square rather remotely -situated from the remainder of the college [<i>i.e.</i> Trinity, Dublin].</p> - -<p class='c012'>1853. Rev. <span class='sc'>E. Bradley</span> (“Cuthbert Bede”), <i>Adventures of Verdant -Green</i>, i. p. 63. <span class='sc'>Botany-bay</span>, a name given to Worcester -College, from its being the most distant college.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1886. <span class='sc'>Graves</span>, <i>Way about Oxfordshire</i>, 19. At the end is Worcester -College (1714), from its remote position dubbed ... <span class='fss'>BOTANY-BAY</span>, but -called by those who wish to speak endearingly of it “Wuggins.”</p> - -<p class='c012'>1900. <i>Athenæum</i>, 17th Feb., 208. <span class='sc'>Botany-bay</span> is often found as -strangely misapplied as the “Paradise” of so many rows. For instance, -the “Quad” of Trinity College, Dublin, which has been so -called for generations, can hardly have ever been remarkable for its -flora. The probable explanation is that its buildings were old and -uncomfortable, and it was the favourite abode of the youngest and -noisiest members of the University.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Botolph’s</b>, <i>subs.</i> (The Leys).—A “Run” to St. Botolph’s -Church.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Bottle</b>, <i>verb</i> (Durham: obsolete).—To make hot: <i>e.g.</i> -I got regularly <span class='fss'>BOTTLED</span> in that room; specifically, -“to roast” a boy before a fire. <i>See</i> Appendix.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Bottled.</b> <span class='sc'>To be bottled</span>, <i>verb. phr.</i> (Sherborne).—To -be turned in work.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Bottom-side</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Harrow).—A wing: at football. The -lower wing (if one be lower than the other); as a -rule the one farthest from the hill.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Boule</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Charterhouse).—A general confab or conversation. -<i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Privee</span>.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1900. <span class='sc'>Tod</span>, <i>Charterhouse</i>, 82. There was a <span class='fss'>BOULE</span> (βουλή) once in the -Sixth Form of 1872 as to what a monitor should do if he were thus insulted -[by a visit of a master to Banco].</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Bounce.</b> <span class='sc'>First Bounce</span>, <i>subs.</i> (Stonyhurst).—A goal -(which is never allowed) taken by a “drop-kick” at -football.</p> - -<p class='c011'><span class='sc'>Second bounce</span>, <i>subs.</i> (Stonyhurst: obsolete).—A -kind of <span class='fss'>HANDBALL</span> (<i>q.v.</i>) once very popular.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1887. <i>Stonyhurst Mag.</i>, July, p. 18, “Stonyhurst in the Fifties.” -<span class='sc'>Second bounce</span>, a variety of handball played with small balls most -artistically made of strips of indiarubber, and covered with the best -kid-leather. These balls had to be taken to pieces and remade after -every match, and they had to be quite freshly made when used. Their -seams required to be frequently rubbed over with wax, some of which -was always smeared on the handball wall for the purpose. For a game -of <span class='fss'>SECOND BOUNCE</span> a whole side of one of the big handballs was -required, and it was played by eight players, four a side. The “over-all” -of ordinary handball was the “over line,” and the bulk of the -players stood out yards beyond it. He whose “hand” it was bounced -the ball, and with a long strong swing of his arm hit it up against the -wall, whence with a sharp smack it rebounded high in the air and far -out into the ground. As it descended one of the opposite party stopped -it with his hand and let it <span class='fss'>BOUNCE</span> twice on the ground, the <span class='fss'>FIRST -BOUNCE</span> being, as a rule, too high to let him strike it, and then with a -similar swing hit it up again. The rules, except as to permitting the -ball to be taken up at the <span class='fss'>SECOND BOUNCE</span>, were similar to those of -handball. Balls perished quickly in such a game, nearly a dozen being -required for one. <span class='sc'>Second bounce</span> used chiefly to be played on Sunday -afternoon, after Vespers, and almost all not engaged in the game would -range themselves on the flanks to watch.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Bounder</b>, <i>subs.</i> (University).—A dog-cart.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Bounds</b>, <i>subs.</i> (general).—The limit or the boundaries -beyond which it is not permissible to go.</p> - -<p class='c011'><span class='sc'>On bounds</span> (Stonyhurst).—A punishment to -which a boy who has been flagrantly “out of -bounds” (the term as in other Public Schools) is -subjected. He is confined during ordinary recreations -to a very limited portion of the playground. -Such a boy is said to be “put <span class='fss'>ON BOUNDS</span>.”</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Bowing-round Sunday</b>, <i>subs. phr.</i> (Christ’s Hospital).—<i>See</i> -<span class='sc'>Public-supping</span>.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1854. “Our Rebellion” [<i>The Blue</i> (1871) July]. Next day was -<span class='fss'>BOWING-ROUND SUNDAY</span>. “Hand down, don’t bow,” was the signal -that passed down our ranks as we stood in the Hall Cloisters, and -many were the black looks, but few the nods of reverence, our -Treasurer and his two attendant governors got that morning.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Bowl</b>, <i>verb.</i> 1. (general).—To master; to succeed: as in -a paper, a lesson, an examination, &c.; to overcome: -as a difficulty, an examiner, &c. <i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Floor</span> -and <span class='sc'>Throw</span>.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1891. <i>Harry Fludyer at Cambridge</i>, 55. My Coach says he thinks I -shall <span class='fss'>BOWL</span> over the Examiners next term in the General.</p> - -<p class='c011'>2. (Winchester).—To “pluck” or “plough” up -to books; <span class='fss'>TO CROPPLE</span> (<i>q.v.</i>).</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Box</b>, <i>verb.</i> 1. (Westminster).—To take possession of; -“to bag.”</p> - -<p class='c011'>2. (Stonyhurst).—To strike a ball with the closed -hand when in the air. <i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Stonyhurst-football</span>.</p> - -<p class='c011'>3. (Charterhouse).—Of books: if a member of -a House Library Committee finds a library book -lying about, he calls out the name of the book three -times at the top of his voice, and adds, “<span class='fss'>BOXED!</span>” -The boy who has taken out the book thus <span class='fss'>BOXED</span> is -fined sixpence, saving the fine if he shouts “Mine!” -before the word of confiscation is uttered.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Box-buildings</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Sherborne: obsolete).—The Sanatorium: -in the seventeenth century called <span class='sc'>Sick-house</span> -(<i>q.v.</i>), and subsequently <span class='fss'>BOX-BUILDINGS</span>. -These buildings were pulled down in 1850 and the -name disappeared.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Boy</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Harrow).—A grade of fag. The Lower School -are put <span class='fss'>ON BOY</span>, in turns, to go messages, &c., for the -Sixth Form. <i>See</i> Appendix.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Brasenose</b> (or <b>B. N. C.</b>), <i>subs.</i> (Oxford).—Brasenose College. -[Founded in 1509 on the site of four ancient -Halls—Little University Hall was one, another being -Brasenose Hall (thirteenth century). Authorities -differ as to the origin of the curious name. <i>See</i> quots.]</p> - -<p class='c012'>1512. <i>Charter of Henry VIII.</i> The King’s Hall and College of -<span class='sc'>Brasenose</span>.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1800. <span class='sc'>Churton</span>, <i>Life of Bishop Smith</i>, 227. Brazen Nose Hall, as the -Oxford antiquary has shown, may be traced as far back as the time of -Henry III., about the middle of the thirteenth century; and early in -the succeeding reign, 6 Edward I., 1278, it was known by the name -of Brasen Nose Hall, which peculiar name was undoubtedly owing, as -the same author observes, to the circumstance of a nose of brass affixed -to the gate. It is presumed, however, that this conspicuous appendage -of the portal was not formed of the mixed metal which the word -now denotes, but the genuine produce of the mine; as is the nose, or -rather face, of a lion or leopard still remaining at Stamford, which also -gave name to the edifice it adorned. And hence, when Henry VIII. -debased the coin by an alloy of <i>copper</i>, it was a common remark or -proverb, that “Testons were gone to Oxford, to study in <i>Brasen</i> -Nose.”</p> - -<p class='c012'>1837. <span class='sc'>Ingram</span>, <i>Memorials of Oxford</i>. <span class='sc'>Brasenose</span>.... This curious -appellation, which, whatever was the origin of it, has been perpetuated -by the symbol of a brazen nose here and at Stamford, occurs with the -modern orthography, but in one undivided word, so early as 1278, in -an inquisition now printed in <i>The Hundred Rolls</i>, though quoted by -Wood from the manuscript record.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1837. <i>British Critic</i>, xxiv. 139. There is a spot in the centre of the city -where Alfred is said to have lived. <span class='sc'>Brasenose</span> claims his palace, Oriel -his church, and University his school or academy. Of these <span class='sc'>Brasenose</span> -is still called “the King’s Hall,” which is the name by which Alfred -himself, in his laws, calls his palace; and it has its present singular -name from a corruption of <i>brasinium</i>, or <i>brasin-huse</i>, as having been -originally located in that part of the royal mansion which was devoted -to the then important accommodation of a brew-house.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1898. <span class='sc'>Alden</span>, <i>Oxford Guide</i>, 52. Brasenose Hall (thirteenth century) -is said to have derived the name from its occupying the site of a <i>brasen-hus</i> -or brewhouse. Over the old entrance-gate is the representation of -a <i>brazen nose</i>, probably added at a much later date, when punning -rebuses of this kind were in fashion.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Brasser</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Christ’s Hospital: obsolete).—A bully.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Bread-and-beer</b>, <i>subs. phr.</i> (Stonyhurst).—The name -given to the snack which boys may take at five -o’clock.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Bread-boy</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Christ’s Hospital).—<i>See</i> quot.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1798. Narrative “Christ’s Hospital, Three quarters of a Century -ago” [<i>Chelmsford Chronicle</i> (1875), Ap. 16]. The breakfast-bell rang -about seven, when we all went into the hall, the nurses following, with -boys from each ward (called <span class='fss'>BREAD-BOYS</span>) carrying large baskets on -their shoulders containing bread, which were taken to the head of -each table, where stood the nurse, who, after “grace,” went down -the table, serving out to each boy half of a twopenny loaf of bread. -“Well,” you’ll say, “but where’s the butter?” None was allowed—nothing -but bare bread. Those who had been sparing over night to -save a portion of the small piece of cheese they had for their supper, -pulled it out of their pockets. Sometimes a great fellow would make -a little boy always supply him with cheese of mornings, out of the -piece the poor fellow had had for his supper the night previous. Beer -we had certainly, served out in wooden vessels of an extraordinary -shape, called “piggins”; about six of them for four boys to drink out -of, but such beer! The piggins were seldom replenished, for we -could not drink it. We used to call it “the washings of the brewers’ -aprons.”</p> - -<p class='c012'>1900. <i>Pall Mall Gazette</i>, 20th March, 3. 2. “A Lenten Supper.” -Last of all the <span class='fss'>BREAD-BOY</span> hoists the tall bread-basket shoulder high -and bows round with it, never failing to raise a laugh as well as a -basket.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Bread-picker</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester: obsolete).—A Junior -appointed by the four senior Præfects in Commoners: -at one time to put candles in outhouses; -but formerly the word is supposed to relate to the -duty of securing bread when served out. The office -exempted from fagging at meal times.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Brekker</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Harrow).—Breakfast.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1898. <i>Stonyhurst Mag.</i>, Dec., p. 149, “Life at Oxford.” Each undergraduate -has two rooms, a bedroom and a sitting-room. In these he -lives, studies, and, with the exception of evening dinner in the Hall, has -his meals. He is thus able to entertain. The fashionable meal to -which to invite a friend is breakfast, or vernacularly <span class='fss'>BREKKER</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Brew</b>, <i>verb.</i> 1. (Marlborough).—To make afternoon tea.</p> - -<p class='c011'>2. (Harrow).—To knock about; to damage.</p> - -<p class='c011'>3. (Harrow).—To cook. Hence, as <i>subs.</i> = a mess, -or self-cooked meal.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Brick</b>, <i>verb</i> (Charterhouse).—To hustle; <span class='fss'>TO MOB UP</span> (<i>q.v.</i>); -<span class='fss'>TO BARGE</span> (<i>q.v.</i>).</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Bricks</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Wellington).—A kind of pudding. [Also -(var. dial.) = a kind of loaf.]</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Bridge of Grunts</b> (Cambridge).—<i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Isthmus of Suez</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Bring-on</b>, <i>subs.</i> (The Leys).—A <span class='fss'>SIZING</span> (<i>q.v.</i>), or extra -in the way of food (as jam, tinned meat, &c.). -[That is, what a boy “<span class='fss'>BRINGS ON</span>” to his table, -chiefly at tea.]</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Broad</b> (The), <i>subs.</i> (Oxford).—Broad Street.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Broad-sheet</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Harrow).—The printed school list: -issued after the <span class='fss'>TRIALS</span> (<i>q.v.</i>).</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Brock</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—To bully; to tease; to -badger. [<span class='sc'>Brock</span>, provincial in North and Hants = -a badger, and baiting these animals was a school -sport till 1870.] Hence <span class='fss'>BROCKSTER</span> = a bully.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Brogues</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Christ’s Hospital).—Breeches. [An old -English survival: still dial. in Suffolk.]</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Broker</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Oxford).—A member of Pembroke -College.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Brooke Hall</b> (Charterhouse).—At Old Charterhouse the -officers’ common room; at New Charterhouse the -masters’ common room: it is the place to which -impositions must be taken.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1900. <span class='sc'>Tod</span>, <i>Charterhouse</i>, p. 94. In the seventeenth century schoolmasters -had to be careful of their politics. Thus Master Robert -Brooke, the fourth of the “schoolmasters,” is said to have refused to -sign the Solemn League and Covenant, and to have flogged some of -his boys for Parliamentary proclivities. He was ejected from his office -in 1643. At the Restoration, though not fully restored, he was given -“two chambers in cloisters and a pension of £30 a year.” After his -death these two chambers were knocked into one and it became -<span class='sc'>Brooke hall</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Brook-jumping</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Rugby).—<i>See</i> <span class='sc'>House-washing</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Brosier</b> (or <b>Brozier</b>). <span class='sc'>To brozier my dame</span>, <i>verb. phr.</i> -(Eton).—To “eat out of house and home.” When -a <span class='fss'>DAME</span> (<i>q.v.</i>) keeps an unusually bad table, the -boys agree on a certain day to eat him literally -“out of house and home.” Hence <span class='fss'>BROZIERED</span> = -cleaned out. [<i>Brozier</i> (Cheshire) = bankrupt.]</p> - -<p class='c012'>1796. <span class='sc'>Merton</span>, <i>Way to get Married</i> (<span class='sc'>Inchbald</span>, <i>British Theatre</i>, -vol. xxvi.). [The term is so used here.]</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Browse</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Marlborough).—A pleasant or easy -time; a treat; anything enjoyable: <i>e.g.</i> <span class='fss'>MORNING -BROWSE</span> = leave off early school; French is a <span class='fss'>BROWSE</span>. -Hence, <span class='sc'>Captain’s browse</span> = an expedition to which -a master takes his House Captains. [From <i>browse</i> -= to eat lazily.]</p> - -<p class='c011'><i>Adj.</i> Pleasant; enjoyable. Also (more frequently) -<span class='fss'>BROWSY</span>: <i>e.g.</i> a <span class='fss'>BROWSY</span> morning = a -morning in which little work is done; an awfully -<span class='fss'>BROWSY</span> day, or time = an enjoyable time.</p> - -<p class='c011'><i>Verb.</i> To enjoy; to like: generally with <i>on</i>: -<i>e.g.</i> “I <span class='fss'>BROWSE ON</span> old Smith,” or, “<span class='fss'>ON</span> Science -hour.”</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Brum</b>, <i>adj.</i> (Winchester).—(1) Poor; (2) mean, stingy. -<span class='sc'>Dead brum</span> = penniless.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Brush</b>, <i>subs.</i> 1. (common).—A schoolmaster.</p> - -<p class='c011'>2. (Christ’s Hospital).—A flogging.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1844. <i>Reminis. of Christ’s Hospital</i> [<i>The Blue</i>, Aug. 1874]. The -punishment ... next in severity was flogging with the birch (called -<span class='fss'>BRUSHING</span>).</p> - -<p class='c011'><i>Verb</i> (Christ’s Hospital).—To flog.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Brute</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Cambridge).—<i>See</i> quot. Also <span class='sc'>Beast</span>.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1868. <span class='sc'>Brewer</span>, <i>Phrase and Fable</i>, s.v. <span class='sc'>Brute</span>, in Cambridge -University slang, is a man who has not yet matriculated. The play is -evident. A “man” in college phrase is a collegian; and as matriculation -is the sign and seal of acceptance, a scholar before that ceremony -is not a “man,” and therefore only a “<span class='fss'>BIPED BRUTE</span>.”</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Buck</b>, <i>adj.</i> 1. (Winchester: obsolete).—Handsome.</p> - -<p class='c011'>2. (Felsted).—Fine; jolly.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1897. <i>Felstedian</i>, July, p. 129. What’s the good of a Præfect? -he never gets anybody up, and has never been known to be in time himself. -He’s a <span class='fss'>BUCK</span> lot of use.</p> - -<p class='c011'><span class='sc'>To be bucked</span>, <i>verb. phr.</i> (Uppingham).—To be -tired.</p> - -<p class='c011'><span class='sc'>To buck down</span>, <i>verb. phr.</i> (Winchester).—To -grieve; to be unhappy.</p> - -<p class='c011'><span class='sc'>To buck up</span>, <i>verb. phr.</i> 1. (Winchester).—To -cheer; to be pleased.</p> - -<p class='c011'>2. (Westminster).—To exert oneself.</p> - -<p class='c011'>3. (Harrow).—To play hard; to hurry.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Bucksome</b> (or <b>Buxom</b>), <i>adj.</i> (Winchester).—Happy; -cheerful.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Budder</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Felsted: obsolete).—A hard worker; a -<span class='fss'>SWOTTER</span>. [From a proper name.]</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Bug and Tick</b>, <i>subs. phr.</i> (The Leys).—The Natural -History Society. <i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Bug and Snail</span> (Appendix).</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Buissonites</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Charterhouse).—Now called <span class='sc'>Bodeites</span> -(<i>q.v.</i>).</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Bulky</b>, <i>adj.</i> (Winchester).—(1) Rich; (2) generous.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Bull-dog</b>, <i>subs.</i> 1. (University).—A proctor’s assistant or -marshal.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1823. <span class='sc'>Lockhart</span>, <i>Reg. Dalton</i>, <span class='fss'>I.</span>, x. (1842), 59. Long forgotten -stories about proctors bit and <span class='fss'>BULL-DOGS</span> baffled.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1841. <span class='sc'>Lytton</span>, <i>Night and Morning</i>, bk. iii. chap. iii. The -proctor and his <span class='fss'>BULL-DOGS</span> came up ... and gave chase to the -delinquents; ... the night was dark, and they reached the College in -safety.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1847. <span class='sc'>Tennyson</span>, <i>Princess</i>, Prologue. We unworthier told Of -college; he had climb’d across the spikes, And he had squeezed himself -betwixt the bars, And he had breath’d the Proctor’s <span class='fss'>DOGS</span>.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1880. <span class='sc'>Brewer</span>, <i>Reader’s Handbook</i>. <span class='sc'>Bull-dogs</span>, the two servants -of a university proctor, who follow him in his rounds, to assist him in -apprehending students who are violating the university statutes, such -as appearing in the streets after dinner without cap and gown, &c.</p> - -<p class='c011'>2. (Cambridge: obsolete).—A Fellow of Trinity -College.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Bully</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Eton).—A mellay at football: the equivalent -of the Rugby <span class='fss'>SCRUMMAGE</span> (<i>q.v.</i>), and the Winchester -<span class='fss'>HOT</span> (<i>q.v.</i>).</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Bunker’s Hill</b> (Stonyhurst).—A row of cottages outside -Hodder grounds. Originally called Bankhurst, but -after a battle here between the inhabitants and the -new-comers a century ago, its present name was -given to it. (See <i>Stonyhurst Mag.</i>, ii. 92.)</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Bum-brusher</b>, <i>subs.</i> (general).—A schoolmaster; also -an usher.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1704. <span class='sc'>T. Brown</span>, <i>Works</i> (1760), ii. 86. [Dionysius] was forced to -turn <span class='fss'>BUM-BRUSHER</span>.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1788. <i>New London Magazine</i>, p. 137. A successor was immediately -called from that great nursery of <span class='fss'>BUM-BRUSHERS</span>, Appleby School.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1832. <i>Blackwood’s Mag.</i>, Oct., p. 426. To protract existence ... -in the shape of <span class='fss'>BUM-BRUSHERS</span>, and so forth, after the fashion of the -exalted emigrés of 1792.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1838. <i>Comic Almanac</i>, Dec. [Schoolmaster’s Letter signed] Barnabas -<span class='sc'>Bom-brush</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Bum-curtain</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Cambridge).—An academical gown—scant -and short; especially applied to the short -black gown worn till 1835 by members of Caius -College.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1835. (Quoted in <span class='sc'>Whibley’s</span> <i>Three Centuries of Cambridge Wit</i> [1889].) -’Tis the College of Caius—’tis the land where the “<span class='fss'>BUM-CURTAIN</span>” -lately was sported by each jolly chum, But now black and blue are the -gowns that they wear Like the eye of a drunkard returned from a fair.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Bumf</b>, <i>subs.</i> (general).—Paper. <i>See</i> Appendix.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Bumf-hunt</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Wellington).—A paper-chase.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Bumming</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Wellington).—A thrashing.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Bump</b>, <i>subs.</i> and <i>verb</i> (University).—<i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Bumping-race</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Bumping-race</b>, <i>subs.</i> (University).—Eight-oared inter-Collegiate -races, rowed in two divisions of fifteen -and sixteen boats respectively, including a <span class='fss'>SANDWICH -BOAT</span> (<i>q.v.</i>), <i>i.e.</i> the top boat of the second -division, which rows bottom of the first. The boats -in each division start at a distance apart of 175 feet -from stern to stern in the order at which they left -off at the last preceding race, and any boat which -overtakes and <span class='fss'>BUMPS</span> another (<i>i.e.</i> touches it in any -part) before the winning post is reached, changes -places with it for the next race. Hence <span class='fss'>BUMP-SUPPER</span> -= a supper to commemorate the event.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1849. <span class='sc'>Thackeray</span>, <i>Pendennis</i>, iii. He listened, and with respect -too, to Mr. Foker’s accounts of what the men did at the University of -which Mr. F. was an ornament, and encountered a long series of stories -about boat-racing, <span class='fss'>BUMPING</span>, College grass-plats, and milk-punch.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1853. <span class='sc'>Bradley</span>, <i>Verdant Green</i>, x. A <span class='fss'>BUMP-SUPPER</span>—that is, O ye -uninitiated! a supper to commemorate the fact of the boat of one -College having, in the annual races, <span class='fss'>BUMPED</span>, or touched the boat of -another College immediately in its front, thereby gaining a place -towards the head of the river,—a <span class='fss'>BUMP-SUPPER</span> was a famous opportunity -for discovering both the rowing and paying capabilities of -Freshmen, who, in the enthusiasm of the moment, would put down -their two or three guineas, and at once propose their names to be -enrolled as members at the next meeting of the club.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1860. <i>Macmillan’s Magazine</i>, March, p. 331. The chances of St. -Ambrose’s making a <span class='fss'>BUMP</span> the first night were weighed.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1865. <i>Sketches from Cambridge</i>, p. 7. I can still condescend to give -our boat a stout when it makes a <span class='fss'>BUMP</span>.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1886-7. <span class='sc'>Dickens</span>, <i>Dictionary of Cambridge</i>, p. 11. Any boat which -overtakes and <span class='fss'>BUMPS</span> another ... before the winning post is reached, -changes place with it for the next race.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1891. <i>Harry Fludyer at Cambridge</i>, 2. I’m rowing in our first Lent -boat. We ought to make some <span class='fss'>BUMPS</span>. <i>Ibid.</i>, 51. We had a grand -<span class='fss'>BUMP-SUPPER</span>, with lots of speeches.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1900. <i>Westminster Gaz.</i>, 21st Feb., 8. 3. In the Second Division, -Worcester <span class='fss'>BUMPED</span> Christ Church II. at the Ferry. Hertford left off -at the head of the division.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Bunk</b>, <i>verb</i> (Wellington and Sherborne).—To expel -from school.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Bunky</b>, <i>adj.</i> (Christ’s Hospital).—Awkward; ill-finished.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Bunny-grub</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Cheltenham).—Green vegetables; -<span class='fss'>GRASS</span> (<i>q.v.</i>).</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Burr</b>, <i>verb</i> (Marlborough).—To tussle or fight in a noisy, -but friendly manner. Also as <i>subs.</i></p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Butcher.</b> <span class='sc'>To butcher about</span>, <i>verb. phr.</i> (Wellington).—To -make a great noise; to humbug.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Buttery</b>, <i>subs.</i> (University).—A college kitchen. [See -<i>Twelfth Night</i>, i. 3; <span class='sc'>Taylor</span>, <i>Works</i>, i. 113.]</p> - -<p class='c012'>1853. <span class='sc'>Bradley</span>, <i>Verdant Green</i>, iv. He was bearing a jug of -<span class='fss'>BUTTERY</span> ale (they are renowned for their ale at Brazenface).</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Buying</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Stonyhurst).—An opportunity which is -given for the purchase of pastry in the refectory -at “<span class='sc'>Bread-and-beer</span>” (<i>q.v.</i>) time.</p> - -<div class='chapter'> - <h2 class='c003' title='C'></h2> -</div> -<div class='c009'> - <img class='drop-capi' src='images/i_041_c.png' width='100' alt='' /> -</div><p class='drop-capi0_9'> -<b>Cab</b>, <i>subs.</i> (general).—An adventitious aid to -study; a <span class='fss'>CRIB</span> (<i>q.v.</i>); a <span class='fss'>PONY</span> (<i>q.v.</i>). [From -<span class='fss'>CABBAGE</span> (<i>q.v.</i>) = pilferings.]</p> -<div class='clearme'> - -</div> - -<p class='c012'>1853. <span class='sc'>Bradley</span> (“Cuthbert Bede”), <i>Adventures of -Verdant Green</i>. Those who can’t afford a coach get -a <span class='fss'>CAB</span>, <i>alias</i> a crib, <i>alias</i> a translation.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1876. <i>Academy</i>, 4th Nov., p. 448, col. 2. The use of translations, -“cribs,” or <span class='fss'>CABS</span> as boys call them, must at some time or other -engage the serious attention of schoolmasters.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Cabbage</b>, <i>subs.</i> (general).—A translation; a <span class='fss'>CAB</span> (<i>q.v.</i>). -Also as <i>verb</i> = to use a translation or other adventitious -aid in preparing exercises; to “crib.”</p> - -<p class='c012'>1837. <span class='sc'>Gen. P. Thompson</span>, <i>Exerc.</i> (1842), iv. 234. A speech, which -... had been what schoolboys call <span class='fss'>CABBAGED</span>, from some of the forms -of oration ... published by way of caricature.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1862. <span class='sc'>H. Marryat</span>, <i>Year in Sweden</i>, ii. 387. Steelyards ... sent -by Gustaf Wasa as checks upon country dealers, who <span class='fss'>CABBAGED</span>, giving -short weight.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Cacus</b> (Stonyhurst).—The Library lumber-room.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1888. <i>Stonyhurst Mag.</i>, July, p. 185. The dust and darkness of -<span class='fss'>CACUS</span> is destined to give place to the (comparatively) gilded splendour -of a Philosopher’s room. Two new windows are being opened in -the wall of the Elizabethan front over the old Bailey window.... -Hitherto <span class='fss'>CACUS</span> has been shrouded in utter darkness, ... a receptacle -for ... all the literature, which ... had not been assigned a place -in the Library.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Cad</b>, <i>subs.</i> (general).—A non-school or non-University -man: in contempt. At Cambridge <span class='fss'>SNOB</span>, the word -Thackeray used, has long been a common term for a -townsman; now the undergrad. says <span class='sc'>Townee</span> or -<span class='sc'>Towner</span> (<i>q.v.</i>). The German analogue is <span class='sc'>Philister</span>.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1831. <span class='sc'>Hone</span>, <i>Year-Book</i>, 670. Preceded by one or two bands of -music in two boats, rowed by <span class='fss'>CADS</span>.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1856. <span class='sc'>Bradley</span> (“Cuthbert Bede”), <i>Adventures of Verdant Green</i>, -i. p. 117. And I can chaff a <span class='fss'>CAD</span>.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1860. <i>Macmillan’s Mag.</i>, March, p. 327. You don’t think a gentleman -can lick a <span class='fss'>CAD</span>, unless he is the biggest and strongest of the two.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1873. <i>Saturday Review</i>, September, p. 305. At Oxford the population -of the University and city is divided into “Dons, men, and -<span class='fss'>CADS</span>.”</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Café, The</b> (The Leys).—Head’s House Hall for meals.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Cake</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Christ’s Hospital).—A stroke with a cane. -Also as <i>verb</i>.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1844. <i>Reminis. of Christ’s Hospital</i> [<i>The Blue</i>, Aug. 1874]. The -mildest punishment consisted of caning on the open hand (ironically -termed <span class='fss'>CAKES</span>).</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Caker</b>, <i>subs.</i> (The Leys).—A bicycle. [Originally “boneshaker”; -whence “shaker” and “<span class='fss'>CAKER</span>.”]</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Calk</b>, <i>verb</i> (Eton).—To throw. <i>See</i> Appendix, <i>s.v.</i> <span class='sc'>Cork</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Call</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Eton).—A remission of <span class='fss'>ABSENCE</span> (<i>q.v.</i>). “It -is a <span class='fss'>CALL</span>,” <i>i.e.</i> “There is no <span class='fss'>ABSENCE</span>.”</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Calling-out</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Charterhouse: obsolete).—<i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Pulling-out</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Calling-over</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Rugby).—Names-calling.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1856. <span class='sc'>Hughes</span>, <i>Tom Brown’s School-days</i>, v. The master of the -week came down in cap and gown to <span class='fss'>CALLING-OVER</span>, and the whole -school of three hundred boys swept into the big school to answer to -their names.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Calton.</b> <span class='sc'>See you on the Calton</span>, <i>phr.</i> (Royal High -School, Edin.).—A challenge to fight. [The Calton -Hill lies at the back of the school; it and <span class='sc'>The -Dungeons</span> (<i>q.v.</i>) are the two fighting grounds.]</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Calves</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—Pronounced <i>Caves</i>. <i>See</i> -<span class='sc'>Halves</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Calx</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Eton).—The goal line at football. [From -a Latin sense of <span class='fss'>CALX</span> = a goal, anciently marked -with lime or chalk.] At Eton <span class='fss'>CALX</span> is a space so -marked off at each end of <span class='fss'>WALL</span>; <span class='fss'>GOOD CALX</span> is the -end at which there is a door for a goal; <span class='fss'>BAD CALX</span> -the end where part of an elm-tree serves the -purpose.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1864. <i>Daily Telegraph</i>, Dec. 1. The Collegers were over-weighted -... and the Oppidans managed to get the ball down into their <span class='fss'>CALX</span> -several times.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Campus Martius</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Royal High School, Edin.).—Until -recently the name by which the battle-ground -in <span class='sc'>The Dungeons</span> (<i>q.v.</i>) was known; now dying -out. Formerly the scene of encounters between -different classes.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Canals, The</b> (Stonyhurst: obsolete).—The two ponds -in front of the College.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Candle-keepers</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—The seven seniors -in College by election who are not Præfects. They -enjoy most of the privileges of Præfects without -their powers.</p> - -<p class='c012'><i>c.</i> 1840. <span class='sc'>Mansfield</span>, <i>School-Life at Winchester College</i>, p. 30. The -Seven <span class='fss'>CANDLE-KEEPERS</span> (why so called I have no idea, nor have I -ever heard any interpretation of the appellation). These were the -seven inferiors who had been longest in the school, quite independently -of their position in it; they were generally old and tough. -Of these, the senior had almost as much power as a Præfect; he had -a “valet” in chambers, one or two “breakfast fags,” and the power -of fagging the twenty juniors when in school or in meads. The junior -<span class='fss'>CANDLE-KEEPER</span> was called the “Deputy,” and had also some slight -privileges besides that of having a valet and breakfast fag, which was -common to all of them.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1878. <span class='sc'>Adams</span>, <i>Wykehamica</i>, p. 418. <i>See</i> Appendix.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1881. <i>Felstedian</i>, Nov., p. 75, “A Day’s Fagging at Winchester.” -The <span class='fss'>CANDLE-KEEPERS</span> are the next in chambers to the præfects; generally -fellows who have not much brains, but from having been a long -time in the school, having a certain number of “juniors,” and are -excused fagging and have certain minor privileges approaching those -of a præfect.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Candlestick</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—A humorous corruption -of the word “candidate.”</p> - -<p class='c012'><i>c.</i> 1840. <span class='sc'>Mansfield</span>, <i>School-Life at Winchester College</i>, p. 175. Each -of these [the Electors] had in turn the privilege of nominating a boy -for admission into Winchester till all vacancies were filled, of which -there were generally about twelve, but always many more “Candidates” -(or <span class='fss'>CANDLESTICKS</span>, as they were often called).</p> - -<p class='c012'>1878. <span class='sc'>H. C. Adams</span>, <i>Wykehamica</i>, p. 418. <span class='sc'>Candlestick</span>, merely -a facetious version of “candidate.”</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Cannager-canoodle</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Oxford).—A Canadian canoe.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1893. <i>Felstedian</i>, June, p. 718, “Oxford Correspondence.” The -Char has been daily gay with bright yellow “<span class='fss'>CANAGGER-CANOODLES</span>,” -and pink-and-green Japanese parasols and wobbling punts with their -sleeping occupants.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Cannibal</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Cambridge).—In a <span class='fss'>BUMPING-RACE</span> (<i>q.v.</i>) -a College may be represented by more than one -boat. The best talent is put into the first, but it -has sometimes happened that the crew of the -second have got so well together that it has disappointed -the prophets and bumped the first of its -own College. In this case it is termed <span class='fss'>A CANNIBAL</span>, -it having eaten up its own kind, and a fine is exacted -from it by the University Boat Club.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Canoodle</b>, <i>verb</i> (Oxford).—To paddle or propel a canoe.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1879. <span class='fss'>E. H. MARSHALL</span>, in <i>Notes and Queries</i>, 5 S., xi. 375. When -I was an undergraduate at Oxford, to <span class='fss'>CANOODLE</span> was the slang expression -for paddling one’s own canoe on the bosom of the Cherwell or -the Isis.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Cantab</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Cambridge).—A student at Cambridge -University. [An abbreviation of “<span class='sc'>Cantabrigian</span>.”]</p> - -<p class='c012'>1750. <span class='sc'>Coventry</span>, <i>Pompey Litt.</i>, <span class='fss'>II.</span> x. (1785), p. 18, col. 1. The -young <span class='fss'>CANTAB</span> ... had come up to London.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1803. <i>Gradus ad</i> <span class='sc'>Cantab</span>. (Title.)</p> - -<p class='c012'>1821. <span class='sc'>Byron</span>, <i>Don Juan</i>, c. iii., st. 126. And I grown out of many -“wooden spoons” Of verse (the name with which we <span class='fss'>CANTABS</span> please -To dub the last of honours in degrees).</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Canvas</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—<i>See</i> quot.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1867. <span class='sc'>Collins</span>, <i>The Public Schools</i>, p. 66. The Winchester football -game is peculiar. It is played in <span class='fss'>CANVAS</span>, as it is called. A portion of -Meads, some 80 feet by 25, is marked off by screens of canvas on each -side, within which the game is played, the two open ends forming the -lines of goal, across which the ball is to be kicked. It is placed in the -middle of the ground to begin with, and a “hot” formed round it by -the players stooping down all close together, with their heads down, -and at a given signal trying to force the ball or each other away. -The canvas screens answer to the Rugby “line of touch”; when the -ball escapes over these it is returned into play by juniors stationed for -the purpose, and a hot is formed afresh.</p> - -<p class='c011'><span class='sc'>To go on the canvas</span>, <i>verb. phr.</i> (Manchester -Grammar).—To finish drill (dumb-bells, clubs, &c.), -and do gymnastic exercises on the ladder, bars, -rings, and ropes. [The floor beneath the latter was -once covered with stuffed canvas; the phrase is -retained, though the canvas has given way to -mats.]</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Cap</b>, <i>subs.</i> 1. (Westminster).—The collection at Play and -Election dinners. [The College cap was passed -round on the last night of Play for contributions. -<i>Cf.</i> “to send round the cap.”]</p> - -<p class='c012'>1867. <span class='sc'>Collins</span>, <i>The Public Schools</i>, p. 157. Queen Elizabeth seems -to have been present on at least one occasion, and to have contributed -liberally to the <span class='fss'>CAP</span>, for she is recorded to have paid, in January 1564, -the sum of £8, 6s. 8d. for certain plays by the grammar school at Westminster -and the children at Powle’s. A shout of “<span class='fss'>CAP, CAP!</span>” arises, -and all available trenchers having been pressed into the service, the -captain distributes them amongst the Old Westminster portion of the -audience, who present substantial proofs of their satisfaction. The -sum collected in the <span class='fss'>CAP</span> has frequently amounted to above £200. -After discharging all expenses of the play the surplus is divided among -the performers. But as these expenses have a natural tendency to -increase rather than diminish, while the number of old Westminsters -present is necessarily fewer than in the more prosperous days of the -school, the balance has of late been now and then on the wrong side.</p> - -<p class='c011'>2. (Harrow).—A cap of House Colours, given by -Captains of House Cricket elevens to the House -eleven, or to some of them. The gift confers permanent -membership. Hence, the recipient of such -a distinction. <i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Fez</span>.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1890. <i>Great Public Schools</i>, 94. Second Eleven matches are played -between the various Houses, and a challenge cup is presented at -the end of the term to the best house. No <span class='fss'>CAP</span> may play in these -matches.</p> - -<p class='c011'>3. (Rugby).—Each House had [1871] two <span class='fss'>CAPS</span>, -one the football cap and the other the house-cap. -The former was a sign of distinction, and -worn only by the few boys in the school to whom -it had been given.... If a boy distinguished himself -in cricket, he was allowed to wear a red band; -or, as a higher distinction, a blue band.... Distinctions -might be varied in all manner of ways -according as a boy had won his red or his blue band, -his flannels, or his cap.... <span class='sc'>Caps</span> are now (1890) -given by the head of the School Fifteen. After the -<span class='sc'>Caps</span> come the <span class='sc'>Flannels</span> (<i>q.v.</i>), and then come -the players without distinction. The <span class='sc'>Caps</span> and -<span class='sc'>Flannels</span> in each House go to make up the House -Fifteen; the <span class='sc'>Flannels</span>, without the <span class='sc'>Caps</span>, go to -make up the second fifteen in each House, which -is called <span class='sc'>Below Caps</span>, or for brevity, <span class='sc'>Below</span>. The -next fifteen in each House are called <span class='sc'>Two Belows</span>, -and so on, though it rarely happens that a House -has more <span class='sc'>Belows</span> than two.—<span class='sc'>Lees Knowles.</span></p> - -<p class='c011'><i>Verb</i> (general).—To take off or touch one’s hat -in salutation: also <span class='fss'>TO CAP TO</span> and <span class='fss'>TO CAP IT</span>.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1593. <span class='sc'>H. Smith</span>, <i>Scrm.</i> (1871), i. 203. How would they <span class='fss'>CAP</span> me -were I in velvets.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1803. <i>Gradus ad Cantabrigiam</i>, p. 23, <i>s.v.</i> <span class='fss'>BORE</span>. Other bores are -to attend a sermon at St. Mary’s on Sunday ... <span class='fss'>TO CAP</span> a -fellow.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Captain of Election</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Westminster).—<i>See</i> quot.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1867. <span class='sc'>Collins</span>, <i>The Public Schools</i>, p. 183. The <span class='fss'>CAPTAIN OF ELECTION</span>—the -boy who gains first place—has the privilege of being almost -entirely exempted from the fagging incidental to his junior year, and -has his name painted on the election board in gold letters. These -tablets, fixed up in the dormitory, go back as far as 1629; and among the -names of the <span class='fss'>CAPTAINS</span>, besides Lord Mansfield, as already mentioned, -may be read those of Markman, Warren Hastings, Cyril Jackson and -his brother the bishop, Randolph (Bishop), Abbot (Speaker), Longley, -&c.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Captain of the Boats</b>, <i>subs. phr.</i> (Eton).—<i>See</i> quot.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1865. <i>Etoniana</i>, p. 164. The <span class='fss'>CAPTAIN OF THE BOATS</span> is perhaps -the greatest person in the school next to the head-master—if, indeed, -he does not rival that great authority in the estimation of the boys. -The whole regulation of the boats, both as to the selection of the crew -of the racing “eight,” and of the <span class='fss'>CAPTAINS</span> of the several boats which -form the Fourth of June procession, rests entirely with him; and as he -has a great deal of this kind of patronage at his disposal, his influence -is very considerable. The boat crews are in some sort looked upon as -the aristocracy of the school, and for this reason the position is an -object of social ambition amongst the boys.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Cargo</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—A hamper from home. The -word is still in use.</p> - -<p class='c012'><i>c.</i> 1840. <span class='sc'>Mansfield</span>, <i>School-Life at Winchester College</i>, p. 77. The -boys, eager for breakfast, tumultuously rushed out from school-court -... to see if Poole, the porter, had letters, or, what was even more -delightful, a <span class='fss'>CARGO</span> (a hamper of game or eatables from home).</p> - -<p class='c012'>1881. <span class='sc'>Pascoe</span>, <i>Every-day Life in our Public Schools</i>. Scholars may -supplement their fare with jam, potted meats, ... or, better still, -from the contents of <span class='fss'>CARGOES</span>, <i>i.e.</i> hampers from home.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Cart</b>, <i>verb</i> (University).—To defeat: in a match, a fight, -an examination, a race, &c. “We <span class='fss'>CARTED</span> them -home” = we gave them an awful licking.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Case</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Westminster).—The discussion by Seniors -and Upper Election preceding a <span class='fss'>TANNING</span> (<i>q.v.</i>), and -the tanning itself.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Cathedral</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—A silk hat. [Because -worn when going to Cathedral.]</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Cat-and-cartridge</b>, <i>subs.</i> (The Leys).—Rabbit (or -chicken) with sausage.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Cat’s</b>, <i>subs.</i> (University).—St. Catharine’s Hall. Hence -<span class='fss'>CAT’S-MEN</span> = members of St. Catharine’s Hall.</p> - -<p class='c011'><i>Intj.</i> (Royal High School, Edin.: obsolete).—The -II<sup>nd</sup> Class. [Formerly it used to be a custom for -the II<sup>nd</sup> class to pursue the I<sup>st</sup> shouting “Gaits! -Gaits! Gai-ai-aits,” to which they replied, “<span class='sc'>Cats! -Cats!</span> Caa-ats!”] <i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Dogs</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Cat’s Head</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester: obsolete).—The end of -a shoulder of mutton.</p> - -<p class='c012'><i>c.</i> 1840. <span class='sc'>Mansfield</span>, <i>School-Life at Winchester College</i>, p. 84. His -meal [dinner] took place at six o’clock <span class='fss'>P.M.</span> in College (in Commoners’ -it was at <i>one</i>); it was ample in quantity, and excellent in quality. -That of the Præfects was nicely served in joints, that of the Inferiors -was divided into portions (Dispars); there were, if I remember rightly, -six of these to a shoulder, and eight to a leg of mutton, the other -joints being divided in like proportion. All these “Dispars” had -different names; the thick slice out of the centre was called “a -Middle Cut,” that out of the shoulder a “Fleshy,” the ribs “Racks,” -the loin “Long Dispars”; these were the best, the more indifferent -were the end of the shoulder, or <span class='fss'>CAT’S HEAD</span>, the breast, or “Fat -Flab,” &c. &c.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Cat’s-skin</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Rugby).—1. <i>See</i> quot.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1856. <span class='sc'>Hughes</span>, <i>Tom Brown’s School-days</i>, v. His go-to-meeting roof, -as his new friend called it. But this didn’t quite suit his fastidious -taste in another minute, being too shiny; so, as they walk up the -town, they dive into Nixon’s the hatter’s, and Tom is arrayed, to his -utter astonishment, and without paying for it, in a regulation <span class='fss'>CAT-SKIN</span> -at seven-and-sixpence.</p> - -<p class='c011'>2. <i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Rabbit-skin</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Cause-money</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester: obsolete).—Up-keep -money for the path leading to <span class='sc'>Hills</span> (<i>q.v.</i>).</p> - -<p class='c012'>1891. <span class='sc'>Wrench</span>, <i>Word-Book</i>, s.v. <span class='sc'>Cause-money</span>. Money paid for -the maintenance of the path leading from College towards Hills.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Causey, The</b> (Stonyhurst).—The avenue between the -two ponds in front of the College.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Cave</b>, <i>intj.</i> (Eton).—“Beware!” A byword among boys -out of bounds when a master is in sight. [From -the Latin.]</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Cedar</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Eton).—A pair-oared boat inrigged, without -canvas, and very “crank.” [No longer in use.]</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Certificate Good-day</b>, <i>subs. phr.</i> (Stonyhurst).—<i>See</i> -<span class='sc'>Good-day</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Chaff</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Christ’s Hospital).—A small article or plaything. -Also as <i>verb</i> = to exchange; to barter. -[A.S. <i>chaffere</i> = to deal, exchange, or barter: as -<i>sub.</i> = merchandise. Also (North) <i>chaffle</i> = to -haggle.]</p> - -<p class='c012'>1388. <span class='sc'>Wimbelton</span>, <i>Sermon</i> [MS. Hatton, 57, p. 4]. If thou art a -margchaunt, disceyve not thi brother in <span class='fss'>CHAFFARYNG</span>.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1440. <i>Promptorium Parvulorum</i> [MS. Harl. 221, ff. 206]. Rooryne or -chaungyne on <span class='fss'>CHAFFARE</span> for another.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1450. <i>MS.</i> Bibl. Reg. 12 B. i. f. 19. <i>Emere vel vendere</i>, Anglice to -<span class='fss'>CHAFFARYN</span>.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1844. <i>Reminis. of Christ’s Hospital</i> [<i>The Blue</i>, Aug. 1874]. Pocket-knives, -combs, “precious” marbles, tops, and all the other numerous -nondescript articles which go to make up the <span class='fss'>CHAFFS</span> of a Blue.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1877. <span class='sc'>Blanch</span>, <i>Blue-Coat Boys</i>, 96. <span class='sc'>Chaff</span> me your knife.</p> - -<p class='c011'><i>Adj.</i> Pleasant; glad. Also <span class='fss'>CHAFFY</span>. [Possibly, -in this sense, a memory of chaff = banter.] Whence, -<span class='fss'>CHAFF FOR YOU</span> = “So much the better for you.” -<i>Cf.</i> <span class='sc'>Vex</span>.</p> - -<p class='c011'><i>Intj.</i> An exclamation of joy or pleasure.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Challenge</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Westminster).—The entrance examination -for Queen’s Scholarship. <i>See</i> quot. [In ancient -times (<i>vide</i> <span class='sc'>Stow</span>) St. Peter’s was one of the three -great schools whose scholars were accustomed on -the days of their patron Saints to challenge each -other to a contest of grammar and versification, -which was apparently the earliest form of what was -afterwards developed not only into the Westminster -<span class='sc'>Challenge</span>, but into the Eton <span class='sc'>Montem</span> (<i>q.v.</i>).]</p> - -<p class='c012'>1867. <span class='sc'>Collins</span>, <i>The Public Schools</i>, p. 182. He undergoes a very -severe examination, called the <span class='fss'>CHALLENGE</span>, the form of which must -have been preserved from Queen Elizabeth’s days, and is the last -surviving relic of the old scholastic disputations.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Chamber-day</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—A day on which -access was allowed to <span class='fss'>CHAMBERS</span> (<i>q.v.</i>) during the -whole day.—<span class='sc'>Mansfield.</span></p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Chambers</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—The College bedrooms: -in Commoners called <span class='sc'>Galleries</span> (<i>q.v.</i>). [<span class='sc'>Chamber</span> -is commonly dialectical for bedroom.] <i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Election -Chamber</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Charity-remove</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Harrow).—A “remove” assigned -to boys who have remained in the Form below for -several successive school quarters.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1867. <span class='sc'>Collins</span>, <i>The Public Schools</i>, p. 297. The intention of these -<span class='fss'>CHARITY-REMOVES</span> (as they are called) is to prevent boys of dull -abilities being continually outstripped in the race of promotion by -boys younger than themselves; but practically the cases are very few -of boys who would be left in the same Form for above three quarters; -and even then the promotion is removed if the boy has been “notoriously -and ostentatiously” idle.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Charity-tails</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Harrow).—<i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Tails</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Charlies</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester: obsolete).—Thick gloves -made of twine. [Introduced by a Mr. Charles -Griffith: hence the name.]</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Chase</b>, <i>verb</i> (Christ’s Hospital).—To abscond; to run -away; as from school.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1844. <i>Reminis. of Christ’s Hospital</i> [<i>The Blue</i>, Aug. 1874]. At length, -to the consternation and perplexity of the authorities, and the delight, -admiration, and envy of the fellows, this incorrigible character capped -all his former misdeeds by an act of pluck and daring which gained -for himself, from that time forth, all the honours of a hero—he -<span class='fss'>CHASED</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Chaw</b>, <i>subs.</i> 1. (University).—A trick; a device; a sell.</p> - -<p class='c011'>2. (Harrow).—A <span class='fss'>CAD</span> (<i>q.v.</i>); any non-member of -the school. Whence <span class='sc'>Worker-chaw</span> = the boy who -runs messages, &c., for the work-shop. Also as <i>verb</i> -(football), to play roughly. <span class='sc'>To be chawed</span> = to be -injured.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Check-nights</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Eton).—Rehearsals of the <span class='sc'>Fourth -of June</span> (<i>q.v.</i>) performance. Held every alternate -Saturday in the boating season, when the crews -rowed up to Surly in their uniform and there -regaled themselves—the staple luxury being ducks -and green pease. These suppers were open to much -objection, and the custom has lately been done away -with.—<i>Etoniana</i> (1865).</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Cheese</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Schools and University).—An adept; -one who “takes the shine out of another”; at -Cambridge an overdressed dandy = a <span class='fss'>HOWLING -CHEESE</span>.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1864. <span class='sc'>Hemyng</span>, <i>Eton School-days</i>. “Do you know Homer, Purefoy?” -asked Chudleigh. “No, I have not looked at the lesson yet.” -“I am sure I don’t know why you ever do; you are such a <span class='fss'>CHEESE</span>. -I want you to give me a construe.”</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Chemmy</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Manchester Grammar).—Chemistry.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Chief</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Sherborne).—The Head-master.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Child</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester: obsolete).—1. A scholar on -the foundation.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1547. Inj. Ed. VI. Commiss. [<i>William of Wykeham</i>, 152]. Item: that -all graces to be said or sung at meals within the said College, and other -prayers which the said scholars or <span class='fss'>CHILDREN</span> are bound to use shall be -henceforth sung or said evermore in English.</p> - -<p class='c012'><i>d.</i> 1711. <span class='sc'>Ken</span>, <i>Manual ... for the use of ... Winchester College</i>. -If you are a Commoner, you may say your prayers in your own Chamber; -but if you are a <span class='fss'>CHILD</span> or a Chorister, then to avoid the interruptions -of the Common Chambers, go into the Chappel, between first -and second Peal in the morning, to say your Morning Prayers, and say -your Evening Prayers when you go <i>Circum</i>.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1891. <span class='sc'>Wrench</span>, <i>Winchester Word-Book</i>, s.v. <span class='sc'>Child</span>. The word -“Scholar,” as used by Ken, included the three classes—“Children,” -Commoners, and Choristers; and it is observable that, though it has -been adopted of late officially to designate the “Children” exclusively, -this usage has not extended to the school. “<span class='sc'>Child</span>” has fallen into -desuetude, but its place has not been supplied by any other term.</p> - -<p class='c011'>2. <i>See</i> quot. 1891.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1822. <span class='sc'>Nares</span>, <i>Glossary</i>, s.v. <span class='sc'>Child</span> ... The “<span class='fss'>CHILDREN</span> of the -Chapel” signifies the boys of the Chapel.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1867. <span class='sc'>Collins</span>, <i>The Public Schools</i>, p. 64. One table, by a curious -traditionary custom, is called the <span class='fss'>CHILDREN’S</span> table—the electors -present each choosing one of the junior scholars for their <span class='fss'>CHILD</span>, and -presenting him with a guinea and a luxurious dinner at this privileged -table.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1891. <span class='sc'>Wrench</span>, <i>Winchester Word-Book</i>, s.v. <span class='sc'>Child</span>. Each of the -<span class='sc'>Electors</span> (<i>q.v.</i>) might choose a Scholar on the foundation to attend upon -him (a nominal duty in recent times) at election time. These were -known as Warden’s <span class='fss'>CHILD</span>, Warden of New College’s <span class='fss'>CHILD</span>, &c. Of -late the Head Master always chose for his <span class='fss'>CHILD</span> the head scholar in -Cloisters, and the Warden the second. Each <span class='fss'>CHILD</span> received a guinea -from the Elector who appointed him. The Children got off all fagging -on <span class='fss'>DOMUM DAY</span> (<i>q.v.</i>); at Election Dinner they sat at the same table -with Writers and Election Grace Singers, where the fare was better -than that served to the scholars generally; and they had wine and -dessert afterwards in <span class='fss'>CHILD’S</span>-room in the Warden’s house. Warden’s -<span class='fss'>CHILD</span> had during the following year the duty of applying to the -Head Master for every <span class='fss'>REMEDY</span> (<i>q.v.</i>), and half-remedy that came in -the ordinary course. In applying he used the set phrase, “The Præpostors’ -duty, and they would be obliged for a remedy” (or “half-remedy”). -Whenever the application was something more than a -mere form, it was made by the Præfect of Hall, <i>e.g.</i> where a leave out -day disturbed the ordinary arrangements of the week.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Chince</b> (or <b>Chinse</b>), <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—A chance. -[Apparently a corrupted form of the word.]</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Chinner</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester: obsolete).—A grin.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Chip-entry</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Stonyhurst: obsolete).—<i>See</i> quot.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1884. <i>Stonyhurst Mag.</i>, June, p. 294. The old kitchen was very near -the site of the present one, but a part of it jutted into what is now -the end of the Higher Line Washing-place. Just outside this was a -flight of old oaken steps leading to the refectory. Beyond these stairs, -leading out to the back, there was a very old round-headed oaken -door, which is now in the buttery; it is about three hundred years old. -This was called <span class='fss'>CHIP-ENTRY</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Chips</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Wellington).—A kind of grill. [From its -hardness.]</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Choice</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Harrow).—A candidate in course of trial -for an Eleven (House or School), and who has not -got his <span class='sc'>Cap</span> (<i>q.v.</i>), <span class='sc'>Fez</span> (<i>q.v.</i>), or <span class='sc'>Flannels</span> (<i>q.v.</i>).</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Chorister</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—<i>See</i> quots.</p> - -<p class='c012'><i>c.</i> 1840. <span class='sc'>Mansfield</span>, <i>School-Life at Winchester</i> (1866), 33. Besides -the Warden, Fellows, masters, and boys, there were twelve “<span class='fss'>CHORISTERS</span>,” -who must by no means be omitted, as they formed an important -part of the internal economy. I suppose they were called <span class='fss'>CHORISTERS</span> -because they had not to sing; certainly if ever that was a part of -their duty, it had entirely lapsed. Their office was to wait on -boys, in hall and chambers, till seven o’clock, and especially to go on -errands in the town,—the boys themselves never being allowed to go -there, except when invited by friends on Saints’ days. These little -<span class='fss'>CHORISTERS</span> wore chocolate-coloured tail-coats and trousers, with -metal buttons; and, on the whole, I think their life must have been a -weary one.... <i>Ibid.</i>, 189. The <span class='fss'>CHORISTERS</span> really do sing now, and -have not to run errands in the town for boys, but wait on them in the -hall instead.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1867. <span class='sc'>Collins</span>, <i>The Public Schools</i>, p. 22. The Bible-clerk meanwhile -reading aloud a chapter from the Old Testament, the <span class='fss'>CHORISTERS</span> -waited at table. An antiphonal grace and psalm were sung, after -which the <span class='fss'>CHORISTERS</span> and college servants took their dinner.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Chouse</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Eton and Winchester).—A shame; an -imposition. Hence <span class='fss'>CHOUSER</span>. [A derivative of -chouse = trick; swindle: <i>see</i> quot. 1890.]</p> - -<p class='c012'>1864. <i>Athenæum.</i> When an Eton boy says that anything is “a -beastly <span class='fss'>CHOUSE</span>,” he means that it is a great shame; and when an -Eton peripatetic tradesman is playful enough to call his customer “a -little <span class='fss'>CHOUSER</span>,” he means that a leaf has been taken out of his own -book by one on whom he has practised.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1883. <span class='sc'>Brinsley Richards</span>, <i>Seven Years at Eton</i>. The boy ... was -told that what he had done was an awful <span class='fss'>CHOUSE</span>.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1890. <i>Hist. Eng. Dict.</i> [<span class='sc'>Murray</span>], <i>s.v.</i> <span class='fss'>CHOUSE</span>. “As to the origin -of the Eng. use, Gifford (1814), in a note on the quot. from Ben Jonson, -says, ‘In 1609, Sir Robt. Shirley sent a messenger or <span class='fss'>CHIAUS</span> to this -country, as his agent from the Grand Signior and the Sophy to transact -some preparatory business.’ The latter ‘<span class='fss'>CHIAUSED</span> the Turkish -and Persian merchants of £4000,’ and decamped. But no trace of this -incident has yet been found outside of Gifford’s note; it was unknown -to Peter Whalley, a previous editor of Ben Jonson, 1756; also to -Skinner, Henshaw, Dr. Johnson, Todd, and others who discussed the -history of the word. Yet most of these recognised the likeness of -<span class='fss'>CHOUSE</span> to the Turkish word, which Henshaw even proposed as the -etymon on the ground that the Turkish <span class='fss'>CHIAUS</span> ‘is little better than a -fool.’ Gifford’s note must therefore be taken with reserve.”</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Christians</b>, <i>subs. pl.</i> (Cambridge).—Fellows of Christ’s -College. [Derivation obvious.]</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Christopher</b> (Eton).—An old inn in Eton Street.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1865. <i>Etoniana</i>, 23. On the great festivals ... they had permission -to spend part of the day in a country walk; not without a strong -caution (so similar are the temptations of schoolboys and the anxieties -of masters in all ages) against turning into taverns and beer-shops by -the way. The “Tap” and the <span class='fss'>CHRISTOPHER</span> had their earlier -prototypes....</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Chuck</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Westminster). <i>See</i> quot.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1864. <span class='sc'>Hotten</span>, <i>Slang Dict.</i>, s.v. A schoolboy’s treat.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Chucks!</b> <i>intj.</i> (general).—A signal of a master’s approach. -A French equivalent is <i>Vesse!</i></p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Circum.</b> <span class='sc'>To go circum</span>, <i>verb. phr.</i> (Winchester). <i>See</i> -quot.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1867. <span class='sc'>Collins</span>, <i>The Public Schools</i>, p. 23 [<i>temp.</i> 1570]. At five the -school was dismissed, and the whole resident society—warden, fellows, -masters, and scholars—went in procession round the cloisters and the -whole interior circuit of the college, which was called <span class='fss'>GOING CIRCUM</span>. -Thus they passed into the hall, where a supper of mutton was served—one -dispar to every three boys.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Clacken</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Royal High School, Edin.).—A wooden -bat about two feet long with a thin handle and -rounded head (<i>e.g.</i> -<img class="inline" src="images/i_052_inline.png" alt="clacken" /> -), flat on both sides, -originally used for the game of <i>hails</i>. The game -is no longer played at the school, but survives in -the Edin. Academy. [A “Hail” in Scotland denotes -the place from which a ball is driven off at -the commencement of a game. “Clacken” is from -“clack,” the clapper of a mill.]</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Clarian</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Cambridge).—A member of Clare Hall, -Cambridge; also <span class='sc'>Greyhound</span> (<i>q.v.</i>).</p> - -<p class='c012'>1889. <span class='sc'>C. Whibley</span>, <i>Cap and Gown</i>. E’en stuke-struck <span class='fss'>CLARIANS</span> -strove to stoop.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Classicus</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—A Junior in each <span class='sc'>Part</span> -(<i>q.v.</i>): his duty is to get lessons set, &c. <span class='sc'>Classicus-paper</span> -= <span class='fss'>CUSE</span> (<i>q.v.</i>).</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Clean-straw</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—Clean sheets. [Before -1540 the beds were bundles of straw on a stone -floor. At that date Dean Fleshmonger put in oaken -floors, and provided proper beds, such as existed in -1871 in Third, and later in the case of the Præfect -of Hall’s unused beds in Sixth. The term is never -used in reference to mattresses of any kind, straw -or other.] The dormitory arrangements are now -thoroughly modernised.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Clipe</b>, <i>verb</i> (general).—To tell tales; to “split”; to -peach.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Clodding</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Rugby).—A ceremony of initiation [put -down by Dr. Wooll, <i>temp.</i> 1808-28] performed on -those who were promoted into the Fifth. They -had to run along the course of a small gutter which -flowed from the cow-sheds (<i>see</i> <span class='sc'>Barn-school</span>), -through a double line of boys, who pelted them -with clods of clay moistened in that not very -delicate stream. Unpopular boys had these clods -specially hardened for their benefit—it was even -said with stones inside. On promotion from the -Fourth to the Remove a boy had to run the -gauntlet up and down the big school between a -double line of his fellows, armed with handkerchiefs -tied in “Westminster knots.” He was allowed -to protect himself with books stuffed inside his -trousers; but the punishment was fearful.—<span class='sc'>Collins.</span></p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Cloister-peals</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—<i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Peals</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Cloister-roush</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester: obsolete).—<i>See</i> quot.</p> - -<p class='c012'><i>c.</i> 1840. <span class='sc'>Mansfield</span>, <i>School-Life at Winchester College</i>, p. 117. We -had some singular customs at the commencement of Cloister time. -Senior part and Cloisters, just before the entrance of the Masters into -School, used to engage in a kind of general tournament; this was called -<span class='fss'>CLOISTER-ROUSH</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Cloisters</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—The name given to -Middle and Junior Part of Fifth <span class='sc'>Book</span> (<i>q.v.</i>), when -combined together in <span class='sc'>Cloister-time</span> (<i>q.v.</i>).</p> - -<p class='c012'>1867. <span class='sc'>Collins</span>, <i>The Public Schools</i>, p. 24. But the younger commoners -probably seldom came into school, being taught chiefly in the -chamber of the warden or fellow under whose charge they were -placed; and in summer-time the whole of the scholars usually adjourned -for lessons into the adjacent <span class='fss'>CLOISTERS</span>: a delightful arrangement, -from which the latter portion of the “long-half” is still called -<span class='fss'>CLOISTER-TIME</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Cloister-time</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—Ten or twelve weeks -at the latter end of Long Half, commencing about -Whitsunday and ending at <span class='sc'>Standing-up week</span> -(<i>q.v.</i>).</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Clow</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—Pronounced <i>clō</i>. A box on -the ear. [Possibly from <i>clout</i>. <span class='sc'>Halliwell</span>, <i>clow</i> -(Cumberland) = to scratch. Also <i>clew</i> (Glouc.) = a -blow.] Also as <i>verb</i>: it was customary to preface -the action by an injunction to “hold down.”</p> - -<p class='c012'><i>c.</i> 1840. <span class='sc'>Mansfield</span>, <i>School-Life at Winchester College</i>, p. 140. The -juniors did not get much fun out of the regular games, as their part -consisted solely in kicking in the ball, and receiving divers kicks and -<span class='fss'>CLOWS</span> in return for their vigilance. <i>Ibid.</i>, p. 39. Nor, when ordered -to “hold down” (<i>i.e.</i> put your head in a convenient position) for a -<span class='fss'>CLOW</span>, would the victim dare to ward off the blow.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Club-keeper</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Harrow).—A Captain of the side -in a game: at cricket or football.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1820-5. <span class='sc'>Wordsworth</span> [<i>Letter</i>, 1889]. The old ground which we -played upon was too much upon a slope, and when I was one of the -<span class='sc'>Club-keepers</span>, and head of the eleven, a considerable sum was spent -in endeavouring to improve it, and we succeeded in levelling a sufficient -space for a tolerably good wicket.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Coach</b>, <i>subs.</i> (formerly University and Public Schools: -now common).—A private tutor; and in a transferred -sense one who trains another in mental or -physical acquirements: <i>e.g.</i> in Sanskrit, Shakspeare, -cricket, or rowing. Analagous terms are <span class='sc'>Crammer</span>, -<span class='sc'>Feeder</span>, and <span class='sc'>Grinder</span>. Also as <i>verb</i> = to prepare -for an examination by private instruction; to train: -in general use both by coacher and coachee.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1846. <span class='sc'>Thackeray</span>, <i>Vanity Fair</i>, ch. v. The superb Cuff himself ... -helped him on with his Latin verses, <span class='fss'>COACHED</span> him in play-hours.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1850. <span class='sc'>F. E. Smedley</span>, <i>Frank Fairleigh</i>, ch. xxix. p. 240. Besides -the regular college tutor, I secured the assistance of what, in the -slang of the day, we irreverently termed a <span class='fss'>COACH</span>.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1853. <span class='sc'>C. Bede</span>, <i>Verdant Green</i>, pt. <span class='fss'>I.</span>, pp. 63-4. “That man is -Cram, the patent safety. He’s the first <span class='fss'>COACH</span> in Oxford.” “A -<span class='fss'>COACH</span>,” said our freshman in some wonder. “Oh, I forgot you -didn’t know college slang. I suppose a royal mail is the only gentleman -<span class='fss'>COACH</span> <i>you</i> know of. Why, in Oxford a <span class='fss'>COACH</span> means a private -tutor, you must know; and those who can’t afford a <span class='fss'>COACH</span>, get a cab, -<i>alias</i> a crib, <i>alias</i> translation.”</p> - -<p class='c012'>1864. <i>Eton School-days</i>, ch. ix. p. 103. Lord Fitzwinton, one of -the smallest and best <span class='fss'>COACHES</span>—in aquatics—in the school.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1870. <i>London Figaro</i>, June 10, “Quadrille Conversation.” It is, -we fear, Quixotic to hope that ladies and gentlemen invited to the -same ball would <span class='fss'>COACH</span> with the same master.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1871. <i>Times</i>, “Report of the Debate in House of Lords on -University Test Bill.” The test proposed would be wholly ineffective; -... while it would apply to the college tutors, who had little influence -over the young men, it would not affect the <span class='fss'>COACHES</span>, who had -the chief direction of their studies.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1889. <i>Pall Mall Gazette</i>, 29th Nov., p. 1, col. 3. The schoolmaster is -concerned with the education of boys up to eighteen; all beyond that -falls either to the <span class='fss'>COACH</span> or the professor.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1891. <i>Harry Fludyer at Cambridge</i>, 15. Our <span class='fss'>COACH</span> is always finding -fault with me.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Coaching</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Rugby: obsolete).—A flogging.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Coat.</b> <span class='sc'>To get one’s coat</span>, <i>verb. phr.</i> (Harrow).—To -be made a member of the “Sixth Form Game”; -the equivalent of the “Twenty-two” at other -schools: cricket.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Cob</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—A hard hit at cricket; a -slogger: a recent introduction. Also as <i>verb</i> (common), -to detect; to catch.</p> - -<p class='c011'><i>Verb.</i> 1. (Stonyhurst).—To purloin oranges, &c., -after a <span class='sc'>Do</span> (<i>q.v.</i>): <i>e.g.</i> “<span class='sc'>Cob</span> for me,” sometimes -whispered by an envious disappointed one to a -fortunate friend as he goes into the “Do-room.”</p> - -<p class='c011'>2. (Harrow).—In the verbal sense of <span class='fss'>COB</span> = to -detect; to catch (<i>see</i> subs., <i>ante</i>); the practice at -Harrow is almost always to use the word in the -passive, with “badly”: <i>e.g.</i> “I was badly <span class='fss'>COBBED</span> -‘tollying-up’” (<i>q.v.</i>).</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Cock</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Stonyhurst).—An elevation from which, at -football, a <span class='fss'>GUARDER</span> (<i>q.v.</i>) kicks balls which “go -out”: it corresponds to the “tee” at golf.</p> - -<p class='c011'><span class='sc'>To be cocked up</span>, <i>verb. phr.</i> (Charterhouse).—<i>See</i> -quot.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1900. <span class='sc'>Tod</span>, <i>Charterhouse</i>, 85. Fags [at Old Charterhouse] had to -fag in reality at cricket; they got <span class='fss'>COCKED UP</span> if they cut, and they -got <span class='fss'>COCKED UP</span> if they missed a catch, or muffed a ball. A stump -was always handy.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Cock-house</b>, <i>subs.</i> (general). A champion house; as at -cricket, football—anything.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1890. <i>Great Public Schools</i>, 95. (Harrow) The various Houses are -divided into “Upper Round” Houses (being those which possess a -member of the School Eleven at the beginning of the term), and -“Lower Round” Houses (being those which possess no member of the -School Eleven at the beginning of the term). The “Upper Round” -Houses are drawn together, and play against each other; and the -same course is pursued with regard to the “Lower Round” Houses. -When all these ties are played off, the winner of the “Upper Round” -plays the winner of the “Lower Round” for <span class='fss'>COCK-HOUSE</span>. A silver -challenge cup is presented to the <span class='fss'>COCK-HOUSE</span> of the year.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1898. <span class='sc'>Warner</span> in <i>Harrow School</i>, 271. Coming back from the -holidays a boy will eagerly discuss with his comrades the prospects of -the term. Have they any chance of being “<span class='fss'>COCK-HOUSE</span>” in football -or cricket—and no chance is too small on which to build a mighty -castle of hope.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Cockloft, The</b> (Harrow).—A small room at the top -of the Old Schools; in turn a school-room or the -limbo for the <span class='sc'>School-stock</span> (<i>q.v.</i>) of confiscated -books.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Cocks</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Charterhouse).—The old washing place. -[Early in the century a leaden trough, into which -six taps discharged water, was fixed in a corner of -Writing School, behind a partition which was constructed -to hold Gownboys Library. These taps -suggested the term <span class='fss'>COCKS</span>. Formerly Gownboys -washed at the pump.]</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Cocoa-club</b>, <i>subs.</i> (The Leys).—Afternoon tea, &c., at -four in winter in House rooms or studies.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Codd</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Charterhouse).—<i>See</i> quot.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1854. <span class='sc'>Thackeray</span>, <i>The Newcomes</i>. Yonder sit some threescore old -gentlemen, pensioners of the hospital; ... the Cistercian lads called -these old gentlemen <span class='fss'>CODDS</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Cog.</b> <span class='sc'>To cog on</span>, <i>verb. phr.</i> (Durham).—To swindle; -to cheat: <i>e.g.</i> “<span class='sc'>To cog on</span> marks.” Also <span class='fss'>TO COCK -ON</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Coke on Littleton</b>, <i>subs. phr.</i> (Eton).—<i>See</i> quot.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1743. <span class='sc'>Daniel Wray</span>, <i>Letter</i> from Cambridge [quoted in <i>Etoniana</i> -(1865), 70]. One blowing a chafing-dish with a surplice sleeve, another -warming a little negus or sipping “<span class='fss'>COKE UPON LITTLETON</span>,” <i>i.e.</i> -tent and brandy.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Coll</b>, <i>subs.</i> (United Services).—The College.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1899. <i>Public School Mag.</i>, Nov., p. 345. To deal first with the outward -appearance of the <span class='fss'>COLL</span>.—(<span class='fss'>COLL</span>, be it noted, not College.) -“That long white barrack by the sea Stares blankly seaward still,” -sings Kipling in one of his very early poems.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Collections</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Oxford).—College Terminal Examinations.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1853. <span class='sc'>Bradley</span>, <i>Verdant Green</i>, <span class='fss'>II.</span> viii. Witless men were cramming -for <span class='fss'>COLLECTIONS</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>College-John</b> (Westminster).—The porter and factotum -of College: invariably so-called, whatever his name -may be.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Colleger</b>, <i>subs.</i> 1. (general).—A square cap; a <span class='fss'>MORTAR-BOARD</span> -(<i>q.v.</i>).</p> - -<p class='c011'>2. (Eton).—A boy on the foundation as opposed -to an <span class='sc'>Oppidan</span> (<i>q.v.</i>).</p> - -<p class='c012'>1899. <i>Public School Mag.</i>, Nov., p. 367. The discussion continues -as to whether the <span class='fss'>COLLEGERS</span> should compete for the House Cup. As -we have always said, this seems a ridiculous suggestion. If <span class='fss'>COLLEGE</span> -is on a separate foundation to the Oppidans, we can see no reason for -them to desire to join in competing for Oppidan events.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1890. <i>Great Public Schools</i>, 14. Parents of independent means -rejoice when their sons obtain places on the Foundation at Eton. -Admitted after a severe competitive examination, and specially encouraged -in the habits of industry, the seventy <span class='fss'>COLLEGERS</span> generally -win a large proportion of the prizes and other distinctions that are -offered to Etonians, and maintain the high reputation of their old -school in the class lists at Oxford and Cambridge.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>College-ware</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—Crockery that falls -without breaking.—<span class='sc'>Mansfield.</span></p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Combie</b>, <i>subs.</i> (University).—The “Combination room,” -a parlour in which college dons drink wine after -Hall.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Come.</b> <span class='sc'>Come up!</span> <i>intj.</i> (Sherborne).—The order given -by the Captain of the Games, after 3 Roll on a -half-holiday, to start the games at football.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Come-up</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Stonyhurst).—A regulation as to the -conditions by which one player might try to take -the ball from another: football.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Commoner</b>, <i>subs.</i> (general).—A boy not on the foundation. -Whence (Winchester) <span class='sc'>Commoners</span> = the -building they lived in. [Now abolished as a -residence and converted into class-rooms with a -handsome library. The old building, which presented -externally (<i>vide</i> <span class='sc'>Mansfield</span>) the appearance -of an inferior workhouse, was successfully -altered by Mr. <span class='sc'>Butterfield</span>, and is now, in its -architecture, worthy of its purpose and surroundings.]</p> - -<p class='c012'>1867. <span class='sc'>Collins</span>, <i>The Public Schools</i>, p. 26. Of the fellow-commoners, -or <span class='fss'>COMMONERS</span>, as they are now termed, who have so increased -as to form a supplementary body of scholars doubling in number the -College boys themselves, it will be necessary to give some account. -Provision had been made in the original statutes for the reception and -instruction of independent students to the number of ten, sons of -noblemen or of “special friends” of the College, who, though not -claiming the other advantages of the foundation, might yet wish to -avail themselves of its sound teaching; with a proviso that these should -not be in any way burdensome to the revenues.... In [Dr. Burton’s] -time the College rose rapidly as a place of education for many of the -young nobility, and the accommodations were found insufficient. He -built what is now remembered by Wykehamists of the past generation -as “<span class='fss'>OLD COMMONERS</span>.” ... The number of <span class='fss'>COMMONERS</span> gradually -increased, until in 1820 they reached 135. “<span class='sc'>Old Commoners</span>” was -pulled down in 1839-41 to make way for the present building, which -was the result of a general Wykehamist subscription. <i>Ibid.</i>, 115 -[Westminster]. In every public school the masters were entirely -dependent for any income beyond their statutable salaries on the -liberality of the parents of those boys who were admitted as <span class='fss'>COMMONERS</span>, -or oppidans. <i>Ibid.</i>, <i>Etoniana</i>, 10. [At Eton] there were two -classes of these boys—“<i>generosorum filii Commensales</i>,” and simple -“<i>Commensales</i>”—corresponding to the “gentleman-<span class='fss'>COMMONER</span>” and -“<span class='fss'>COMMONER</span>” of Oxford; the former probably of higher social rank, -paying more for their commons, and dining at a separate table.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Commoner-grub</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—A dinner formerly -given by <span class='fss'>COMMONERS</span> (<i>q.v.</i>) to College after -cricket matches.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Commoners-speaking</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—The day -on which the speakers, selected from among the -<span class='sc'>Inferiors</span> (<i>q.v.</i>), declaimed.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Common Innings</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Stonyhurst: obsolete).—A form -of cricket.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Common-time</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—The Short Half, -and beginning of Long up to Easter time.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Commons</b>, <i>subs.</i> (University).—Rations of bread, butter, -and milk, supplied from the buttery. [When a -number of men breakfast together, the student -whose rooms are the rendezvous tells his scout the -names of those <i>in</i>-college men who are coming to -breakfast with him. The scout then collects their -<span class='fss'>COMMONS</span>, which thus forms the substratum of the -entertainment. The other things are of course -supplied by the giver of the breakfast, and are sent -in by the confectioner. As to the knives and forks -and crockery, the scout produces them from his -common stock.]</p> - -<p class='c012'>1853. <span class='sc'>Bradley</span>, <i>Verdant Green</i>, viii. Of course you’d like to take -out an æger, sir; and I can bring you your <span class='fss'>COMMONS</span> just the same.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Compo</b>, <i>subs.</i> (King Edward’s, Birm.).—The championship -competition in the gymnasium, or at fives; -place-kicking.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Compositions</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Stonyhurst).—Three days coming -at the end of each quarter, during which the -composition work of the various Forms is tested. -According to the results is arranged the “Order of -Compositions,” which is accepted as fixing a boy’s -place in his Form for the ensuing quarter. There -is a hill some distance from the College known as -“Composition Hill,” so called because the Poets -(<i>q.v.</i>) went there for inspiration on composition days. -The first and second boys according to the order of -Compositions are known respectively as “Roman -Imperator” and “Carthaginian Imperator.” The -last Compositions of the year used to be known as -the “Great Compositions.” By them the Form -medals, &c., were decided.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Compound-kish</b> (or <b>Hish</b>), <i>subs.</i> (Marlborough).—The -rules of the Latin compound sentence.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Compul</b>, <i>adj.</i> and <i>adv.</i> (Harrow).—That is, “compulsory.”</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Compulsory</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Charterhouse).—<i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Runabout</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Con</b>, <i>subs.</i> 1. (Winchester).—A rap on the head with the -knuckles, or with anything hard, such as a cricket -ball. Also as <i>verb</i>: to rap with the knuckles. -[The derivation formerly accepted at Winchester -was κονδυλον = a knuckle, but the editors of the -<i>Wykehamist</i> suggest its origin in the North -Country <i>con</i>, “to fillip,” with which the French -<i>se cogner</i> exactly corresponds.]</p> - -<p class='c011'>2. (general).—That is, “construe.” Hence <span class='fss'>TO GET -A CONSTRUE</span> = to get some one to translate a piece.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Conduct</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Eton).—A chaplain.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1867. <span class='sc'>Collins</span>, <i>The Public Schools</i>, p. 163. I was stopped on my -entry into school by the “Minos.” The title of “<span class='fss'>CONDUCT</span>,” by -which the chaplains of Eton College are known, was for many years -ludicrously misprinted by the successive editors of Horace Walpole’s -Letters, who made him talk of “standing funking over against a -conduit to be catechised.”</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Conduit</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—(1) In College, a water-tap; -(2) in Commoners, a lavatory.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Continent</b>, <i>adv.</i> (Winchester).—Ill; on the sick-list: <i>cf.</i> -<span class='sc'>Abroad</span>. [From <i>continens cameram vel lectum</i>.] -Hence <span class='fss'>CONTINENT-ROOM</span> = a sick-chamber.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1605. <span class='sc'>Shakspeare</span>, <i>Lear</i>, i. 2. I pray you have a <span class='fss'>CONTINENT</span> forbearance; -... if you do stir abroad, go armed.</p> - -<p class='c012'><i>c.</i> 1840. <span class='sc'>Mansfield</span>, <i>School-Life at Winchester College</i>, p. 146. When -a boy felt ill, or inclined to quit school for a period, he had to get -leave <span class='fss'>CONTINENT</span>, which was done by sending a boy in the morning first -to get leave from his tutor, and then from the Head Master.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1878. <span class='sc'>Adams</span>, <i>Wykehamica</i>, p. 224. We suggested the “<span class='fss'>CONTINENT</span> -room”; and on being required to say what was to become of the sick -boys? replied, that it was notorious that there was never anything -the matter with them!</p> - -<p class='c012'>1881. <i>Felstedian</i>, Nov., p. 75, “A Day’s Fagging at Winchester.” -I remember that I have to get “<span class='fss'>LEAVE CONTINENT</span>” for one of the -fellows, <i>i.e.</i> he wants to be “æger for the day” (“continent,” of course -= “keeping indoors,” being confined to “sick house” or the infirmary). -I have to ask leave from the senior præfect in chambers, the præfect -of hall, the second master, and the head-master, whom I waylay going -to chapel.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Cool</b> (or <b>Cool-kick</b>), <i>subs.</i> (Eton).—A kick at football -with no one near. Also as <i>verb</i> = to kick hard.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Copus</b>, <i>subs.</i> (University).—A wine or beer cup: commonly -imposed as a fine upon those who talked Latin in -Hall, or committed other breaches of etiquette. [Dr. -Johnson derives it from <i>episcopus</i>, and if this be -correct it is doubtless the same as <span class='sc'>Bishop</span>.]</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Copy</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Harrow).—An asterisk: <i>e.g.</i> as placed on the -broadsheet against the name of any boy who comes -out top of his division in any subject; three <span class='fss'>COPIES</span> -secure a prize in Speech-room. <i>See</i> Appendix.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Corn</b> (The), <i>subs.</i> (Oxford).—Cornmarket Street.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Corner</b>, <i>intj.</i> (The Leys).—Look out! Clear the way! -[Originally shouted as a warning by boys cycling -about the buildings on approaching a corner.]</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Corner-monitor</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Harrow).—The monitor in turn -at <span class='sc'>Bill</span> (<i>q.v.</i>) to keep line and preserve order -generally.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Corps-board</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Harrow).—The Rifle Corps notice-board.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Cosh</b>, <i>subs.</i> (King Edward’s, Birm.).—A caning. Also -as <i>verb</i> = to cane. A rarer word is <span class='fss'>TANK</span> (<i>q.v.</i>).</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Cots</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Christ’s Hospital).—<i>See</i> quot. [A corruption -of “cotton.”]</p> - -<p class='c012'>1810. <span class='sc'>Charles Lamb</span>, <i>Recollections of Christ’s Hospital</i> [1835], p. 24. -The <span class='fss'>COTS</span>, or superior Shoe Strings of the Monitors.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Coup</b>, <i>verb.</i> 1. (Durham).—To upset: in frequent use on -the river. [North dia. <span class='fss'>COUP</span> = to empty or overset.]</p> - -<p class='c011'>2. (Stonyhurst).—At <span class='sc'>Bandy</span> (<i>q.v.</i>), to lift the -ball from the ground by means of the crook of the -stick.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Course</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—Duty: in <i>rota</i>. <span class='sc'>In course</span> -= on duty. [<span class='sc'>Course-keeper</span> (obsolete) = a Commoner -who drew up a table of fagging duties.—<span class='sc'>Wrench.</span>]</p> - -<p class='c012'><i>c.</i> 1840. <span class='sc'>Mansfield</span>, <i>School-Life at Winchester</i>, 206. <span class='sc'>Course-keeper</span>, -an office in the patronage of the Commoner Præfects, the -duties of which were principally connected with the organisation of -the fagging department. He was required to have been three years -in the school, to be of reasonable bodily strength, and in Middle Part. -His privileges were numerous, the principal being that he was allowed -to fag. When he ascended into Senior Part his duties ceased, but his -privileges remained; he was then called <span class='fss'>EX-COURSE-KEEPER</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Court, The</b> (Stonyhurst).—The quadrangle behind the -College Towers; now more commonly called the -Quadrangle. [“Quadrangle” was one of the names -which puzzled the Claimant in the famous Tichborne -Trial. <i>Cf.</i> <i>Times</i> reports; also <i>Stonyhurst -Magazine</i>, vol. i. p. 294, and vol. ii. p. 317.]</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Courts</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Sherborne).—The school quadrangles: -the earliest known use of the term is at the end of -the sixteenth century.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Cowshed</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Christ’s Hospital). <i>See</i> Appendix.</p> - -<p class='c012'><i>c.</i> 1890. <i>More Gleanings from</i> <span class='sc'>The Blue</span>, 84. Time was when it -was looked upon as a sacred duty on the first Sunday of each term to -introduce Hertford boys to those three stones in the Ditch which -represent the toffee man, to show them his six little children, his brush -and comb, his windmill, and whatsoever else belonging to him the -imaginative youth can discern in the bare stones under the <span class='fss'>COWSHED</span>, -as it is called. Those “sermons in stones” belonged essentially to -Sunday.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Cow-shooter</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester: obsolete).—A “deer-stalker” -hat: worn by Præfects and <span class='sc'>Candle-keepers</span> -(<i>q.v.</i>).</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Coxy</b>, <i>adj.</i> (general).—Stuck up; conceited; impudent. -[<span class='sc'>Coxy</span> = conceited (Warwickshire).—<span class='sc'>Halliwell.</span>]</p> - -<p class='c012'>1856. <span class='sc'>Hughes</span>, <i>Tom Brown’s School-days</i>, p. 202. He’s the <span class='fss'>COXIEST</span> -young blackguard in the house—I always told you so. <i>Ibid.</i>, p. 214. -“Confoundedly <span class='fss'>COXY</span> those young rascals will get if we don’t mind,” -was the general feeling.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1882. <span class='sc'>F. Anstey</span>, <i>Vice Versâ</i>, ch. iv. “Now then, young Bultitude, -you used to be a decent fellow enough last term, though you were -<span class='fss'>COXY</span>. So, before we go any further—what do you mean by this sort -of thing?”</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Coy</b>, <i>adv.</i> (Sherborne).—Shy.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Crackle</b> (or <b>Crackling</b>), <i>subs.</i> (University).—The velvet -bars on the gowns of the <span class='sc'>Johnian</span> “<span class='sc'>Hogs</span>” (<i>q.v.</i>). -[From a resemblance to the scored rind on roast -pork.] The covered bridge between one of the -courts and the grounds of John’s is called the -Isthmus of Suez (Latin <i>sus</i>, a swine).</p> - -<p class='c012'>1885. <span class='sc'>Cuthbert Bede</span>, in <i>Notes and Queries</i>, 6 S., xi. 414. The -word <span class='fss'>CRACKLE</span> refers to the velvet bars on the students’ gowns.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Cram</b>, <i>subs.</i> (general).—An adventitious aid to study; -a translation; a crib. As <i>verb</i> = to study at high -pressure. Hence, <span class='fss'>CRAMMER</span> = a <span class='fss'>COACH</span> (<i>q.v.</i>); a -<span class='fss'>GRINDER</span> (<i>q.v.</i>); and <span class='fss'>CRAMMING</span> = studying hard.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1803. <i>Gradus ad Cantab.</i>, s.v.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1812. Miss <span class='sc'>Edgeworth</span>, <i>Patronage</i>, ch. iii. Put him into the hands -of a clever grinder or <span class='fss'>CRAMMER</span>, and they would soon cram the necessary -portion of Latin and Greek into him.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1825. <span class='sc'>Hone</span>, <i>Every-Day Book</i>, Feb. 22. Shutting my room door -... and <span class='fss'>CRAMMING</span> Euc.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1841. <i>Punch</i>, vol. i. p. 201, col. 1. Aspirants to honours in law, -physic, or divinity, each know the value of private <span class='fss'>CRAMMING</span>.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1844. <i>Puck</i>, p. 13. Though for Great Go and for Small, I teach -Paley, <span class='fss'>CRAM</span> and all.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1853. <span class='sc'>Bradley</span> (“C. Bede”), <i>Verdant Green</i>, pt. <span class='fss'>II.</span> p. 68. The -infatuated Mr. Bouncer madly persisted ... in going into the -school clad in his examination coat, and padded over with a host -of <span class='fss'>CRAMS</span>.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1863. <span class='sc'>Charles Reade</span>, <i>Hard Cash</i>, i. p. 16. “All this term I -have been (‘training’ scratched out and another word put in: c—r -oh, I know) <span class='fss'>CRAMMING</span>.” “<span class='sc'>Cramming</span>, love?” “Yes, that is Oxfordish -for studying.”</p> - -<p class='c012'>1869. <span class='sc'>Spencer</span>, <i>Study of Sociology</i>, ch. xv. 574 (9th ed.). And here, -by higher culture, I do not mean mere language-learning, and an extension -of the detestable <span class='fss'>CRAMMING</span> system at present in use.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1872. <span class='sc'>Besant and Rice</span>, <i>My Little Girl</i>. The writer of one -crushing article <span class='fss'>CRAMMED</span> for it, like Mr. Pott’s young man.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1872. <i>Evening Standard</i>, Aug. 16. “The Competition Wallah.” -The <span class='fss'>CRAMMER</span> follows in the wake of competitive examinations as -surely as does the shadow the body.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1872. <i>Daily News</i>, Dec. 20. Competitive examinations for the -public service defeated in a great measure the object of their promoters, -which was to place rich and poor on an equality, because success was -made to depend very largely on successful <span class='fss'>CRAMMING</span>, which meant a -high-priced <span class='fss'>CRAMMER</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Crib</b>, <i>subs.</i> (general).—A surreptitious aid to study. -Also as <i>verb</i>.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1841. <i>Punch</i>, i. 177. <span class='sc'>Cribbing</span> his answers from a tiny manual -... which he hides under his blotting-paper. <i>Ibid.</i>, 185. He has -with a prudent forethought stuffed his <span class='fss'>CRIBS</span> inside his double-breasted -waistcoat.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1855. <span class='sc'>Thackeray</span>, <i>Newcomes</i>, ch. xxii. I wish I had read Greek a -little more at school, ... when we return I think I shall try and -read it with <span class='fss'>CRIBS</span>.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1856. <span class='sc'>T. Hughes</span>, <i>Tom Brown’s School-days</i>, pt. <span class='fss'>II.</span> ch. vi. Tom, I -want you to give up using vulgus books and <span class='fss'>CRIBS</span>. <i>Ibid.</i>, ii. 3. Two -highly moral lines ... which he <span class='fss'>CRIBBED</span> entire from one of his -books.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1889. <i>Globe</i>, 12th Oct., p. 1, col. 4. Always, it seems likely, there -will be men “going up” for examinations; and every now and again, -no doubt, there will be among them a wily “Heathen Pass-ee” like -him of whom Mr. Hilton speaks—who had <span class='fss'>CRIBS</span> up his sleeve, and -notes on his cuff.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Crick, The</b> (Rugby). <i>See</i> quot.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1890. <i>Great Public Schools</i>, 182. <span class='sc'>The crick</span> is the most celebrated -of all school runs. Everybody, I fancy, in the running world has -heard of it. On a day at the end of the Christmas term—generally -on the first Thursday in December—you may see all the School -assembled at the “Quad gates.”... <span class='sc'>The crick</span> is only run once a -year. Its course is along roads and footpaths to Crick village, and then -back by Hillmorton, the finish being a length of about a third of a -mile along the Hillmorton Road. It is a race pure and simple; and is -in this respect a race against time.... The length of the race is supposed -to be about eleven or twelve miles, and the time in which it is -run is generally between an hour and twenty minutes and an hour and -a half.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Cricket-bill</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Harrow).—A “call-over” on the -cricket-ground. All fall into line, down which a -master goes noting the number of those absent as -stated by the <span class='sc'>Shepherds</span> (<i>q.v.</i>).</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Cricket-Quarter</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Charterhouse).—<i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Long -Quarter</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Croc</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Cheltenham).—A ladies’ school when -walking out.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Crocketts</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—A kind of bastard -cricket, sometimes called “small <span class='fss'>CROCKETTS</span>.” A -stump was used and a fives ball, with a bat of plain -deal about two inches broad, or a broomstick. <span class='sc'>To -get crocketts</span> = to fail to score; to get a “duck’s -egg.” <i>Cf.</i> <span class='sc'>Books</span>.</p> - -<p class='c012'><i>c.</i> 1840. <span class='sc'>Mansfield</span>, <i>School-Life at Winchester College</i>, p. 122. The -more noisily disposed would indulge in ... playing Hicockolorum, or -<span class='fss'>CROCKETTS</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Cropple</b>, <i>verb</i> (Winchester).—To pluck; to plough—<span class='fss'>UP -TO</span> Books. [<i>Wykehamicé</i> for <i>cripple</i>.]</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Cross.</b> <span class='sc'>To be crossed</span>, <i>verb. phr.</i>—For not paying term -bills to the bursar (treasurer), or for cutting chapels, -or lectures, or other offences, an undergrad. can be -<span class='fss'>CROSSED</span> at the buttery, or kitchen, or both, <i>i.e.</i> a -<span class='fss'>CROSS</span> is put against his name by the Don, who -wishes to see him, or to punish him.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1853. <span class='sc'>Bradley</span> (“Cuthbert Bede”), <i>Verdant Green</i>, pt. <span class='fss'>II.</span> ch. x. -Sir!—You will translate all your lectures; have your name <span class='fss'>CROSSED</span> -on the buttery and kitchen books; and be confined to chapel, hall, -and college.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Crow</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Stonyhurst).—A master. [From the black -gown with “wings.”]</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Crown</b> (Charterhouse).—The school tuck-shop.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1900. <span class='sc'>Tod</span>, <i>Charterhouse</i>, 96. At Old Charterhouse the word -<span class='fss'>CROWN</span>, with a sort of coronet above it, was painted in large white -letters on a wall near the racket courts. The story is that the Crown -Inn once stood just outside this wall.... When the inn was pulled -down, Lord Ellenborough, then a boy in the school, painted a crown on -a wall near the place where the inn had stood. Years after, on his -return from India, being touched to find his boyish work still in -existence, he expressed a hope that it might never be allowed to -vanish; so it has been painted again from time to time, and Merchant -Taylors’ still keep it fresh. This “<span class='fss'>CROWN</span>” was not near the tuck-shop, -which was a grimy cellar under the old school, with the face of -a disused clock for a signboard, and the superscription, “<span class='fss'>NO TICK -HERE</span>.” But it was thought fit that the memory of this old word -should be kept up somehow and somewhere at the new school, so a -large theatrical-looking crown was suspended, like a tavern sign, outside -the school tuck-shop in the pavilion. In this way the name and -memory of this bit of antiquity are preserved.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Crow Wood</b> (Stonyhurst).—A wood in the Park.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1884. <i>Stonyhurst Mag.</i>, June, p. 294. The churn was in the latter -days [1834] turned by a wheel worked by water supplied from the -<span class='fss'>CROW WOOD</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Crug</b>, <i>subs.</i> 1. (Christ’s Hospital).—At Hertford, a crust; -in the London school, crust and crumb alike.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1820. <span class='sc'>Lamb</span>, <i>Elia</i> (<i>Christ’s Hospital</i>) [<i>Works</i> (1852), 322]. He had -his tea and hot rolls in a morning, while we were battening upon our -quarter of a penny loaf—our <span class='fss'>CRUG</span>.</p> - -<p class='c011'>2. <span class='sc'>A Blue</span> (<i>q.v.</i>); especially an “old boy.”</p> - -<p class='c012'>1877. <span class='sc'>Blanch</span>, <i>Blue-Coat Boys</i>, p. 80. All <span class='fss'>CRUGS</span> will well remember, -&c.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Cruganaler</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Christ’s Hospital).—A biscuit given -on St. Matthew’s Day. [Orthography dubious. -Blanch inclines to the following derivation: “The -biscuit had once something to do with those nights -when bread and beer, with cheese, were substituted -for bread-and-butter and milk. Thence the term -‘crug and aler.’ The only argument against this is -the fact that the liquid was never dignified with -the name of ale, but was invariably called ‘the -swipes.’ By another derivation = ‘hard as nails.’ -It is then spelt <span class='fss'>CRUGGYNAILER</span>.”] Obsolete.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Cruggy</b>, <i>adj.</i> (Christ’s Hospital).—Hungry. [From <span class='fss'>CRUG</span> -(<i>q.v.</i>).]</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Crump</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—A hard hit; a fall. Also -as <i>verb</i>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Cud</b>, <i>adj.</i> 1. (Winchester).—Pretty; handsome. [A -suggested derivation is from κυδος; another is the -A.S. <i>cuð</i>, the Scots <i>couthie</i>, and whence <i>cuðle</i>, to -cuddle (a derivative of <i>cuð</i>), the meaning formerly -given to a verbal usage of <span class='fss'>CUD</span> at Winchester.]</p> - -<p class='c011'>2. (Christ’s Hospital).—Severe. Whence <span class='fss'>CUDDY</span> -= hard: difficult; said of a lesson. Also <i>Hertfordicé</i> -for <span class='fss'>PASSY</span> (<i>q.v.</i>). [There is a common hard -biscuit called a “cuddy-biscuit” which doubtless -has this derivation.] Obsolete.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Culminate</b>, <i>verb</i> (University: obsolete).—To mount a -coach-box.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1803. <i>Gradus ad Cantabrigiam</i>, s.v.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Cup-fag</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Charterhouse).—A boy whose duty it is -to place the challenge cups, should his House have -any, in their cases each morning, and remove them -to a safe place every night. He has also to keep -them clean, and for neglect of any of these duties -he is fined. He receives a quarterly payment for -his services, and is exempt from other forms of -fagging.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Curtain.</b> <span class='sc'>Above the curtain</span>, <i>phr.</i> (Westminster).—<i>See</i> -quot.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1867. <span class='sc'>Collins</span>, <i>The Public Schools</i>, p. 108. A curtain formerly was -drawn across the school, dividing the upper forms from the lower. -One day a boy was so unlucky as to tear it; and Busby’s known -severity left no doubt of the punishment that would follow. The -offender was in despair, when a generous schoolfellow volunteered to -take the blame upon himself and suffered in his friend’s stead -accordingly.... In three year’s time he was sufficiently advanced to -be admitted by Busby <span class='fss'>ABOVE THE CURTAIN</span>—that is, into the fourth -class, the lowest in the upper school. Of this class, however, he says -the head-master “took little or no care,” but as he rose into the higher -forms he found the teaching more satisfactory.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Cuse</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—A book in which a record is -kept of the “marks” in each division; a <span class='fss'>CLASSICUS -PAPER</span> (<i>q.v.</i>): also used for the weekly order.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Custos</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Harrow).—The official who looks after all -arrangements in the way of stationery, &c., keeps -the keys, cuts names on the House-boards, &c.</p> - -<p class='c011'>Also <i>see</i> <span class='sc'>Admonishing-money</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Cut</b>, <i>verb</i> (general).—To avoid; to absent oneself from: -<i>e.g.</i> <span class='fss'>TO CUT LECTURE</span>, <span class='fss'>TO CUT CHAPEL</span>, <span class='fss'>TO CUT HALL</span>, -<span class='fss'>TO CUT GATES</span>. <i>See</i> Appendix.</p> - -<p class='c011'><span class='sc'>To cut into</span>, <i>verb. phr.</i> (Winchester).—Originally -to hit one with a “ground ash.” The office -was exercised by Bible-clerks upon a man kicking -up a row when up to Books. Now generally used -in the sense of to correct in a less formal manner -than <span class='fss'>TUNDING</span> (<i>q.v.</i>).</p> - -<p class='c011'><span class='sc'>To cut in a book</span>, <i>verb. phr.</i> (Winchester).—<i>See</i> -quot.</p> - -<p class='c012'><i>c.</i> 1840. <span class='sc'>Mansfield</span>, <i>School-Life at Winchester</i> (1866). <span class='sc'>Cut in a -book.</span>—A method of drawing lots. A certain letter was fixed on (<i>e.g.</i> -the first in the second line on the left page), each boy then turned over -a leaf, and whoever turned over the leaf in which the corresponding -letter was nearest to <span class='fss'>A</span>, won.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Cuts</b>, <i>subs.</i> (general).—Flannel trousers; <span class='fss'>SHORTS</span> (<i>q.v.</i>).</p> - -<div class='chapter'> - <h2 class='c003' title='D'></h2> -</div> -<div class='c009'> - <img class='drop-capi' src='images/i_068_d.png' width='100' alt='' /> -</div><p class='drop-capi0_9'> -<b>Dab</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Harrow).—The entrance examination: -held at the beginning of term.</p> -<div class='clearme'> - -</div> - -<p class='c011'>To be a <span class='fss'>DAB</span> = to be skilled at anything. -Hence, the two entrance examinations, one -at the end of term, and the other at the -very beginning of the next, are the <span class='fss'>SKEW</span> (<i>q.v.</i>) -and the <span class='fss'>DAB</span> respectively. The <span class='fss'>DAB</span> offers no -second chance; hence a bad candidate tries the -“skew” first.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Dame</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Eton).—A mathematical or other master -(except a classical) who keeps a boarding-house for -boys in College. Also (obsolete) at Harrow. <i>See</i> -Appendix, and quot. 1867.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1786-1805. <span class='sc'>Tooke</span>, <i>Parley</i>, 390, s.v. <span class='sc'>Battel</span>. A term used at Eton -for the small portion of food which in addition to the College allowance -the Collegers receive from their <span class='fss'>DAMES</span>.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1865. <i>Etoniana</i>, 133. Formerly these [boarding] houses were almost -entirely kept by “<span class='fss'>DAMES</span>” or “Dominies”—the latter being the old -style when there was a male head of the establishment, though now -the term “DAMES” applies to all without reference to sex. Tutors -and assistant-masters used to live in most of these houses, but had no -charge over the boys. Only the lower master and some of the -senior assistant-masters kept houses of their own. There are now -twenty boarding-houses kept by masters, and ten by “<span class='fss'>DAMES</span>”—of -whom four only are ladies.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1866-72. “<span class='sc'>Mac</span>,” <i>Sketchy Memories of Eton</i> (1885). I am thankful -to say that I did not attend the show. But I happened to see the -World conducted back to his <span class='fss'>DAME’S</span>, and the spectacle was gruesome. -The punishment inflicted had been very considerable, and I do not -think the World appeared in public for quite a fortnight.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1867. <span class='sc'>Collins</span>, <i>The Public Schools</i> [Harrow], p. 293. All these -[sixteen boarding-houses other than the head-master’s] are kept by -assistant-masters, and form one considerable source of their income. -No <span class='fss'>DAMES’</span> boarding-houses are now sanctioned; and for the good -order of his establishment each master is responsible.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1890. <i>Great Public Schools</i>, 16. Until recently some of the boarding-houses -were kept by assistant-masters, the remainder by “dominies” -or “<span class='fss'>DAMES</span>,” who took no part in the work of education, and had -little or no disciplinary jurisdiction. The boys, therefore, who -boarded in <span class='fss'>DAMES’</span> houses had as their tutors assistant-masters residing -elsewhere. Now, although there remains only one female <span class='fss'>DAME</span>, -the teachers of mathematics, science, and French are for some purposes -accounted <span class='fss'>DAMES</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Damnation-corner</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Eton).—<i>See</i> quot., and <span class='sc'>Damnation-hill</span> -(Appendix).</p> - -<p class='c012'>1866-72. “<span class='sc'>Mac</span>,” <i>Sketchy Memories of Eton</i> (1885). Meanwhile, “regardless -of our doom, we little victims played,” or rather watched the -play; we little knew what cruel fate awaited us, or that the present -head-master of Eton and the Rev. F. W. Cornish lay in ambush for -our outcoming behind that very sharp turn in the High Street, which, -on account of its acute angle, and the consequent danger of being -nailed in shirking in old days, was somewhat flippantly termed <span class='fss'>DAMNATION-CORNER</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Dancing Gallery, The</b> (Stonyhurst: obsolete).—The old -name of the Picta Gallery.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1884. <i>Stonyhurst Mag.</i>, i. 290. The gallery now known as “Our -Lady’s Gallery,” which in former times was designated <span class='fss'>THE DANCING -GALLERY</span>. It is by competent judges pronounced to be one of the -finest bits of “Baronial Gothic” architecture in England, but the -door is quite a solecism, for it is of a much later design.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Dark Walk, The</b> (Stonyhurst).—A long avenue of tall -yew trees in the garden. Tradition says the last of -the Shireburns was poisoned by eating some of the -berries from these trees. <i>Cf.</i> <i>Stonyhurst Mag.</i>, ii. 179; -iv. 703.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1885. <i>Stonyhurst Mag.</i>, i. 179. The <span class='fss'>DARK WALK</span> formerly extended -a considerable way nearer the house than now, and when the Jesuits -came it was found necessary to encroach upon the gardens to make -room for the playgrounds, and a certain part of the <span class='fss'>DARK WALK</span> was -taken in.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Darker</b> (Harrow).—The photographic “dark-room”: -formerly under the Science Schools.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Dark-lanthorn</b> (Harrow).—<i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Jack-o’-Lantern</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Date-card</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Haileybury).—<i>See</i> quot.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1890. <i>Great Public Schools</i>, 297. Besides the ordinary forms of -punishment, there is the <span class='fss'>DATE-CARD</span>, of which refractory or forgetful -youths write out selected “twelves.” It is much more useful to know -“Gutenberg prints from moveable type, 1453,” than to record “Infaudum, -regina, jubes renovare dolorem.”</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Daviesites</b> (Charterhouse).—<i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Out-houses</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Day</b> (Stonyhurst).—Rector’s Day, Provincial’s Day, -General’s Day—whole holidays given in honour of -superiors; in the two former instances accompanied -by presentations of verses written by the boys. -[The word “<span class='fss'>DAY</span>” seems as peculiar as “<span class='fss'>PLACE</span>” -(<i>q.v.</i>). <i>Cf.</i> the “Three hundred-day,” given when -the number of boys first reached three hundred; -“Kenna’s Day,” on the occasion of the visit of -Captain Kenna, V.C., to the College, &c.]</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Day-boys</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Cheltenham).—An exercise on the -horizontal bar.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Dean</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—A small band of wood -round a <span class='sc'>Bill-brighter</span> (<i>q.v.</i>); that securing a -fagot is called a <span class='sc'>Bishop</span> (<i>q.v.</i>).</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Debater</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Harrow).—The school debating society.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Deeds</b> (or <b>Dees</b>), <i>subs.</i> (Felsted).—Private prayers.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Deg</b>, <i>subs.</i> and <i>verb</i> (The Leys).—To degrade; to depose. -Hence, one who has forfeited rank or office by misconduct.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Degra</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Charterhouse).—A degradation.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Degrade</b>, <i>verb</i> (Christ’s Hospital).—To feel degradation: -<i>e.g.</i> he is <span class='fss'>DEGRADED</span> to do so-and-so.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Dep</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Christ’s Hospital).—A deputy <span class='sc'>Grecian</span> (<i>q.v.</i>), -<i>i.e.</i> a boy in the form below the <span class='sc'>Grecians</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Deputy</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—The Junior <span class='sc'>Candlekeeper</span> -(<i>q.v.</i>), who had the organisation of the Fagging -department, and assisted the Senior <span class='sc'>Candlekeeper</span> -in thrashing the Juniors in Hall.—<span class='sc'>Mansfield</span> -(<i>c.</i> 1840).</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Derrywag</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Harrow).—Paper used for parsing: -ruled twenty lines down, and six across. [That is, -“derivation paper.”]</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Deten</b>, <i>subs.</i> (King Edward’s, Birm.).—A card issued to -a boy set down for Saturday afternoon detention. -Also called a <span class='fss'>SOUP-TICKET</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Devor</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Charterhouse).—Plum-cake. [From the -Latin verb.]</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Dex</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Loretto).—A form of “small cricket” once -extremely popular at Loretto. [The name originated -with Andrew Lang, and was not intended to -be complimentary to the game. Often called -<span class='fss'>PUDDEX</span>, owing to a mistaken derivation.]</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Dibs</b> (or <b>Dobs</b>), <i>subs.</i> (Sherborne).—Prayers.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Dic</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Harrow).—A dictionary.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Dinge</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Royal Military Academy).—A picture or -painting.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Dip</b>, <i>subs.</i> 1. (Westminster).—A pocket-inkstand.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1867. <span class='sc'>Collins</span>, <i>The Public Schools</i>, p. 165. Two pen-knives, two -pieces of india-rubber, two pencils, two pieces of sealing-wax, two pieces -of penstring, two <span class='fss'>DIPS</span> (little globular ink-bottles), two <span class='fss'>DIP-CORKS</span>, two -wedges, two pieces of gutta-percha (for putting on the points of foils), -and any number of pens. [Contents of a Westminster fag’s pocket.]</p> - -<p class='c011'>2. (Felsted).—An “incandescent” electric lamp. -Hence <span class='fss'>DIP-KEY</span> = an electric light switch-key.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Dispar</b> (or <b>Disper</b>), <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—A portion; a -share. <i>See</i> quot., and <span class='sc'>Cat’s-head</span>.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1847. <span class='sc'>Halliwell</span>, <i>Arch. Words</i>, s.v. <span class='sc'>Dispar</span> ... A commons or -share.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1867. <span class='sc'>Collins</span>, <i>The Public Schools</i>, p. 22. Under the superintendence -of the <i>præfectus ollæ</i> (prefect of tub), portions of beef, called <span class='fss'>DISPARS</span>, -were served out to the boys in messes of four, with a sufficiency of -bread, and beer in large black jacks.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Distinction-breakfast</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Stonyhurst).—<i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Good-breakfast</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Distinguished</b>, <i>adj.</i> (Stonyhurst).—Said of a boy who -obtains two-thirds of the marks in any examination. -“Distinction” in the year’s work wins a prize, and -term “distinctions” are otherwise rewarded.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Ditch</b> (The), <i>subs.</i> (Christ’s Hospital).—<i>See</i> Appendix.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1854. <i>The Blue</i> [quoted in] July 1871. The Steward did not attempt -to quiet us; he got us out of the Hall as quickly as he could, and we -rushed to the Treasurer’s house in the <span class='fss'>DITCH</span>, and cried “Shame” till -we were tired.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Ditto-blues</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—A suit of clothes all -of blue cloth.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Div</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Harrow).—A “division”: <i>e.g.</i> <span class='sc'>Tique-div</span> (<i>q.v.</i>).</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Do</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Stonyhurst).—A general name for minor and -special suppers: usually given to some privileged -class, or in reward for some extra work: e.g. Choir-<span class='fss'>DO</span>; -Magazine-<span class='fss'>DO</span> (given to the staff and contributors -to the School magazine). <i>Cf.</i> <span class='sc'>Good-supper</span> and -<span class='sc'>Good-breakfast</span>. Whence <span class='fss'>DO-ROOM</span> = the long room -in which a <span class='fss'>DO</span> is held. [As a rule words with the -suffix “room” are modern; “<span class='fss'>PLACE</span>” (<i>q.v.</i>) is the -older form.]</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Dock</b>, <i>verb</i> (Winchester).—To erase: as by rubbing out, -or by a stroke of the pen; to tear out: as leaves -from a book. Also <span class='fss'>DOCK OUT</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Doctor</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—The Head-master.</p> - -<p class='c012'><i>c.</i> 1840. <span class='sc'>Mansfield</span>, <i>School-Life at Winchester College</i>, p. 27. The -Head Master, or the <span class='sc'>Doctor</span>, as he is always called, lives in “Commoners’ -buildings.”</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Dog-biscuit</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Charterhouse).—A biscuit, which -with a glass of milk, or (in winter) a cup of coffee, -may be had before chapel at 7.30 <span class='fss'>A.M.</span></p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Dogger</b>, <i>verb</i> (Charterhouse).—To cheat; to sell rubbish.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Dogs</b>, <i>intj.</i> (Royal High School, Edin.: obsolete).—The -III<sup>rd</sup> Class: formerly used as was <span class='fss'>CATS</span> (<i>q.v.</i>) of -the II<sup>nd</sup> Class.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Dog-shooter</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Royal Military Academy).—<i>See</i> -quot.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1889. <span class='sc'>Barrere</span>, <i>Slang, Jargon, and Cant</i>, p. 317. Cadets thus term -a student who accelerates, that is, who, being pretty certain of not -being able to obtain a commission in the engineers, or not caring for -it, elects to join a superior class before the end of the term.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Dole</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester: obsolete).—A stratagem; a -trick: as to get one out of bed. [From Latin -<i>dolus</i>.]</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Dolifier</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—One who contrives a trick. -<i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Dole</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Dolphin</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Harrow).—A boy who has passed a -certain examination in swimming and diving: about -the fifteen best, as a rule, are so named.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1890. <i>Great Public Schools</i>, p. 96. On the last Monday of the term -there is a contest for the best swimmer and the best diver, a challenge -cup being given for these events by Lord Ebrington. There are also -contests for racing, picking up eggs, and to become “<span class='fss'>DOLPHINS</span>,” and -for a Humane Society medal.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Dome</b> (or <b>Doom</b>), <i>subs.</i> (Sherborne).—A bedroom.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Domum</b>, <i>intj.</i> (Winchester; obsolete).—The summons -back from Hills: given by College Juniors. Also -as in quot.</p> - -<p class='c012'><i>c.</i> 1840. <span class='sc'>Mansfield</span>, <i>School-Life at Winchester</i>, 207. <span class='sc'>Domum</span>—a -Latin Canticle, supposed to have been written by a boy who was not -allowed to go home for the holidays. The tradition says that he -carved it on a tree, and then committed suicide. On the last Friday -in Long Half, after Election, a kind of festival was held in the evening, -when numbers of people came into College, and <span class='fss'>DOMUM</span> was sung over -and over again in School, Meads, and the principal Quadrangle ... -at each place (p. 183) singing <span class='fss'>DOMUM</span> louder than before, till at last the -power failed, and the ladies, visitors, and superannuates went to recruit -their energies for a brief period before going to the <span class='fss'>DOMUM-BALL</span> at St. -John’s rooms.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Domum-ball</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—A ball given by the -superannuated College Prefects on the evening -after the “men” go home for the Midsummer -holidays.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Domum-day</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—Going-home day at -Midsummer.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Don</b>, <i>subs.</i> (University).—A fellow or officer of a college; -whence the vulgar usage = an adept; a swell. -[From Latin <i>dominus</i>, a lord, through the Spanish -title.]</p> - -<p class='c012'>1665. <span class='sc'>Dryden</span>, <i>Indian Emperor</i>, Epilogue, 21. For the great <span class='fss'>DONS</span> -of wit—Phœbus gives them full privilege alone, To damn all others, -and cry up their own.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1698-1700. <span class='sc'>Ward</span>, <i>London Spy</i>, pt. <span class='fss'>XIII</span>. p. 299. Like the Great Old -<span class='fss'>DONS</span> of the Law, when they dance the Measures in an Inns-of-Court -Hall upon the first day of Christmas.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1730. <span class='sc'>Jas. Miller</span>, <i>Humours of Oxford</i>, i. p. 7 (2nd ed.). The old -<span class='fss'>DONS</span> ... will come cringing, cap in hand, to offer to show the ladies -the curiosities of the college.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1826. <span class='sc'>Reynolds</span> (“Peter Corcoran”), <i>Song on the Fancy</i>. Dull -innocence! Twaddle on, Thy weary worshipper—and fain Would give -thee up, to be a <span class='fss'>DON</span>, And beat the watch in Drury Lane.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1855. <span class='sc'>Thackeray</span>, <i>Newcomes</i>, ch. xi. Does not go much into -society, except ... once or twice to the houses of great country -<span class='fss'>DONS</span> who dwell near him in the country.</p> - -<p class='c012'><i>c.</i> 1880. <i>Broadside Ballad</i>, sung by Jenny Hill. “’Arry, ’Arry, -There you are now, ’Arry, I say, ’Arry, by Jove, you are a <span class='fss'>DON</span>.”</p> - -<p class='c012'>1891. <i>Harry Fludyer at Cambridge</i>, 11. What the <span class='fss'>DONS</span> can be -about to allow boys ... to have a bottle of champagne each, and -then “more,” I can <i>not</i> understand.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Dor</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Old Westminster).—<i>See</i> quot. [<span class='sc'>To obtain -a dor</span> = to get leave to sleep.—<span class='sc'>Halliwell.</span>]</p> - -<p class='c012'>1715. <span class='sc'>J. Kersey</span>, <i>English Dictionary</i>. <i>Sub voce</i>, a term used at -Westminster School for leave to sleep awhile.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Double</b>, <i>subs.</i> 1. (Loretto).—A general assembly of the -school. The first double is for morning prayers at -9.30 <span class='fss'>A.M.</span> after first hour’s school. After prayers, -sides for the day are arranged in Hall. The -head boy holds a double after dinner, when the -exercise of those not playing in regular games is -arranged. [Originally summoned by a double -bell.]</p> - -<p class='c011'>2. (Harrow).—A room shared by one other. <i>See</i> -<span class='sc'>Single</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Double Puff</b>, <i>subs. phr.</i> (Stonyhurst: obsolete).—<i>See</i> -quot.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1886. <i>Stonyhurst Mag.</i>, iii. 18. <span class='sc'>Double puff</span>, ... a game played -after the fashion of “tip and run,” except that instead of a wicket and -tennis ball a Stonyhurst cricket bat is used, and a ball about the size -of an ordinary <span class='fss'>BANDY</span> (<i>q.v.</i>) ball, made of soft material and covered -with sheepskin, which made it very hard to hit far, and still harder -either to catch, or to pick up and throw in.... The distance between -the wickets is not as long as in wicket cricket; and the rule about -bowling is the same as in Stonyhurst cricket, namely, under-arm and -not waiting till the batsman is ready. It used to be played a good -many years ago on Sunday afternoons, between Vespers and supper; -and the community used to come out in large numbers to play it.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Double-ruled</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Harrow).—Punishment paper. -[Ruled double like a copy-book.]</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Dough</b>, <i>subs.</i> (general).—Pudding.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Doul</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Shrewsbury and Durham).—A fag. Also -as <i>verb</i>. Obsolete at Durham. <i>Cf.</i> <span class='sc'>Dowlings</span>.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1867. <span class='sc'>Collins</span>, <i>The Public Schools</i> [Shrewsbury], p. 250. Four boys -are “put on” by rotation every week as general fags for the head -common room, whose duties in modern days consist chiefly in fetching -and carrying. These fags are called <span class='fss'>DOULS</span> (δουλος) in the classical -Shrewsbury vernacular.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Dove</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Cambridge: obsolete).—A member of St. -Catharine’s College.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1889. <span class='sc'>C. Whibley</span>, <i>Three Centuries of Cambridge Wit</i>, p. xxix. It -is said that the members of St. Catharine’s Hall were first of all called -“Puritans” from the derivation of the name of their patroness from -καθαίρειν. The “dove” being the emblem of purity, to change a -name from “Puritans” to <span class='fss'>DOVES</span> was but one short step.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Dowlings</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Shrewsbury).—Football.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1883. <span class='sc'>Pascoe</span>, <i>Life at our Public Schools</i>. There are four or five -compulsory games a week (football) known as <span class='fss'>DOWLINGS</span> (δουλος).</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Down.</b> <span class='sc'>To be down</span>, <i>verb. phr.</i> (Winchester).—To be -engaged in fagging: as in the cricket field, &c. A -<span class='sc'>College</span> usage.</p> - -<p class='c011'>Also <i>see</i> <span class='sc'>Go</span> and <span class='sc'>Send</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Draw.</b> <span class='sc'>To draw round</span>, <i>verb. phr.</i> (Felsted).—Originally -to bustle about; to chastise in a jocular way. -Later, and usually = to smack on the face or head.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Dreep</b> (or <b>Dreip</b>), <i>subs.</i> (Royal High School, Edin.).—A -curiously dressed person: <i>e.g.</i> “That’s a funny-looking -<span class='fss'>DREEP</span>.”</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Dribbler</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Sherborne).—A weak-minded person.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Drifty</b>, <i>adj.</i> (Felsted: obsolete).—Cold: <i>e.g.</i> “a <span class='fss'>DRIFTY</span> -day.”</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Drive</b>, <i>verb</i> (Felsted).—To be late, or nearly late, for a -roll-call. Also as <i>subs.</i>: <i>e.g.</i> “He did a drive.”</p> - -<p class='c011'><i>Intj.</i> (Felsted).—A contemptuous retort, signifying -that a piece of news is stale: originally <span class='fss'>DRIVE -UP!</span> [The original usage.]</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Dry-bob</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Eton).—A boy who goes in for cricket -rather than boating. <i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Wet-bob</span>.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1839. <span class='sc'>Buckland</span> [<i>Macmillan’s Mag.</i> (Nov. 1889), “Eton Fifty Years -Ago”]. It was the ambition of most boys to be a wet-bob, and to be -“in the boats.” The school was divided between wet-bobs and <span class='fss'>DRY-BOBS</span>, -the former taking their pleasure on the river, and the latter in -the cricket-field.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Duchess’ Rooms</b> (Stonyhurst: obsolete).—A section of -the old College once inhabited by a Dowager -Duchess of Norfolk.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1885. <i>Stonyhurst Mag.</i>, ii. 100. The whole of this building ... -stood in what is now the back court.... It was entirely of wood and -plaster, in the style denominated “post and pattern.” The Duchess -of Norfolk, the last of the Shireburns, daughter of Sir Nicholas, resided -in it, hence the name of <span class='fss'>THE DUCHESS’ ROOMS</span> by which it was -last known. She faced the front of the wooden building with stone, -and inserted sash windows, a style then coming into fashion.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Dubs</b>, <i>adj.</i> (Winchester).—Double.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Duck</b>, <i>subs.</i> 1. (Winchester).—The face. <span class='sc'>To make a -duck</span> = to grimace. [<span class='sc'>Duck</span> (var. dial.) = to bow.]</p> - -<p class='c011'>2. (Felsted).—A school matron.</p> - -<p class='c011'>3. (Harrow).—One of the House swimming four, -upwards of sixteen. Whence <span class='fss'>DUCKLING</span> = one under -sixteen.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1890. <i>Great Public Schools</i>, p. 96. “Ducker” is open all the summer -term, and for two weeks after the boys go back in September. For -those who care for swimming there are inter-House swimming matches; -and each House elects <span class='fss'>DUCKS</span> (boys over sixteen) and <span class='fss'>DUCKLINGS</span> -(boys under sixteen) to compete for Cock-House.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Ducker, The</b> (Harrow).—The school bathing-place beyond -the Footer Fields: the largest artificial open-air -bathing place in England. Originally the -<span class='sc'>Duck-puddle</span>. [Probably the first example of the -“<span class='fss'>-ER</span>” terminations: it is at least forty years old.]</p> - -<p class='c012'>1867. <span class='sc'>Collins</span>, <i>The Public Schools</i>, p. 322. Bathing was always, -until very lately, practised under difficulties at Harrow. The common -bathing-place, known as <span class='fss'>DUCK-PUDDLE</span> ... was a long piece of muddy -water, varying from four to eight feet in depth. There, after it had -been stirred up by all possible means into more of a puddle than usual, -new boys were formally dipped.... To avoid mixing in the general -wash at <span class='fss'>DUCK-PUDDLE</span>, many boys used to go out to the Brent at -Perivale, or even as far as Ellestree reservoir, for bathing; and these -were favourite expeditions on the mornings of Saints’ days. But Dr. -Vaughan had the old “puddle” lined with brick, and supplied with -water by a steam-engine, to the great additional comfort of the bathers.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Ducks</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Harrow).—Football knickerbockers. [Made -of white “duck.”]</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Dump</b>, <i>verb</i> (Winchester).—To extinguish: as a candle. -<i>Ex.</i> <span class='fss'>DUMP</span> the <span class='fss'>TOLLY</span> (<i>q.v.</i>). [<i>Dump</i> (Devon) = to -knock heavily; to stump.]</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Dungeons.</b> <span class='sc'>Meet you in the dungeons</span>, <i>phr.</i> (Royal -High School, Edin.).—A challenge to fight. <i>See</i> -<span class='sc'>Calton</span>, and <span class='sc'>Campus Martius</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Dusthole</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Cambridge: obsolete).—Sidney Sussex -College.</p> - -<div class='chapter'> - <h2 class='c003' title='E'></h2> -</div> -<div class='c009'> - <img class='drop-capi' src='images/i_077_e.png' width='100' alt='' /> -</div><p class='drop-capi0_9'> -<b>Early</b> (or <b>Late</b>) <b>Play</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Westminster).—<i>See</i> -quot.</p> -<div class='clearme'> - -</div> - -<p class='c012'>1867. <span class='sc'>Collins</span>, <i>The Public Schools</i>, p. 186. Besides -the regular weekly half-holidays, there are others -specially granted, known as <span class='fss'>EARLY</span> and <span class='fss'>LATE PLAYS</span>. -The latter, given by the head-master at his discretion, -consists in the remission of all school work after eleven <span class='fss'>A.M.</span> But an -<span class='fss'>EARLY PLAY</span>—when school is “up” at nine—is a much more formal -indulgence, accorded by very ancient custom only to the personal -request of some visitor of distinction. St. David’s Day (March 1st) -and St. Patrick’s (March 17) have always been holidays of this class: -for the former, the late and the present Sir Watkin Wynn have always -come down to Westminster; and for the latter, the late Marquess of -Lansdowne (as an Irish peer) and Sir Everard Home. The custom, -even now observed on some occasions, was for the visitor’s arrival at -the gate to be formally announced to the head-master by Monos, who -received a “tip” for his services. The master at once “came down -school,” and reappeared through the great door, accompanied by the -hero of the day, who was received by the boys with great demonstrations -of welcome, expressed by the vigorous rapping of books on the -desks. Both knelt down side by side, while the “monitor of school,” -kneeling immediately in front of them, proceeded with the usual school -prayers. The visitor then “begged a play,” which was granted. The -applause was renewed, and acknowledged by a bow, after which the -whole of the boys rushed joyously down school, the masters following -in more grave and stately fashion. The visits of the “King of North -Wales” were doubly popular, since he presented every Welsh boy with -a sovereign—a custom which the present baronet liberally continues.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>East.</b> <i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Wise Men of the East</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Ecky</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Manchester Grammar).—Exercise.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Egg</b> (or <b>Egg-up</b>), <i>verb</i> (Marlborough).—To show ostentatious -zeal. Whence <span class='fss'>EGGER</span> (<i>subs.</i>) and <span class='fss'>EGGY</span> (<i>adj.</i>).</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Egg-flip Day</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—The Founder’s Commemoration -Day. [Because a favourite beverage -at the festivities succeeding the great annual football -match played on that day between the “first -sixes” of Commoners and College was “Egg-flip.”]</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Eggotty</b>, <i>adj.</i> (Felsted).—Used as follows: A boy seen -carrying an egg or eggs, if addressed by another as -“<span class='fss'>EGGOTTY</span>,” might, must in fact, almost in honour, -throw an egg at him. If the egg-owner was a good -shot he would invite his friend “call me <span class='fss'>EGGOTTY</span>.”</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Eight</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Harrow).—The school Shooting <span class='fss'>EIGHT</span>: -also the Gym. <span class='fss'>EIGHT</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Election</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—The examination of -Præfects and Senior Part for New College, and of -candidates for admission to Winchester.</p> - -<p class='c011'><i>Intj.</i> (Westminster).—A fag-call.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1867. <span class='sc'>Collins</span>, <i>The Public Schools</i>, p. 164. From about 8 to 10 -he [the fag] is supposed to be at work, in a sort of common room -assigned to the juniors collectively, preparing his lessons for next day; -but the call of “<span class='fss'>ELECTION</span>,” which signifies that the services of one -of the junior election is required by one of the seniors, used to be -frequent enough to be a very serious interruption. It is admitted that -these demands upon a junior’s time have commonly been such that -“a boy tempted to be idle, as most of them are, finds very considerable -difficulty in doing his work.” In order to check these interruptions -as far as possible, a late regulation has made all fagging -unlawful during these evening hours of work.</p> - -<p class='c011'><span class='sc'>To gain a year by election</span>, <i>verb. phr.</i> (Winchester).—A -boy not being a <span class='sc'>Founder</span> (<i>q.v.</i>) was -obliged to leave at the Election immediately succeeding -his eighteenth birthday; he whose birthday -came shortly after Election, was thus enabled to -stay till he was nearly nineteen, and was so said -“to gain a year.”—<span class='sc'>Mansfield</span> (<i>c.</i> 1840).</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Electors</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—The Warden and two -Fellows of New College, and the Warden, Sub-Warden, -and Head-master of Winchester, who -conducted <span class='sc'>Election</span> (<i>q.v.</i>).—<span class='sc'>Mansfield</span> (<i>c.</i> 1840).</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Elegant Extracts</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Cambridge).—Students who, -though “plucked,” were still given their degrees. -A line was drawn below the poll-list, and those -allowed to pass were nicknamed the <span class='fss'>ELEGANT EXTRACTS</span>. -There was a similar limbo in the honour-list.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Elements</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Stonyhurst).—The first Form.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>End</b>, <i>subs.</i> 1. (Winchester).—A table or division of a -table in College Hall, practically meaning “mess.”—<span class='sc'>Wrench.</span></p> - -<p class='c012'><i>c.</i> 1840. <span class='sc'>Mansfield</span>, <i>School-Life at Winchester</i> (1866), 208. <span class='sc'>End.</span>—At -dinner-time the <span class='sc'>Inferiors</span> (<i>q.v.</i>) were divided into six companies, -each being presided over by a <i>Candlekeeper</i> (<i>q.v.</i>). These companies -and the table at which they sat were called <span class='fss'>ENDS</span>.</p> - -<p class='c011'>2. (Felsted).—<i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Tip</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>English</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—A translation; an adventitious -aid to study; a crib.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Ensign</b> (Eton).—<i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Montem</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Enterta</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Charterhouse).—An entertainment.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>-er</b>, <i>inseparable suffix</i> (Harrow).</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Erasmus.</b> <span class='sc'>Great</span> (or <span class='fss'>LITTLE</span>) <span class='fss'>ERASMUS FORM</span>, <i>subs. -phr.</i> (Christ’s Hospital).—<i>See</i> quot.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1834. <span class='sc'>Trollope</span>, <i>History of Christ’s Hospital</i>. <span class='sc'>The great and -little erasmus forms</span> get their respectable and respective titles -from the fact that their tenants in old time studied the larger and -smaller Colloquies of the learned Erasmus.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1870-95. <i>More Gleanings from</i> <span class='sc'>The Blue</span>, 191. <span class='sc'>The Great Erasmus.</span>—The -origin of a name is seldom what one thinks it ought to be. -Those of us who rejoice in being able to write after our names the -mystic letters, L.E.<i>x.</i>, L.E.<i>y.</i>, L.E.<i>z.</i>, are distinguished from our less -fortunate neighbours by the lightning fluency with which we are able -to talk secrets in Greek. <span class='sc'>Erasmus</span> is a Greek word, and the Dutchman, -thanks to a visit to Oxford, became so great a scholar in Greek, -that he was appointed first Regius Professor of Greek in the University -of Cambridge.... Unfortunately, this is all wrong as far as the -<span class='fss'>LITTLE ERAS.</span> are concerned, for they were not called <span class='fss'>ERAS.</span> because -they knew Greek, but because they read Latin.... Erasmus did a -kindness to Christ’s Hospital long after his death in having written a -number of “Colloquies,” conversations between typical characters of -his day, in clear and faultless Latin.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Ewe-lamb</b>, <i>subs.</i> (The Leys).—A school hour in which a -Master or Prefect has no appointed lesson.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Ex</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Harrow).—(1) An exercise of any sort; and -(2) an <span class='fss'>EXEAT</span> (<i>q.v.</i>). Also (Charterhouse) in sense -2, but <i>not</i> <span class='fss'>EXTRA</span>, sense 3 (<i>q.v.</i>).</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Ex-Course-keeper</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—<i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Course-keeper</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Exeat</b>, <i>subs.</i> 1. (general).—Written permission to go -away from School or College either at the end or -during the term for a longer period than a day. -<i>Cf.</i> <span class='sc'>Absit</span>.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1886. <span class='sc'>Dickens</span>, <i>Dict. of Cambridge</i>, 3. No undergraduate should -go down without obtaining his <span class='fss'>EXEAT</span>.</p> - -<p class='c011'>2. (Charterhouse).—An interval in the middle -of each of the three terms of the school year; it -was instituted so that there might be no leaving -at odd times. It lasts from noon on Saturday to -6.45 <span class='fss'>P.M.</span> on the following Monday. Formerly -Upper School had a <span class='sc'>going-out Saturday</span> every -week, and the Under School one every other week, -and leave lasted from noon on Saturday till Sunday -evening chapel. Also at Harrow a similar term of -leave.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Exercises</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Sherborne: obsolete).—Ordinary Form -lessons, not merely written work: seventeenth century.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Explain.</b> <span class='sc'>Don’t explain!</span> <i>intj.</i> (The Leys).—An injunction -to silence; “Shut up!”</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Extra</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Harrow).—1. Extra school on Tuesdays, -when those <span class='fss'>SENT</span> (<i>q.v.</i>) copy out Latin grammar for -two hours and a half: an extreme punishment.</p> - -<p class='c011'>2. (Harrow).—An extra day’s <span class='fss'>BOY</span> (<i>q.v.</i>): given -to those who <span class='fss'>CUT</span> (<i>q.v.</i>) when “on boy.”</p> - -<p class='c011'>3. (Charterhouse).—Extra school: it lasts from -2 to 4 every Wednesday afternoon. The ways of -procuring admission to it are various: to neglect a -<span class='fss'>REP</span> (<i>q.v.</i>) or a “construe,” to be late for anything, -to make a noise in the cubicles, to come into school -in slippers, or any misdemeanour leads to a boy -being “down for <span class='fss'>EXTRA</span>.” The entries are kept in -... <span class='sc'>The Black Book</span>. <span class='sc'>Extra</span> school is for offences -committed during the first part of the week. There -is also <span class='sc'>Extra</span> drill on Saturdays in Scholars’ Court, -which lasts half the time of <span class='sc'>Extra</span> school, and which -is much more disliked, for offences committed between -a Thursday and a Saturday.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Extra Drill</b>, <i>subs.</i> (The Leys).—Imposed by way of -punishment.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Ex Trumps</b>, <i>adv. phr.</i> (Winchester).—Extempore. <span class='sc'>To -go up to books ex trumps</span> = to go to class without -preparing one’s lesson.</p> - -<div class='chapter'> - <h2 class='c003' title='F'></h2> -</div> -<div class='c009'> - <img class='drop-capi' src='images/i_081_f.png' width='100' alt='' /> -</div><p class='drop-capi0_9'> -<b>Fag</b>, <i>subs.</i> 1. (general).—A boy who does -menial work for a schoolfellow in a higher -Form. [From <span class='fss'>FAG</span>, to grow weary.]</p> -<div class='clearme'> - -</div> - -<p class='c012'><i>c.</i> 1840. <span class='sc'>Mansfield</span>, <i>School-Life at Winchester</i> (1866), -37. The duties of a <span class='fss'>FAG</span>, in the days of which I write, -may be more easily described by informing the reader -what he had not to do, than by endeavouring to make out a list of his -positive duties. I believe when I say that he had not to make the beds, -nor to clean shoes, I have exhausted the negative catalogue.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1855. <span class='sc'>Thackeray</span>, <i>Newcomes</i>, ch. xviii. Bob Trotter, the diminutive -<span class='fss'>FAG</span> of the studio, who ran on all the young men’s errands, and -fetched them in apples, oranges, and walnuts.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1856. <span class='sc'>Hughes</span>, <i>Tom Brown’s School-days</i>, vii. These were the principal -duties of the <span class='fss'>FAGS</span> in the house. From supper until nine o’clock -three <span class='fss'>FAGS</span> taken in order stood in the passages, and answered any -præposter who called “Fag,” racing to the door, the last comer having -to do the work. This consisted generally of going to the buttery for -beer and bread and cheese (for the great men did not sup with the -rest, but had each his own allowance in his study or the fifth-form -room), cleaning candlesticks and putting in new candles, toasting -cheese, bottling beer, and carrying messages about the house.... -And besides this nightwork, each præpostor had three or four fags -specially allotted to him, of whom he was supposed to be the guide, -philosopher, and friend, and who in return for these good offices had -to clean out his study every morning by turns, directly after first -lesson and before he returned from breakfast.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1857. <span class='sc'>G. A. Lawrence</span>, <i>Guy Livingstone</i>, ch. i. Is still enumerated -among the feats of the brave days of old, by the <span class='fss'>FAGS</span> over their evening -small beer.</p> - -<p class='c011'>2. (Christ’s Hospital).—<i>See</i> quot.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1850. <span class='sc'>L. Hunt</span>, <i>Autobiography</i>, ch. iii. <span class='sc'>Fag</span>, with us [at Christ’s -Hospital] meant eatables. The learned derived the word from the -Greek <i>phago</i>, to eat.</p> - -<p class='c011'>3. (Stonyhurst).—A fielder: at cricket. Also -<span class='fss'>FAGGER</span>.</p> - -<p class='c011'>4. (Stonyhurst).—A bore.</p> - -<p class='c011'><i>Verb.</i> 1. (general).—To do menial work for a schoolfellow -in a higher Form. Hence <span class='fss'>FAGGER</span>, <span class='fss'>FAG-MASTER</span>, -<span class='fss'>FAGGING</span>, and <span class='fss'>FAGGERY</span>.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1853. <span class='sc'>De Quincey</span>, <i>Autob. Sketches</i>, i. 210. <span class='sc'>Faggery</span> was an abuse -too venerable and sacred to be touched by profane hands.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1873. <i>Pall Mall Gazette</i>, 17th May. The Winchester “tunding” -system, with all its faults, is hardly less objectionable than the <span class='fss'>FAGGING</span> -system pursued in the Scotch endowed hospitals.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1881. <i>Felstedian</i>, Nov., p. 75. As I was smaller and weaker than -most of the <span class='fss'>FAGS</span> running, I hardly ever managed to get a place, and -it was absurd to expect me to do so. I had been “spanked” two or -three times already for failing, but I don’t know that I was more successful -for that. I know I cordially detested that branch of <span class='fss'>FAGGING</span>.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1884. <i>Temple Bar</i>, August, p. 514. He must have completely marred -his chance of happiness at the school when he refused to <span class='fss'>FAG</span> and took -countless thrashings, snivelling.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1891. <i>Harry Fludyer at Cambridge</i>, 46. My new <span class='fss'>FAG-MASTER</span>, -Forker Major, is a beast.</p> - -<p class='c011'>2. (Stonyhurst).—To field: at cricket. The -ordinary meaning either as <i>subs.</i> or <i>verb</i> does not -exist at Stonyhurst.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Fag-book</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Charterhouse).—Formerly a book -given by a monitor on leaving to each of his fags: -it is now usual to give a bat or a racket.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Fain lo!</b> (or <b>Loss</b>), <i>intj.</i> (Felsted).—A phrase used to -retain a seat, &c., temporarily vacated. Also <span class='sc'>Lo</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Fains</b> (<b>Fainits!</b> or <b>Fain it</b>), <i>intj.</i> (general).—A call for -truce during the progress of a game without which -priority of place would be lost; generally understood -to be demanded “in bounds,” or when out of -danger. [Thought to be a corruption of “fend.”]</p> - -<p class='c011'><i>Verb</i> (also <span class='sc'>Fend</span>, <span class='sc'>Fain</span>, <span class='sc'>Fainits</span>, &c.).—A cry of -warning, or of prohibition: as to prevent any change -in the existing conditions of a game; <i>e.g.</i> at marbles, -<span class='fss'>FEN-PLACINGS</span> = no alteration in position of marbles -is permissible; <span class='fss'>FEN-CLEARANCES</span> = removal of obstacles -is forbidden. [<span class='sc'>Fend</span> = <i>M.E. defend</i> in sense -of “to forbid.”] <span class='sc'>Fain</span>, and <span class='sc'>fain I</span>, are corruptions. -At Winchester, <span class='fss'>FINGY YOU</span>, or <span class='fss'>FINGY THAT</span>, are -analagous; but at Christ’s Hospital <span class='fss'>FIN</span> = “I won’t -have.”</p> - -<p class='c012'><i>Ante</i> 1815. <span class='sc'>E. C. Harrington</span>, in <i>N. and Q.</i>, 5 S., vii. 98. Respecting -the word <span class='fss'>FEN</span> ... I can testify to the use of the term by school-boys -prior to the battle of Waterloo ... meaning that we protested -against an exceptional action.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1852. <span class='sc'>Dickens</span>, <i>Bleak House</i>. “I’m fly,” says Jo. “But <span class='fss'>FEN</span> larks, -you know.”</p> - -<p class='c012'>1877. <i>Notes and Queries</i>, 5 S., vii. 178. A comical application was, I -remember well, “<span class='fss'>FEN</span> live lumber!” which, if pronounced in time, -would disable your opponent from moving a bystander out of the way -of his shot.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Fardel</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester: obsolete).—A division of -Sixth Book for New College Election. [A.S. <i>ferthe</i> -= the fourth, and <i>del</i>, a part or portion.]</p> - -<p class='c012'>1200. <i>Orminn.</i> The <span class='fss'>FEORRTHE DALE</span> was bitahht (delivered) to -Pilate.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1283. <i>William of Palerne.</i> Non might sen other the <span class='fss'>FERTHE DEL</span> of -a furlong.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Faside</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Loretto).—To Faside Castle, and back: -altogether about five miles. Boys who have been -watching football matches have always to do this -in wet weather; and, in bad weather, a <span class='sc'>Wallyford</span> -(<i>q.v.</i>). Whence <span class='sc'>Faside and Three Trees</span> = a combined -walk and run about seven miles on a short -school-day not wet, when ground is unsuitable for -games. [Why <span class='sc'>Three Trees</span> is unknown.] <i>See</i> -<span class='sc'>Grind-days</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Fat-flab</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—A cut off the fat part of -a breast of mutton. <i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Dispar</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Feeder-cric</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Christ’s Hospital: obsolete).—The -game usually known as “rounders.” <i>See</i> Appendix.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1874. <i>The Blue</i>, Mar. In the country we shall have real unlimited -cricket in the place of rounders, <span class='fss'>FEEDER-CRIC</span>, and the scanty bi-weekly -game in the suburbs.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Fellow-commoner</b>, <i>subs.</i> (general).—<i>See</i> quots., and <span class='sc'>Commoner</span>.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1794. <i>Gent. Mag.</i>, p. 1084. One [student at Cambridge] was a <i>Harry -Soph</i>; another a <span class='fss'>FELLOW-COMMONER</span> and <i>senior Soph</i>, and occasionally -jocularly called an <i>empty bottle</i>, whilst <i>è contrà</i>, a bottle decanted, was, -from time to time, denominated a <span class='fss'>FELLOW-COMMONER</span>.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1867. <span class='sc'>Collins</span>, <i>The Public Schools</i>, p. 26. Thomas Middleton petitions -King Charles, on his restoration, to grant his royal letters to the -Winchester electors in favour of his son’s admittance “as a child in -Winchester College, where he has now spent three years as <span class='fss'>FELLOW-COMMONER</span>.”</p> - -<p class='c012'>1891. <i>Harry Fludyer at Cambridge</i>, 38. She said she had heard -from her cousin, who is, I think, a <span class='fss'>FELLOW-COMMONER</span>, or something -of that sort, at Downing College, that Harry is one of the most popular -men at Cambridge.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Feoffee</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Manchester Grammar: obsolete).—The -original name for the trustees in whose hands the -foundation estate was placed by Hugh Bexwycke. -[A.S. <i>feo</i> = fee or inheritance.]</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Ferk.</b> <i>See</i> <b>Firk</b>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Ferula</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Stonyhurst).—<i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Tolly</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Festive</b>, <i>adj.</i> (Charterhouse).—Said of a boy who has -not learned his duty to his superiors and seniors.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Fez</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Harrow).—The equivalent of the <span class='sc'>Cap</span> (<i>q.v.</i>) -for cricket: the <span class='fss'>FEZ</span> being given to the House -Eleven for distinction at football.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Field</b>, <i>verb</i>. 1. (Winchester).—To take care of; to support: -in swimming.</p> - -<p class='c011'>2. (Harrow).—<i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Lick</span>.</p> - -<p class='c011'>3. (Eton).—<i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Wall</span>.</p> - -<p class='c011'><span class='sc'>The Field</span>, <i>subs.</i> (Sherborne).—<i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Fields</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Fields</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Sherborne: obsolete).—The playing-ground: -seventeenth century. The modern term is -“The Field,” though there are five separate grounds.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Fifteens</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—A football match. <i>See</i> -<span class='sc'>Six-and-six</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Fifty, The</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Tonbridge).—The chief football -ground; the next immediately below it is the -Middle Fifty, then the Lower Fifty, and the Fourth -Fifty. <i>Cf.</i> <span class='sc'>Hundred</span>, which is now obsolete.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Fighting-green</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Westminster).—The old battle-ground -in the western cloister.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Figures</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Stonyhurst).—The Second Form: formerly -<span class='sc'>Great Figures</span>. <i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Little Figures</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Fin</b>, <i>intj.</i> (Christ’s Hospital).—A form of negative. -<i>Ex.</i> “<span class='fss'>FIN</span> the small court” = “I won’t have, &c.” -[Lat. <i>fend</i>.] <i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Fains</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Find</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Harrow).—A mess of, usually, two upper -boys which takes breakfast and tea in the rooms of -one or other of the set: a privilege of the Sixth -Form. Whence <span class='fss'>FIND-FAG</span> = a fag who lays the -table for the upper boys. [<i>Find</i> (dial.) = to supply; -to supply with provisions.] Also as <i>verb</i>.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1867. <span class='sc'>Collins</span>, <i>The Public Schools</i>, p. 316. Immediately a certain -number of rolls (<span class='fss'>FINDS</span> they were called—etymology unknown) were -ordered at the baker’s, and were rebaked every morning until they -were pretty nearly as hard as pebbles. At nine o’clock on the morning -fixed for the rolling in, the members of the hall ranged themselves -on the long table which ran along one side of the room, each with his -pile of these rolls before him, and a fag to pick them up.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Finder</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Oxford).—A waiter.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Finjy!</b> <i>intj.</i> (Winchester).—An exclamation excusing -one from participation in an unpleasant or unacceptable -task, which he who says the word last -has to undertake. <i>Cf.</i> <span class='sc'>Fains</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Firk</b> (or <b>Ferk</b>), <i>verb</i> (Winchester).—To proceed; to -hasten; to expel; to send; to drive away. [O.E. -<i>fercian</i>.] Also <span class='fss'>TO FIRK UP</span> and <span class='fss'>TO FIRK DOWN</span>.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1283. <i>William of Palerne.</i> Thei bisiliche fondede (tried) fast to -<span class='fss'>FERKE</span> him forthward.</p> - -<p class='c012'><i>c.</i> 1400. <i>Troy Book.</i> I you helpe shall the flese for to fecche, and -<span class='fss'>FERKE</span> it away.</p> - -<p class='c012'>[?] <i>MS. Lincoln</i>, <i>Morte Arthure</i>, f. 79. The Kyng <span class='fss'>FERKES</span> furthe on -a faire stede.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1599. <span class='sc'>Shakspeare</span>, <i>Henry V.</i>, iv. 4. <i>Pistol.</i> I’ll fer him, and -<span class='fss'>FIRK</span> him, and ferret him, discuss the same in French unto him. <i>Boy.</i> -I do not know the French for fer and ferret and <span class='fss'>FIRK</span>.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1611. <span class='sc'>Barry</span>, <i>Ram Alley</i> [<span class='sc'>Dodsley</span>, <i>Old Plays</i> (<span class='sc'>Reed</span>), v. 466]. -Nay, I will <span class='fss'>FIRK</span> my silly novice, as he was never <span class='fss'>FIRK’D</span> Since mid-wives -bound his noddle.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1640. <span class='sc'>Brome</span>, <i>Antipodes</i>. As tumblers do ... by <span class='fss'>FIRKING</span> up -their breeches.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1795. <span class='sc'>Sewell</span>, <i>Hist. of Quakers</i>. At this the judge said, “Take -him away: prevaricator! I’ll <span class='fss'>FERK</span> him.”</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Five, The</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Charterhouse).—The Five bell.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Flannels</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Harrow).—The members of either School -Eleven.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1899. <i>Public School Mag.</i>, Dec., p. 446. Up to the present the -eleven have won four matches and lost one, while Monro, Cookson, -Wyckoff, and Borwick have all received their <span class='fss'>FLANNELS</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Flat</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Royal High School, Edin.).—An objectionable -person; a “bounder.” [A misuse of flat = -fool.]</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Fleshy</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—A thick cut out of the -middle of a shoulder of mutton. <i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Dispar</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Flies.</b> <span class='sc'>Squashed flies</span>, <i>subs.</i> (Durham: obsolete).—Biscuits -with currants.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Floor</b>, <i>verb</i> (general).—To pluck; to plough. Also = -to master; to prove oneself superior to the occasion: -<i>e.g.</i> <span class='fss'>TO FLOOR A PAPER</span>, <span class='fss'>LESSON</span>, <span class='fss'>EXAMINATION</span>, -<span class='fss'>EXAMINER</span>, &c. <i>Cf.</i> <span class='sc'>Bowl</span>; <span class='sc'>Throw</span>.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1852. <span class='sc'>Bristed</span>, <i>Five Years in an English University</i>, p. 12. Somehow -I nearly <span class='fss'>FLOORED</span> the paper.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1853. <span class='sc'>Bradley</span>, <i>Verdant Green</i>, iv. Mr. Filcher thoroughly understood -the science of “<span class='fss'>FLOORING</span>” a freshman.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1861. <span class='sc'>Hughes</span>, <i>Tom Brown at Oxford</i>. I’ve <span class='fss'>FLOORED</span> my Little Go.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1891. <i>Harry Fludyer at Cambridge</i>, 98. These blessed exams. are -getting awfully close now, but I think I shall <span class='fss'>FLOOR</span> mine.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Fluke</b>, <i>verb</i> (general).—To shirk.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1864. <i>Eton School-Days</i>, ch. xvi. p. 203. “By Jove! I think I -shall <span class='fss'>FLUKE</span> doing Verses; I should like to see Paddy drive tandem -through College,” said Butler Burke.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Flyer</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—A half-volley at football. -A <span class='fss'>MADE-FLYER</span> is when the bound of the ball is -gained from a previous kick, by the same side, -against canvas or any other obstacle, or is dropped, -as in a “drop-kick.” This is now confused with a -“kick-up.”—<span class='sc'>Wrench.</span></p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Flying-man</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Eton).—The boy who stands behind -the “bully,” and either runs down, or kicks hard, -as may be required.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1864. <i>Eton School-Days</i>, ch. xxiii. p. 255. He possessed good wind, -and was a very good “kick-off,” and he could “bully” a ball as well -as any one. He was a little too heavy for <span class='fss'>FLYING-MAN</span>, but he -made a decent “sidepost,” and now and then he officiated as “corner.”</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Fobs</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Durham: obsolete).—Boiled bread and milk.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Footer</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Harrow).—(1) Football; (2) a player of -football according to Rugby rules; and (3) the ball -itself.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1890. <i>Great Public Schools</i>, p. 96. Directly after the goose match -(Michaelmas Day) <span class='fss'>FOOTER</span> proper begins, and is the principal game -played at the school during the Christmas term. The game as played -at Harrow differs considerably from the game as played at Eton and -other schools, and has distinct rules of its own; it may be said to be -more like the Association game than any other.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1896. <i>Felstedian</i>, Nov., p. 139. H. H. H. who wants to have a -“second” <span class='fss'>FOOTER</span> shirt.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Footer-hill, The</b> (Harrow).—The hill from the football-fields -and <span class='fss'>DUCKER</span> (<i>q.v.</i>).</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>For</b>, <i>phr.</i> (Tonbridge).—A form of ridicule: <i>e.g.</i> “first -eleven <span class='fss'>FOR</span> one” would be used in jeering at a boy -who had recently obtained his colours.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Forakers</b> (or <b>Foricus</b>), <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—The water-closet. -[Formerly <i>foricus</i>, and probably a corruption -of <i>foricas</i>, an English plural of the Latin -<i>forica</i>.]</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Force.</b> <span class='sc'>Out by force</span>, <i>phr.</i> (Stonyhurst).—Of a football -when it goes out from two opposite players at the -same time.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Founders</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—Boys who proved their -descent from the Founder, and were afterwards -elected (by rote among the Electors) as such. -Only two were admitted each year, and only two -were sent to New College, but these two were put -at the head of the <span class='sc'>Roll</span> (<i>q.v.</i>) whatever their previous -position in <span class='sc'>Sixth Book</span> (<i>q.v.</i>) might have -been. They were not obliged to leave at the age of -eighteen, as the other boys were, but were allowed -to remain till they were twenty-five. They were -supposed to have particularly thick skulls.—<span class='sc'>Mansfield</span> -(<i>c.</i> 1840).</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Founder’s-Com.</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—The four days on -which there were festivals in commemoration of -the Founder, when there was <span class='sc'>Amen-chapel</span> (<i>q.v.</i>); -the Fellows and Masters gave a dinner in Common-room, -and the <span class='sc'>Founders</span> (<i>q.v.</i>) received a sovereign -each.—<span class='sc'>Mansfield</span> (<i>c.</i> 1840).</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Founder’s-day</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Harrow).—The 3rd of October, -the anniversary of the death of John Lyon: usually -kept on the nearest Thursday to the date in question.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Founder’s-kin</b>, <i>subs.</i> (various).—Those, who at Winchester, -Harrow, &c., could show descent from -William of Wykeham or John Lyon, &c., as the -case might be, and who were entitled to priority -of election on the foundation.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1867. <span class='sc'>Collins</span>, <i>The Public Schools</i>, p. 32. The preference assigned -to <span class='fss'>FOUNDER’S-KIN</span> in the election soon brought into the field, as may -be supposed, young Wykehams and Williamses from all quarters, with -others who proved more or less satisfactorily their connection with -the founder’s family; and gradually the customs obtained of electing -two only of these favoured candidates at the head of the roll for -admission, and filling up the remaining vacancies by a process of successive -nominations by each of the six electors, the Warden of New -College having the first turn, until the number of vacancies was -supplied.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Founder’s-Ob.</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—The anniversary of -the Founder’s death.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Four-holed Middlings</b>, <i>subs. phr.</i> (Winchester: obsolete).—Ordinary -walking shoes. <i>Cf.</i> <span class='sc'>Beeswaxers</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Fourth</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Cambridge).—A rear or jakes. [Origin -uncertain; said to have been first used at St. John’s -or Trinity, where the closets are situated in the -Fourth Court. Whatever its derivation, the term -is now the only one in use at Cambridge, and is -frequently heard outside the university.] The -verbal phrase is <span class='fss'>TO KEEP A FOURTH</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Fourth Book</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester: obsolete).—All the -boys below Junior Part the Fifth. <i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Books</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Fourth Former</b> (Harrow).—The oldest form room in -the Old Schools: now used for morning prayer by -those who go to the Old Schools, and also as the -head-master’s torture-chamber.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Fourth of June</b> (Eton).—<i>See</i> quot.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1865. <i>Etoniana</i>, p. 166. Since the glories of Montem have departed, -the <span class='sc'>fourth of June procession</span> has taken its place as the great -yearly festival of Etonians. It was instituted in commemoration of a -visit of King George III., and is held on his birthday. It is the great -trysting day of Eton, when her sons gather from far and wide, young -and old, great and small,—no matter who or what, so long as they are -old Etonians; that magic bond binds them all together as brothers, -and levels for the time all distinctions of age or rank. The proceedings -begin with the ‘speeches’ delivered in the upper school at twelve -o’clock before the provost, fellows, masters, and a large audience of -the boys’ friends. Selections from classical authors, ancient or modern, -are recited by the Sixth-form boys, who are dressed for the occasion -in black swallow-tail coats, white ties, black knee-breeches and buckles, -silk stockings, and pumps. Then follows the provost’s luncheon, given -in the college hall to the distinguished visitors, while similar entertainments -on a smaller scale are going on in the various tutors’ and -dames’ houses. At 3 o’clock there is full choral service in chapel. At -6 o’clock all hands adjourn to the Brocas, a large open meadow, to -witness the great event of the day,—the procession of the Boats to -Surly Hall, a public-house of that name, on the right bank of the river, -some three and a half miles from Windsor. The boats are divided -into two classes—Upper and Lower. The Upper division consists of -the <i>Monarch</i> ten-oar, the <i>Victory</i>, and the <i>Prince of Wales</i>, or, as it is -more usually called, the <i>Third Upper</i>. The Lower boats are the -<i>Britannia</i>, <i>Dreadnought</i>, <i>Thetis</i>, and <i>St. George</i>; sometimes, when the -number of aspirants to a place is larger than usual, an eighth boat -called the <i>Defiance</i> is added. The collegers have also for some years -put on a four-oar—latterly expanded into an eight—which follows in -the procession. The flotilla is preceded by the Eton racing eight-oar, -manned by the picked crew who are to contend at Putney or Henley. -Each boat has its distinctive uniform. Formerly these were very -fanciful—Greek pirates, or galley slaves in silver chains, astonishing -the quiet reaches of the Thames for the day. The crews of the Upper -boats now wear dark blue jackets and trousers, and straw hats with -ribbons, displaying the name of the boat in gold letters. The coxswains -are dressed in an admiral’s uniform, with gold fittings, sword, and -cocked-hat. The captain of each boat has an anchor and crown embroidered -in gold on the left sleeve of his jacket. In the Lower boats, -the crews wear trousers of white jean, and all ornaments and embroidery -are in silver. Each boat carries a large silk flag in the stern. The -procession is headed by a quaint old-fashioned boat (an Eton racing -boat of primitive days) rowed by watermen and conveying a military -band. The Westminster eight always receives an invitation to this -celebration, and occasionally makes its appearance on the river, adding -very much to the interest of the procession.... Opposite to Surly -Hall, a liberal display of good things ... awaits the arrival of the -crews—the Sixth Form alone being accommodated with a tent. After -a few toasts, and as much champagne as can be fairly disposed of in -a short time, the captain of the boat gives the word for all to re-embark, -and the flotilla returns to Eton in the same order.... Singing, -shouting, racing, and bumping, all go on together in the most harmonious -confusion.... The boats, after their return through Windsor -Bridge, turn and row two or three times round an eyot in the middle -of the stream above the bridge. During this time a grand display of -fireworks takes place on the eyot. The ringing of the fine old bells in -the Curfew Tower, the cheering of the crews, and the brilliant coloured -fires which strike across the water, and light up the dense masses of -spectators along the bridge, the rafts, and the shore, produce an effect -not easily forgotten. A pyrotechnic illumination of the College arms -concludes the ceremonies, and is the signal for the crews to land and -march in jubilant disorder back to College.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Fox-and-dowdy</b>, <i>subs.</i> (King Edward’s, Birm.: obsolete).—<i>See</i> -<span class='sc'>Action</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Fragment</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester: obsolete).—A dinner for -six (served in College Hall, after the ordinary -dinner), ordered by a Fellow in favour of a particular -boy, who was at liberty to invite five others -to join him. A fragment was supposed to consist -of three dishes.—<i>Winchester Word-Book</i> [1891].</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Free</b>, <i>adj.</i> (Oxford).—Impudent; self-possessed.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1864. <span class='sc'>Tennyson</span>, <i>Northern Farmer</i> (Old Style), line 25. But parson -a coomes an’ a goos, an’ a says it eäsy an’ <span class='fss'>FREEÄ</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Freed</b>, <i>adv.</i> (Stonyhurst).—Of an extra recreation: given -for some special reason.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Fresh</b>, <i>adj.</i> (University).—Said of an undergraduate in -his first term.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1803. <i>Gradus ad Cantabrigiam</i>, s.v.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1866. <span class='sc'>Trevelyan</span>, <i>Horace at Athens</i>. When you and I were <span class='fss'>FRESH</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Fresher.</b> <i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Freshman</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Freshers.</b> <span class='sc'>The Freshers</span>, <i>subs.</i> (Cambridge). That -part of the Cam which lies between the Mill and -Byron’s Pool. So called because it is frequented -by <span class='fss'>FRESHMEN</span> (<i>q.v.</i>).</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Fresh-herring</b>, <i>subs.</i> (King Edward’s, Birm.).—A boy -newly admitted to the school. Such a one is seized -on his first or first few visits to the playground, and -conveyed to a corner—a <span class='fss'>MONKEY DEN</span>—where he is -more or less forcibly <span class='fss'>SQUABBED</span> (<i>q.v.</i>) against the -wall by as many persecutors as can get at him. -The incongruity of fresh-herrings in a monkey-den -does not seem to be remarked. But twenty-five to -thirty years ago <span class='fss'>FRESH-HERRINGS</span> were hurled over -<i>the Precipice</i>. This was a drop of some six or eight -feet from the general level of the playground over a -retaining wall to the bottom of an incline up which -coal-stores, &c., could be brought into the playground. -The new science and art rooms have -covered the site, and <span class='fss'>MONKEY-DEN</span> has superseded -the terrors of this local Tarpeian Rock. The <span class='fss'>FRESH-HERRING</span> -is always told that he must bring beeswax -and turpentine for the purpose of polishing his -desk, and he not infrequently comes armed with -this or some other form of furniture-polish, to the -glee of the “stuffer-up.”</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Freshman</b> (or <b>Fresher</b>), <i>subs.</i> (University).—A University -man during his first year. In Dublin University -he is a <span class='fss'>JUNIOR FRESHMAN</span> during his first year, -and a <span class='fss'>SENIOR FRESHMAN</span> the second year. At Oxford -the title lasts for the first term. <i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Soph</span>.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1596. <span class='sc'>Nashe</span>, <i>Saffron Walden</i>, in <i>Works</i>, iii. 8. When he was but -yet a <span class='fss'>FRESHMAN</span> in Cambridge.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1611. <span class='sc'>Middleton</span>, <i>Roaring Girl</i>, Act iii. sc. 3. <i>S. Alex.</i> Then he’s -a graduate. <i>S. Davy.</i> Say they trust him not. <i>S. Alex.</i> Then is he -held a <span class='fss'>FRESHMAN</span> and a sot.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1650. <span class='sc'>Howell</span>, <i>Familiar Letters</i> [<span class='sc'>Nares</span>]. I am but a <span class='fss'>FRESHMAN</span> -yet in France, therefore I can send you no news, but that all is here -quiet, and ’tis no ordinary news, that the French should be quiet.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1671. <span class='sc'>Cotgrave</span>, <i>Wit’s Interpreter</i>, p. 221. First, if thou art a <span class='fss'>FRESHMAN</span>, -and art bent To bear love’s arms, and follow Cupid’s tent.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1767. <span class='sc'>Colman</span>, <i>Oxonian in Town</i>, ii. 3. And now I find you as dull -and melancholy as a <span class='fss'>FRESHMAN</span> at college after a jobation.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1841. <span class='sc'>Lever</span>, <i>Charles O’Malley</i>, ch. xiv. “This is his third year,” -said the Doctor, “and he is only a <span class='fss'>FRESHMAN</span>, having lost every examination.”</p> - -<p class='c012'>1853. <span class='sc'>Bradley</span>, <i>Verdant Green</i>, iii. Mr. Green saw at a glance -that all the passengers were Oxford men, dressed in every variety of -Oxford fashion, and exhibiting a pleasing diversity of Oxford manners. -Their private remarks on the two new-comers were, like stage “asides,” -perfectly audible. “Decided case of governor!” said one. “Undoubted -ditto of <span class='fss'>FRESHMAN</span>!” observed another.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1891. <i>Harry Fludyer at Cambridge</i>, 55. A lot of <span class='fss'>FRESHMEN</span> got -together after Hall (it was a Saints’ day, and they’d been drinking -audit) and went and made hay in Marling’s rooms.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1891. <i>Sporting Life</i>, Mar. 20. The mile, bar accidents, will be a gift -to B. C. Allen, of Corpus, who has more than maintained the reputation -he gained as a <span class='fss'>FRESHER</span>.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1895. <i>Felstedian</i>, Dec., 178. The new trousers and immaculate -brown boots of the “<span class='fss'>FRESHER</span>” are suffering terribly from the slush.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1898. <i>Stonyhurst Mag.</i>, Dec., p. 149, “Life at Oxford.” Three Seniors -were entertaining some fifteen or more <span class='fss'>FRESHERS</span>.</p> - -<p class='c011'><i>Adj.</i> (University).—Of, or pertaining to, a <span class='fss'>FRESHMAN</span>, -or a first year student.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Freshman’s Bible</b>, <i>subs. phr.</i> (University).—The University -Calendar.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Freshman’s Church</b>, <i>subs. phr.</i> (Cambridge).—The Pitt -Press. [From its ecclesiastical architecture.]</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Freshman’s Landmark</b>, <i>subs. phr.</i> (Cambridge).—King’s -College Chapel. [From the situation.]</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Freshmanship</b>, <i>subs.</i> (old).—Of the quality or state of -being a freshman.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1605. <span class='sc'>Jonson</span>, <i>Volpone, or the Fox</i>, iv. 3. Well, wise Sir Pol., since -you have practised thus, Upon my <span class='fss'>FRESHMANSHIP</span>, I’ll try your salt-head -With what proof it is against a counter-plot.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Froust</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Harrow).—1. Extra sleep allowed on -Sunday mornings and whole holidays. Also (2) an -easy-chair. Hence <span class='sc'>Frouster</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Frout</b>, <i>adj.</i> (Winchester).—Angry; vexed.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Fudge</b>, <i>subs.</i> 1. (Christ’s Hospital).—To copy; to crib; -to dodge or escape: also <i>see</i> quot.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1870-95. <i>More Gleanings from</i> <span class='sc'>The Blue</span>. The Latin Grammar was -a strange book to the new boy; he says he was “relieved from embarrassment -by the readiness with which my schoolfellows in the class -above assisted in explaining,” &c. &c.; so a “<span class='fss'>FUDGE</span>” is not a modern -invention, though it is expressed by a polite periphrasis.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1877. <i>The Blue-Coat Boys</i>, p. 97. <span class='sc'>Fudge</span>, to prompt a fellow -in class, or prompt oneself in class artificially. Thence to tell: <i>e.g.</i> -“<span class='fss'>FUDGE</span> me what the time is.”</p> - -<p class='c011'>2. (common).—To advance the hand unfairly at -marbles.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Fug</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Harrow).—1. A small soft football. Also -(2) the game as played with such a ball in a yard, -house, &c. <i>See</i> Appendix.</p> - -<p class='c011'><i>Verb.</i> 1. (Shrewsbury).—To stay in a stuffy -room.</p> - -<p class='c011'>2. (Harrow).—To stop indoors.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Fug-footer</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Harrow).—A species of football played -in passages with a <span class='fss'>FUG</span> (<i>q.v.</i>) <i>See</i> ante.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Fuggy</b>, <i>subs.</i> (general).—A hot roll.</p> - -<p class='c011'><i>Adj.</i> (Shrewsbury).—Stuffy.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Fug-shop</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Charterhouse).—The carpenter’s shop.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Functior</b> (or <span class='sc'>Functure</span>), <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—An iron -bracket candlestick, used for the night-light in -College Chambers.</p> - -<p class='c012'><i>c.</i> 1840. <span class='sc'>Mansfield</span>, <i>School-Life at Winchester</i>, p. 68. Beside the -window yawned the great fireplace, with its dogs, on which rested -the faggots and bars for the reception of the array of boilers. Above -it was a rushlight, fixed in a circular iron pan fastened to a staple in -the wall; it was called the <span class='fss'>FUNCTIOR</span>.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1891. <span class='sc'>Wrench</span>, <i>Winchester Word-Book</i>, s.v. <span class='sc'>Functure</span>. The -word looks like <i>fulctura</i>, an earlier form of <i>fulture</i>, meaning a prop or -stay, with phonetic change of <i>l</i> into <i>n</i>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Funking-Monday</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Christ’s Hospital).—<i>See</i> quot.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1887. <i>The Blue</i>, Nov. Yet it is not from ignorance of vulgar slang -that the author’s elegance springs, for he unbends once so far as to say -that the Monday after the holidays is called “<span class='fss'>FUNKING-MONDAY</span>.”</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Funking-room</b>, <i>subs.</i> (medical).—The room at the -Royal College of Surgeons where students collect -on the last evening of their final during the addition -of their marks, and whence each is summoned -by an official announcing failure or success.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1841. <i>Punch</i>, i. p. 225, col. 2. On the top of a staircase he enters -a room, wherein the partners of his misery are collected. It is a long, -narrow apartment, commonly known as the <span class='fss'>FUNKING-ROOM</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Funkster</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—A coward.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Furk.</b> <i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Firk</span>.</p> - -<div class='chapter'> - <h2 class='c003' title='G'></h2> -</div> -<div class='c009'> - <img class='drop-capi' src='images/i_093_g.png' width='100' alt='' /> -</div><p class='drop-capi0_9'> -<b>Gag</b>, <i>subs.</i> 1. (Christ’s Hospital).—<i>See</i> quot. -<span class='sc'>Gag-eater</span> = a term of reproach.</p> -<div class='clearme'> - -</div> - -<p class='c012'>1813. <span class='sc'>Lamb</span>, <i>Christ’s Hospital</i>, in <i>Works</i>, p. 324 (ed. -1852). L. has recorded the repugnance of the school -to <span class='fss'>GAGS</span>, or the fat of fresh beef boiled; and sets it -down to some superstition.... A <span class='fss'>GAG-EATER</span> in our time was -equivalent to a ghoul, ... and held in equal estimation.</p> - -<p class='c011'>2. (Winchester: obsolete).—An exercise (said to -have been invented by Dr. Gabell) which consists -in writing Latin criticisms on some celebrated piece, -in a book sent in about once a month. In the Parts -below Sixth Book and Senior Part, the <span class='fss'>GAGS</span> consisted -in historical analysis. [An abbreviation of -“gathering.”]</p> - -<p class='c012'><i>c.</i> 1840. <span class='sc'>Mansfield</span>, <i>School-Life at Winchester College</i>, p. 108. From -time to time, also, they had to write ... an analysis of some historical -work; these productions were called <span class='fss'>GATHERINGS</span> (or <span class='fss'>GAGS</span>).</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Gain.</b> <i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Election</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Gaits</b> (<b>Geits</b>, <b>Gytes</b>, or <b>Gites</b>), <i>subs.</i> (Royal High School, -Edin.).—The first, or lowest class. <i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Cats</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Gallery</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—A Commoner bedroom. -[From a tradition of <span class='fss'>GALLERIES</span> in Commoners.] -Hence <span class='fss'>GALLERY NYMPH</span> = a housemaid.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Gang</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Felsted: obsolete).—A particular friend. -From the ordinary meaning of the word, applied -first to the two friends, then to each of them. Used -only of “acute” friendship. Also as <i>verb</i> = to carry -on such a friendship with another.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Garden, The</b> (Stonyhurst).—The playgrounds, built on -the site of part of the old garden, long kept this -name. “The boys went to the <span class='fss'>GARDEN</span>” = “into the -playground”: obsolete.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Gater</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester: obsolete).—A plunge head -foremost into a <span class='fss'>POT</span> (<i>q.v.</i>).</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Gates</b>, <i>subs.</i> (University).—The being forbidden to pass -outside the gate of a college. Hence as <i>verb</i> = to -confine wholly or during certain hours within the -college gate for some infraction of discipline. To -<span class='fss'>BREAK GATES</span> = to stay out of college after hours. -<span class='sc'>Gate-bill</span> (old) = the record of an undergraduate’s -failure to be within the precincts of his college by a -specified time at night.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1803. <i>Gradus ad Cant.</i>, p. 128. To avoid <span class='fss'>GATE-BILLS</span> he will be out -at night as late as he pleases ... climb over the college wall, and -fee his gyp well.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1835. <i>The Snobiad</i> (<span class='sc'>Whibley</span>, <i>Cap and Gown</i>, p. 141). Two proctors -kindly holding either arm Staunch the dark blood and <span class='fss'>GATE</span> him for -the term.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1853. <span class='sc'>Bradley</span>, <i>Verdant Green</i>, <span class='fss'>I.</span> ch. xii. He won’t hurt you -much, Giglamps! <span class='sc'>Gate</span> and chapel you!</p> - -<p class='c012'>1861. <span class='sc'>Hughes</span>, <i>Tom Brown at Oxford</i>, ch. xii. Now you’ll both be -<span class='fss'>GATED</span> probably, and the whole crew will be thrown out of gear.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1865. <i>Cornhill Mag.</i>, p. 227. He is requested to confine himself to -college after a specified hour, which is familiarly termed being <span class='fss'>GATED</span>.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1870. <i>Morning Advertiser</i>, May 23. The two least culpable of the -party have been <span class='fss'>GATED</span>.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1881. <span class='sc'>Lang</span>, <i>Xxxii. Ballades</i>, “Of Midsummer Term.” When freshmen -are careless of <span class='fss'>GATES</span>.</p> - -<p class='c011'><span class='sc'>To be at gates</span>, <i>verb. phr.</i> (Winchester: obsolete).—To -assemble in Seventh Chamber passage, preparatory -to going Hills or Cathedral.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Gaudeamus</b>, <i>subs.</i> (general).—A feast; a drinking bout; -any sort of merry-making. [German students’, but -now general. From the first word of the mediæval -(students’) ditty.]</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Gaudy</b> (or <b>Gaudy-day</b>), <i>subs.</i> (general).—A feast or -entertainment: specifically, the annual dinner of -the Fellows of a college in memory of founders or -benefactors; or a festival of the Inns of Court. -[Lat. <i>gaudere</i> = to rejoice.]</p> - -<p class='c012'>1540. <span class='sc'>Palsgrave</span>, <i>Acolastus</i> [<span class='sc'>Halliwell</span>]. We maye make our -tryumphe, kepe our <span class='fss'>GAUDYES</span>, or let us sette the cocke on the hope, -and make good chere within dores. <i>Ibid.</i>, I have good cause to set -the cocke on the hope, and make <span class='fss'>GAUDYE</span> chere.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1608. <span class='sc'>Shakspeare</span>, <i>Antony and Cleopatra</i>, iii. 11. Come, Let’s -have one other <span class='fss'>GAUDY</span> night; call to me All my sad captains; fill our -bowls; once more Let’s mock the midnight bell.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1636. <span class='sc'>Suckling</span>, <i>Goblins</i> [<span class='sc'>Dodsley</span>, <i>Old Plays</i> (<span class='sc'>Reed</span>), x. 143]. -A foolish utensil of state, Which, like old plate upon a <span class='fss'>GAUDY</span> day, -’s brought forth to make a show, and that is all.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1724. <span class='sc'>E. Coles</span>, <i>Eng. Dict.</i> <span class='sc'>Gaudy days</span>, college or Inns of Court -festivals.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1754. <span class='sc'>B. Martin</span>, <i>Eng. Dict.</i>, 2nd ed. <span class='sc'>Gaudies</span>, double commons, -such as they have on <span class='fss'>GAUDY</span> or grand <span class='fss'>DAYS</span> in colleges.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1760. <span class='sc'>Foote</span>, <i>Minor</i>, Act i. Dine at twelve, and regale, upon a -<span class='fss'>GAUDY DAY</span>, with buns and beer at Islington.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1803. <i>Gradus ad Cantab.</i>, p. 122. Cut lectures ... give <span class='fss'>GAUDIES</span> -and spreads.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1820. <span class='sc'>Lamb</span>, <i>Elia</i> (<i>Oxford in the Vacation</i>). Methought I a little -grudged at the coalition of the <i>better Jude</i> with Simon—clubbing, as it -were, their sanctities together, to make up one poor <span class='fss'>GAUDY-DAY</span> between -them.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1822. <span class='sc'>Nares</span>, <i>Glossary</i>, s.v. <span class='sc'>Gaudy day</span> or <span class='sc'>Night</span>. A time of -festivity and rejoicing. The expression is yet fully retained in the -University of Oxford. <span class='sc'>Blount</span>, in his <i>Glossographia</i>, speaks of a foolish -derivation of the word from a judge Gaudy, said to have been the -institutor of such days. But <i>such</i> days were held in all times, and -did not want a judge to invent them.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1822. <span class='sc'>Scott</span>, <i>Fortunes of Nigel</i>, ch. xxiii. We had a carouse to your -honour ... we fought, too, to finish off the <span class='fss'>GAUDY</span>.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1878. <span class='sc'>Besant and Rice</span>, <i>By Celia’s Arbour</i>, ch. xxxiii. Champagne -... goes equally well with a simple luncheon of cold chicken, and -with the most elaborate <span class='fss'>GAUDY</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>General’s-day</b> (Stonyhurst).—<i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Day</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Gentlemen-Philosopher</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Stonyhurst: obsolete).—<i>See</i> -<span class='sc'>Philosopher</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Genuine</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—Praise. Also as <i>verb</i> -= to praise. [It is suggested (but <i>see</i> quot.) that the -derivation may be from <i>genuina</i>, the “jaw-tooth,” -praise being nothing but “jaw”: <i>cf.</i> <i>Parsius</i>, i. 115.]</p> - -<p class='c012'>1891. <span class='sc'>Wrench</span>, <i>Winchester Word-Book</i>, s.v. <span class='sc'>Genuine</span>.... He -was awfully quilled and <span class='fss'>GENUINED</span> my task. Possibly from calling a -thing genuine. <i>Cf.</i> to blackguard, to lord, &c. But fifty years ago it -was a <i>subs.</i> only. [<i>See</i> Appendix.]</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Gip</b> (or <b>Gyp</b>), <i>subs.</i> (Cambridge).—A college servant.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1891. <i>Harry Fludyer at Cambridge</i>, 8. My <span class='fss'>GYP</span> said he thought he -knew some one who’d give me eighteen shillings for it.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Girdlestoneites</b> (Charterhouse).—A boarding-house. -[From a master’s name.] <i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Out-houses</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Glope</b>, <i>verb</i> (Winchester: obsolete).—To spit.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Go.</b> <span class='sc'>To go down</span>, <i>verb</i> (University).—To leave school -or college: by special <span class='fss'>EXEAT</span> (<i>q.v.</i>) or at vacation. -Whence <span class='fss'>TO BE SENT DOWN</span> = to be under discipline; -to be rusticated.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1863. <span class='sc'>H. Kingsley</span>, <i>Austin Elliot</i>, i. 179. How dare you say “deuce” -in my presence? You can <span class='fss'>GO DOWN</span>, my Lord.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1886. <span class='sc'>Dickens</span>, <i>Dict. of Cambridge</i>, 3. No undergraduate should -<span class='fss'>GO</span> down without obtaining his <span class='fss'>EXEAT</span>.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1891. <i>Harry Fludyer at Cambridge</i>, 53. I’m thankful to say this -Term’s nearly over now.... We shall be able to <span class='fss'>GO</span> down next week -... which is a blessing.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1898. <i>Stonyhurst Mag.</i>, Dec., p. 149, “Life at Oxford.” You will -think, then, that most of us do no work. Well, a good many do precious -little. Still there is this check. All who do not pass their -examinations within a certain time must “<span class='fss'>GO DOWN</span>,” <i>i.e.</i> they must -leave. It wholly depends upon ourselves, then, how much work we -do; and it is naturally a much more difficult matter to “read” in this -way than when one has regular schools and studies.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Goal</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—(1) At football the boy who -stands at the centre of each end, acting as umpire; -and (2) the score of three points made when the -ball is kicked between his legs, or over his head, -without his touching it. <i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Schitt</span>.</p> - -<p class='c012'><i>c.</i> 1840. <span class='sc'>Mansfield</span>, <i>School-Life at Winchester College</i>, p. 138. Midway -between each of the two ends of the line was stationed another boy, as -umpire (<span class='fss'>GOAL</span> he was called), who stood with his legs wide apart, and -a gown rolled up at each foot: if the ball was kicked directly over his -head, or between his legs, without his touching it, it was a <span class='fss'>GOAL</span>, and -scored three for the party that kicked it.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>God</b>, <i>subs.</i> 1. (Eton).—A Sixth Form boy. <i>See</i> Appendix.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1881. <span class='sc'>Pascoe</span>, <i>Life in our Public Schools</i>. A <span class='fss'>GOD</span> at Eton is probably -in a more exalted position, and receives more reverence than will -ever afterwards fall to his lot.</p> - -<p class='c011'>2. (Westminster).—The juniors who, at the <span class='sc'>Westminster -Play</span> (<i>q.v.</i>), occupy a back gallery. A -proposal was made in 1792 to exclude them from -the performance on the grand nights, which, however, -was successfully resisted. Whence <span class='fss'>GOD-KEEPER</span> -= a Third Election boy, who acts as -deputy monitor, and keeps the gallery deities in -order.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1867. <span class='sc'>Collins</span>, <i>The Public Schools</i>, p. 155. A rushing noise is heard -as of a party of inebriated whirlwinds coming up College, and the <i>Di -Superi</i> (in vulgar parlance <span class='fss'>THE GODS</span>) make their appearance. Now is -the time to see the <span class='fss'>GOD-KEEPER</span> in his glory, in kid gloves, cane, and -commanding voice: “Here, Jones, go up closer. Room for three or -four more in that corner. Tumble-up, Davis.”</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Going-out Saturday</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Charterhouse).—<i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Exeat</span> 2.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Gold Hatband</b>, <i>subs.</i> (old University).—A nobleman -undergraduate; a <span class='fss'>TUFT</span> (<i>q.v.</i>).</p> - -<p class='c012'>1628. <span class='sc'>Earle</span>, <i>Microcosmography</i>. His companion is ordinarily -some stale fellow that has been notorious for an ingle to <span class='fss'>GOLD HATBANDS</span>, -whom hee admires at first, afterwards scornes.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1889. <i>Gentleman’s Mag.</i>, June, p. 598. Noblemen at the universities, -since known as “tufts,” because of the gold tuft or tassel to their cap, -were then known as <span class='fss'>GOLD HATBANDS</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Golgotha</b>, <i>subs.</i> (old University).—The Dons’ gallery at -Cambridge; also a certain part of the theatre at -Oxford. [That is, “the place of skulls” (<i>cf.</i> Luke -xxiii. 33 and Matt. xxvii. 33); whence the pun, -Dons being the heads of houses.]</p> - -<p class='c012'>1730. <span class='sc'>Jas. Miller</span>, <i>Humours of Oxford</i>, Act ii., p. 23 (2nd ed.). -Sirrah, I’ll have you put in the black-book, rusticated—expelled—I’ll -have you <i>coram nobis</i> at <span class='fss'>GOLGOTHA</span>, where you’ll be bedevilled, Muck-worm, -you will.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1785. <span class='sc'>Grose</span>, <i>Vulg. Tongue</i>, s.v.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1791. <span class='sc'>G. Huddesford</span>, <i>Salmagundi</i> (Note on, p. 150). <span class='sc'>Golgotha</span>, -“The place of a Skull,” a name ludicrously affixed to the Place in -which the Heads of Colleges assemble.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1808. <span class='sc'>J. T. Conybeare</span> in <span class='sc'>C. K. Sharp’s</span> <i>Correspondence</i> (1888), -i. 324. The subject then of the ensuing section is <i>Oxford News</i> ... -we will begin by <span class='fss'>GOLGOTHA</span>.... Cole has already obtained the -Headship of Exeter, and Mr. Griffiths ... is to have that of -University.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Gomer</b>, <i>subs.</i> 1. (Winchester).—A large pewter dish used -in College. [Probably from its holding a <i>homer</i> or -<i>omer</i> in measure: <i>see</i> quots.]</p> - -<p class='c012'>1610-31. <span class='sc'>Donne.</span> Not satisfied with his <span class='fss'>GOMER</span> of manna.</p> - -<p class='c012'><i>d.</i> 1656. <span class='sc'>Hall</span>, <i>Satires</i>, Bk. v. He that gave a <span class='fss'>GOMER</span> to each.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1778. <i>Inventory of Kitchen and Hall.</i> Twenty-four <span class='fss'>GOMERS</span> (amongst -dishes and brass pots).</p> - -<p class='c011'>2. A new hat: specifically, a beaver when first -introduced: but <i>see</i> quot., <span class='sc'>Peals</span>, and Appendix.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1867. <span class='sc'>Collins</span>, <i>The Public Schools</i>, 68. Top-boots are no longer -considered, by young gentlemen of twelve, “your only wear” to go -home in, although the term for them—<span class='fss'>GOMERS</span> (i.e. <i>go-homers</i>)—still -survives in the Winchester vocabulary.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Good-breakfast</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Stonyhurst).—A breakfast given -to those <span class='sc'>Distinguished</span> (<i>q.v.</i>) every term: also -called <span class='sc'>Distinction-breakfast</span>. <i>Cf.</i> <span class='sc'>Do</span> and <span class='sc'>Good-supper</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Good-creatures</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Charterhouse).—Meat, vegetables, -and pudding. [From a quaint old-fashioned -“Scholars’ grace”—“Lord, bless to us these thy -<span class='fss'>GOOD-CREATURES</span>,” &c.]</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Good-day</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Stonyhurst).—A free day given at the -end of the school year to those distinguished in -mathematics. There is also a “Rhetoric <span class='fss'>GOOD -DAY</span>,” given to the <span class='sc'>Rhetoricians</span> (<i>q.v.</i>), and a -“Certificate <span class='fss'>GOOD DAY</span>,” given to candidates for -the Higher Certificate Examination.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Good-Four-o’clock</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Stonyhurst: obsolete).—A -repast similar in character to a <span class='sc'>Good-supper</span> and a -<span class='sc'>Good-breakfast</span> (both of which see).</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Good-supper</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Stonyhurst).—A supper given for a -special reason: <i>e.g.</i> the <span class='sc'>Choir-supper</span> (that given -to members of the Choir); the <span class='sc'>Actors’-supper</span> -(that given to the participants in Shrovetide-plays); -the <span class='sc'>Eleven-supper</span> (to the Cricket eleven -after an “out” match), &c. <i>Cf.</i> <span class='sc'>Do</span> and <span class='sc'>Good-breakfast</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Goose-match</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Harrow).—A cricket match played -between the School Eleven and a team of Old -Harrovians on Michaelmas Day, or as near to it as -possible. The Eleven opposing the School are called -“the geese.” <i>See</i> Appendix.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Gosh</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—To spit.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Gown</b>, <i>subs.</i> 1. (Winchester: obsolete).—Coarse brown -paper.</p> - -<p class='c011'>2. (University).—The schools as distinguished -from the <span class='fss'>TOWN</span> (<i>q.v.</i>): <i>e.g.</i> <span class='sc'>Town</span> and <span class='sc'>Gown</span>.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1847. <span class='sc'>Thackeray</span>, <i>Punch’s Prize Novelists</i>, “Codlingsby,” p. 232. -From the Addenbroke’s hospital to the Blenheim turnpike, all Cambridge -was in an uproar—the College gates closed—the shops barricaded—the -shop-boys away in support of their brother townsmen—the -battle raged, and the <span class='fss'>GOWN</span> had the worst of the fight.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1853. <span class='sc'>Bradley</span>, <i>Verdant Green</i>, <span class='fss'>II.</span>, ch. iii. When <span class='fss'>GOWN</span> was -absent, Town was miserable.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1891. <i>Pall Mall Gaz.</i>, 30th May, p. 4, c. 3. Town and <span class='fss'>GOWN</span> joined -in harmony.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Gownboy</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Charterhouse).—A scholar on the -foundation: they wore at the Charterhouse black -Eton jackets, black trousers, shoes called <span class='sc'>Gowsers</span> -(<i>q.v.</i>), and gowns. This distinctive garb was abolished -in 1872.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Gownboy-arch</b> (Charterhouse).—An arch near the east -end of the chapel, formerly the doorway from -Scholars’ Court into Gown-boys. The earliest -Old Carthusian name inscribed on it bears date -1778.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Gownboy-cricket</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Charterhouse).—Cricket in -which there are twenty bowlers to one batsman, -with no fielders.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Gownboys</b> (Charterhouse).—A boarding-house. [Because -on migration to Godalming in 1872 nearly -all the old <span class='sc'>Gownboys</span> (<i>q.v.</i>) were received there.]</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Gowner</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—The <span class='sc'>Goal</span> (<i>q.v.</i>) at football -stood with his legs stretched out, and a gown, -rolled up into a ball, at each foot. When the ball -was kicked over either of these gowns, without -goal’s touching it, this counted two for the party -who kicked it.—<span class='sc'>Mansfield</span> (<i>c.</i> 1840). Also <i>see</i> -<span class='sc'>Goal</span> and <span class='sc'>Schitt</span>. Now obsolete.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Gownsman</b> (also <b>Gown</b>), <i>subs.</i> (University).—A student.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1800. <span class='sc'>C. K. Sharpe</span>, in <i>Correspondence</i> (1888), i. 96. A battle -between the <span class='fss'>GOWNSMEN</span> and townspeople ... in spite of the Vice-Chancellor -and Proctors.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1850. <span class='sc'>F. E. Smedley</span>, <i>Frank Fairlegh</i>, ch. xxv. The ancient town -of Cambridge, no longer animated by the countless throngs of <span class='fss'>GOWNSMEN</span>, -frowned in its unaccustomed solitude.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1853. <span class='sc'>Bradley</span>, <i>Verdant Green</i>, <span class='fss'>III.</span> By the time Mr. Bouncer -finished these words, the coach appropriately drew up at the “Mitre,” -and the passengers tumbled off amid a knot of <span class='fss'>GOWNSMEN</span> collected -on the pavement to receive them.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1861. <span class='sc'>Hughes</span>, <i>Tom Brown at Oxford</i>. The townsmen ... were -met by the <span class='fss'>GOWNSMEN</span> with settled steady pluck.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Gowsers</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Charterhouse: obsolete).—Shoes.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Grammar</b>, <i>subs.</i> 1. (Stonyhurst).—The Lower Fourth -Form.</p> - -<p class='c011'>2. (Harrow).—<i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Upper School</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Grand-matches</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Stonyhurst).—The three final -matches of the <span class='sc'>Stonyhurst-football</span> (<i>q.v.</i>) season, -played always on the Thursday before Shrove-tide, -and on the following Monday and Tuesday. These -days are school holidays, and in the evenings the -great plays of the year are given.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Grass</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Royal Military Academy).—Vegetables.</p> - -<p class='c011'><span class='sc'>To be sent to grass</span>, <i>verb. phr.</i> (University).—To -be rusticated; to <span class='fss'>RECEIVE A TRAVELLING -SCHOLARSHIP</span> (<i>q.v.</i>).</p> - -<p class='c012'>1794. <i>Gent. Mag.</i>, p. 1085. And was very near rustication [at Cambridge] -merely for kicking up a row after a beakering party. “Soho, -Jack!” briskly rejoined another, “almost presented with a travelling -fellowship? very nigh being <span class='fss'>SENT TO GRASS</span>, hey?”</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Greaser</b>, <i>subs.</i> 1. (Durham: obsolete).—A cad.</p> - -<p class='c011'>2. (Winchester: obsolete).—A mode of torture -performed by rubbing a boy’s head hard with the -knuckles.—<span class='sc'>Mansfield</span> (<i>c.</i> 1840).</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Great-go</b> (or <b>Greats</b>), <i>subs.</i> (Cambridge).—The final -examination for the B.A. degree: <i>cf.</i> <span class='sc'>Little-go</span>. -At Oxford, <span class='fss'>GREATER</span>.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1841. <i>Prince of the New-made Baccalere, Oxford.</i> <span class='sc'>Great-go</span> is -passed.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1861. <span class='sc'>Hughes</span>, <i>Tom Brown at Oxford</i>, ch. x. Both small and <span class='fss'>GREAT</span> -are sufficiently distant to be altogether ignored, if we are that way -inclined.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1856-7. <span class='sc'>Thackeray</span>, <i>King of Brentford’s Test.</i>, st. 7. At college, -though not fast, Yet his little-go and <span class='fss'>GREAT-GO</span>, He creditably -pass’d.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1871. <i>Morning Advertiser</i>, April 28. Yes, Mr. Lowe has been plucked -for his <span class='fss'>GREAT GO</span>.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1883. <i>Echo</i>, 3rd May, p. 2, c. 4. But few, indeed, are the men -who have been in for <span class='fss'>GREATS</span> during the last twenty years, and -who have not blessed Mr. Kitchin for his edition of the <i>Novum -Organum</i>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Grecian</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Christ’s Hospital).—A senior boy.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1870. <i>Blue Budget</i>, March. We have the full sanction and approval -of the <span class='fss'>GRECIANS</span>, and some of them intend even to contribute articles -themselves.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1871. <i>The Blue</i>, Aug. Boys are taken at the age of seven years -and remain till they are sixteen.... If at their sixteenth year they -have shown remarkable aptitude, they are allowed to remain longer, -and as <span class='fss'>GRECIANS</span>—a traditional title, the origin of which is unknown—to -pursue more advanced studies and to enjoy certain privileges as -to table. [<i>See</i> Appendix.]</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Green.</b> 1. (Charterhouse).—The cricket-ground. <i>See</i> -<span class='sc'>Under-green</span>.</p> - -<p class='c011'>2. (Felsted: obsolete).—A Post-Office Order. -[From the colour.]</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Green-back</b>, <i>subs.</i> (University).—One of Todhunter’s -series of mathematical text-books. [Because bound -in green cloth. <i>Cf.</i> <span class='sc'>Blue-ruin</span> = Bohn’s <i>Classical -Series</i>.]</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Green Book, The</b> (Charterhouse).—A record of the -date of entering and leaving the school: this has -been somewhat loosely kept, and gaps are conspicuous.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Green-room Boys</b>, <i>subs. phr.</i> (Stonyhurst).—Boys chosen -to be the stage-manager’s assistants at the Shrove-tide -plays.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Greens, The</b> (Stonyhurst: obsolete).—Two large grass -plots, or lawns and shrubberies, on the south front. -A cricket-ball hit full pitch into either of these from -the opposite end of the playground was known as -“A Greener.” Whence <span class='fss'>GREEN-BOYS</span> = boys who -used to look after the “<span class='fss'>GREENS</span>.”</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Greeze</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Westminster).—A crowd.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Greyers</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Harrow).—Grey flannel trousers: worn by -all the school not entitled to white <span class='sc'>Flannels</span> (<i>q.v.</i>) -at cricket.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Greyhound</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Cambridge: obsolete).—A member of -Clare College; a <span class='fss'>CLARIAN</span> (<i>q.v.</i>).</p> - -<p class='c012'>1889. <span class='sc'>Whibley</span>, <i>Cap and Gown</i>, xxviii. The members of Clare ... -were called <span class='fss'>GRAYHOUNDS</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Grind</b>, <i>subs.</i> (common).—(1) Study; reading for an -examination. Also as a <i>verb</i>. (2) A plodding -student. (3) Athletic sports in general: specifically, -a training run. Also as <i>verb</i> = to teach; to instruct; -to coach.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1856. <span class='sc'>Hughes</span>, <i>Tom Brown’s School-days</i>, pt. <span class='fss'>II.</span> ch. v. “Come -along, boys,” cries East, always ready to leave the <span class='fss'>GRIND</span>, as he called -it. <i>Ibid.</i>, ch. vii. “The thing to find out,” said Tom meditatively, -“is how long one ought to <span class='fss'>GRIND</span> at a sentence without looking at -the crib.”</p> - -<p class='c012'>1872. <i>Chambers’s Jour.</i>, April. Joe Rullock, the mighty gymnasiarch, -the hero of a hundred <span class='fss'>GRINDS</span>, the unwearied haunter of the palæstra, -could never give the lie to his whole past life, and deny his own -gymnastics.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1887. <i>Chambers’s Jour.</i>, 14th May, p. 310. Smalls made just such a -goal as was required, and the <span class='fss'>GRIND</span> it entailed was frequently of no -slight profit to him.</p> - -<p class='c011'><span class='sc'>The Grind</span>, <i>subs.</i> (Cambridge).—The ferry-boat -at Chesterton. (Oxford) A diversion popular among -the less athletic tutors and undergraduates, which -consists in walking by the Banbury Road to the 2-1/2 -mile stone, crossing to the Woodstock Road, which -is here only a quarter of a mile distant, and so -returning to Oxford, occasionally varying the proceeding -by reversing the order of the walk. It is, -however, probable that the introduction of golf -has dealt a severe blow at the popularity of this -innocent amusement. Also <span class='fss'>THE FIVE MILES GRIND</span>.</p> - -<p class='c011'><span class='sc'>’Varsity Grind</span> (Oxford).—A steeplechase held -at Stratton Audley.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Grind-days</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Loretto).—The <span class='fss'>GRIND-DAYS</span> occur -twice a year: in October and March. Privileged -boys, school officers, Sixth and Fifth, and probably -Upper Fifth, go by train to various places, such as -Peebles, Pomathorn, &c., and walk, perhaps about -twenty miles, to some other place, where they -dine, returning by train. Some of the rest cross -the Pentlands, and the Juniors go up the highest -Pentland.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Grinder</b>, <i>subs.</i> (general).—A private tutor; a <span class='fss'>COACH</span> -(<i>q.v.</i>).</p> - -<p class='c012'>1812. Miss <span class='sc'>Edgeworth</span>, <i>Patronage</i>, ch. iii. Put him into the -hands of a clever <span class='fss'>GRINDER</span> or crammer, and they would soon cram the -necessary portion of Latin and Greek into him.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1841. <i>Punch</i>, vol. i. p. 201. Then contriving to accumulate five -guineas to pay a <span class='fss'>GRINDER</span>, he routs out his old note-books from the -bottom of his box and commences to read.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1841. <span class='sc'>A. Smith</span>, “The London Medical Student” in <i>Punch</i>, i. p. -229. G was a <span class='fss'>GRINDER</span>, who sharpen’d the fools.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1849. <span class='sc'>Thackeray</span>, <i>Pendennis</i>, ch. v. She sent me down here with -a <span class='fss'>GRINDER</span>. She wants me to cultivate my neglected genius.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Grinding-mill</b>, <i>subs.</i> (general).—The house of a tutor -or <span class='fss'>COACH</span> (<i>q.v.</i>), where students are prepared for an -examination.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Groats.</b> <span class='sc'>To save one’s groats</span>, <i>verb. phr.</i> (old University).—To -come off handsomely. [At the Universities -nine groats are deposited in the hands of an -academic officer by every person standing for a -degree, which, if the depositor obtains, with honour, -are returned to him.—<span class='sc'>Grose.</span>]</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Grotius-time</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—From 7 <span class='fss'>P.M.</span> to 7.45 -<span class='fss'>P.M.</span> on Sundays, in <span class='sc'>Cloister-time</span> (<i>q.v.</i>) when <span class='sc'>Sixth -Book</span> (<i>q.v.</i>) and <span class='sc'>Senior Part</span> (<i>q.v.</i>) went into school -to translate the work of that author.—<span class='sc'>Mansfield</span> -(<i>c.</i> 1840). Now obsolete.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Groute</b>, <i>verb</i> (Marlborough and Cheltenham).—To work -or study hard; to <span class='fss'>SWOT</span> (<i>q.v.</i>).</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Grovel</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Sherborne).—A scrummage at football.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Grubber</b>, <i>subs.</i> (general).—A tuck-shop. <i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Lamb’s-tails</span>, -<span class='sc'>Round Othellos</span>, <span class='sc'>Kill-me-quicks</span>, and <span class='sc'>Picaninnies</span>.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1899. <i>Public School Mag.</i>, Dec., p. 441. The shop is privately managed -by Mr. Kimmins, of High Street, Tonbridge [and] is known as -“<span class='fss'>GRUBBER</span>.”</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Grubby</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Royal High School, Edin.).—The luncheon -room.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Gruff</b>, <i>adj.</i> (Christ’s Hospital).—Low-pitched: of the -voice. <i>See</i> quot., and <span class='sc'>Squeaky</span>.</p> - -<p class='c012'><i>c.</i> 1844. <i>Reminis. of Christ’s Hospital</i> [<i>The Blue</i>, Aug. 1874]. The -voices, in our own peculiar phraseology, being divided into two classes—those -who sang “squeaky,” and those who sang <span class='fss'>GRUFF</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Guarder</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Stonyhurst).—A goal-keeper: at football. -Whence <span class='fss'>SECOND-GUARDER</span> = the “full-back” of Association -Football; and <span class='fss'>THIRD-GUARDER</span> = the “halfback” -of Association Football.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Gulf</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Cambridge).—The bottom of a list of -“passes,” with the names of those who only just -succeed in getting their degree. At Oxford a -man who, going in for honours, only gets a pass. -Hence as <i>verb</i> (Cambridge) = to place in the -<span class='fss'>GULF</span>; <span class='fss'>TO BE GULFED</span> = to be on such a list. -[Men so placed were not eligible for the Classical -Tripos.]</p> - -<p class='c012'>1852. <span class='sc'>Bristed</span>, <i>Five Tears in an English University</i>, p. 205. Some -ten or fifteen men just on the line, not bad enough to be plucked, or -good enough to be placed, are put into the <span class='fss'>GULF</span>, as it is popularly -called (the examiners’ phrase is “degrees allowed”), and have their -degrees given them, but are not printed in the calendar. <i>Ibid.</i>, 297. -I discovered that my name was nowhere to be found—that I was -<span class='fss'>GULFED</span>.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1853. <span class='sc'>Bradley</span>, <i>Verdant Green</i>, pt. <span class='fss'>III.</span> p. 89. I am not going to -let them <span class='fss'>GULPH</span> me a second time.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1863. <span class='sc'>H. Kingsley</span>, <span class='sc'>Austin Elliot</span>, p. 123. The good Professor -scolded, predicted that they would all be either <span class='fss'>GULFED</span> -or ploughed.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1865. <i>Sporting Gaz.</i>, April 1. A man who was <i>GULFED</i> for mathematical -honours was certainly, in olden time, unable to enter for the -classical examination; but though the arrangement is altered, the term -is <i>not</i> obsolete. A man who is <span class='fss'>GULFED</span> is considered to know enough -mathematics for an ordinary degree, but not enough to be allowed his -degree in mathematics only; he is consequently obliged to pass in all -the ordinary subjects (except mathematics) for the “poll,” before -taking his degree.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1876. <span class='sc'>Trevelyan</span>, <span class='sc'>Life of Macaulay</span> (1884), ch. ii. p. 61. When -the Tripos of 1822 made its appearance, his name did not grace the -list. In short ... Macaulay was <span class='fss'>GULFED</span>.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1896. <i>Tonbridgian</i>, No. 339, 1124. Poole hopes to get a Third in -Honour Mods., and Law hopes to escape a <span class='fss'>GULF</span> next year in the -same.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Gull</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Oxford: obsolete).—A swindler; a trickster. -<i>Cf.</i> “<span class='sc'>Gull-catcher</span>,” of which it is probably an abbreviation.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1825. <i>The English Spy</i>, v. i. p. 161. “You’ll excuse me, sir, but as -you are <i>fresh</i>, take care to avoid the <span class='fss'>GULLS</span>.” “I never understood -that <span class='fss'>GULLS</span> were birds of prey,” said I. “Only in Oxford, sir, and -here, I assure you, they bite like hawks.”</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Gutter</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Tonbridge).—A scrummage at Rugby football: -now nearly obsolete. [Properly the space -between the teams in the scrummage.]</p> - -<p class='c011'><i>Verb</i> (Winchester).—To fall in the water flat on -the stomach.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Gymmy</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Manchester Grammar).—The gymnasium.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Gyp</b> (or <b>Gip</b>), <i>subs.</i> (Cambridge).—A college servant. -At Oxford, a scout; at Dublin, a skip. [Etymology -doubtful: according to <i>Sat. Rev.</i> an abbreviation of -Gipsy Joe: according to Cambridge undergraduates, -from the Greek γυψ (<span class='fss'>GUPS</span>) = a vulture; from the -creature’s rapacity.]</p> - -<p class='c012'>1794. <i>Gent. Mag.</i>, p. 1085. [A Cambridge college servant is called -a <span class='fss'>JIP</span>.]</p> - -<p class='c012'>1803. <i>Gradus ad Cantab.</i>, 128. To avoid gate-bills he will be out at -night as late as he pleases, ... climb over the college wall, and fee -his <span class='fss'>GYP</span> well.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1842. <i>Tait’s Mag.</i>, Oct., “Reminiscences of Coll. Life.” There is -attached to colleges and halls a person more useful than ornamental, -and better known than paid, whom Oxonians name <span class='fss'>GYP</span>, from his supposed -moral affinity to a vulture (γυψ). The same is in Dublin denominated -a <i>Skip</i>, because of the activity which is an indispensable item -in his qualifications.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1849. <span class='sc'>C. Kingsley</span>, <i>Alton Locke</i>, ch. xii. I’ll send you in luncheon -as I go through the butteries; then, perhaps, you’d like to come down -and see the race. Ask the <span class='fss'>GYP</span> to tell you the way.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1850. <span class='sc'>Smedley</span>, <i>Frank Fairleigh</i>, p. 254. Fellow you call the <span class='fss'>GYP</span> -wanted to make me believe you were out—thought I looked too like a -governor to be let in, I suppose.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1882. F. <span class='sc'>Anstey</span>, <i>Vice Versâ</i>, ch. v. Who should we see coming -straight down on us but a Proctor with his bull-dogs (not dogs, you -know, but the strongest <span class='fss'>GYPS</span> in the college).</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Gyte</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Royal High School, Edin.).—A first year’s -student.</p> - -<div class='chapter'> - <h2 class='c003' title='H'></h2> -</div> -<div class='c009'> - <img class='drop-capi' src='images/i_106_h.png' width='100' alt='' /> -</div><p class='drop-capi0_9'> -<b>Habit</b>, <i>subs.</i> (old University).—See quot.</p> -<div class='clearme'> - -</div> - -<p class='c012'>1803. <i>Gradus ad Cantabrigiam.</i> <span class='sc'>Habit.</span> College -<span class='fss'>HABIT</span>, College dress, called of old, livery: the dress of -the Master, Fellows, and Scholars.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Hades</b>, <i>subs.</i> (The Leys).—A W.C. <i>Cf.</i> <span class='sc'>Styx.</span></p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Haggory</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Stonyhurst).—One of the gardens in -the <i>Higher Line</i> (<i>q.v.</i>) playground, which the Irish -boys in the early years of the century turned into -a debating-place, to promote the views of O’Connell -and his party. [A corruption of ἁγορά.]</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Hairy</b>, <i>adj.</i> (Oxford).—Difficult.</p> - -<p class='c012'><i>d.</i> 1861. <span class='sc'>Arthur Clough</span>, <i>Long Vacation Pastoral</i>. Three weeks -hence we return to the shop and the wash-hand-stand-bason, Three -weeks hence unbury Thicksides and <span class='fss'>HAIRY</span> Aldrich.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1864. <i>The Press</i>, Nov. 12. <span class='sc'>Hairy</span> for difficult is a characteristic -epithet.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Half-faggot</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—<i>See</i> quot.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1881. <i>Felstedian</i>, Nov., p. 75, “A Day’s Fagging at Winchester.” At -6.15, when the first bell for chapel rings, I go round and wake up -everybody; as the præfects like hot water for washing, I make up a -fire, and put on the boilers; in other words, throw a bundle of sticks -called a “<span class='fss'>HALF-FAGGOT</span>” on the old-fashioned “dogs,” or uprights, -which form the only fireplaces in chambers, coal not being in use.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Hall</b>, <i>subs.</i> 1. (Oxford).—Dinner. Also as <i>verb</i> = to dine. -[Taken in College Hall.]</p> - -<p class='c012'>1891. <i>Harry Fludyer at Cambridge</i>, 55. A lot of Freshmen got -together after <span class='fss'>HALL</span> (it was a Saint’s day, and they’d been drinking -audit) and went and made hay in Marling’s rooms.</p> - -<p class='c011'>2. (Sherborne).—Evening preparation.</p> - -<p class='c011'>3. (Shrewsbury).—<i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Senior Hall</span>.</p> - -<p class='c011'><span class='sc'>To go on hall</span>, <i>verb. phr.</i> (Winchester).—To -fag: as a breakfast waiter.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1867. <span class='sc'>Collins</span>, <i>The Public Schools</i>, p. 48. However, as boys came -to school better scholars, and were consequently higher placed, fourth -form fags grew scarce, and the junior fifth were ordered, as the phrase -was, <span class='fss'>TO GO ON HALL</span>. One champion stood upon his rights, and refused; -the indignant prefect proposed to thrash him publicly; the -juniors rose in a body and pinioned the prefects. Fond mammas, and -other declaimers against school tyranny, will regret to hear that this -spirited resistance was not appreciated by Dr. Williams; after a patient -hearing of the pleas on both sides, he supported the prefect’s authority -(it may be concluded that they had not really exceeded it), and six -of the ringleaders were expelled.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Hall-crier</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Shrewsbury).—<i>See</i> quot.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1867. <span class='sc'>Collins</span>, <i>The Public Schools</i>, p. 249. And two <span class='fss'>HALL-CRIERS</span> -(or latterly one), whose chief business was to read out at breakfast -time lists of the fags on duty for cricket or football, descriptions of -lost articles, &c. &c. This office in former days had commonly to be -performed under a fire of such missiles as came handiest—amongst -them often the regulation iron spoons supplied for the bread-and-milk -breakfast which was the fare in the rougher days of Shrewsbury. -Each proclamation began in due form with “Oh yes! oh yes! (Oyez! -oyez!)” and ended with “God save the King (or Queen)! and d—— -the Radicals!”</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Hall-fagging</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Charterhouse).—A duty imposed -on sixteen of the lowest boys in each House. They -have to attend in Hall, usually four at a time, and -carry out orders, while the monitors have breakfast -and tea. There was no need for this duty at Old -Charterhouse, fags being always at hand. At New -Charterhouse this was not always the case; they -were often playing at football or cricket, or sitting in -the library. Monitors, therefore, arranged the system -of <span class='fss'>HALL-FAGGING</span>. Latterly it has become usual to -send into Hall fags who have offended against -monitorial discipline, have been talkative in <span class='sc'>Banco</span>, -or noisy in the cubicles. Where such culprits are -available the regular fags are exempt.—<span class='sc'>Tod.</span></p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Halve</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Charterhouse).—A half-holiday: on Wednesdays -and Saturdays.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Halves</b> (pron. <i>Hāves</i>), <i>subs.</i> (Winchester: obsolete).—Half-Wellington -boots, which were strictly <i>Non -licet</i> (<i>q.v.</i>).</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Hand.</b> To <span class='fss'>HAND UP</span>, <i>verb. phr.</i> (Winchester).—To give -information against; to betray.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Handball</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Stonyhurst).—(1) The Stonyhurst form -of Fives. Also (2) the ball used in playing; (3) the -wall against which the game is played; and (4) the -courts into which the wall and ground are divided.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1887. <i>Stonyhurst Mag.</i>, iii. 18, “Stonyhurst in the Fifties.” On -Whit-Saturday <span class='fss'>HANDBALL</span> came in. We had on that morning 2-1/2 hours’ -school ... and having gone up to the study-place to put away our -books were let out by schools to run for places. In the old playground -there stood one of the present <span class='fss'>HANDBALLS</span>, one side of it belonging to -the Higher Line, and one to the Lower. Of the Higher Line <span class='fss'>HANDBALLS</span> -[on each side of this <span class='fss'>HANDBALL</span>—the wall—were two <span class='fss'>HANDBALLS</span> -or courts] one belonged to Rhetoric and one to Poetry. Of the -Lower Line <span class='fss'>HANDBALLS</span> one to Grammar and one to Rudiments. -There were besides in both Higher and Lower Lines, other inferior -<span class='fss'>HANDBALLS</span> in the wall which separated the playground from the -garden, where the rails now stand. They were called “The Pavilions,” -and each contained three courts. Those in the Higher Line were -common property, the Lower Line ones belonged to Rudiments, -Figures, and Elements. Syntax had thus no <span class='fss'>HANDBALL</span> and Rudiments -had two. In the Higher Line possession of the <span class='fss'>HANDBALL</span> -always went to the first comers, those who first “touched-in” having -it. In the Lower Line during after-dinner recreation (at least in the -large <span class='fss'>HANDBALLS</span>) it went by order of Compositions.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Handing-up</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Harrow).—A form of Lynch law -inflicted [up to the second quarter of the century] -by monitors on a boy known to have been guilty of -any highly disgraceful conduct reflecting on the -character of the school—stealing, for example. The -monitors satisfied themselves, after careful inquiry, -of the guilt of the accused, and called him before -an assembly of the Upper School in Butler’s Hall, -where he received from each monitor a certain -number of blows with a study toasting-fork. The -punishment was severe, but merciful to the delinquent -as an alternative in some cases to expulsion -if the charge had been brought before the -head-master.—<span class='sc'>Thornton.</span></p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Harder</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Harrow).—Racquets: as opposed to -<span class='sc'>Squash</span> (<i>q.v.</i>); also a racquet ball. Whence <span class='fss'>HARDER-COURT</span> -= the racquet court.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Hard-up</b>, <i>adv.</i> (Winchester).—Abashed or out of countenance; -exhausted (as in swimming).</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Harlequin</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—The wooden centre of -a red indiarubber ball.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Harry-soph</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Cambridge: obsolete).—See <span class='sc'>Soph</span>.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1795. <i>Gent. Mag.</i>, p. 20. A <span class='fss'>HARRY</span>, or <span class='fss'>ERRANT SOPH</span>, I understand -to be either a person, four-and-twenty years of age, and of an infirm -state of health, who is permitted to dine with the Fellows, and to wear -a plain, black, full-sleeved gown; or else he is one who, having kept -all the terms, by statute required previous to his law-act, is <i>hoc ipsa -facto</i> entitled to wear the same garment, and thenceforth ranks as -bachelor, by courtesy.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1803. <i>Gradus ad Cantabrigiam</i>. <span class='sc'>Harry soph</span>, or <span class='fss'>HENRY SOPHISTER</span>; -students who have kept all the terms required for a law act, -and hence are ranked as Bachelors of Law by courtesy. They wear a -plain, black, full-sleeved gown.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Hash</b>, <i>verb</i> (general).—To study hard; <span class='fss'>TO SWAT</span> (<i>q.v.</i>).</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Hasher</b>, <i>subs.</i> 1. (Charterhouse).—A “made” dish.</p> - -<p class='c011'>2. (Charterhouse).—A football sweater—tight-fitting, -with the colours running round in horizontal -lines. In 1863 football shirts were introduced -in place of <span class='fss'>HASHERS</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Hat</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Cambridge).—A gentleman commoner. -[Who is permitted to wear a hat instead of the -regulation mortar-board.] Also <span class='fss'>GOLD HATBAND</span>.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1628. <span class='sc'>Earle</span>, <i>Microcosmographie</i>, “Young Gentleman of the -Universitie” (ed. <span class='sc'>Arber</span>, 1868). His companion is ordinarily some -stale fellow that has beene notorious for an ingle to <span class='fss'>GOLD HATBANDS</span>, -whom hee admires at first, afterwards scornes.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1803. <i>Gradus ad Cantabrigiam.</i> Hat Commoner; the son of a -nobleman, who wears the gown of a Fellow Commoner with a <span class='fss'>HAT</span>.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1830. <span class='sc'>Lytton</span>, <i>Paul Clifford</i>, ch. xxxii. I knew intimately all the -<span class='fss'>HATS</span> in the University.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1841. <span class='sc'>Lytton</span>, <i>Night and Morning</i>, Bk. <span class='fss'>I</span>. ch. i. He had certainly -nourished the belief that some one of the <span class='fss'>HATS</span> or tinsel gowns, <i>i.e.</i> -young lords or fellow.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Hatch</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—A flood-gate. [Hatch = a -flood-gate (<span class='sc'>Bailey</span>); also var. dial. = a garden-gate, -wicket-gate, or half-door.]</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Hatch-thoke</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—A Founder’s Commemoration-day. -[<span class='sc'>Thoke</span> = to lie late in bed; an -old custom being to lie in bed till breakfast on such -occasions, names being called at <span class='fss'>HATCH</span> in Commoners.]</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Haul</b>, <i>verb</i> (University).—To summon before the Proctor -for misdemeanour. Whence <span class='fss'>HAULABLE</span>, <i>adj.</i>, used -of those whose society authorities deem undesirable -for the men: <i>e.g.</i> they’re <span class='fss'>HAULABLE</span> = those caught -with them will be proctorised.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1891. <i>Harry Fludyer at Cambridge</i>, 89. At last they were caught -trying to drive in through the big gate of John’s. Next day they were -<span class='fss'>HAULED</span> and sent down.</p> - -<p class='c011'><span class='sc'>To haul up</span>, <i>verb. phr.</i> (Harrow).—To have a boy -up to House out of school-hours, to say “turned” -repetitions.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Haves.</b> <i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Halves</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>He</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Charterhouse).—A cake. <span class='sc'>Young he</span> = a small -cake; a <span class='fss'>FISH-HE</span> = fish-cake. <i>See</i> <span class='sc'>She</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Head</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Tonbridge).—The chief cricket-ground.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Health Walk</b>, subs. (Stonyhurst).—When the weather -has been bad for some time, the boys are freed on -the first fine day for “<span class='fss'>HEALTH WALKS</span>.” The name -seems still to be surviving, through more often the -boys have football than walks on such occasions.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Heder</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—A plunge, feet foremost. -Fr. <i>une chandelle</i>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Hedgehog</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Christ’s Hospital).—A London nickname -for a Hertford <span class='sc'>Blue</span> (<i>q.v.</i>). <i>See</i> Appendix.</p> - -<p class='c012'><i>c.</i> 1800-29. <i>The Blue-Coat Boy</i> [<i>More Gleanings from</i> <span class='sc'>The Blue</span>], -203. Another isolated statement of interest (unknown, perhaps, to -some), is that “Hertford boys called the London boys, ‘Jackdaws,’ -and those in London called those at Hertford ‘<span class='fss'>HEDGEHOGS</span>’;” hedgehog -boys and pigtailed masters!</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Heifer</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Charterhouse: obsolete).—A charwoman.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Hell</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—A shady nook near Third Pot, -famous for a profusion of violets. [Dial. (Hants) = -a dark, wooded place: originally (<span class='sc'>Skeat</span>) a hidden -place.]</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Hell-and-neck boy</b>, <i>subs. phr.</i> (Royal High School, -Edin.: obsolete).—A venturesome boy who had -frequently climbed the <span class='sc'>Kittle-nine-steps</span> (q.v.).</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Hell Hole</b> and “<b>Hell’s Gates</b>,” <i>subs.</i> (Stonyhurst).—The -name of some foundations of an old factory built -on the Hodder.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>High</b> (The), <i>subs.</i> (Oxford).—High Street. <i>Cf.</i> The -<span class='sc'>Broad</span>, the <span class='sc'>Turl</span>, the <span class='sc'>Corn</span>, &c.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>High</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Christ’s Hospital).—A fruit-pie. <i>See</i> Low.</p> - -<p class='c012'><i>c.</i> 1890. <i>More Gleanings from</i> <span class='sc'>The Blue</span>, 92. Those greedy gluttons -who during life had lain in wait for monied comrades, assailing them -with importunate entreaties or even with open violence. Now they -outstretched bony hands in vain for juicy “<span class='fss'>HIGHS</span>,” which mocked and -eluded their grasp; bottles of ginger-beer and cherries hovered above -their skinny lips, as erst in “cherry-bob,” but never were they granted -taste or sip of cool beverage or dainty morsel.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Higher Line</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Stonyhurst).—The three highest -classes.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>High-master</b>, <i>subs.</i> (St. Paul’s and Manchester Grammar).—The -Head-master: at Manchester the term -was used in the earliest statutes of the school -(1515). <i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Sur-master</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Hills</b>, <i>subs.</i> 1. (Winchester).—St. Catharine’s Hill. -Hence, <span class='fss'>TO SHIRK HILLS</span> = <i>see</i> quot.</p> - -<p class='c012'><i>c.</i> 1840. <span class='sc'>Mansfield</span>, <i>School-Life</i>, p. 28. Some of his principal duties -were to take the boys “on to <span class='fss'>HILLS</span>,” call names there, &c.</p> - -<p class='c012'><i>c.</i> 1840. <span class='sc'>Mansfield</span>, <i>School-Life at Winchester</i>, 214. <span class='fss'>HILLS</span>—St. -Catherine’s Hill, a green hill about one mile and a half from College, -about five hundred feet high, and near the top surrounded by a deep -trench, the remains of an old Roman camp. The boys had to ascend -this twice a day on whole Holidays and Remedies, once before breakfast, -and again at half-past two. In the summer they also went out in -the evening, but did not ascend Hills, but disported themselves below. -These sorties were called “going on to <span class='fss'>HILLS</span>,” the evening expedition -being called “Underhills.” <i>Ibid.</i>, iii. Ordinary offences of a -trifling character, such as being late for Chapel or “<span class='fss'>SHIRKING HILLS</span>” -[<i>i.e.</i> evading going Hills], were punished by the infliction of an imposition—generally -thirty lines of Virgil, English and Latin.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1867. <span class='sc'>Collins</span>, <i>The Public Schools</i>, p. 24. Tuesdays and Thursdays -were partial holidays, on which the boys went out to the <span class='fss'>HILLS</span> twice; -once in the morning, returning at nine to breakfast, and again in the -afternoon, coming off at three. There they played at quoits, football, -and something which seems to have borne a resemblance to cricket.</p> - -<p class='c011'>2. (Cambridge).—The Gogmagog Hills; a common -morning’s ride.—<i>Gradus ad Cantab.</i></p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Hiss</b> (The), <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—The signal given at the -commencement of school hours when a Master was -coming in.—<span class='sc'>Mansfield</span> (<i>c.</i> 1840).</p> - -<p class='c012'><i>c.</i> 1840. <span class='sc'>Mansfield</span>, <i>School-Life at Winchester</i> [1866], 104. Just -before school-time a boy was always stationed to watch the arrival of -the Master, of which he had to give notice by emitting a loud <span class='fss'>HISS</span>, -upon which there was a general rush up to books; the previous uproar -dwindled to a calm, and work began.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Hivite</b>, <i>subs.</i> (St. Bees’).—A student of St. Bees’ (Cumberland).</p> - -<p class='c012'>1865. <i>John Bull</i>, Nov. 11. To be a <span class='fss'>HIVITE</span> has long been considered -a little worse than a “literate.”... Of the value of some St. Bees’ -testimonials we may form an estimate, &c.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Hobbs</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Tonbridge).—A fad; a mental eccentricity. -<i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Tachs</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Hobby</b>, <i>subs.</i> (common).—A translation. To <span class='fss'>RIDE -HOBBIES</span> = to use <span class='fss'>CRIBS</span> (<i>q.v.</i>).</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Hockey-sticks and Fourpennies</b>, <i>subs. phr.</i> (Charterhouse).—A -kind of irregular cricket played at -Old Charterhouse. The bats were huge bludgeons -called hockey-sticks, but without any curve at the -end; the balls were like large fives-balls, and a -little smaller than a regulation cricket-ball; the -wickets were usually coats or jackets; gownboy -jackets were much the best, because they were stiff -and easily stood upright; the pitch was either on -the football ground, where there was no grass, or -on a flagged pavement in cloisters.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Hodgsonites</b> (Charterhouse).—<i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Out-houses</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Hodman</b> (Oxford).—A scholar from Westminster -School admitted to Christ Church College.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1728. <span class='sc'>Bailey</span>, <i>Eng. Dict.</i>, s.v. <span class='sc'>Hodman</span>.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1847. <span class='sc'>Halliwell</span>, <i>Arch. Words</i>, s.v.... A nickname for a -Canon of Christ Church.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Hog</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Cambridge: obsolete).—A student of St. -John’s. Also <span class='sc'>Johnian Hog</span>. <i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Crackle</span>, -<span class='sc'>Bridge of Grunts</span>, and <span class='sc'>Isthmus of Suez</span>.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1690. <i>Diary of Abraham de la Pryme</i> (Surtees Society, No. 54), -quoted in <i>Notes and Queries</i>, 6 S., xi. 328. For us Jonians are called -abusively <span class='fss'>HOGGS</span>.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1795. <i>Gent. Mag.</i>, lxv. 22. The <span class='fss'>JOHNIAN HOGS</span> were originally -remarkable on account of the squalid figures and low habits of the -<i>students</i>, and especially of the <i>sizars</i> of Saint <i>John’s</i> College. [Another -story of how name originated is given in detail in <i>Gent. Mag.</i> (1795), -lxv. 107.]</p> - -<p class='c012'>1889. <span class='sc'>Whibley</span>, <i>In Cap and Gown</i>, p. 28. An obsolete name for -members of St. John’s College, Cambridge.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Hog Tower</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Stonyhurst).—A coaching room off -Rhetoric school-room. [So called (1) because part -of a tower, and (2) because the <span class='sc'>Rhetoricians</span> (<i>q.v.</i>) -originally wished to use it for other “more profitable” -purposes than for study.]</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Hoi Polloi</b>, <i>subs. phr.</i> (University).—The candidates for -ordinary degrees. [From the Greek.] <i>Cf.</i> <span class='sc'>Gulf</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Hol</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Harrow).—A holiday. Whence <span class='fss'>HOL-TAG</span> = -holiday task.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Holiday</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Sherborne: obsolete).—A Saint’s day: -sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Hollis</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—A small pebble. [Said to -be derived from a boy of that name.—<span class='sc'>Wrench.</span>]</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Holy Club</b> (The), <i>subs.</i> (Oxford: obsolete).—A band of -kindred spirits who gathered round John Wesley -while at Lincoln College: in ridicule.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Home-bill</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Charterhouse).—Food supplied by the -butler at breakfast or tea, to supplement the bread-and-butter -supplied by the house master. It consists -of eggs, eggs and bacon, ham, or sausages at -breakfast; of poached eggs, mince, sausages and -potatoes, tongue, ham, brawn, beef, or pork-pie at -tea. The price is usually 4d. for each <span class='fss'>HOME-BILL</span>; -in some houses 6d. is the charge for the Upper -School.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Home-bug</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Harrow).—A home boarder; a day -boy.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Honour</b> (<b>Legion of</b>). <i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Legion</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Honours</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Stonyhurst).—Classes in which extra -classics are read in the three highest Forms.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Hook</b>, <i>intj.</i> (Oxford).—An expression implying doubt. -[Query from the note of interrogation (?) or connected -with “Hookey Walker.”]</p> - -<p class='c012'>1823. <span class='sc'>Bee</span>, <i>Dict. of the Turf</i>, s.v. <span class='sc'>Hookey walker</span>—and <span class='fss'>WITH -A HOOK</span>, usually accompanied by a significant upliftment of the hand -and crooking of the forefinger, implying that what is said is a lie, or -is to be taken contrariwise.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1843. <span class='sc'>Moncrieff</span>, <i>Scamps of London</i>, i. 1. <i>Bob.</i> Will you have some -gin? <i>Fogg.</i> Gin—yes! <i>Bob</i> (turning away). Ha—ha!—<span class='fss'>WITH A -HOOK</span> ... I wish you may get it.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1870. <span class='sc'>Traill</span>, <i>Saturday Songs</i>, p. 22. It’s go and go over the left, -It’s go <span class='fss'>WITH A HOOK AT THE END</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Horse-box</b>, <i>subs.</i> (The Leys).—A cubicle or recess in -dormitory: about 5 or 6 feet high. Whence <span class='fss'>TO DO -TEN HORSE-BOXES</span> = to perform “Sinking-and-rising -exercise” on the same.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Hot</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—1. A mellay at football. 2. A -crowd. Hence to <span class='fss'>HOT UP</span> (or <span class='fss'>DOWN</span>) = to crowd; -to mob.</p> - -<p class='c012'><i>c.</i> 1840. <span class='sc'>Mansfield</span>, <i>School-Life at Winchester</i>, 215. In Twenty-two -and Twenty-two (<i>q.v.</i>) when the ball went out of bounds, it was -brought in and placed between the two sides, who all clustered up -close round, with their heads down, each party, by weight and kicking, -trying to force the ball through the other.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1878. <span class='sc'>Adams</span>, <i>Wykehamica</i>, p. 367. It would be replaced and a -fresh <span class='fss'>HOT</span> formed.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Hot-end</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—A half-burned faggot -stick with one end red-hot.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Hots</b>, <i>subs.</i> 1. (Felsted: obsolete).—Tarts; pastry, &c.</p> - -<p class='c011'>2. (Felsted).—Money: specifically “coppers.”</p> - -<p class='c011'>Whence <span class='fss'>TRAV-HOTS</span> = travelling money.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1893. <i>Felstedian</i>, Mar., p. 20. I made two brackets in the workshop, -they liked them awfully; I meant to get them something decent, -but I hadn’t got any <span class='fss'>HOTS</span>.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1893. <i>Felstedian</i>, July, p. 82. All right; it’s only a <span class='fss'>HOT</span>. Did you -hear what we did in our dormy last night?</p> - -<p class='c012'>1895. <i>Felstedian</i>, April, p. 44. <span class='sc'>Hots</span>—“Hots” and “half-hots” -very evidently “burn a hole in one’s pocket” if they are left there -long enough.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Hot-tiger</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Oxford: obsolete).—Hot-spiced ale -and sherry.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Hound</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Cambridge).—<i>See</i> quot.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1879. <span class='sc'>E. Walford</span>, in <i>Notes and Queries</i>, 5 S., xii. 88. In the -<i>Anecdotes of Bowyer</i> ... we are told that a <span class='fss'>HOUND</span> of King’s College, -Cambridge, is an undergraduate not on the foundation, nearly the -same as a “sizar.”</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>House-captain</b>, <i>subs.</i> (The Leys).—A boy, not in studies, -responsible for order in House-room.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>House-game</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Harrow).—A game—football or -cricket—in which the whole House play.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>House-list</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Harrow).—The printed list, in <span class='sc'>Bill</span> -(<i>q.v.</i>) order, of each House.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>House-room</b>, <i>subs.</i> (The Leys).—The Common Room of -boys below VI<sup>th</sup> who have no studies.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>House-singing</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Harrow).—An informal concert -at which school songs are sung collectively: held -once a fortnight except in summer.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>House-washing</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Rugby: obsolete).—A sort of -compressed paper-chase, backwards and forwards -in a short distance over Clifton Brook, a tributary -of the Warwickshire Avon. [The name suggests -that this was not a dry process; each House as a -rule had a <span class='fss'>HOUSE-WASHING</span> in the Easter term.]</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Housey</b>, <i>adj.</i> (Christ’s Hospital).—Belonging or peculiar -to the Hospital. The reverse of <span class='sc'>Towney</span> = of the -town.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Housle</b>, <i>verb</i> (Winchester).—To hustle. [Dial.: <i>cf.</i> -doust = dust; fousty = fusty; rousty = rusty, &c.]</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Huff</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—Strong ale brewed by the -College. [A survival: also <span class='fss'>HUFF-CAP</span>.]</p> - -<p class='c012'>1579. <span class='sc'>Fulwell</span>, <i>Art of Flattery</i>. Commonly called <span class='fss'>HUFCAP</span>, it will -make a man look as though he had seene the devil.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1586. <span class='sc'>Holinshed</span>, <i>Description of England</i>. These men hale at -<span class='fss'>HUFF-CAP</span> till they be red as cockes, and little wiser than their -combes.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1602. <span class='sc'>Campion</span>, <i>English Poesy</i> (<span class='sc'>Bullen</span>, <i>Works</i>, 1889, p. 247). -Hunks detests when <span class='fss'>HUFFCAP</span> ale he tipples.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1614. <span class='sc'>Greene</span>, <i>Looking-Glass</i> [<span class='sc'>Dyce</span>], p. 127. The ale is strong -ale, ’tis <span class='fss'>HUFCAP</span>; I warrant you, ’twill make a man well.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1640. <span class='sc'>Taylor</span>, <i>Works.</i> And this is it, of ale-houses and innes, -Wine-marchants, vintners, brewers, who much wins By others losing, -I say more or lesse, Who sale of <span class='fss'>HUFCAP</span> liquor doe professe.</p> - -<p class='c012'><i>c.</i> 1840. <span class='sc'>Mansfield</span>, <i>School-Life</i>, p. 180. Washed down by libations -of <span class='fss'>HUFF</span>.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1878. <span class='sc'>Adams</span>, <i>Wykehamica</i>, s.v. <span class='sc'>Huff</span>, the strong ale brewed by -the College.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Hum</b>, <i>verb</i> (Derby).—To smell.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Hundred</b> (The), <i>subs.</i> 1. (Loretto).—A long straight -walk within the school grounds.</p> - -<p class='c011'>2. (Tonbridge: obsolete).—One of the lower football -grounds. There were Upper, Middle, Lower, -Fourth, and Fifth Hundreds. <i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Fifty</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Husky</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester: obsolete).—<i>See</i> quot.</p> - -<p class='c012'><i>c.</i> 1840. <span class='sc'>Mansfield</span>, <i>School-Life</i>, p. 145. There were two kinds -[Gooseberry fool] <span class='fss'>HUSKY</span> and non-husky.</p> - -<div class='chapter'> - <h2 class='c003' title='I'></h2> -</div> -<div class='c009'> - <img class='drop-capi' src='images/i_116_i.png' width='100' alt='' /> -</div><p class='drop-capi0_9'> -<b>Ick.</b> <i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Ack</span>.</p> -<div class='clearme'> - -</div> - -<p class='c010'><b>Iliad</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Charterhouse).—The regular -penalty for late attendance at chapel and -other minor offences.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Imperator</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Stonyhurst).—A name given to the -two first boys in each class.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Impo</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Charterhouse).—An imposition.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Impositor</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Sherborne: obsolete).—A school Præfect: -sixteenth century.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Inferior</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—Any member of the school -not a <span class='sc'>Præfect</span> (<i>q.v.</i>).</p> - -<p class='c012'><i>c.</i> 1840. <span class='sc'>Mansfield</span>, <i>School-Life</i>, p. 28. The Præfect of Hall ... -was looked upon by the <span class='fss'>INFERIORS</span> with something more than a becoming -awe and reverence.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Inform</b>, <i>verb</i> (Charterhouse).—To sneak; to show up.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Infra-dig</b>, <i>adj.</i> (Winchester).—Scornful; proud: <i>e.g.</i> “He -sported <span class='fss'>INFRA-DIG</span> duck,” or “I am <span class='fss'>INFRA-DIG</span> to it.”</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Island, The</b> (Rugby).—A mound or “tumulus” in the -Close.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1867. <span class='sc'>Collins</span>, <i>The Public Schools</i>, p. 372. They [the school -volunteer corps] had not only parades, but sham fights—if a fight -could be called a sham from which the combatants retired with broken -heads and bloody noses—attacking and defending the Doctor’s farmyard -on the little <span class='fss'>ISLAND</span> between what were then the two Closes.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Isthmus-of-Suez</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Cambridge).—The bridge at St. -John’s College, Cambridge, leading from the grounds -to one of the Courts, familiarly known as the -“Bridge of Sighs.” Also <span class='sc'>The Bridge of Grunts.</span> -[From its slight similarity to the Venetian example. -<i>Sues</i> = swine, in punning reference to the <span class='sc'>Johnian -Hogs</span> (<i>q.v.</i>).] <i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Crackle</span> and <span class='sc'>Hog</span>.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1857. <i>Punch</i>, June 20. A resident Fellowe he was, I wis, He had -no cure of Soules; And across ye <span class='fss'>BRIDGE OF SUES</span> he’d come From -playinge ye game of bowles.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1885. <span class='sc'>Cuthbert Bede</span>, in <i>N. and Q.</i>, 6 S., xi. 414. Another word -is <i>Sues</i>, for swine. This is applied to the bridge leading from the old -courts to the new, familiarly known as the <span class='fss'>BRIDGE OF SIGHS</span> from its -slight similarity to the Venetian example, but also known as the -<span class='fss'>ISTHMUS OF SUEZ</span>. This word <i>Suez</i> was then transformed to <i>Suez</i>, -swine, to adapt it to its Johnian frequenters.</p> - -<div class='chapter'> - <h2 class='c003' title='J'></h2> -</div> -<div class='c009'> - <img class='drop-capi' src='images/i_117_j.png' width='100' alt='' /> -</div><p class='drop-capi0_9'> -<b>Jack.</b> <i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Black-jack</span>.</p> -<div class='clearme'> - -</div> - -<p class='c010'><b>Jackdaw</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Christ’s Hospital).—Hertford -for a London <span class='sc'>Blue</span> (<i>q.v.</i>): obsolete.</p> - -<p class='c012'><i>c.</i> 1800-29. <i>The Blue-Coat Boy</i> [<i>More Gleanings from</i> -<span class='sc'>The Blue</span>, 203]. Hertford boys called the London -boys “<span class='fss'>JACKDAWS</span>,” and those in London called those at Hertford -“Hedgehogs.”</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Jack-o’-Lantern</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Eton and Harrow: obsolete).—A -nocturnal form of “Hare and Hounds.”</p> - -<p class='c012'>1867. <span class='sc'>Collins</span>, <i>The Public Schools</i>, p. 312. But there was an ancient -form of it [“Hare and Hounds”] at Harrow, so especially attractive -as being pursued at unlawful hours and under unusual difficulties, that -it deserves special mention. It was known also in former days at -Eton, and in both schools went by the name of <span class='fss'>JACK O’ LANTERN</span>. -About seven o’clock on winter evenings, when it was quite dark, the -boys, by sufferance on the part of the authorities, were let out from -their several boarding-houses into the fields below the school. A stout -and active runner started in advance, carrying a lantern, by the light -of which the rest pursued him in full cry. He showed or concealed -his light from time to time, and a great point of the sport was to -entice the hounds into some pool or muddy ditch (which “Jack” -himself has carefully avoided) by showing the light exactly in a line -on the other side.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1885. <span class='sc'>Thornton</span>, <i>Harrow School</i>, p. 276. <span class='sc'>Jack-o’-lantern</span> was -abolished by Dr. George Butler, but re-appeared in Dr. Longley’s time -as one of those forbidden pleasures so dear to youth. Always played -in the evening, and originally by sufferance of the authorities, the -game in question was simply a run across country after a lantern -carried by a swift-footed boy. Oftentimes would the luckless hounds -be enticed into some slough of despond, and the performers return in -a condition of mud which may find its equal on a wet football day or -a paper-chase forty years later, but yet present no adequate idea of -the confusion caused by the return from <span class='fss'>JACK-O’-LANTERN</span>, of thirty -or forty boys at night when in ordinary clothes. It is one of the most -distinct evidences that no discipline existed when we read of such a -proscribed saturnalia having occurred after lock-up in Dr. Longley’s -time. But the fact has been communicated to us by Harrow men -whose word is indisputable.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Jambi</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Harrow).—Greek Iambics; an exercise in -the Upper School.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Janny</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Royal High School, Edin.).—A janitor.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Jark</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Oxford).—A safe-conduct pass; a <span class='fss'>JASKER</span>. -[<i>Cf.</i> <span class='sc'>Jark</span> = a seal.]</p> - -<p class='c012'>1818. <span class='sc'>Scott</span>, <i>Heart of Midlothian</i>, xxix. Stay, gentlemen, ... -this is a <span class='fss'>JARK</span> from Jim Radcliffe.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Jarrehoe</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Wellington).—A man-servant. <i>Cf.</i> -<span class='sc'>Gyp</span> and <span class='sc'>Scout</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Jericho</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Oxford).—A low quarter of Oxford.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Jesuit</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Cambridge).—A graduate or undergraduate -of Jesus College.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1771. <span class='sc'>Smollett</span>, <i>Humphrey Clinker</i>, To Sir W. Phillips, April 20. -Direct your next to me at Bath; and remember me to all our fellow -<span class='sc'>Jesuits</span>.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1856. <span class='sc'>Hall</span>, <i>College Words and Phrases</i>, p. 270, <i>s.v.</i></p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Jib</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Dublin).—A first-year’s man.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1841. <span class='sc'>Lever</span>, <i>Charles O’Malley</i>, xiv. There [referring to Trinity -College Freshmen] ... are <span class='fss'>JIBS</span>, whose names are neither known to -the proctor nor the police-office.</p> - -<p class='c011'><span class='sc'>To be jibbed</span>, <i>verb. phr.</i> (Christ’s Hospital).—To -be called over the coals; to get into trouble. A -Hertford word, the London equivalent being -<span class='fss'>TWIGGED</span>. Obsolete.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Jiffs, The</b> (Christ’s Hospital). <i>See</i> Appendix.</p> - -<p class='c012'><i>c.</i> 1890. <i>More Gleanings from</i> <span class='sc'>The Blue</span>, 92. North is the “Hall -playground” (I use the terrene names); south, the “Library”; east, -the “Ditch”; and west, the “<span class='fss'>JIFFS</span>.”</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Jig</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—A clever man: fifty years ago -it meant a swindler. The word has now the -meanings (1) a low joke, (2) a swindle, (3) an object -of sport.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1600. <span class='sc'>Heywood</span>, 2 <i>Edward IV.</i>, i. 1. There domineering with his -drunken crew Makes <span class='fss'>JIGS</span> of us.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1620. <span class='sc'>Cotgrave</span>, <i>Dictionarie</i>, s.v. <span class='sc'>Farce</span> ... the <span class='fss'>JYG</span> at the end of -an enterlude, wherein some pretie knaverie is acted.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1652. <span class='sc'>Stapylton</span>, <i>Herodion</i> (quoted in <i>Notions</i>). Devising with -his mates to find a <span class='fss'>JIGG</span>, That he thereby might make himself a king.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Jimmy.</b> <span class='sc'>All jimmy</span>, <i>adv. phr.</i> (Cambridge).—All nonsense. -[<i>Cf.</i> <span class='sc'>Jemmy-burty</span> (Cambridge) = an <i>ignis -fatuus</i>.]</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Jink</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Durham).—A dodge: at football.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Jockey</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—(1) To supplant; (2) to -appropriate; (3) to engage: <i>e.g.</i> “He <span class='fss'>JOCKEYED</span> me -<span class='fss'>UP</span> to books”; “Who has <span class='fss'>JOCKEYED</span> my baker”; -“This court is <span class='fss'>JOCKEYED</span>.” Probably an extended -use of the word borrowed from turf slang. <span class='sc'>Jockey -not</span> = the Commoner cry claiming exemption, -answering to “feign” at other schools: of which -the College “finge” seems a translation. The -opposite of <span class='fss'>JOCKEY UP</span> = to <span class='fss'>LOSE DOWN</span>.—<i>Notions.</i></p> - -<p class='c012'>1881. <i>Felstedian</i>, Nov. p. 75, “A Day’s Fagging at Winchester.” Here -let me observe that only the præfects have separate basins to wash in; -the juniors use the two stone conduits. As there are seven who are -not præfects, there is rather a rush for them, so I <span class='fss'>JOCKEY</span> (<i>i.e.</i> secure) -one for the “candlekeeper” by turning on some water and putting -his sponge into it.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>John</b> (Westminster).—<i>See</i> <span class='sc'>College John</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Johnian</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Cambridge).—A student of St. John’s -College: also <span class='fss'>JOHNIAN PIG</span> or <span class='sc'>Hog</span>—<i>see</i> <span class='sc'>Hog</span>. Also -as <i>adj.</i>: <i>e.g.</i> <span class='fss'>JOHNIAN</span> blazer, <span class='fss'>JOHNIAN</span> melody, &c.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1785. <span class='sc'>Grose</span>, <i>Vulg. Tongue</i>, s.v. <span class='sc'>Hog ... Johnian hogs</span>, an -appellation given to the members of St. John’s College, Cambridge.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1829. <span class='sc'>Praed</span>, <i>Poems</i>, “The Vicar.” Sit in the Vicar’s seat: you’ll -hear The doctrine of a gentle <span class='fss'>JOHNIAN</span>.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1841. <i>Westminster Review</i>, xxxv. 236. The <span class='fss'>JOHNIANS</span> are always -known as pigs. They put up a new organ the other day which was -immediately christened “Baconi Novum Organum.”</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Joram</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—A tin beer-can, used in -Commoners; a quart pot. [Var. dial. = a large -dish or jug.] In College a <span class='sc'>Bob</span> (<i>q.v.</i>) was used.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Jordan</b> (Eton).—<i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Playing-fields</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Jossop</b>, <i>subs.</i> (general).—Syrup; juice; gravy; sauce.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Jubilee</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester: obsolete).—A pleasant time: -<i>e.g.</i> The town was all in a <span class='fss'>JUBILEE</span> of feasts.—<i>Dryden.</i></p> - -<p class='c012'>1772. <span class='sc'>G. A. Stevens</span>, <i>Songs Comic and Satyrical</i>, p. 192. Day by -day, and night by night, Joyful <span class='fss'>JUBILEES</span> we keep.</p> - -<p class='c012'><i>c.</i> 1840. <span class='sc'>Mansfield</span>, <i>School-Life at Winchester</i> (1866), 216. <i>Jubilee</i>—Any -time when there was nothing to do, either in the way of lessons -or fagging.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>June</b> (Eton).—<i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Fourth of June</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Jungle</b>, The (Stonyhurst: obsolete).—The Seminary -wood.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1889. <i>Stonyhurst Mag.</i>, iii. 347. The welcome shade of what was -facetiously called <span class='fss'>THE JUNGLE</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Junior</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—All Inferiors except the -seven <span class='sc'>Candlekeepers</span> (<i>q.v.</i>) and Senior Inferior.</p> - -<p class='c011'><i>Adj.</i> (Winchester).—Applied to all comparable -objects. Of two neighbouring trees, the bigger is -the “senior”: there are a “senior” and a “<span class='fss'>JUNIOR</span>” -end to a table, a room, &c. <span class='sc'>Tight junior</span> = lowest -of all.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1891. <span class='sc'>Wrench</span>, <i>Winchester Word-Book</i>, s.v. <span class='sc'>Junior</span>.... At about -the end of the fifteenth century <i>senior</i> and <span class='fss'>JUNIOR</span> superseded <i>major</i> -and <i>minor</i>, before which the two sets of words seem to have been -used concurrently.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Junior Hall</b> (Shrewsbury).—<i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Senior Hall</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Junior Soph.</b> <i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Soph</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Junket!</b> <i>intj.</i> (Winchester).—An exclamation of self-congratulation: -<i>e.g.</i> “<span class='fss'>JUNKET</span>” I’ve got a “remi.” -Hence to <span class='fss'>JUNKET OVER</span> = to exult over. [<span class='sc'>Junketing</span> -= a merry-making.]</p> - -<p class='c012'>1630. <span class='sc'>Wadsworth</span> [<span class='sc'>Wrench</span>]. They made him oft-times go on -foot, whilst they rode about <span class='fss'>JUNKETTING</span> in his coach.</p> - -<p class='c012'><i>d.</i> 1745. <span class='sc'>Swift</span>, <i>Works</i>. Whatever good bits you can pilfer in the -day, save them to <span class='fss'>JUNKET</span> with your fellow-servants at night.</p> - -<div class='chapter'> - <h2 class='c003' title='K'></h2> -</div> -<div class='c009'> - <img class='drop-capi' src='images/i_120_k.png' width='100' alt='' /> -</div><p class='drop-capi0_9'> -<b>Keelie</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Royal High School, Edin.: -obsolete).—A town boy. Now = “cad.”</p> -<div class='clearme'> - -</div> - -<p class='c010'><b>Keep.</b> To <span class='fss'>KEEP CHAPEL</span>, <i>verb. phr.</i> (University).—<i>See</i> -quot. 1852.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1850. <i>Household Words</i>, ii. p. 161. “As you have failed to make up -your number of chapels the last two weeks,” such were the very words -of the Dean, “you will, if you please, <span class='fss'>KEEP</span> every <span class='fss'>CHAPEL</span> till the end -of the term.”</p> - -<p class='c012'>1852. <span class='sc'>Bristed</span>, <i>Five Years</i>, <i>&c.</i>, 32. The undergraduate is expected -to go to chapel eight times, or, in academic parlance, to <span class='fss'>KEEP</span> eight -<span class='fss'>CHAPELS</span> a week.</p> - -<p class='c011'><span class='sc'>To keep cave</span>, <i>verb. phr.</i> (Eton).—To watch and -give warning on a tutor’s approach.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1883. <span class='sc'>Brinsley Richards</span>, <i>Seven Years at Eton</i>, ch. iv. Another -had to mount guard in the passage, or on the staircase, <span class='fss'>TO KEEP</span> -<i>cave</i>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Kick.</b> <span class='sc'>To kick over</span>, <i>verb. phr.</i> (Winchester).—To kick -a ball up in the air, when it is rolling along, or -lying on the ground: considered very bad play.—<span class='sc'>Mansfield</span> -(<i>c.</i> 1840). <i>Ibid.</i>, 217. <span class='sc'>Kick-in.</span>—In a -game at football the bounds on each side were kept -by a line of Juniors, whose duty it was to <span class='fss'>KICK</span> -the ball <span class='fss'>IN</span> again whenever it passed outside the -line. <i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Kicking-in</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Kicking-in</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—<i>See</i> quot., and <span class='sc'>Kick</span>.</p> - -<p class='c012'><i>c.</i> 1840. <span class='sc'>Mansfield</span>, <i>School-Life at Winchester College</i>, p. 138. But -football wasn’t all beer and skittles to the Fags. There was an -institution called <span class='fss'>KICKING-IN</span>, which, while it lasted, was much worse -than “watching out” at cricket, although it had the very great merit -of not continuing so long; for, even on a whole holiday, we seldom -had more than two hours of it.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Kick-off</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—Taking the football in -hand and kicking it into the air: this was done -after each <span class='sc'>Schitt</span> (<i>q.v.</i>), <span class='sc'>Gowner</span> (<i>q.v.</i>), or <span class='sc'>Goal</span> -(<i>q.v.</i>) by the losing side, and whenever a ball -that had been kicked up in the air had been -caught by one of the other side.—<span class='sc'>Mansfield</span> -(<i>c.</i> 1840).</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Kid</b>, <i>subs.</i> 1. (Winchester).—Cheese.</p> - -<p class='c011'>2. (The Leys).—A boy under fifteen. Hence -<span class='fss'>KID-SIXES</span> = football for <span class='fss'>KIDS</span>—six a side.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Kill</b>, <i>verb</i> (Winchester).—To hurt badly.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1800. <span class='sc'>Edgeworth</span>, <i>Castle Rackrent</i>, “Glossary.” This word [<span class='fss'>KILL</span>] -... means not killed, but much hurt. In Ireland, not only cowards -but the brave “die many times before their death.” There “killing is -no murder.”</p> - -<p class='c012'>1836. <span class='sc'>Marryat</span>, <i>Japhet</i>, iii. Sure enough it cured me, but wasn’t -I quite <span class='fss'>KILT</span> before I was cured.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Kill-me-quick</b>, <i>subs.</i> (The Leys).—A tuck-shop cake.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>King Edward’s, Birm.</b>—A curious custom exists here -of inherited nicknames: <i>e.g.</i> Years ago a boy -named Pearson was nicknamed “Jelly”; every -Pearson, though unrelated to the other, for many -years afterwards was nicknamed “Jelly.” A trio of -brothers have been successively named “Tiddley,” -others “Topsy,” and “Bowie.” An elder brother was -called “Pussy,” and his younger brother “Kitten.”</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Kings</b>, <span class='sc'>To get kings</span>, <i>verb. phr.</i> (Eton).—To obtain a -scholarship at King’s Coll., Cambridge. <i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Ripping</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Kingsman</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Cambridge).—A member of King’s -College.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1852. <span class='sc'>Bristed</span>, <i>Five Years</i>, 127. He came out the winner, with -the <span class='fss'>KINGSMAN</span>, and one of our three.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Kip</b>, <i>verb</i> (Royal High School, Edin.).—To play truant. -Common throughout Scotland. [Possibly from -“skip.”]</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Kish</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Marlborough).—A cushion: in ordinary use -doubled up under the arm for carrying school -books, as well as for sitting on in Form or Hall. -As <i>verb</i> = to use a cushion as a weapon of offence. -<i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Compound-kish</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Kittle-nine-steps</b>, <i>subs. phr.</i> (Royal High School, -Edin.: obsolete).—A pass on the very brink of the -Castle rock, to the north, by which it is just -possible for a goat or a High School boy to turn -the corner of the building where it rises from the -edge of the precipice. <i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Hell-and-neck-boy</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Klondyke</b>, <i>subs.</i> (The Leys).—A cross-country run to -St. Botolph’s.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Knave</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Christ’s Hospital).—A dunce: at Hertford, -a <span class='fss'>KNACK</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Knock.</b> <span class='sc'>To knock in</span>, <i>verb. phr.</i> (Oxford).—1. To return -to College after <span class='fss'>GATE</span> is closed.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1825. <i>English Spy</i>, i. 155. “Close the oak, Jem,” said Horace -Eglantine, “and take care no one <span class='fss'>KNOCKS IN</span> before we have knocked -down the contents of your master’s musical <i>mélange</i>.”</p> - -<p class='c012'>1837. <span class='sc'>Barham</span>, <i>Ingoldsby Legends</i>, p. 464 [ed. 1862]. That same -afternoon Father Dick, who as soon Would <span class='fss'>KNOCK IN</span> or “cut chapel,” -as jump o’er the moon, Was missing at vespers—at complines—all -night! And his monks were of course in a deuce of a fright.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1853. <span class='sc'>Cuthbert Bede</span>, <i>Verdant Green</i>, <span class='fss'>I.</span> xi. At first, too, he was -on such occasions greatly alarmed at finding the gates of Brazenface -closed, obliging him thereby to <span class='fss'>KNOCK IN</span>.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1861. <span class='sc'>Hughes</span>, <i>Tom Brown at Oxford</i>, p. 458 [ed. 1864]. There’s -twelve striking. I must <span class='fss'>KNOCK IN</span>. Good night. You’ll be round to -breakfast at nine?</p> - -<p class='c011'>2. <span class='sc'>To knock out</span>, <i>verb. phr.</i> (Oxford).—To leave -college after hours: of out of college men only. -<i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Knock in</span>.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1861. <span class='sc'>H. Kingsley</span>, <i>Ravenshoe</i>, vii. Five out-college men had -<span class='fss'>KNOCKED OUT</span> at a quarter to three, refusing to give any name but -the dean’s.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1861. <span class='sc'>Hughes</span>, <i>Tom Brown at Oxford</i>, xlv. p. 503 [ed. 1864]. -“Hullo!” he said, getting up; “time for me to <span class='fss'>KNOCK OUT</span>, or old -Copas will be in bed.”</p> - -<p class='c011'>3. <span class='sc'>To knock up</span>, <i>verb. phr.</i> (Christ’s Hospital).—To -gain a place in class: <i>e.g.</i> I <span class='fss'>KNOCKED UP</span>, and “I -<span class='fss'>KNOCKED</span> Jones <span class='fss'>UP</span>.” The Hertford equivalent is -<span class='fss'>OX UP</span> (<i>q.v.</i>). Both forms are now obsolete.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Knuckle.</b> <span class='sc'>To knuckle down</span>, <i>verb. phr.</i> (Winchester).—To -kneel.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1748. <span class='sc'>Dyche</span>, <i>Dict.</i> (5th ed.). <span class='sc'>Knuckle-down</span> (<i>verb</i>) to stoop, -bend, yield, comply with, or submit to.</p> - -<div class='chapter'> - <h2 class='c003' title='L'></h2> -</div> -<div class='c009'> - <img class='drop-capi' src='images/i_123_l.png' width='100' alt='' /> -</div><p class='drop-capi0_9'> -<b>Labyrinth</b> (The), <i>subs.</i> (Stonyhurst: obsolete).—A -part of the Garden.</p> -<div class='clearme'> - -</div> - -<p class='c010'><b>Lag</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Harrow).—The last. The “lag -of the school,” the last boy in <span class='sc'>Bill</span>-order -(<i>q.v.</i>) in the school.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1881. <span class='sc'>Pascoe</span>, <i>Every-day Life in our Public Schools</i>. Every morning -the <span class='fss'>LAG</span> junior prepares and brings to hall the list.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Lage</b>, <i>subs.</i> (University: obsolete).—To wash. [<i>Cf.</i> -the old cant term <i>lagge</i> = a bundle of clothes for -washing.]</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Lamb’s-tails</b>, <i>subs.</i> (The Leys).—A cake sold at the -tuck-shop.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Landies</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester: obsolete).—Gaiters. [From -tradespeople—Landy and Currell—who supplied -them.]</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Land of Promises</b>, <i>subs. phr.</i> (University).—<i>See</i> quot.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1823. <span class='sc'>Grose</span>, <i>Vulg. Tongue</i>, s.v. <span class='sc'>Land of Promises</span>. The fair expectation -cherished by a steady novice at Oxford.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Land of Sheepishness</b>, <i>subs. phr.</i> (old University).—<i>See</i> -quot.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1823. <span class='sc'>Grose</span>, <i>Vulg. Tongue</i>, s.v. <span class='sc'>Land of Sheepishness</span>. Schoolboy’s -bondage.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Largitate</b>, <i>subs.</i> (The Leys).—Apple-pie. [From the -College grace.]</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Lash</b>, <i>verb</i> (Christ’s Hospital).—To envy. Generally in -imperative as a taunt.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1890. <i>The Blue</i>, Oct., “The Queen in the City.” Our lips <span class='fss'>LASH</span> on -learning that the “general bill of fare” contained 200 tureens of -turtle, 200 bottles of sherbot (what is this?), 50 boiled turkeys, and -oysters.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Late-play</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Westminster).—A half-holiday or holiday -beginning at noon. <i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Early Play</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Launch</b>, <i>verb</i> (general).—<i>See</i> quots.</p> - -<p class='c012'><i>c.</i> 1840. <span class='sc'>Mansfield</span>, <i>School-Life at Winchester</i> (1866), 218. <span class='sc'>Launch</span>—To -drag a boy out of bed, mattress, bed-clothes, and all.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1865. <span class='sc'>G. J. Berkeley</span>, <i>My Life</i>, &c., i. 129. I had [at Sandhurst -about 1815] to undergo the usual torments of being <span class='fss'>LAUNCHED</span>, that -is, having my bed reversed while I was asleep; of being thrown on -the floor on my face, with the mattress on my back, and all my friends -or foes dancing on my prostrate body.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Lawful Time</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—Recess; playtime.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Leave</b>, <i>subs.</i> (general).—Leave of absence from school; -a holiday.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Leaving-money</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Eton). <i>See</i> quot.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1865. <i>Etoniana</i>, p. 70. The restrictions [<i>temp.</i> Eliz.] by which the -masters were forbidden to take any fees (even from oppidans) was -probably evaded, almost from the first, by the system then universal -in all transactions of giving presents, under which heading the sons of -wealthy parents soon began to pay pretty highly for their education. -Traces of this arrangement remain in the custom still prevailing—not -at all to the credit of the school—of presenting a sum as <span class='fss'>LEAVING-MONEY</span> -to the head-master and the private tutor. At what time -assistant-masters were first appointed does not appear; but they -were no doubt paid, up to a comparatively late date, entirely from -such fees as the parents of those under their tuition chose to give -them.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Lecker</b>, <i>subs.</i> 1. (Oxford).—A lecture.</p> - -<p class='c011'>2. (Harrow).—The electric light.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Legion of Honour</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Cambridge).—The last twelve -in the mathematical <span class='fss'>TRIPOS</span> (<i>q.v.</i>).</p> - -<p class='c012'>1785. <span class='sc'>Grose</span>, <i>Vulg. Tongue</i>, s.v. <span class='sc'>Pluck</span>.... These unfortunate -fellows are designated by many opprobrious appellations, such as the -Twelve Apostles, the <span class='fss'>LEGION OF HONOUR</span>, Wise Men of the East, &c.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Lemonade</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Stonyhurst).—A day of high festival, -coming twice a year, at Shrove-tide and at -Easter.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Lemon Peel Fight</b>, <i>subs. phr.</i> (Charterhouse: obsolete).—<i>See</i> -quot.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1900. <span class='sc'>Tod</span>, <i>Charterhouse</i>, 80. On Shrove-Tuesday, according to a -custom dating from 1850 or probably earlier, every boy used to receive -half a lemon with his pancake at dinner. This he reserved to use as a -missile in the fight which was to take place directly afterwards. At -Old Charterhouse, gownboys used to stand against the rest of the -school, and the fight consisted in each side pelting the other with the -half lemons. It lasted for fifteen or twenty minutes, and was begun -and ended by a house bell being rung. During these twenty minutes -a good many bruises and black eyes could be received, for combatants -fought at quite close quarters; and unpopular monitors were sometimes -badly damaged. At New Charterhouse the sides were at first -Old Charterhouse <i>v.</i> New. In 1877 they were changed again to -Out-houses <i>v.</i> The Rest. This was the last fight. Grave abuses had -crept in. The lemons were no longer simple lemons, but a sort of -bomb-shell, loaded with pebbles or ink, and several boys were badly -hurt. So the Sixth Form in 1878 “totally abolished <span class='fss'>LEMON PEEL</span> as -a barbarous and obsolete practice.” It required a strong Sixth Form -to do this, for the fight was popular, and their action is one of the -best things that the school has done for itself. Its abolition differs -from the abolition of fighting; the latter became obsolete through -the action of public opinion; <span class='fss'>LEMON PEEL</span> was abolished by an ukase -almost in defiance of public opinion.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Lent Suppers.</b> <i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Public-supping</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Let.</b> <span class='sc'>To let in</span>, <i>verb. phr.</i> (Oxford).—To associate with.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1861. <span class='sc'>Hughes</span>, <i>Tom Brown at Oxford</i>, i. He has also been good -enough to recommend to me many tradesmen, ... but, with the -highest respect for friend Perkins (my scout) and his obliging friends, -I shall make some inquiries before <span class='fss'>LETTING IN</span> with any of them.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Let-out</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Tonbridge).—Any less extensive holiday -than a half holiday.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Levite</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Tonbridge).—A boy leaving the school.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Levy</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Rugby).—<i>See</i> quot.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1856. <span class='sc'>Hughes</span>, <i>Tom Brown’s School-days</i>, viii. In fact, the solemn -assembly, a <span class='fss'>LEVY</span> of the school, had been held, at which the captain of -the school had got up, and, after premising that several instances had -occurred of matters having been reported to the masters; that this -was against public morality and School tradition; that a <span class='fss'>LEVY</span> of the -sixth had been held on the subject, and they had resolved that the -practice must be stopped at once.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Lib</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Charterhouse).—The Library. Whence <span class='fss'>LIB. -COLL.</span> = a collection of library books.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Licet</b>, <i>adj.</i> and <i>adv.</i> (Winchester).—Allowed; permissible; -befitting a Wykehamist.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Lick.</b> <span class='sc'>To lick off the Field</span>, <i>verb. phr.</i> (Harrow).—To -get five <span class='sc'>Bases</span> (<i>q.v.</i>) before the other side scores -one, in a <span class='sc'>Footer</span> (<i>q.v.</i>) House-match: this closes -the game.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Lie.</b> <span class='sc'>To lie in</span>, <i>verb. phr.</i> (Royal Military Academy).—To -keep one’s room when supposed to be out on -leave.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Lincoln Devil</b> (The), <i>subs.</i> (Oxford).—A curious gilded -deformed image (copied from a figure in Lincoln -Cathedral) which decorates the bows of the Lincoln -boat. Replicas are honoured by, and found in the -rooms of, most Lincoln men.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Lines</b>, <i>subs.</i> (general).—The usual punishment—the -copying out of so many lines of Greek or Latin. -Hence <span class='fss'>TO BE PUT ON LINES</span> (Harrow) = to have to -show up so many lines each half-hour for a certain -number of half-holidays, for being late for -chapel, &c.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Links</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Loretto).—A short run or walk before -breakfast: about half a mile. [Formerly always -across Musselburgh Links: now there are various -<span class='fss'>LINKS</span> according to circumstances.]</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Lion</b>, <i>subs.</i> (old University).—<i>See</i> quot.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1785. <span class='sc'>Grose</span>, <i>Vulg. Tongue</i>, s.v. <span class='sc'>Lion</span>.... Also the name given by -the gownsmen of Oxford to inhabitants or visitors.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Lions, The</b> (Stonyhurst).—The two pillars in front of -the College.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Little Figures</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Stonyhurst: obsolete).—The old -name for the class of <span class='sc'>Elements</span> (<i>q.v.</i>).</p> - -<p class='c012'>1895. <i>Stonyhurst Magazine</i>, v. p. 519. I was sent to Stonyhurst, -when I was put into the class of <span class='fss'>LITTLE FIGURES</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Little Figuricians</b>, <i>subs. phr.</i> (Stonyhurst).—<i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Little -Figures</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Little-go</b>, <i>subs.</i> (University).—The public examination -which students at the English Universities have -to pass in the second year of residence: also -called the “previous examination” (as preceding -the final one for a degree), and, at Oxford, <span class='fss'>SMALLS</span> -(<i>q.v.</i>).</p> - -<p class='c012'>1841. <span class='sc'>Thackeray</span>, <i>King of Brentford’s Testament</i>, 86, 7. At college, -though not fast, Yet his <span class='fss'>LITTLE-GO</span> and great-go He creditably -pass’d.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1849. <span class='sc'>Thackeray</span>, <i>Pendennis</i>, iii. A tutor, don’t you see, old boy? -He’s coaching me, and some other men, for the <span class='fss'>LITTLE-GO</span>.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1853. <span class='sc'>Bradley</span>, <i>Verdant Green</i>, vii. “Oh,” said Mr. Charles -Larkyns, “they give you no end of trouble at these places; and they -require the vaccination certificate before you go in for your responsions—the -<span class='fss'>LITTLE-GO</span>, you know.”</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Little Man</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Eton).—<i>See</i> quot., and Appendix.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1866-72. <i>Sketchy Memoirs of Eton</i>, p. 16. He called the footman (or -<span class='fss'>LITTLE MAN</span> ...) and bade him reach down the obnoxious placard.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Little Refectory</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Stonyhurst: obsolete).—A room -in the old College, sometimes used as a refectory -for smaller boys.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Little-side</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Rugby).—A term applied to all games -organised between houses only. <i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Big-side</span>.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1856. <span class='sc'>Hughes</span>, <i>Tom Brown’s School-days</i>, vii. In all the games too -he joined with all his heart, and soon became well versed in all the -mysteries of football, by continual practice at the School-house -<span class='fss'>LITTLE-SIDE</span>, which played daily.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Lob</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—A “yorker”; never, as in -ordinary cricket phraseology, an underhand delivery.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Lobster</b>, <i>intj.</i> (general).—A signal of a master’s approach.</p> - -<p class='c011'><i>Verb</i> (Winchester).—To cry. [<i>Lowster</i> or <i>louster</i> -(South) = to make a clumsy rattling noise.]</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Lockback</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—A Holiday or <span class='sc'>Remedy</span> -(<i>q.v.</i>), on which, from bad weather or any other -cause, the boys did not go on to <span class='sc'>Hills</span> (<i>q.v.</i>), but -remained on the school side of Seventh Chamber -Passage Gate.—<span class='sc'>Mansfield</span> (<i>c.</i> 1840).</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Lockees</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Westminster).—Lockhouse.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Lockites</b> (Charterhouse).—<i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Out-houses</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Locks and Keys</b>, <i>intj.</i> (Winchester).—<i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Peals</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Lock-up</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Harrow).—Locking up—the time by -which all have to be in their Houses for the night; -the hour varies with the season, from 5.30 <span class='fss'>P.M.</span> to -8.30 <span class='fss'>P.M.</span></p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Log</b>, <i>subs.</i> (general).—The last boy of his “form” or -“house.”</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Logie</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—Sewage.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Log-pond</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—A sewer.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>London-cricket</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Stonyhurst).—The modern game: -to distinguish it from <span class='sc'>Stonyhurst-cricket</span> (<i>q.v.</i>).</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Long.</b> <span class='sc'>The Long</span> (University).—The summer vacation.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1852. <span class='sc'>Bristed</span>, <i>Five Years in an English University</i>, p. 37. For a -month or six weeks in <span class='fss'>THE LONG</span> they rambled off to see the sights of -Paris.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1863. <span class='sc'>Reade</span>, <i>Hard Cash</i>, i. 17. “I hope I shall not be [‘ploughed -for smalls’] to vex you and puss ...” “... Puss? that is me -[sister Julia]. How dare he? Did I not forbid all these nicknames -and all this Oxfordish, by proclamation, last <span class='fss'>LONG</span>.” “Last <span class='fss'>LONG</span>?” -[remonstrates mamma]. “Hem! last protracted vacation.”</p> - -<p class='c011'><span class='sc'>The Longs</span>, <i>subs.</i> (Oxford).—The latrines at -Brasenose. [Built by Lady Long.]</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Long-box</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—A deal box for holding -bats, stumps, balls, &c.—<span class='sc'>Mansfield</span> (<i>c.</i> 1840).</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Long Chamber</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Eton).—<i>See</i> quot. Long Chamber -still exists, but in a very different condition.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1890. <i>Great Public Schools</i>, 14. To Francis Hodgson, who was -elected Provost in 1840, is primarily due the vast improvement in the -condition of the scholars, or collegers, which was effected in the -course of the next few years.... <span class='sc'>Long Chamber</span>, a dormitory -containing no less than fifty-two beds, notorious for its filth and -discomfort, was considerably curtailed, and separate rooms were -provided for forty-nine boys by the erection of a new wing.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Long-dispar</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—<i>See</i> quot.</p> - -<p class='c012'><i>c.</i> 1840. <span class='sc'>Mansfield</span>, <i>School-Life</i>, 84. There were six of these -[<span class='fss'>DISPARS</span> (<i>q.v.</i>) or portions] to a shoulder, and eight to a leg of mutton, -the other joints being divided in like proportion. All these “dispars” -had different names; the thick slice out of the centre of the leg -was called a “middle cut,” ... the ribs “Racks,” the loin <span class='fss'>LONG -DISPARS</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Long-fork</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—<i>See</i> quot.</p> - -<p class='c012'><i>c.</i> 1840. <span class='sc'>Mansfield</span>, <i>School-Life</i>, 80. We had not proper toasting -forks, but pieces of stick called <span class='fss'>LONG FORKS</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Long-glass</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Eton).—<i>See</i> quot.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1883. <b>Brinsley Richards</b>, <i>Seven Years at Eton</i>, 321. A glass -nearly a yard long, shaped like the horn of a stage-coach guard, and -with a hollow globe instead of a foot. It held a quart of beer, and the -ceremony of drinking out of it constituted an initiation into the higher -circle of Etonian swelldom. There was <span class='fss'>LONG-GLASS</span> drinking once or -twice a week during the summer half. The <i>invités</i> attended in an -upper room of Tap after two, and each before the long glass was -handed to him had a napkin tied round his neck. It was considered -a grand thing to drain the glass without removing it from the lips, -and without spilling any of its contents. This was difficult, because -when the contents of the tubular portion of the glass had been sucked -down, the beer in the globe would remain for a moment as if congealed -there: then if the drinker tilted the glass up a little, and shook -it, the motionless beer would give a gurgle and come with a sudden -rush all over his face. There was a way of holding the long glass at a -certain angle by which catastrophes were avoided. Some boys could -toss off their quart of ale in quite superior style, and I may as well -remark that these clever fellows could do little else.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Long-grass</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—All <span class='sc'>Meads</span> (<i>q.v.</i>) except -the paths and <span class='sc'>Turf</span> (<i>q.v.</i>).</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Long-meads</b>, <i>subs.</i> 1. (Winchester).—A field between -<span class='sc'>Sick-house</span> (<i>q.v.</i>) and <span class='sc'>Commoners</span> (<i>q.v.</i>): now -thrown into <span class='sc'>Meads</span> (<i>q.v.</i>).</p> - -<p class='c011'>2. (Winchester).—“The time after dinner on -summer evenings, when we went on to <span class='sc'>Underhills</span>.”—<span class='sc'>Mansfield</span> -(<i>c.</i> 1840).</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Long-paper</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—Foolscap.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Long Quarter</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Charterhouse).—One of the school -terms: now the shortest of the three, which are -<span class='sc'>Long</span>, <span class='sc'>Summer</span>, and <span class='sc'>Oration Quarter</span>. The <span class='sc'>Summer</span> -is colloquially known as <span class='sc'>Cricket-Quarter</span>, and -the oration has been abolished.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Long Room, The</b> (Stonyhurst).—The Museum. [From -its shape.]</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Long Wallyford</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Loretto).—The usual run on a -wet short school day: about five miles. <i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Wallyford</span> -and <span class='sc'>Faside</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Lord’s</b> (Winchester and Harrow).—<i>See</i> Appendix.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Lorettonian</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Loretto).—Frequently applied to -boys who wear even fewer clothes than usual at -Loretto; or who delight in violating the conventions -of the outside world in sensible ways.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Lose.</b> <span class='sc'>To lose down</span> (Winchester).—<i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Jockey</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Loss.</b> <span class='sc'>Fain loss</span>, <i>intj.</i> (Felsted).—The formula by -which a claim was made to a vacant seat. An -obsolete equivalent was <span class='sc'>Fain lo</span>; also <span class='sc'>No loss</span>. -<i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Fain</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Lounge</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Eton and Cambridge).—A treat; a -chief meal. <i>See</i> Appendix.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1864. <i>The Press</i>, Nov. 12. By the way, we miss the Etonian word -<span class='fss'>LOUNGE</span>, for which there is classic authority. “I don’t care for -dinner,” said Harry Coningsby at his grandfather’s table; “breakfast -is my <span class='fss'>LOUNGE</span>.”</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Lout</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Rugby).—Any one of the poorer classes: -not necessarily an awkward, lubberly individual.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1856. <span class='sc'>Hughes</span>, <i>Tom Brown’s School-days</i>, v. “Hullo tho’,” says -East, pulling up, and taking another look at Tom, “this’ll never do—haven’t -you got a hat?—we never wear caps here. Only the <span class='fss'>LOUTS</span> -wear caps. Bless you, if you were to go into the quadrangle with that -thing on, I——don’t know what’d happen.”</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Lower Club</b> (Eton).—<i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Playing-fields</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Lower Line</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Stonyhurst).—The four lowest classes.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1890. <i>Felstedian</i>, Feb., p. 2. Well, Johnson <i>ma</i>, happening to meet -Tompkins <i>mi</i> just before first Prep, &c.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Low-man</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Cambridge).—A Junior Optimé as -compared to a Senior Optimé or a Wrangler.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Luff</b>, <i>verb</i> (Derby).—To hit out; to slog: as at cricket.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Lush</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Eton).—A dainty.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Lux</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Christ’s Hospital).—A good thing; a -splendid thing: <i>e.g.</i> My knife is wooston a <span class='fss'>LUX</span>. -A Hertford word [? luxury]. Obsolete.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Luxer</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester: obsolete).—A handsome -fellow.</p> - -<div class='chapter'> - <h2 class='c003' title='M'></h2> -</div> -<div class='c009'> - <img class='drop-capi' src='images/i_131_m.png' width='100' alt='' /> -</div><p class='drop-capi0_9'> -<b>Mad</b>, <i>adj.</i> (Winchester).—Angry; vexed. [Old -English, now dial. in England, but universal -in America. “Originally severely injured” -(<span class='sc'>Skeat</span>). “Enraged, furious” (<span class='sc'>Johnson</span>).]</p> -<div class='clearme'> - -</div> - -<p class='c012'>1369. <span class='sc'>Chaucer</span>, <i>Troilus</i> [<span class='sc'>Skeat</span>, 1894], line 479. Ne -made him thus in armes for to <span class='fss'>MADDE</span>.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1593. <span class='sc'>Shakspeare</span>, <i>Titus And.</i>, iii. 1. 104. Had I but seen thy -picture in this plight, It would have <span class='fss'>MADDED</span> me. <i>Ibid.</i>, iii. 1. 223. If -the winds rage doth not the sea wax <span class='fss'>MAD</span>.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1596. <span class='sc'>Jonson</span>, <i>Every Man in His Humour</i>, iv. 1. You’d <span class='fss'>MAD</span> the -patient’st body in the world.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1607. <span class='sc'>Middleton</span>, <i>Your Five Gallants</i> [<span class='sc'>De Vere</span>]. They are <span class='fss'>MAD</span>; -she graced me with one private minute above their fortunes.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1611. <i>Acts</i> xxvi. 11 [Authorised Version].—And being exceeding -<span class='fss'>MAD</span> against them, I persecuted them even unto strange cities.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1667. <span class='sc'>Pepys</span>, <i>Diary</i>, iv. 482 [<span class='sc'>Bickers</span>, 1875]. The king is <span class='fss'>MAD</span> at -her entertaining Jermin, and she is <span class='fss'>MAD</span> at Jermin’s going to marry -from her, so they are all <span class='fss'>MAD</span>; and so the kingdom is governed.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1816. <span class='sc'>Pickering</span>, <i>Collection of Words, &c.</i>, s.v. <span class='sc'>Mad</span>, in the sense -of “angry,” is considered as a low word in this country, and at the -present day is never used except in very familiar conversation.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1824. <span class='sc'>R. B. Peake</span>, <i>Americans Abroad</i>, i. 1. I guess—I’m <span class='fss'>MADDED</span>, -but I’ll bite in my breath a bit—not that I’m sitch a tarnation fool as -to believe all you tell me.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1848. <span class='sc'>Ruxton</span>, <i>Life in the Far West</i>, p. 167. That nation is -<span class='fss'>MAD</span>.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1871. <i>New Era</i>, April [<span class='sc'>De Vere</span>]. The Squire’s <span class='fss'>MAD</span> riz.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1891. <span class='sc'>N. Gould</span>, <i>Double Event</i>, p. 189. My eye! won’t he be just -<span class='fss'>MAD</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Made-beer</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—College swipes bottled -with rice, a few raisins, sugar, and nutmeg to make -it “up.”</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Magistrand</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Aberdeen).—A student in arts of the -last (the fourth) year. <i>Cf.</i> <span class='sc'>Bejan</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Make</b>, <i>verb</i> (Winchester).—1. To appropriate.</p> - -<p class='c012'><i>c.</i> 1840. <span class='sc'>Mansfield</span>, <i>School-Life</i>, 46. In the matter of certain -articles ... supplied by the College, we used to put a liberal interpretation -on the eighth commandment, ... and it was considered fair -to <span class='fss'>MAKE</span> them if you could.</p> - -<p class='c011'>2. To appoint Præfect.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Man</b>, <i>subs.</i> (general).—A student: almost universal in -School phraseology instead of “boy.”</p> - -<p class='c012'>1811. <i>Lex. Bal.</i>, s.v. <span class='sc'>Man</span> (Cambridge). Any undergraduate from -fifteen to thirty. As, a <span class='fss'>MAN</span> of Emanuel—a young member of -Emanuel.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1853. <span class='sc'>Bradley</span>, <i>Verdant Green</i>, iii. The thought that he was going -to be an Oxford <span class='fss'>MAN</span> fortunately assisted him in the preservation of -that tranquil dignity and careless ease which he considered to be the -necessary adjuncts of the manly character ... and Mr. Verdant -Green was enabled to say “Good-bye” with a firm voice and undimmed -spectacles.</p> - -<p class='c011'><i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Wise Men of the East</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Marker</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Cambridge).—A person employed to -walk up and down chapel during a part of the -service, pricking off the names of the students -present.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1849. <i>Blackwood’s Mag.</i>, May. His name pricked off upon the -<span class='fss'>MARKER’S</span> roll, No twinge of conscience racks his easy soul.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Master</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester: obsolete).—A title: of -rustics, bargees, &c.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Match</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Stonyhurst).—A division in which the -boys play: e.g. “I’m in the third <span class='fss'>MATCH</span>.” “This is -the second <span class='fss'>MATCH</span> ground.” “He’s a first <span class='fss'>MATCH</span> -bowler.”</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Math. Ex.</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Charterhouse).—A mathematical -exercise.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Mathemat</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Christ’s Hospital).—<i>See</i> quots.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1895. Gleanings from <i>The Blue</i>, 1870-95, 77. It is true that the -<span class='fss'>MATHEMAT</span> does take the labours of his hands to the Queen, and is -proud to do so; but it is a pity that the reputation of the school should -depend upon such ceremonies as these. [<i>See</i> Appendix.]</p> - -<p class='c012'>1900. <i>Pall Mall Gaz.</i>, 20th Mar., 3. 2. One of the things that strike -a stranger is the metal plate upon some shoulders, so it may be as well -to say here that it merely marks the members of the Mathematical -School, which trains boys for the sea, and interested Mr. Samuel -Pepys.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Mathy</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Manchester Grammar).—Mathematics.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Matron’s-gift</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Christ’s Hospital).—<i>See</i> quot.</p> - -<p class='c012'><i>c.</i> 1844. <i>Reminiscences of Christ’s Hospital</i> [Blue, Aug. 1874]. Once -annually the boys were served at supper with what was called the -“<span class='fss'>MATRON’S GIFT</span>,”—cream cheese; but they never could appreciate -this luxury. It was in vain that the good old matron, with a sister the -very counterpart of herself, walked round the different tables, expatiating -in glowing terms upon the merits of this “beautiful cheese,” as -she called it, and wondering how any one could fail to have a liking -for this luxurious gift.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>May</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Cambridge).—Easter Term examinations, &c.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1852. <span class='sc'>Bristed</span>, <i>Five Years, &c.</i>, 70. As the <i>MAY</i> approached I -began to feel nervous.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1891. <i>Harry Fludyer at Cambridge</i>, 104. I suppose you know the -Mater and the girls are coming up here for the <span class='fss'>MAY</span> week. It’s called -the <span class='fss'>MAY</span> week, but we always have it early in June now. I believe, -some years ago, it really used to be in May.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1896. <i>Felstedian</i>, June, 95, “Cambridge Letter.” The <span class='fss'>MAYS</span> were -rowed under very favourable conditions, and produced some grand -struggles.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Meads</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—The College cricket -ground. <span class='sc'>Water-meads</span> = the valley of the Itchen.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Medes and Persians</b>, <i>subs. phr.</i> (Winchester).—Jumping -on a <span class='fss'>MAN</span> (<i>q.v.</i>) when in bed.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Melon</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Royal Military Academy).—A new cadet.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Men.</b> <i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Wise Men of the East.</span></p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Mesopotamia</b>, <i>subs.</i> 1. (Oxford).—<i>See</i> quot.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1886. <i>Pall Mall Gazette</i>, 23rd June, p. 13. Every Oxford man has -known and loved the beauties of the walk called <span class='fss'>MESOPOTAMIA</span>.</p> - -<p class='c011'>2. (Eton).—<i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Playing-fields</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Mess</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—<i>See</i> quot.</p> - -<p class='c012'><i>c.</i> 1840. <span class='sc'>Mansfield</span>, <i>School-Life at Winchester</i> (1866), 219. <span class='sc'>Mess</span>—The -Præfects’ tables in Hall were called “Tub, Middle, and Junior -<span class='fss'>MESS</span>” respectively. The boys who dined at each were also so named. -Any number of boys who habitually breakfasted together were so called -with some distinguishing prefix, such as “Deputy’s <span class='fss'>MESS</span>.” In -Chambers tea was called <span class='fss'>MESS</span>; as was also the remains of a joint of -meat. Lest the reader should make a “<span class='fss'>MESS</span>” of all these different -meanings, I will give a sentence in which they shall all figure: “Look -there, Junior <span class='fss'>MESS</span> has sat down at Tub <span class='fss'>MESS</span>, but as they will find -nothing left but a <span class='fss'>MESS</span>, they had better go down to Chambers, as -<span class='fss'>MESS</span> is ready.”</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Middle-briars</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Charterhouse).—A recess in the -middle of cloisters where Eleven meetings used to -be held; now a place in cloisters where names are -carved: becoming obsolete.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Middle-cut</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—<i>See</i> quot., and <span class='sc'>Dispar</span>.</p> - -<p class='c012'><i>c.</i> 1840. <span class='sc'>Mansfield</span>, <i>School-Life</i>, p. 84. There were ... eight -[portions] to a leg of mutton; ... the thick slice out of the centre of -the leg was called a <span class='fss'>MIDDLE CUT</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Middle Fire</b> (Westminster).—<i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Upper Fire</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Middle-green</b> (Charterhouse).—The new cricket-ground -used by “The Maniacs.”</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Middle-mess</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—<i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Mess</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Middle Part the Fifth</b>, <i>subs. phr.</i> (Winchester).—Generally -called <span class='fss'>MIDDLE PART</span>. <i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Books</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Middle-week</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Rugby).—A half-holiday on every -third Monday. [<span class='sc'>Modern Rugs</span> (<i>q.v.</i>) say “because -it was never the middle of anything.”]</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Milk-hole</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—The hole formed by the -<span class='fss'>ROUSH</span> (<i>q.v.</i>) under <span class='fss'>POT</span> (<i>q.v.</i>).</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Miller</b> (Harrow).—“The Milling Ground”: between the -school-yard and <span class='sc'>Squash</span> (<i>q.v.</i>) courts. Here all fights -had to be conducted in public. The practice is -extinct, and the ground is now used as a Morris-tube -range.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Minister</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Stonyhurst).—The superior responsible -for the <i>matériel</i>: as food, servants, &c.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Minor</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Eton).—A younger brother. Also <span class='sc'>Mi</span>.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1864. <i>Eton School-days</i>, vii. “Let my <span class='fss'>MINOR</span> pass, you fellows!” -exclaimed Horsham.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1890. <i>Felstedian</i>, Feb., p. 2. I was born in the month of Tompkins <span class='fss'>MI</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Mitre</b>, <i>subs.</i> (University).—A hat. <i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Tufts</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Moab</b>, <i>subs.</i> 1. (University: obsolete).—A hat; specifically, -the turban-shaped hat fashionable among -ladies 1858-9. [From the Scripture phrase, “<span class='sc'>Moab</span> -is my wash-pot” (Ps. lx. 8).]</p> - -<p class='c012'>1864. <i>Reader</i>, Oct. 22. <span class='sc'>Moab</span>, a ... hat.... University it is all -over. We feel sure we know the undergraduate who coined the expression; -he is now a solemn don delivering lectures in Cambridge.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1884. <i>Graphic</i>, 20th Sept., p. 307-2. The third, with his varnished -boots, his stiff brown <span class='fss'>MOAB</span> of the newest fashion, his well-displayed -shirt-cuffs.</p> - -<p class='c011'>2. (Winchester).—<i>See</i> quot.</p> - -<p class='c012'><i>c.</i> 1840. <span class='sc'>Mansfield</span>, <i>School-Life</i>, 190. On the west side of school -court, a spacious room, nicknamed <span class='fss'>MOAB</span>, has been erected, with -numerous marble basins, and an unlimited supply of fresh water.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1865. <i>Etoniana</i>, 21. Like Wykeham’s scholars, the Eton boys rose -[<i>temp.</i> Eliz.] at five, said their Latin prayers antiphonally while -dressing, then made their own beds and swept out their chambers. -Two by two they then “went down” to wash, probably at some -outdoor conduit or fountain like the old Winchester <span class='fss'>MOAB</span>.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1867. <span class='sc'>Collins</span>, <i>The Public Schools</i>, p. 45. Independent of very -early hours and somewhat coarse fare, it was not pleasant to have -to wash at the old <span class='fss'>MOAB</span>, as it was called—an open conduit in the -quadrangle, where it was necessary, on a severe winter morning, for -a junior to melt the ice on the stop-cock with a lighted faggot before -any water could be got to flow at all.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Mob</b>. <span class='sc'>To mob up</span>, <i>verb. phr.</i> (Charterhouse).—To -hustle; <span class='fss'>TO BARGE</span> (<i>q.v.</i>); <span class='fss'>TO BRICK</span> (<i>q.v.</i>).</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Mods</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Oxford).—The first public examination for -degrees. [An abbreviation of “Moderations.”]</p> - -<p class='c012'>1887. <i>Chambers’s Journal</i>, 14th May, 310. <span class='sc'>Mods</span> cannot be attempted -until the end of one year from matriculation, and need not be tackled -until the expiration of two.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Monarch</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Eton).—The ten-oared boat.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Money and Direction Rolls</b>, <i>intj.</i> (Winchester).—<i>See</i> -<span class='sc'>Peals</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Monitor</b>, <i>subs.</i> 1. (Stonyhurst).—One of the chief -members of the Higher Line <span class='sc'>Sodality</span> (<i>q.v.</i>), -responsible for the behaviour of the other boys -in Church and Chapel.</p> - -<p class='c011'>2. (general).—A senior scholar entrusted with -the supervision of school work and pastimes. -<i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Præfect</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Monkey.</b> <i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Fresh-herring</span>, and Appendix.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Monos</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Westminster).—A junior detailed for -duty during regular school hours, who remains -on guard at the door of the college, as a sentinel, -to see that no suspicious characters find their -way in. This functionary is known as <span class='fss'>MONOS</span> -[i.e. <i>Monitor ostii</i>].... An officer of the same -kind ... at Winchester ... bore a similar name, -<span class='sc'>Ostiarius</span> (<i>q.v.</i>).—<span class='sc'>Collins.</span></p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Mons</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—A crowd. Also as <i>verb</i>: -<i>e.g.</i> “Square round there, don’t <span class='fss'>MONS</span>.”</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Montem</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Eton).—An Eton custom up to 1847, -which consisted in the scholars going in procession -on the Whit-Tuesday of every third year to a -mound (Lat. <i>ad montem</i>) near the Bath Road, and -exacting a gratuity from persons present or passing -by. The collection was given to the captain or -senior scholar, and helped to defray his expenses at -the University. <i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Salt</span>, and <i>Sloane MS.</i> 4839, f. 85.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1890. <span class='sc'>Brewer</span>, <i>Phrase and Fable</i>, s.v. <span class='sc'>Salt-hill</span>. The mound at -Eton [near the Bath Road], where the Eton scholars used to collect -money from the visitors on Montem day. The mound is still called -<i>Salt Hill</i>, and the money given was called <i>salt</i>. The word salt is -similar to the Latin <i>sala’rium</i> (salary), the pay given to Roman soldiers -and civil officers. <i>Ibid.</i> <i>Montem</i>.... Sometimes as much as £1000 -was thus collected.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Morning-hills</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—<i>See</i> quot.</p> - -<p class='c012'><i>c.</i> 1840. Mansfield, <i>School-Life</i>, 52. On holidays and Remedies we -were turned out for a couple of hours on to St. Catherine’s Hill ... -once before breakfast (<span class='fss'>MORNING HILLS</span>), and again in the afternoon -(<span class='fss'>MIDDLE HILLS</span>).</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Mortar-board</b> (or <b>Mortar</b>), <i>subs.</i> (general).—The trencher-cap -worn at certain Public Schools and at the -Universities.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1600. <span class='sc'>Kemp</span>, <i>Nine Days’ Wonder</i>, “Ded. Ep.” So that methinkes I -could flye to Rome ... with a <span class='fss'>MORTER</span> on my head.</p> - -<p class='c012'><i>d.</i> 1635. Bishop <span class='sc'>Corbet</span> to T. Coryate. No more shall man with -<span class='fss'>MORTAR</span> on his head Set forward towards Rome.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1647. <span class='sc'>Fletcher</span>, <i>Fair Maid of the Inn</i>, v. 2. He ... may now -travel to Rome with a <span class='fss'>MORTAR</span> on’s head.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1857. <span class='sc'>Cuthbert Bede</span>, <i>Verdant Green</i>, pt. II. ch. iii. “I don’t -mind this ’ere <span class='fss'>MORTAR-BOARD</span>, sir,” remarked the professor of the -noble art of self-defence, as he pointed to the academical cap which -surmounted his head.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1864. <i>Fun</i>, 21st May, p. 96. Anon I saw a gentle youth (no “<i>sub -fusc</i>” undergrad.). “<i>Toga virilis</i>” he had none, no <span class='fss'>MORTAR-BOARD</span> -he had.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1881. <span class='sc'>Pascoe</span>, <i>Every-day Life</i>, 147. On admission ... a boy provides -himself with a <span class='fss'>MORTAR</span> or college-cap.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1898. <i>Stonyhurst Mag.</i>, Dec., p. 149, “Life at Oxford.” The wearing -of a cap and gown is another novelty for freshmen. At first one is -apt to feel very foolish under a “<span class='fss'>MORTAR-BOARD</span>” and in the folds of -the academic gown, particularly in the miserable garb assigned to -commoners (<i>i.e.</i> undergraduates without scholarships).</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Mouse-digger</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—<i>See</i> quot.</p> - -<p class='c012'><i>c.</i> 1840. <span class='sc'>Mansfield</span>, <i>School-Life</i>, 150. Plying the <span class='fss'>MOUSE-DIGGER</span> -(a kind of diminutive pick-axe) in search of mice.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Mud-student</b>, <i>subs.</i> (general).—A student at the Agricultural -College, Cirencester.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1856. <i>Notes and Queries</i>, 2 S., ii. 198. A young friend of mine ... -a <span class='fss'>MUD-STUDENT</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Muff</b>, <i>verb</i> (Eton).—To fail in an examination; <span class='fss'>TO BE -SPUN</span> (<i>q.v.</i>) or <span class='fss'>PLUCKED</span> (<i>q.v.</i>); <span class='fss'>TO SKIP A COG</span> -(<i>q.v.</i>).</p> - -<p class='c012'>1884. <span class='sc'>Julian Sturgis</span>, in <i>Longmans’ Mag.</i>, iii. 617. Freddy and -Tommy and Dicky have all <span class='fss'>MUFFED</span> for the army. It’s really -dreadful!</p> - -<p class='c011'><span class='sc'>To muff a catch</span>, <i>verb. phr.</i> (Stonyhurst).—To -catch a ball against the chest, or in any way not -clean with both hands. In cricket, as played at -Stonyhurst, such a catch did not put the batsman -out: obsolete.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Mug</b>, <i>verb</i> (Winchester and Sherborne).—(1) To study; -to work hard: <i>e.g.</i> I <span class='fss'>MUGGED</span> all the morning, and -shall thoke (Winchester) this afternoon. (2) To -take pains; to beautify: <i>e.g.</i> “He has <span class='fss'>MUGGED</span> his -study, and made it quite cud.” [<i>Cf.</i> <i>mug</i> = to paint -the face or “make up.”] Hence <span class='fss'>MUGSTER</span> = a hard-working -student. <i>See</i> <span class='fss'>-STER</span> and <span class='sc'>Bat-mugger</span>.</p> - -<p class='c012'><i>c.</i> 1840. <span class='sc'>Mansfield</span>, <i>School-Life</i>, 122. The præfects would ... set -to work <span class='fss'>MUGGING.</span></p> - -<p class='c012'>1881. <i>Felstedian</i>, Nov., p. 74. I remember that the senior præfect is -going to get up to <span class='fss'>MUG</span> early before chapel.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1890. <span class='sc'>G. Allen</span>, <i>The Tents of Shem</i>, xxiv. “Miss Knyvett,” and he -paused with his brush upturned, “you’re a sight too clever for me to -talk to.” “Not clever,” Iris corrected; “only well read. I’ve -<span class='fss'>MUGGED</span> it up out of books, that’s all.” <i>Ibid.</i>, ii. Instead of reading -her “Odyssey” and her “Lucretius,” and <span class='fss'>MUGGING</span> up amusing works -on conic sections.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Muse</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Charterhouse).—The Museum.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Mustard-and-Pepper Keeper</b>, <i>subs. phr.</i> (Winchester).—An -appointment in the gift of Præfect of Hall, -which exempted the holder from <span class='sc'>Watching-out</span> -(<i>q.v.</i>) at cricket, or <span class='sc'>Kicking-in</span> (<i>q.v.</i>) at football.—<span class='sc'>Mansfield</span> -(<i>c.</i> 1840). Obsolete.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Muttoner</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester: obsolete).—A blow on the -knuckles from a cricket-ball while holding the -bat.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Muzz</b>, <i>verb</i> (Westminster).—To read.</p> - -<div class='chapter'> - <h2 class='c003' title='N'></h2> -</div> -<div class='c009'> - <img class='drop-capi' src='images/i_138_n.png' width='100' alt='' /> -</div><p class='drop-capi0_9'> -<b>Nail</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—<i>See</i> quot., and -<span class='sc'>Bibling</span>.</p> -<div class='clearme'> - -</div> - -<p class='c012'><i>c.</i> 1840. <span class='sc'>Mansfield</span>, <i>School-Life at Winchester</i> (1866), -221. To stand up under the <span class='fss'>NAIL</span>—the punishment inflicted -on a boy detected in a lie; he was ordered to -stand up on Junior Row, just under the centre sconce, -during the whole of school time. At the close of it he received a -Bibler.</p> - -<p class='c011'><i>Verb.</i> To impress for any kind of fagging; to -detect.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Name.</b> <span class='sc'>To order one’s name</span>, <i>verb. phr.</i> (Winchester: -obsolete).—<i>See</i> quots.</p> - -<p class='c012'><i>c.</i> 1840. <span class='sc'>Mansfield</span>, <i>School-Life at Winchester</i>, 223. <span class='sc'>Order your -name</span>. An order given to a delinquent by the Head or Second Master, -which was carried out by the boy requesting the Ostiarius to do so, the -consequence of which was, that at the end of school that officer presented -to the Master the victim’s name on a Roll, who forthwith -received a Scrubbing. When the words to the Bible-clerk were added, -the business was confided to that officer, who, with the Ostiarius, -officiated at the subsequent ceremony, which in this case was called a -Bibler.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1878. <span class='sc'>Adams</span>, <i>Wykehamica</i>, xxiii. 429. <span class='sc'>Order your name</span>, the -direction given to an offender by any of the authorities. The boy so -directed, if he was in College, or if the order was given in school, had -to go to the Ostiarius—or to the Præfect in course, if the offence was -committed in Commoners—and give information of the order, and the -reason why it had been given. The Ostiarius, or the Præfect in course, -wrote down the culprit’s name, together with that of the Master, and -the offence, and carried it up to the Head or Second Master, when due -execution was done.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Native</b> (pron. <i>nahtive</i>), <i>subs.</i> (The Leys).—Originally a -“crib”: now of varied signification. <span class='sc'>To native a -football</span> = to be tricky with it; as <i>adj.</i> = clever: -also <span class='sc'>Nativey</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Nescio.</b> <span class='sc'>To sport a nescio</span> (old University).—<i>See</i> quot.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1823. <span class='sc'>Grose</span>, <i>Vulg. Tongue</i> [<span class='sc'>Egan</span>], s.v. <span class='sc'>Nescio.</span> <span class='sc'>He sports a -nescio</span>; he pretends not to understand anything. After the senate-house -examination for degrees, the students proceed to the schools to -be questioned by the proctor. According to custom immemorial the -answers must be <span class='fss'>NESCIO</span>. The following is a translated specimen: -<i>Q.</i> What is your name? <i>A.</i> I do not know. <i>Q.</i> What is the name of -this University? <i>A.</i> I do not know. <i>Q.</i> Who was your father? <i>A.</i> I -do not know.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Nestor</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—An undersized boy.</p> - -<p class='c012'><i>c.</i> 1840. <span class='sc'>Mansfield</span>, <i>School-Life at Winchester</i> (1866), 221. <span class='sc'>Nestor</span>—Any -boy who was past eighteen, or was old for his position in the -school, or who was known to be much older than he looked.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>New-bug</b>, <i>subs.</i> (general).—A new boy.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>New Guinea</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Oxford: obsolete).—<i>See</i> quot.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1823. <span class='sc'>Grose</span>, <i>Vulg. Tongue</i> [<span class='sc'>Egan</span>], s.v. <span class='sc'>New Guinea.</span> First -possession of income.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>News</b>, <i>subs.</i> (The Leys).—One division of the “School -House,” with three dormitories—“Upper News,” -“Under News,” “Further News.” <i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Olds</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>New Settlements</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Oxford: obsolete).—<i>See</i> quot.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1823. <span class='sc'>Grose</span>, <i>Vulg. Tongue</i> [<span class='sc'>Egan</span>], s.v. <span class='sc'>New Settlements.</span> Final -reckonings.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Newy</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—The <span class='fss'>CAD</span> (<i>q.v.</i>) paid to look -after the canvas tent in <span class='sc'>Commoner</span> (<i>q.v.</i>) field.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Nezzar</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Durham: obsolete).—A young lady.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Nick</b>, <i>verb</i> (Durham).—To pray.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Nicks</b>, <i>intj.</i> (Manchester Grammar).—Cave! Look out! -[Said also to be common in Manchester as a warning -of the approach of the police.] <i>See</i> Appendix.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Niff</b>, <i>verb</i> (Derby).—To smell.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Nig</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Christ’s Hospital).—A dodge. Obsolete.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Nigshious</b>, <i>adj.</i> (Christ’s Hospital).—Ingenious: <i>e.g.</i> “a -<span class='fss'>NIGSHIOUS</span> dodge.” Obsolete.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Nihil-ad-rem</b>, <i>adj.</i> (Winchester).—Vague; unconscious. -<i>Ex.</i> “He sported <span class='fss'>NIHIL-AD-REM</span> ducks.”</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Nine Steps.</b> <i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Kittle-nine-steps</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Nipper</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Loretto).—Originally a boy of the lowest -Form: since there has been a preparatory House -the term is applied to all the boys there.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Nipperkin</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester: obsolete).—A stone jug -used for serving beer in College between meals. -Tea has long been substituted for beer.</p> - -<p class='c012'><i>c.</i> 1696. B. E., <i>Dict. Cant. Crew</i>, s.v. <span class='sc'>Nipperkin.</span> Half a pint of -Wine, and but half a Quartern of Brandy, strong waters, &c.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1698-1700. <span class='sc'>Ward</span>, <i>Lond. Spy</i>, <span class='fss'>II</span>. (1706), i. 31. By that time we -had sipp’d off our <span class='sc'>Nipperkin</span> of my Grannums <i>Aqua Mirabilis</i>.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1719. <span class='sc'>Durfey</span>, <i>Pills to Purge</i>.... Song, Quart-pot, pint-pot, <span class='fss'>NIPPERKEN</span>, -&c.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1785. <span class='fss'>GROSE</span>, <i>Vulg. Tongue</i>, s.v.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1832. <i>Noctes Ambrosianæ</i>, Sept. William III., who only snoozed -over a <span class='fss'>NIPPERKIN</span> of Schiedam with a few Dutch favourites.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1882. <span class='sc'>J. Ashton</span>, <i>Social Life in Reign of Q. Anne</i>, i. 197. [Beer] was -of different qualities, from the “penny <span class='fss'>NIPPERKIN</span> of Molassas Ale” -to “a pint of Ale cost me five-pence.”</p> - -<p class='c012'>1883. <span class='sc'>Trollope</span>, <i>What I Remember</i>. It was the duty of the bedmakers -to carry every evening into each chamber a huge <span class='fss'>NIPPERKIN</span> -of beer.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Nob</b>, subs. (Oxford: obsolete).—The Fellow of a College. -[Probably the original application of the colloquial -usage = a person of rank or position; from “nobility.” -<i>Cf.</i> <span class='sc'>Mob</span>, from <i>mobile vulgus</i>.]</p> - -<p class='c012'>1825. <i>English Spy</i>, i. 136. “We must find you some more tractable -personage; some good-humoured <span class='fss'>NOB</span>.”</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Noggs</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Harrow).—A hereditary name for Custos’ -assistant. [From Dickens: the first owner’s name -was Newman—hence <span class='sc'>Noggs</span>.]</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Nomenclature</b> (Harrow).—<i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Upper School</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Non-attached</b> (or <b>Non-collegiate</b>), <i>adj.</i> (Oxford).—Most -of the students belong to a college or hall, but -in 1868 what was at first known as the “<span class='fss'>NON-ATTACHED</span>,” -and is now designated the “<span class='fss'>NON-COLLEGIATE</span>” -system, was established. The system, a -revival of one that prevailed in ancient times, is -under the control of a body termed the Delegacy, -the chief officer being named the Censor. Efficient -provision is made for tuition, but its members live -in their own lodgings in the city, and are thus able -to suit their own pockets. Supervision is retained -over the lodging-houses in a sanitary and other -points of view, from the fact that they have to be -licensed by the University authorities.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Non-licet</b>, <i>adj.</i> and <i>adv.</i> (Winchester).—Illegal; unbefitting -a Wykehamist. <i>Ex.</i> “Don’t sport <span class='fss'>NON-LICET</span> -notions.”</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Nonsense</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Eton).—A small division of the Third -Form. Now abolished.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Northwick</b> (The),<i> subs.</i> (Harrow).—The Northwick rifle: -given by Lord Northwick for the best aggregate of -seven shoots during the season.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Noter</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Harrow).—A note-book.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Notion</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—A word, phrase, or usage -peculiar to Winchester College.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Novi</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Tonbridge).—A new boy.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Nurse</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Christ’s Hospital).—A matron.</p> - -<p class='c012'><i>c.</i> 1800. “Christ’s Hospital Seventy-five Years Ago” (<i>Blue</i>, Nov., -1875). The <span class='fss'>NURSES</span> were permitted to flog and punish the boys as they -thought proper, and some of the <span class='fss'>NURSES</span> were cruel women. One poor -fellow in my ward was labouring under a bodily infirmity. The brute -of a nurse used constantly to flog him with nettles, fresh-gathered from -time to time for the purpose, declaring they had the virtue of strengthening -his bodily frame, &c.! [<i>See</i> Appendix.]</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Nursery</b> (The), <i>subs.</i> (King Edward’s, Birm.).—A gallery -at one end of Big School, in which the lowest two -classes are taught.</p> - -<div class='chapter'> - <h2 class='c003' title='O'></h2> -</div> -<div class='c009'> - <img class='drop-capi' src='images/i_141_o.png' width='100' alt='' /> -</div><p class='drop-capi0_9'> -<b>Oak</b>, <i>subs.</i> (University).—An outer door. <span class='sc'>To -sport one’s oak</span> = to be “not at home,” indicated -by closing the outer door.</p> -<div class='clearme'> - -</div> - -<p class='c012'>1785. <span class='sc'>Grose</span>, <i>Vulg. Tongue</i>, s.v.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1840. <i>The Collegian’s Guide</i>, 119. In college each set -of rooms is provided with an <span class='fss'>OAK</span> or outer door, with a -spring lock, of which the master has one key, and the servant another.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1853. <span class='sc'>Bradley</span> (“Cuthbert Bede”), <i>Verdant Green</i>, iv. This is -the <span class='fss'>HOAK</span>, this ’ere outer door is, sir, which the gentlemen sports, that -is to say, shuts, sir, when they’re a-readin’. <i>Ibid.</i>, viii. Mr. Verdant -Green had, for the first time, <span class='fss'>SPORTED HIS OAK</span>.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1861. <span class='sc'>Hughes</span>, <i>Tom Brown at Oxford</i>, vii. One evening he found -himself as usual at Hardy’s door about eight o’clock. The <span class='fss'>OAK</span> was -open, but he got no answer when he knocked at the inner door.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1891. <i>Harry Fludyer at Cambridge</i>, 55. He tried to keep them out, -but they broke in his <span class='fss'>OAK</span>, stripped him, tied him up in his table-cloth, -and left him on the grass plot where the porter found him.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Ob</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—A contraction of <i>obit</i>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Obeum</b> (The), <i>subs.</i> (Cambridge).—A water-closet building -at King’s College. [Attributed by the undergraduates -to the energy of O[scar] B[rowning].]</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Off-bat</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester: obsolete).—“Point”: at -cricket.</p> - -<p class='c012'><i>c.</i> 1840. <span class='sc'>Mansfield</span>, <i>School-Life at Winchester</i>, 222. <span class='sc'>Off bat</span>, the -station of one of the field in a cricket match, called by the outer world -“Point.”</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Officer</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—A College Præfect when in -office: as the Præfect of Hall, Chapel, School, or -Library.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>-oi</b>, <i>inseparable suffix</i> (Tonbridge).—Indicative of complaisant -disdain: e.g. <span class='fss'>TO DO THE BLEED-OI</span> (<i>see</i> -<span class='sc'>Bleed</span>) = to swagger; to appear to be distinguishing -oneself.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Oiler</b>, <i>subs.</i> (University).—A cad.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Oips</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Haileybury).—Boys who are not good -enough for the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, or Below Bigside -Elevens play in the <span class='sc'>Oips.</span> [An abbreviation of -<i>Hoi polloi</i>.]</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Old Cars</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Charterhouse).—Old Carthusians: regarded -as a vulgarism.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Old Pig</b> (The).—<i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Pig</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Old Schools, The</b> (Harrow).—The original school building -erected by John Lyon, together with the “Old -Speech-room,” which, however, is of much later -date.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Olds</b>, <i>subs.</i> (The Leys).—A division of the “School -House,” three dormitories—“Upper Olds,” “Under -Olds,” and “Under Under.” <i>See</i> <span class='sc'>News.</span></p> - -<p class='c010'><b>On</b>, <i>adv.</i> and <i>intj.</i> (Winchester: obsolete).—The word to -start given by the Præfect of Hall when the School -went in procession to Hills, Cathedral, &c. Also as -in quot. <i>See</i> Appendix.</p> - -<p class='c012'><i>c.</i> 1840. <span class='sc'>Mansfield</span>, <i>School-Life</i>, 222. When any person or thing of -importance was known to be likely to meet the boys when on Hills, -the word was passed that he, she, or it was <span class='fss'>ON</span>—<i>e.g.</i> Ridsworth <span class='fss'>ON</span>, -snobs <span class='fss'>ON</span>, badger <span class='fss'>ON</span>, &c.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1878. <span class='sc'>Adams</span>, <i>Wykehamica</i>, xxiii.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>On-and-Off</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Tonbridge).—Lemonade.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1894. <i>Tonbridgian</i>, No. 330, 919. The scene is one of the wildest -disorder. The writhing mass, in their efforts to obtain the desired -article, tread on each other’s toes, spill the “<span class='fss'>OFF AND ON</span>” down one -another’s garments, and knock each other about with their elbows.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1899. <i>Public School Mag.</i>, Dec., p. 444. “<span class='sc'>On and off</span>” signifies home -lemonade, and is so called because of the tap from which it flows.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Ones</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Harrow).—A competition at football, one -player a side: organised by Mr. Bowen. The play -is for five minutes, the ground measures 40 yards -by 30 yards, and the <span class='sc'>Bases</span> (<i>q.v.</i>) 8 feet.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Oppidan</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Eton).—A boy who boards in the town, -as distinguished from a King’s Scholar.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1865. <i>Etoniana</i>, 31. The Latin-English term <span class='fss'>OPPIDAN</span> was applied -to these independent scholars at least as early as Fuller’s days. Speaking -of the College, he says, “There be many <span class='fss'>OPPIDANES</span> there maintained -at the cost of their friends.”</p> - -<p class='c012'>1899. <i>Public School Mag.</i>, Nov., p. 367. If there is any need for a -test match between college and the <span class='fss'>OPPIDANS</span>, we should suggest that -they should play the winning house in the House match, and hope to -beat it.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Optime</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Cambridge).—The name given to the -second class in the first portion of the public -examination for honours, called the Mathematical -Tripos, those placed in the first class being known -as <span class='sc'>Wranglers</span> (<i>q.v.</i>), and those in the third class -as Junior Optimes.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Oration Quarter</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Charterhouse).—<i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Long -Quarter</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Oratorio</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Sherborne).—The large choir, as distinguished -from the chapel choir.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Order</b>, <i>subs.</i> (general).—Written permission from a tutor -to make purchases: as from tailor, &c. <i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Name</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Orders</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Durham: obsolete).—A Head-master’s -promise to add a day or two to the holidays: sometimes -obtained, so tradition says, by barricading -Big School against him.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Ostiar</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Sherborne: obsolete).—The Præfect on -duty at the Big School door: seventeenth century.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Ostiarius</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester: obsolete).—<i>See</i> quots.</p> - -<p class='c012'><i>c.</i> 1840. <span class='sc'>Mansfield</span>, <i>School-Life at Winchester</i>, 223. <span class='sc'>Ostiarius</span>, an -office held by the Præfects in succession. The duties were, to keep -order in school, collect the Vulguses, and prevent the boys from -shirking out. It is also the official title for the Second Master.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1865. <i>Etoniana</i>, 133. A peculiarity in the arrangements at Eton is, -that the school is practically divided into two. The division seems to -have been in force from the very earliest times—the three lower forms -having been then, as now, under the charge of the <span class='fss'>OSTIARIUS</span>, or, as he -is now called, the lower master, who has the appointment of his own -provost-assistants, and is practically independent of the head-master, -and subject only to the control of the provost.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1866. <i>Wykehamist</i>, No. 1, Oct. We know of nothing more which -calls for notice, except the revival by Dr. Moberly of the <span class='fss'>OSTIARIUS</span>—an -office which had been discontinued for many years, but was revived -by the Head-master on account of the great increase in the number of -the school.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1878. <span class='sc'>Adams</span>, <i>Wykehamica</i>, xxiii. 429. <span class='sc'>Ostiarius</span>, the Præfect in -charge of school.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Othello.</b> <i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Round</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Outer</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Durham).—A cad; a “bounder.”</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Out-houses</b> (Charterhouse).—All the boarding-houses -except Sanderites, Verites, and Gownboys. The -names of the eight <span class='fss'>OUT-HOUSES</span> are Girdlestonites, -Lockites, Weekites, Hodgsonites, Bodeites, Daviesites, -Pageites, and Robinites (the last a contraction -of Robinsonites). Except Bodeites, each house -bears the name of its first master. One house, -Uskites—from a supposed similarity of the surroundings -to the valley of the Usk—disappeared -in 1878.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Out-match</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Stonyhurst).—A match played against -a visiting team.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Over-school</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Rugby).—A kind of common sitting-room -in the “new” building of 1755. The boys’ -boxes were kept there, and <span class='sc'>Ash-planting</span> (<i>q.v.</i>) inflicted. -The present school-house hall was built -on the site.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Overtoys-box.</b> <i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Toys</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Ovid</b> (Harrow).—<i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Upper School</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Owl</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Cambridge: obsolete).—A member of Sidney -Sussex College.</p> - -<div class='chapter'> - <h2 class='c003' title='P'></h2> -</div> -<div class='c009'> - <img class='drop-capi' src='images/i_145_p.png' width='100' alt='' /> -</div><p class='drop-capi0_9'> -<b>Packing-up</b>, <i>intj.</i> (Winchester).—<i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Peals</span>.</p> -<div class='clearme'> - -</div> - -<p class='c010'><b>Pad</b>, <i>subs.</i> (King Edward’s, Birm.).—Writing-paper: -<i>e.g.</i> “a sheet of <span class='fss'>PAD</span>”; “lend -me some <span class='fss'>PAD</span>.” [The paper for exercises -is generally in the form of writing-pads, -from which a sheet may be separated as wanted.]</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Pageites</b> (Charterhouse).—<i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Out-houses</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Palmer</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Durham: obsolete).—A sly fellow.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Pancake.</b> <span class='sc'>Tossing the pancake</span>, <i>verb. phr.</i> (Westminster).—<i>See</i> -quot.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1867. <span class='sc'>Collins</span>, <i>The Public Schools</i>, 171. The old Shrove-Tuesday -custom of <span class='fss'>TOSSING THE PANCAKE</span>, though now peculiar to Westminster, -is said to have been also formerly in use at Eton. The -ceremony as at present performed is this. The cook, preceded by the -verger, enters the large school, in full official costume, with the hot -cake in the pan. He tosses it—or tries to toss it, for it is no easy feat—over -the iron bar, which has been already mentioned as having once -held a curtain screening off the upper school from the lower. If he -succeeds he claims a fee of two guineas. There is a scramble among -the boys, who stand on the other side of the bar, for the <span class='fss'>PANCAKE</span>, -and if any boy can secure it whole, which seldom happens, he carries it -up to the dean, who presents him with a sovereign. They also claim a -right to “book” the performer (<i>i.e.</i> hurl a shower of books at him) -if he fails more than once. This right was liberally exercised in 1865, -when the wrath of the school had culminated owing to repeated -failures in that and the previous year. The exasperated cook replied -to the attack with his only available missile—the frying-pan—and a -serious row was the consequence. The battle is celebrated in a clever -mock-heroic poem, in Greek Homeric verse, attributed to a high Westminster -authority.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Pandie</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Royal High School, Edin.: obsolete).—A -stroke from the leather strap known as the <span class='fss'>TAWSE</span> -(<i>q.v.</i>), used in Scotland instead of the cane; a <span class='fss'>PAUMIE</span> -(<i>q.v.</i>). [From the order given in Latin, <i>Pande -manum</i>. <i>See</i> <i>Redgauntlet</i>.]</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Pantile</b>, <i>subs.</i> (general).—A flat cake covered with jam.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Panupetaston</b>, <i>subs.</i> (University: obsolete).—A loose -overcoat with wide sleeves.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Paradise</b>, <i>subs.</i> 1. (Oxford).—A grove of trees outside -St. John’s College.</p> - -<p class='c011'>2. (Rugby).—A room in the old school (built in -1755) on the site of which the school-house hall -now stands. [From its pleasant look-out.]</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Part.</b> <i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Books</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Party Roll</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—A list of boys going -home together. <i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Peals</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Passy</b>, <i>adj.</i> (Christ’s Hospital).—Severe: of a master. -[That is, “passionate.”—<span class='sc'>Blanch.</span>] <i>See</i> Appendix.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1844. <i>Reminis. of Christ’s Hospital</i> [<i>The Blue</i>, Aug. 1874]. Rightly -or wrongly, it was the general opinion in our time that punishment in -school depended less upon the correctness with which the lessons were -said, than upon the temper of the particular master. Frequently and -anxiously the question was asked, “Is he <span class='fss'>PASSY</span> this morning?” and -the arrival of a new master created immense excitement. Our first -queries were invariably of his manners and temper—matters of far -more importance to us than any question as to his ability.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Patrol</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Dulwich).—Keeping order in Form -rooms between morning and afternoon school: a -duty of school Præfects.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Paul’s-pigeons</b>, <i>subs.</i> (common).—The scholars of St. -Paul’s School.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Pawmie</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Royal High School, Edin.: obsolete).—A -stroke on the hand from the leather strap known -as the <span class='fss'>TAWSE</span> (<i>q.v.</i>), used in Scotland instead of the -cane: also <span class='fss'>PANDIE</span> (<i>q.v.</i>). [<i>Paum</i> = palm of the -hand.]</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Pavvy, The</b> (Harrow).—The pavilion on the cricket-ground.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Pax</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—A chum; an intimate friend. -[<i>Cf.</i> Scots <i>pack</i> = intimate, familiar.]</p> - -<p class='c012'>1891. <span class='sc'>Wrench</span>, <i>Word-Book</i>, 30. Possibly the plural of “pack,” -which word has an extended use in reference to friendship ... as -<i>adj.</i>, <i>subs.</i>, and <i>verb</i>. This seems a more likely origin than the <span class='fss'>PAX</span> of -the Church.</p> - -<p class='c011'><i>Intj.</i> An injunction to desist or to silence—“Be -quiet!” “Hands off!” Also <span class='fss'>HAVE PAX</span>! [Almost -the pure Latin use of the word.]</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>P. D.</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Dulwich).—Punishment drill: in Junior -School.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Peal</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester: obsolete).—A custom in Commoners -of singing out comments on Præfects at -the beginning of <span class='fss'>CLOISTER-TIME</span> (<i>q.v.</i>). Also cheers -given on the last three Sundays of the Half for -articles of dress, &c., connected with going home, -such as “Gomer Hats,” “Party Rolls,” &c.... -“The ringing of Chapel bells is also divided into -<span class='fss'>PEALS</span>.” [<span class='sc'>Halliwell.—Peals</span> = a noise or uproar. -<i>Cf.</i> Mid. Eng. <i>apel</i> = an old term in hunting music, -consisting of three long moots.]</p> - -<p class='c012'><i>c.</i> 1840. <span class='sc'>Mansfield</span>, <i>School-Life at Winchester College</i>, p. 62. The -junior in chamber had a hard time of it; ... while endeavouring to get -through his multifarious duties, he had to keep a sharp ear on the -performance of the chapel bell, and to call out accordingly, “first -<span class='fss'>PEAL!</span>” “second <i>PEAL</i>!” “bells down!”</p> - -<p class='c012'>1867. <span class='sc'>Collins</span>, <i>The Public Schools</i>, p. 22. The scholars at this time -were expected to rise at the sound of “first <span class='fss'>PEAL</span>” at five o’clock, and -were recommended to say privately a short Latin selection from the -Psalms as soon as they were dressed. <i>Ibid.</i> They then swept out their -chambers and made their beds (consisting in those days of nothing -better than bundles of straw with a coverlet), and <span class='fss'>SECOND PEAL</span> at -half-past five summoned them to chapel.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1881. <i>Felstedian</i>, Nov., p. 75, “A Day’s Fagging at Winchester.” -At 6.30, I had to get back to call everybody again; and again at 6.40 (five -minutes to second <span class='fss'>PEAL</span>); at 6.45 (“second <span class='fss'>PEAL</span>”) when the chapel -bell started and kept on till seven. When the bell stops I wait at the -door and call out “præfect of chapel going in”—<i>i.e.</i> the præfect of -the week who calls names; then “præfect of chapel in” when he -reaches the door.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1900. <i>St. James’s Gazette</i>, Mar. 15, “Arnoldiana.”—He [Matthew -Arnold] was the victim of public expression of disapproval—in connection, -Mr. Arnold thinks, with the lively ceremony known as -<span class='fss'>CLOISTER PEALINGS</span>, when he was placed at the end of the great school, -and, amid howls and jeers, pelted with a rain of “pontos” for some -time. [<span class='sc'>Cloister</span> pealings is here incorrectly used: <i>see</i> <span class='sc'>Sticking-up</span>.]</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Pec</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Eton: obsolete).—Money. [Lat. <i>pecunia</i>.]</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Pempe</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—An imaginary object in -search of which a new-comer is sent: the equivalent -of “pigeon’s milk,” or the “squad-umbrella.” -[From πεμπε μω̂ρον προτερον = “Send the fool -farther.”]</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Penance-table</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Stonyhurst).—A table in the refectory -at which a boy is condemned to sit alone -for bad behaviour during meals. Tradition says, -with some authority, that the present <span class='fss'>PENANCE-TABLE</span> -is the one on which Cromwell slept when -he spent a night at Stonyhurst. It is hence also -called “Cromwell’s Table.”</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Penance-walk</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Stonyhurst).—A path in the playground -where malefactors are condemned to tramp -in silence during recreation time. The form of the -order given is: “Take an hour’s <span class='fss'>PENANCE</span>,” or “Go -on <span class='fss'>PENANCE</span>.”</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Pensioner</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Cambridge).—One who pays a “pensio” -or rent for rooms in College. At Oxford a <span class='fss'>COMMONER</span> -(<i>q.v.</i>).</p> - -<p class='c012'>1780. <span class='sc'>Mansel</span> [<span class='sc'>Whibley</span>, <i>Cap and Gown</i>]. A Cambridge Commencement’s -the time When gentlemen come for degrees And with -wild-looking cousins and wives Through a smart mob of <span class='fss'>PENSIONERS</span> -squeeze.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Pepper</b>, <i>verb</i> (University).—To mark the accents of a -Greek exercise.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Pepper-box</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Eton).—<i>See</i> Appendix.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Percher</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—A Latin cross marked -horizontally against the name of an absentee.</p> - -<p class='c012'><i>c.</i> 1840. <span class='sc'>Mansfield</span>, <i>School-Life at Winchester</i> (1866), 225. <span class='sc'>Percher</span>—A -mark (────┼──) put after a boy’s name on a Roll, which -showed that he had been absent from Chapel or Hills without leave; -or that he had not done his Verse or Prose Task, or Vulgus. It was -also often put by a Master in the margin of gags, or a Verse or Prose -Task, to indicate gross errors.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Pets</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Charterhouse).—A set (says <span class='sc'>Tod</span>) of young -ruffians in Under Long Room whom the editor of -<i>The Verite Chronicle</i> (<i>see</i> <span class='sc'>Verite</span>) was constrained -from self-interest to place on the free list. Only -eight numbers appeared.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Petties</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Harrow).—According to the Founder’s -regulations, the lowest class—“which have not -learned their accidence, or entered into the English -rules of grammar.”</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Phædras</b> (Harrow).—<i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Upper School</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Phil</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Harrow).—The Philathletic Club. It consists -of members of the school elected for merit in -athletics, the first ten monitors being <i>ex officio</i>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Philosophers</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Stonyhurst).—The body of students -above the ordinary forms. Also <span class='sc'>Phils</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Pi</b>, <i>adj.</i> (Winchester).—Virtuous; sanctimonious. <i>Ex.</i> -“His pitch-up are very <span class='fss'>PI</span>.” <i>See</i> Appendix.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1891. <span class='sc'>Wrench</span>, <i>Winchester Word-Book</i>, s.v. <span class='sc'>Pi</span>.... Abbreviation -of “pious.” <i>Ex.</i> “He’s very <span class='fss'>PI</span> now, he mugs all day. He <span class='fss'>PI</span>-jawed -me for thoking.”</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Pie-match</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Rugby).—A match arranged between -teams in one house, or in one form, followed by a -supper, subscribed for by the players, or provided -by the masters.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Pig.</b> <i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Hog.</span></p> - -<p class='c011'><span class='sc'>The old pig</span>, <i>subs. phr.</i> (Rugby).—<i>See</i> quot.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1856. <span class='sc'>Hughes</span>, <i>Tom Brown’s School-days</i>, vii. “The <span class='fss'>OLD PIG</span> came -by.” “The what?” said the doctor. “The Oxford coach, sir,” explained -Hall. “Hah! yes, the Regulator,” said the doctor.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Pigeon-hole</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—A small study.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Piggin</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Christ’s Hospital).—<i>See</i> quot.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1798. “Christ’s Hospital Three Quarters of a Century Ago” [<i>Chelmsford -Chronicle</i> (1875), Ap. 16]. Beer we had certainly served out in -wooden vessels of an extraordinary shape, called <span class='fss'>PIGGINS</span>; about six -of them for four boys to drink out of, but such beer! The <span class='fss'>PIGGINS</span> -were seldom replenished, for we could not drink it.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Pig-market</b> (The), <i>subs.</i> (Oxford).—A corridor leading -to the Divinity School: properly the Proscholium. -[Said to have been so used in the latter part of the -reign of Henry VIII.]</p> - -<p class='c012'>1837. <span class='sc'>Ingram</span>, <i>Memorials of Oxford</i>.... The schools built by -Abbot Hokenorton being inadequate to the increasing wants of the -University, they applied to the Abbot of Reading for stone to rebuild -them; and in the year 1532 it appears that considerable sums of -money were expended on them; but they went to decay in the latter -part of the reign of Henry VIII. and during the whole reign of Edward -VI. The change of religion having occasioned a suspension of the -usual exercises and scholastic acts in the University, in the year 1540 -only two of these schools were used by determiners, and within two -years after none at all. The whole area between these schools and -the divinity school was subsequently converted into a garden and <span class='fss'>PIG-MARKET</span>; -and the schools themselves, being completely abandoned by -the masters and scholars, were used by glovers and laundresses.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1853. <span class='sc'>Bradley</span>, <i>Verdant Green</i>, iv. Our hero proceeded with his -father along the High Street, and turned round by St. Mary’s, and so -up Cat Street to the Schools, where they made their way to the classic -<span class='fss'>PIG-MARKET</span>, to wait the arrival of the Vice-Chancellor.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Pill</b>, <i>verb</i> (University).—To talk twaddle or platitudes.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Pin</b>, <i>verb</i> (Stonyhurst: obsolete).—To enjoy: <i>e.g.</i> “I -<span class='fss'>PINNED</span> my innings”; “this is a <span class='fss'>PINNING</span> book.”</p> - -<p class='c012'>1887. <i>Stonyhurst Mag.</i>, iii. 89. A downright enjoyable <span class='fss'>PINNABLE</span> -game.</p> - -<p class='c011'><span class='sc'>To pin a lozen</span>, <i>verb. phr.</i> (Royal High School, -Edin.: obsolete).—To break a window. [<i>Lozen</i> = -a pane of glass.]</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Pinch</b>. <span class='sc'>To pinch in</span>, <i>verb. phr.</i> (Harrow).—<i>See</i> quot.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1867. <span class='sc'>Collins</span>, <i>The Public Schools</i>, p. 315. Dr. Butler ... -abolished, amongst other old customs, certain rites and ceremonies -which were used in celebrating a boy’s remove from one form to the -other in the lower part of the school. No such promotion was considered -complete, so far as the boys were concerned, until the new -member had been duly “<span class='fss'>PINCHED IN</span>”—remaining a certain fixed -time in the play-room, during which all the fraternity exercised a -right of pinching him, limited only by the tenderness of their dispositions -or the strength of their fingers. There were generally some -adepts in this torture, who knew, and taught others, the tenderest -places and the most artistic mode of taking hold, and who carried -this evil knowledge with them from form to form, to be practised on -a succession of victims. The rites of initiation were completed by -tossing in a blanket in the dormitory, and a certain number of -bumps against the ceiling were required to make the ceremony -valid.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Pintle</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Lancing).—(1) A form of cricket played -with a bat narrowed at both sides, a soft ball, and a -stone wicket in a pit. Also (2) = the bat used in -the game. Hence <span class='fss'>PINTLE-SLINGER</span> = a fast bowler.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Pitch-up</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—One’s home circle; a -group; a crowd; a set of chums. Hence <span class='fss'>TO PITCH -UP WITH</span> = to associate with.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Place</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Stonyhurst).—A room: generic: as study-<span class='fss'>PLACE</span>, -shoe-<span class='fss'>PLACE</span>, tailor’s <span class='fss'>PLACE</span>, washing-<span class='fss'>PLACE</span>, -Dick’s <span class='fss'>PLACE</span>, stranger’s <span class='fss'>PLACE</span> ( = parlour).</p> - -<p class='c012'>1891. <span class='sc'>John Gerard, S.J.</span>, <i>Stonyhurst College</i>. This evidently comes -from St. Omers, in which district, we are told, the word is still employed -in the same promiscuous way.</p> - -<p class='c011'><span class='sc'>To run for a place</span>, <i>verb. phr.</i> (Winchester).—<i>See</i> -quot.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1881. <i>Felstedian</i>, Nov., p. 75, “A Day’s Fagging at Winchester.” -My next duty is what is called “running for a <span class='fss'>PLACE</span>.” There are (or -were) six cricket pitches on “turf,” and any præfect has a right to one -of these all day (a bad arrangement, which I hope is altered now, as -fellows with no idea of cricket could thus keep much better players off -all day) provided he can get a stick with his name on, stuck in the -ground by his fag—the half-dozen out of the fifteen or twenty fags -running, who get their præfect’s sticks stuck in first, claiming the place -for him. It was the same sort of thing, as if the door from the -“underground” was opened about 6.30, and some twenty fellows -rushed out early in the morning to try and get pitches.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Plain-ruled</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Harrow).—The paper usually used -for exercises, sixteen lines to a page.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Planks</b> (The), <i>subs.</i> (Rugby).—<i>See</i> quot.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1856. <span class='sc'>Hughes</span>, <i>Tom Brown’s School-days</i>, viii. The river Avon at -Rugby is ... a capital river for bathing, as it has many nice small -pools and several good reaches for swimming, all within about a mile -of one another, and at an easy twenty minutes’ walk from the School. -This mile of water is rented, or used to be rented, for bathing purposes -by the Trustees of the School, for the boys. The footpath to -Brownsover crosses the river by <span class='fss'>THE PLANKS</span>, a curious old single-plank -bridge running for fifty or sixty yards into the flat meadows on -each side of the river—for in the winter there are frequent floods. -Above <span class='fss'>THE PLANKS</span> were the bathing-places for the smaller boys; -<span class='sc'>Sleath’s</span>, the first bathing-place, where all new boys had to begin, -until they had proved to the bathing men (three steady individuals, -who were paid to attend daily through the summer to prevent accidents) -that they could swim pretty decently, when they were allowed -to go on to <span class='sc'>Anstey’s</span>, about one hundred and fifty yards below. Here -there was a hole about six feet deep and twelve feet across, over which -the puffing urchins struggled to the opposite side, and thought no -small beer of themselves for having been out of their depths. Below -<span class='fss'>THE PLANKS</span> came larger and deeper holes, the first of which was -<span class='sc'>Wratislaw’s</span>, and the last <span class='sc'>Swift’s</span>, a famous hole, ten or twelve feet -deep in parts, and thirty yards across, from which there was a fine -swimming reach right down to the Mill. <span class='sc'>Swift’s</span> was reserved for -the sixth and fifth forms, and had a spring-board and two sets of -steps; the others had one set of steps each, and were used indifferently -by all the lower boys, though each house addicted itself more -to one hole than to another. The School-house at this time affected -<span class='sc'>Wratislaw’s</span> hole, and Tom and East, who had learnt to swim like -fishes, were to be found there as regular as the clock through the -summer, always twice, and often three times a day.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Plant</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—A blow with a football. -Also as <i>verb</i>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Play</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Sherborne: obsolete—otherwise general).—A -holiday, half or whole.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1865. <i>Etoniana</i>, 115. Eton versification was very good indeed -... exercises ... from their excellence, were laid before the -provost, by a time-honoured custom, as a claim for the weekly half-holiday -called “<span class='fss'>PLAY</span>”—a ceremony which some other public schools -have borrowed.</p> - -<p class='c011'><span class='sc'>To beg a play</span> (Westminster).—<i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Early Play</span> -and <span class='sc'>Westminster Play</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Playing-fields</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Eton).—There are seven separate -grounds—Upper Club, Lower Club, Upper Sixpenny, -Sixpenny, Jordan, Mesopotamia, and the new -ground in “Agars Plough.”</p> - -<p class='c012'>1890. <i>Great Public Schools</i>, 59. Every one knows the <span class='sc'>Playing-fields</span>. -They are the crowning glory, the eye of Eton ... they are -always beautiful.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Pleb</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Westminster).—A tradesman’s son.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Pledge</b>, <i>verb</i> (Winchester).—To give away: <i>e.g.</i> “<span class='fss'>PLEDGE</span> -me” = “after you”; “<span class='fss'>PLEDGE</span> you” = “give, pass, or -lend me;” “I’ll <span class='fss'>PLEDGE</span> it you when I’ve done -with it.”</p> - -<p class='c012'>1882. <span class='sc'>Skeat</span> [<span class='sc'>Wrench</span>]. <span class='sc'>Skeat</span> says it comes from a Latin -<i>præbium</i>, connected with præbere, in which case <span class='fss'>PLEDGE</span> simply means -“give.”</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Plodge</b>, <i>verb</i> (Durham).—To paddle.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Plough</b> (or <b>Pluck</b>), <i>verb</i> (common).—To reject: as in -an examination.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1785. <span class='sc'>Grose</span>, <i>Vulg. Tongue</i>, s.v. <span class='sc'>Pluck</span>.... Signifies to deny a -degree to a candidate at one of the universities, on account of insufficiency. -The three first books of Euclid, and as far as Quadratic -Equations in Algebra, will save a man from being <span class='fss'>PLUCKED</span>. These -unfortunate fellows are designated by many opprobrious appellations, -such as the Twelve Apostles, the Legion of Honour, Wise Men of the -East, &c.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1847. <span class='sc'>C. Brontë</span>, <i>Jane Eyre</i>, x. He went to college and he got -<span class='fss'>PLUCKED</span>, as I think they call it.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1853. <span class='sc'>Bradley</span>, <i>Verdant Green</i>, iii. Verdant read up most desperately -for his matriculation, associating that initiatory examination -with the most dismal visions of <span class='fss'>PLUCKING</span>, and other college tortures. -<i>Ibid.</i>, xi. Note. When the degrees are conferred, the name of each -person is read out before he is presented to the Vice-Chancellor. The -proctor then walks once up and down the room, so that any person -who objects to the degree being granted may signify the same by -pulling or <span class='fss'>PLUCKING</span> the proctor’s robes. This has been occasionally -done by tradesmen, in order to obtain payment of their “little bills,” -but such a proceeding is very rare, and the proctor’s promenade is -usually undisturbed.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1855. <span class='sc'>Bristed</span>, <i>Eng. Univ.</i>, 258. If a man is <span class='fss'>PLUCKED</span>—that is, -does not get marks enough to pass—his chance of a Fellowship is -done for.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1863. <span class='sc'>Reade</span>, <i>Hard Cash</i>, Prol. Gooseberry pie ... adds to my -chance of being <span class='fss'>PLOUGHED</span> for <span class='fss'>SMALLS</span>.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1886. <span class='sc'>Stubbs</span>, <i>Mediæval and Mod. Hist.</i>, 386. I trust that I have -never <span class='fss'>PLUCKED</span> a candidate ... without giving him every opportunity -of setting himself right.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1895. <span class='sc'>Pocock</span>, <i>Rules of the Game</i>, i. I knew one of that lot at -Corpus; in fact, we were crammed by the same tutor for “smalls,” -and both got <span class='fss'>PLOUGHED</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Pluck</b>. <i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Plough</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Plug</b>, <i>subs.</i> (common).—A translation; a <span class='fss'>CRIB</span> (<i>q.v.</i>).</p> - -<p class='c012'>1853. <span class='sc'>Bradley</span> (“Cuthbert Bede”), <i>Verdant Green</i>.... Getting up -his subjects by the aid of those royal roads to knowledge, variously -known as cribs, crams, <span class='fss'>PLUGS</span>, abstracts, analyses, or epitomes.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Poacher</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Stonyhurst).—At football a player -stationed near an enemy’s goals to trouble his -<span class='fss'>SECOND-GUARDERS</span> (<i>q.v.</i>). They are not allowed to -go within the “Second-guarder’s” or <span class='fss'>POACHING</span> -line.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Pœna</b>, <i>subs.</i> (general).—An imposition.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Poet</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Stonyhurst).—See <span class='sc'>Poetry</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Poetry</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Stonyhurst).—The Fifth Form. [From -the former chief study of the Form: originally <span class='sc'>The -Humanities</span>. <i>Cf.</i> <i>Regulæ Professoris Humanitatis</i> -in the <i>Ratio Studiorum Societatis Jesu</i>.]</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Poet’s-walk</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Eton).—A river-walk in the playing-fields. -<span class='sc'>Poet’s-walk</span> = the tea those playing in -Upper Club have on half-holidays by the river.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Pog</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Felsted).—The face. <i>See</i> Appendix.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1895. <i>Felstedian</i>, April, p. 44. We won the game by one goal, three -rouges—points to its origin. “<span class='sc'>Pog</span>” may have meant a “melancholy” -face originally, and in time come to denote any Felstedian’s -visage, grave or gay.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1897. <i>Felstedian</i>, May, p. 87. I ... prayed that he wasn’t going -to drag in “Cheese” or “<span class='fss'>POG</span>,” or any similar atrocities.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Pojam</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Harrow).—A poem: set as an exercise.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Poker</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Oxford).—A <span class='fss'>BEDEL</span> (<i>q.v.</i>) carrying a silver -mace before the Vice-Chancellor.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1841. <i>Rime of the New-Made Baccalere.</i> Around, around, all, all -around, On seats with velvet lined, Sat Heads of Houses in a row, And -Deans and College Dons below, With a <span class='fss'>POKER</span> or two behind.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1853. <span class='sc'>Bradley</span> (“Cuthbert Bede”), <i>Verdant Green</i>, vii. A sort of -young procession—the Vice-Chancellor, with his and Yeoman-bedels. -The silver maces carried by the latter gentlemen, made them by far the -most showy part of the procession.... <i>Ibid.</i> Tom is the bell that -you hear at nine each night; the Vice has to see that he is in proper -condition, and, as you have seen, goes out with his <span class='fss'>POKERS</span> for that -purpose.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1865. <i>Cornhill Mag.</i>, Feb., 225. The heads of houses and university -officers attend [St. Mary’s, Oxford] in their robes, and form a stately -procession to and from the church. The Vice-Chancellor is escorted -by his mace-bearers, familiarly called <span class='fss'>POKERS</span>, to and from his residence.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Poll</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Cambridge).—The ordinary examination -for the B.A. degree, as distinguished from the -“Honours” examination. Also a student who takes -the “Pass” degree without “Honours.” Hence -<span class='fss'>POLL-DEGREE</span> and <span class='fss'>POLL-MAN</span>. <span class='sc'>To go out in the -poll</span> = to take an ordinary degree.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1855. <span class='sc'>Bristed</span>, <i>Eng. Univ.</i>, 62. Several declared that they would -<span class='fss'>GO OUT IN THE POLL</span>.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1884. <span class='sc'>Jas. Payn</span>, in <i>Cornhill</i>, April, 370. I took my degree, however—a -first-class <span class='fss'>POLL</span>; which my good folks at home believed to be -an honourable distinction.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1889. <i>Academy</i>, Mar. 2. It is related of some Cambridge <span class='fss'>POLL-MAN</span> -that he was once so ill-advised as to desert a private tutor.</p> - -<p class='c011'><i>Verb</i> (Christ’s Hospital).—To maltreat; to make -impure. [That is, “pollute.”]</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Ponto</b>, <i>subs.</i> (general).—New bread kneaded into a ball.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1900. <i>St. James’s Gazette</i>, Mar. 15, “Arnoldiana.” He [Matthew -Arnold] was placed at the end of the great school, and, amid howls -and jeers, pelted with a rain of <span class='fss'>PONTOS</span> for some time. The <span class='fss'>PONTO</span>, -though a soft missile, being but the inside of a new roll, was probably -sufficient in quantity.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Pony</b>, <i>subs.</i> (general).—A translation; a <span class='fss'>CRIB</span> (<i>q.v.</i>)—any -adventitious aid to study. Also as <i>verb</i>.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1832. <i>Tour through College</i>, 30. Their lexicons, <span class='fss'>PONIES</span>, and textbooks -were strewed round their lamps on the table.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1856. <span class='sc'>Hall</span>, <i>College Words</i>, s.v. <span class='sc'>Pony</span>. So called, it may be, from -the fleetness and ease with which a skilful rider is enabled to pass -over places which to a common plodder may present obstacles.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Poon</b>, <i>verb</i> (Winchester).—To prop up a piece of furniture -with a wedge under the leg.—<span class='sc'>Wrench.</span></p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Pop</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Eton).—A club at Eton. Chiefly confined -to <span class='sc'>Oppidans</span> (<i>q.v.</i>), though <span class='sc'>Collegers</span> (<i>q.v.</i>) are -sometimes elected.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1865. <i>Etoniana</i>, 207. “The Eton Society,” for reading and debates, -has had a longer and more successful existence than the magazines. -It is better known by its sobriquet of “<span class='fss'>POP</span>,” supposed to be a contraction -of Popina, the rooms where it was held for many years having -been over a cookshop or confectioner’s. It was first instituted in 1811, -when Charles Fox Townshend (who was the elder brother of the late -Marquess, and died young) was the first president, and it has gone on -ever since with considerable popularity and success. The preparation -of the speeches leads to a certain amount of historical reading for the -purpose; but the chief attraction of “<span class='fss'>POP</span>” lies in its being a sort of -social club, where papers and reviews are taken in; and, as the numbers -are strictly limited (originally twenty-two, since increased to twenty-eight), -to be elected into the society gives a boy a certain degree of prestige -in the school. In summer the debates are almost nominal, out-door -attractions being too strong; but in winter they sometimes last for -several hours, and are kept up with great spirit. The members are -almost exclusively oppidans, this being one of the points where the -jealousy between them and the collegers comes out very distinctly. A -few of the latter are admitted, but only when they have some special -claim to popularity.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Portionist.</b> <i>See</i> Postmaster.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Poser</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester and Eton).—An examiner: -formerly a bishop’s examining chaplain—at Eton -for King’s College, and at Winchester for New College -Scholarships and Exhibitions. Also <span class='fss'>APPOSER</span>, -<span class='fss'>OPPOSER</span>, and <span class='fss'>OPPOSITOR</span>. [<i>Posen</i> = to examine.—<i>Prompt. -Parv.</i>, 144.]</p> - -<p class='c012'>1574. <span class='sc'>Queen Elizabeth</span>, <i>Endorsement on Recommendation of Candidates -for College Election</i>, May 8. To our trustie and welbeloved the -wardens of the new Colledges in Oxford and nere Winchester and other -of them and to the <span class='fss'>OPPOSITORS</span> and others having interest in the -election of Scollers.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1603. <span class='sc'>Bacon</span>, <i>Discourse</i> [1887]. Let his questions not be troublesome, -for that is fit for a <span class='fss'>POSER</span>.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1662. <span class='sc'>Fuller</span>, <i>Worthies</i>, <span class='sc'>Norfolk</span>, ii. 462. The University [Cambridge] -... appointed Doctor Cranmer ... to be <span class='fss'>POSER-GENERAL</span> -of all Candidates in Divinity.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1867. <span class='sc'>Collins</span>, <i>The Public Schools</i>, p. 61. The election-day, both for -Winchester and New College, is on the Tuesday next after the 7th of -July (St. Thomas Beckett), when the warden of New College, Oxford, -with two of his fellows, called the <span class='fss'>POSERS</span> (or at one time supervisors), -arrive at the college, where they are received with a Latin oration -“ad portas” by the senior scholar.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Post</b>, <i>subs.</i> (University).—<i>See</i> quot.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1855. <span class='sc'>Bristed</span>, <i>Eng. Univ.</i>, 74. Fifty marks will prevent one from -being <span class='fss'>POSTED</span>, but there are always two or three too stupid as well as -idle to save their <span class='fss'>POST</span>. These drones are <span class='fss'>POSTED</span> separately, as “not -worthy to be classed,” and privately slanged afterwards by the master -and seniors. Should a man be <span class='fss'>POSTED</span> twice in succession, he is -generally recommended to try the air of some small college, or devote -his energies to some other walk of life.</p> - -<p class='c011'><i>Verb.</i> 1. (University).—To reject: as in an examination; -to <span class='fss'>PLUCK</span> (<i>q.v.</i>); <span class='fss'>TO PLOUGH</span> (<i>q.v.</i>).</p> - -<p class='c011'>2. (Eton).—To put down for doing badly in <span class='fss'>COLLECTIONS</span> -(<i>q.v.</i>), the penalty being either a holiday-<span class='fss'>PŒNA</span> -(<i>q.v.</i>), or a <span class='fss'>SWISHING</span> (<i>q.v.</i>).</p> - -<p class='c011'>3. (University).—To put up a man’s name as not -having paid for food supplied by the College: -supplies are then stopped until the account is -settled.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Postmaster</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Oxford).—An Exhibitioner of Merton -College. Also <span class='fss'>PORTIONIST</span> (<i>q.v.</i>).</p> - -<p class='c012'>1853. <span class='sc'>Bradley</span> (“Cuthbert Bede”), <i>Verdant Green</i>, vii. Each -college does its own postal department; and at Merton there are -fourteen <span class='fss'>POSTMASTERS</span>, for they get no end of letters there. “Oh, -yes! I remember Mr. Larkyns ... telling us that the son of one of -his old friends had been a <span class='fss'>POSTMASTER</span> of Merton; but I fancied that -he had said it had something to do with a scholarship.” “Ah, you -see, it’s a long while since the governor was here, and his memory fails -him,” remarked Mr. Charles Larkyns, very unfilially.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1886. <i>Oxford Guide</i> [S. J. & C.]. The <span class='fss'>POSTMASTERS</span> anciently performed -the duties of choristers, and their payment for this duty was -six shillings and fourpence per annum.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Post-mortem</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Cambridge).—The examination -after failure.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1844. <i>Puck</i>, 13. And now tho’ I’ve passed the <span class='fss'>POST-MORTEM</span> at -last.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Post-past</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Stonyhurst: obsolete).—Dessert: at St. -Omers.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1882. <i>Stonyhurst Mag.</i>, i. 112. The dessert called <span class='fss'>POST-PAST</span> was -always the best sort of apples or pears, and biscuits, or else walnuts.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Post te</b>, <i>phr.</i> (Charterhouse).—The most useful (says -<span class='sc'>Tod</span>) of all the old Charterhouse expressions. For -example, <span class='fss'>POST TE MATH. EX.</span> = “Will you have the -kindness to permit me to glance over your mathematical -exercise?” Or one can give a <span class='fss'>POST TE</span> of -anything; <i>e.g.</i> to give a friend a <span class='fss'>POST TE</span> of a book -is to give him the right of its perusal when you -have done with it. The word is also used in a -subtle and sarcastic sense; <i>e.g.</i> <span class='fss'>POST TE</span> hat or -<span class='fss'>POST TE</span> chum signifies disapproval of the hat or -friend of which or whom the remark was made.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Pot</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—A canal lock. Whence <span class='fss'>POT-CAD</span> -= a workman at the saw-mills; <span class='fss'>POT-GATES</span> = lock-gates; -<span class='fss'>POT-HOUSER</span> = a jump into the canal from -the roof of a house called <span class='fss'>POT-HOUSE</span>.</p> - -<p class='c012'><i>c.</i> 1840. <span class='sc'>Mansfield</span>, <i>School-Life at Winchester</i> (1866), 226. <span class='fss'>POT</span>—A -canal lock; the one just under Hills was generally meant when the -word was used.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Pot-house</b> (The), <i>subs.</i> (Cambridge).—St. Peter’s College: -formerly Peterhouse.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1891. <i>Harry Fludyer at Cambridge</i>, 85. He asked me what it was.... -I hadn’t a notion, so I made a shot and said “<span class='fss'>POT-HOUSE</span>.” He -said, “I suppose you mean St. Peter’s College.”</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Potted-fug</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Rugby).—Potted-meat.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Præfect.</b> <i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Prefect</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Præpositor</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Sherborne: obsolete).—A School -<span class='sc'>Præfect</span> (<i>q.v.</i>): seventeenth century.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Præpostor</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Rugby).—A <span class='sc'>Præfect</span> (<i>q.v.</i>).</p> - -<p class='c012'>1856. <span class='sc'>Hughes</span>, <i>Tom Brown’s School-days</i>, v. The master mounted -into the high desk by the door, and one of the <span class='fss'>PRÆPOSTORS</span> of the -week stood by him on the steps, the other three marching up and -down the middle of the school with their canes, calling out “Silence, -silence!”... Then the <span class='fss'>PRÆPOSTOR</span> who stands by the master calls -out the names, beginning with the sixth form; and as he calls, each -boy answers “here” to his name, and walks out.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Prayer-book</b> (Harrow).—<i>See</i> Upper School.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Precipice.</b> <i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Fresh-herring</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Prefect</b>, <i>subs.</i> (general).—A superior or senior member -of a school superintending in or out of school hours -according to office and school: as in studies, preparation, -games, &c. <i>See</i> quots., <span class='sc'>Præpositor</span>, <span class='sc'>Præpostor</span>, -&c.</p> - -<p class='c012'><i>c.</i> 1840. <span class='sc'>Mansfield</span>, <i>School-Life at Winchester</i> (1866), 226. <span class='sc'>Præfects</span>—The -eighteen Senior boys in College, and the twelve senior in -Commoners. The ten senior of those in College were said to be in -“Full power,” and took the office of Bible-Clerk in rotation; they all -had the power of fagging the Juniors, but those not in full power were -supposed not to have the right of fagging on the School side of Seventh -Chamber Passage; practically, however, they always did. One of the -Senior <span class='fss'>PRÆFECTS</span> was called <span class='fss'>PRÆFECT</span> of Hall, and was responsible in -a great measure for the conduct of the boys out of school. His duties -and privileges were numerous. There was also a “<span class='fss'>PRÆFECT</span> of Tub,” -who was supposed to see that the dinner was properly distributed; a -“<span class='fss'>PRÆFECT</span> of School,” who had the care of that building; and two -“<span class='fss'>PRÆFECTS</span> of Chapel,” who during alternate weeks called names in -Chapel. There were fees attached to all these offices; and all the -<span class='fss'>PRÆFECTS</span> had a certain number of boys allotted to them as Pupils, -each of whom paid one guinea each half.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1881. <i>Felstedian</i>, Nov., p. 75. Here let me observe that only the -<span class='fss'>PRÆFECTS</span> have separate basins to wash in; the juniors use the two -stone conduits.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1891. <span class='sc'>Wrench</span>, <i>Winchester Word-Book</i>, s.v. <span class='sc'>Præfects</span>.... The -number of Præfects was eighteen in College, three to each Chamber -... in Commoners first eight, with four senior-inferiors, who were -like Præfects in half-power, and later twelve.... The word <span class='sc'>Præpostor</span> -was also used concurrently, it would appear, till the last century, -when it disappeared, except in the formula demanding a remedy, -in which it survives. What the relations of the two words were to -each other it is not easy to determine.... Præpostor occurs in the -College Register, and is still used in asking for Remedies. Both seem, -therefore, to be official words. At Eton Præpostor survives, though -they are stated to have begun with officers bearing other titles. They -have also retained <i>major</i>, <i>minor</i>, <i>minimus</i>, which we have discarded -for <i>senior</i>, <i>secundus</i>, <i>junior</i>. The “Præfect of Tub”—“qui nomen -ducit ab olla”—who presided over meals, and whose perquisites are -said to have been most lucrative—amounting to the value of £80 per -annum—and the “<span class='sc'>Præfect</span> of Cloisters” are obsolete offices.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1900. <i>MS. Notes</i> (Rev. A. <span class='sc'>Goodier</span>, Stonyhurst). <span class='sc'>Præfects</span> ... -These are four in number.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Prep</b>, <i>subs.</i> 1. (Dulwich).—Evening preparation. <i>Cf.</i> -<span class='sc'>Banco</span>, <span class='sc'>Toy-time</span>, &c.</p> - -<p class='c011'>2. (Felsted).—A place of preparation.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1890. <i>Felstedian</i>, Feb., p. 2. Johnson <i>ma</i> happened to be in <span class='fss'>PREP</span> in -good time, so he managed to get in a moment’s conversation with Jones.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Preparatory</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Stonyhurst).—The preparatory Form -at Hodder: originally <span class='sc'>Abecedarii</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Pricking Æger.</b> <i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Æger</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Private-business</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Eton).—Extra work with the -tutor.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Privee</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Charterhouse).—A private conversation. -<i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Boule</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Privs</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Harrow).—Special privileges in the House: -granted to either Sixth Form or <span class='sc'>Three-yearers</span> -(<i>q.v.</i>). These take different forms in different houses. -<span class='sc'>To FIND</span> (<i>q.v.</i>) and to <span class='fss'>TOLLY-UP</span> are <span class='fss'>PRIVS</span>: so is the -right to wear a coat that is not regulation school -dress after <span class='fss'>LOCK-UP</span> (<i>q.v.</i>).</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Pro</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Oxford).—A proproctor, or second in command -in the proctorial police. The two proctors -appoint a certain number of proproctors each.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1823. <i>Hints for Oxford</i>, 10. They (Freshmen) cap the <span class='fss'>PRO’S</span> too in -the street, speak to people without being introduced, and are guilty -of a thousand <i>gaucheries</i>.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1869. <span class='sc'>W. Bradwood</span>, <i>The O.V.H.</i>, x. The proctor (more strictly a -<span class='fss'>PRO</span>) backed out of the room with wholesale apologies.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Proctorized</b>, <i>adj.</i> and <i>adv.</i> (University).—Stopped by a -proctor and told to call on him.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1861. <span class='sc'>Hughes</span>, <i>Tom Brown at Oxford</i>, i. 12. So gets <span class='fss'>PROCTORIZED</span> -in his old age.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1885. <i>Punch</i>, May 16, p. 233. <span class='sc'>Proctorised</span> again last night! -Coming home from jolly wine-party at John’s.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Progger</b>, <i>subs.</i> (University).—A proctor.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1898. <i>Stonyhurst Mag.</i>, Dec., p. 149, “Life at Oxford.” But a Proctor, -or—by the common practice—“<span class='fss'>PROGGER</span>,” soon teaches the unwary -that the wisest course is to wear it at the stated times, however objectionable -it may be.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Progging</b>, <i>subs.</i> (University).—<i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Proctorized</span>.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1898. <i>Stonyhurst Mag.</i>, Dec., p. 149, “Life at Oxford.” A “<span class='fss'>PROGGING</span>” -may form part of another article. At present I have passed all due -bounds.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Proggins</b>, <i>subs.</i> (University).—A proctor.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Promo</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Charterhouse).—Promotion.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Prompter</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Merchant Taylors’).—A member of the -Second Form.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Proof</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Oxford).—The best ale at Magdalen College.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Pros</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Cambridge).—A W.C.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Prose</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—A lecture. Also as <i>verb</i>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Prose-task</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—A piece of Latin prose -composition, which all the boys had to do once a -week.—<span class='sc'>Mansfield</span> (<i>c.</i> 1840).</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Provincial’s-day.</b> <i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Day</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Pruff</b>, <i>adj.</i> (Winchester).—Sturdy; insensible to pain.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1610. <span class='sc'>Shakspeare</span>, <i>Cor.</i>, i. 4. Now put your shields before your -hearts, and fight With hearts more <span class='fss'>PROOF</span> than shields.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1881. <span class='sc'>Pascoe</span>, <i>Public Schools</i>.... But deprive a Wykehamist of -words in constant use, such as “quill,” meaning to curry favour with; -<span class='fss'>PRUFF</span>, signifying sturdy, or proof against pain; “spree,” upstart, -impudent; “cud,” pretty, and many more, and his vocabulary becomes -limited.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Public-supping</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Christ’s Hospital).—<i>See</i> quots.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1870. <i>The Blue</i>, Mar. It is, we believe, certain that T.R.H. the -Prince and Princess Teck will grace one of the Lent <span class='fss'>PUBLIC SUPPERS</span> -with their distinguished presence.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1900. <i>Daily Telegraph</i>, Mar. 16, “London Day by Day.” That quaint -and historic old custom known as the “public supping” of the children -was celebrated last evening at Christ’s Hospital, Newgate Street, in -the presence of the Lord Mayor, Alderman Vaughan Morgan (treasurer -of the school), and other civic and educational dignitaries.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1900. <i>Pall Mall Gazette</i>, 20th Mar., 3. 2, “A Lenten Supper.” Attention -is directed to this festival this year for two reasons—one, that it -is a very ancient custom; the other, that this is nearly the last year -in which it will be held; for it is clear that when the school has changed -its site, its dress, and certain of its officers and masters, it will not care -to carry on this quaint old ceremony. And indeed, were the Hospital -to hold such revelry at Horsham there would be few to come as guests, -if the name of guest can be assigned to one who plays a part so passive -as that of seeing other people eat.... The scene of the supping is -the Great Hall.... Six hundred boys and more appear as nothing; -they are all seated.... At each table sits a matron, according to their -wards (of which there are fifteen), and attached to each ward is a -matron, who used to be called nurse. Beside the tables are the monitors, -responsible for order—biggish boys—not “Grecians,” for Grecians -do not appear at the Lent suppers, except to read or pray or sing, -having already eaten in their wards. The first performance, probably, -is to light the candles on the tables; each ward has four candles, and -all are lighted at almost the same moment. The hall is lighted from -the roof by gas, so the candlesticks are little more than ornaments. -They are of oak, old, and well-weighted at the base, and can count -their age by centuries.... Their quaintness is concealed by artificial -flowers, which the boys pay for and the matrons arrange, the result -more suggestive of suburban bonnets than antiquity and quaintness. -Ask a boy Why? he will probably reply that “it always has been -done.” Change has come; it used to be held on Sundays during Lent -instead of Thursday as to-day, and up to absolutely recent years there -were six suppers instead of four. These festivals interfere somewhat -with school work, and those who are officially compelled to attend -find sameness, even in a public supper, in the course of thirty years or -so. As the clock strikes seven there is a rap, the boys stand up, the -organ bursts into “God save the Queen,” and up the hall marches the -Lord Mayor, preceded by the chief beadle of the Hospital, clad in -gorgeous raiment and a mace suggestive of a fish-slice. Behind comes -the treasurer of the Hospital, another alderman, and various governors, -each bearing a green stick to mark his office. These sit in reserved -seats at the far end of the hall, the Lord Mayor in <i>the</i> chair, while on -his right hand by the wall are masters and on his left some “officers.” -The ceremony—a strange mixture of a religious service, a meal, and a -feudal relic—begun with the reading of a passage from the Sermon on -the Mount by a Grecian standing in a pulpit, whence he proceeded to -read special prayers written for the school by Bishop Compton, ending -with the Lord’s Prayer, after which a hymn and “grace” and then -the supper, during which the Lord Mayor, with a select few, made -the grand tour of the hall. Such a supper was soon over, and it was -not long before the boys had gathered up the plates and bowls and -cloths and knives, and then came grace and an anthem well sung by a -well-trained choir. This was followed by the feudal feature in the -evening: the whole school, with the exception of the Grecians, “bows -round,” i.e. the boys walk up two and two, marshalled by two beadles, -who stand near, and drawing near the chair, then bow the head in -reverence to an Authority. Most boys have a “trade,” and in this -procession each one carries a symbol of that “trade.” The matron’s -special boy carries a bonnet-candle in each hand, the knife-boy carries -his knife-basket, and the cloth-boy takes his cloth neatly rolled beneath -his wing, while, last of all, the bread-boy hoists the tall bread-basket -shoulder-high and “bows round” with it, never failing to raise a -laugh as well as a basket. When all have bowed, the boy-marshalling -beadles bow also, and the revels are ended. It is believed that the -original purpose of these suppers was to rouse interest in the -outside public and possibly raise money from their pockets; at all -events, collection boxes used to be placed about the hall on those -occasions.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Puddex.</b> <i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Dex.</span></p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Puke</b>, <i>verb</i> (Winchester).—To vomit. [A survival.]</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Puker</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Shrewsbury).—A good-for-nothing.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Pulling-out</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Charterhouse: obsolete).—<span class='sc'>Pulling-out</span> -took place on Good Fridays. A line was -marked from a corner of green to cloisters. On -one side of this line stood the first and second -forms, <i>i.e.</i> the Uppers, on the other side of it the -Unders. The Unders had the right of calling on -any unpopular Upper to run the gauntlet between -two rows of Unders from cloister doors to a point -near the chapel. They armed themselves with -implements of all kinds, such as sticks, or stones -fastened into stockings, with which to inflict punishment -upon the Uppers. The latter naturally resisted; -hence there were fierce fights and dangerous -rushes. During the <span class='fss'>PULLING-OUT</span> of 1824, a little -fellow called Howard, a younger son of the Earl -of Suffolk, was entangled in one of these rushes, -dragged along the ground for some distance, with -a mass of boys upon him, and received injuries -from which he died soon after. This was the end -of <span class='fss'>PULLING-OUT</span>, but the custom was as old as the -school.—<span class='sc'>Mozley.</span> Also <span class='sc'>Calling-out</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Pulpiteers</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—<i>See</i> quot.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1891. <span class='sc'>Wrench</span>, <i>Word-Book</i>, s.v. <i>Pulpiteers</i>. An arrangement -during Cloister-time of Sixth Book and Senior Part V. going up to -books together.... Middle and Junior Part taken together were called -Cloisters.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Pun</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Harrow).—Punishment. Also as <i>verb</i>. -Hence <span class='fss'>PUN-PAPER</span> = specially ruled paper for <span class='fss'>PUNS</span> -and impositions.</p> - -<p class='c011'><span class='sc'>To pun out</span>, <i>verb. phr.</i> (Christ’s Hospital).—To -inform against. <i>Ex.</i> “I’ll <span class='fss'>PUN OUT</span>”; “I’ll <span class='fss'>PUN</span> you -<span class='fss'>OUT</span>.” Exclusively a London term: at Hertford the -word is simply <span class='fss'>TO PUN</span>, or <span class='fss'>TO PUN</span> OF.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Punny</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Manchester Grammar).—Punishment -School or Drill: also known as P.S. and P.D.: both -cause detention for three-quarters of an hour after -school.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Punt</b>, <i>verb</i> (Rugby).—To kick the ball (at football) before -it touches the ground.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Punt-about</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Rugby).—The practice-ball: at football. -Also a practice game.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1856. <span class='sc'>Hughes</span>, <i>Tom Brown’s School-days</i>, <span class='fss'>I.</span> v. He hadn’t long to -wonder, however, for next minute East cried out, “Hurra! here’s the -<span class='fss'>PUNT-ABOUT</span>,—come along and try your hand at a kick.” The <span class='fss'>PUNT-ABOUT</span> -is the practice-ball, which is just brought out and kicked about -anyhow from one boy to another before callings-over and dinner, and -at other odd times.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Puny</b>, <i>subs.</i> (old Oxford).—A Freshman: also a student -at the Inns of Court.</p> - -<p class='c012'>15 [?]. <i>Christmas Prince at St. John’s College</i>, i. Others to make -sporte withall, of this last sorte were they whom they call freshmenn, -<span class='fss'>PUNIES</span> of the first yeare.</p> - -<p class='c012'>15 [?]. <i>Ulysses upon Ajax</i>, B. 8. A very worme of wit, a <span class='fss'>PUNEY</span> of -Oxford, shall make you more hatefull than Battalus the hungrye fidler.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1593. <span class='sc'>Nashe</span>, <i>Christ’s Teares</i> [<span class='sc'>Works</span> (<i>Grosart</i>), iv. 228]. Sharing -halfe with the Baudes their Hostesses, and laughing at the <span class='fss'>PUNIES</span> -they have lurched [robbed].</p> - -<p class='c012'>1634. <span class='sc'>Marston</span>, in <i>Lectores</i>, &c. [<span class='sc'>Nares</span>]. Shall each odd <span class='fss'>PUISNE</span> -of the lawyer’s inne, Each barmy-froth, that last day did beginne, To -read his little, or his nere a whit.</p> - -<p class='c012'><i>c.</i> 1640 [<span class='sc'>Shirley</span>], <i>Captain Underwit</i> [<span class='sc'>Bullen</span>, <i>Old Plays</i>, ii. 340]. -Preach to the <span class='fss'>PUISNES</span> of the Inne sobrietie. [<span class='sc'>Puisne</span> (<i>i.e.</i> <span class='fss'>PUNY</span>) was -the term applied to students at the Inns of Court; also to Freshmen at -Oxford.—<span class='sc'>Bullen.</span>]</p> - -<p class='c012'>1847. <span class='sc'>Halliwell</span>, <i>Arch. and Prov. Words</i>, s.v. <span class='sc'>Punies</span>. Freshmen -at Oxford were called <span class='fss'>PUNIES</span> for the first year.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Pupe</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Harrow).—A pupil-room. [<span class='sc'>Room</span> = class or -form: each tutor is assigned a <span class='sc'>Room</span>, for the members -of which he is generally responsible, and for -whom he signs orders.]</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Puseum</b> (The), <i>subs.</i> (Oxford).—The Pusey House in St. -Giles’s Street.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Put.</b> <span class='sc'>To be put on</span>, <i>verb. phr.</i> (Dulwich).—To be told -to construe.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Pux</b>, <i>verb</i> (Royal High School, Edin.).—To punish with -the tawse: <i>e.g.</i> “Did you get <span class='fss'>PUXED</span>?”</p> - -<div class='chapter'> - <h2 class='c003' title='Q'></h2> -</div> -<div class='c009'> - <img class='drop-capi' src='images/i_163_q.png' width='100' alt='' /> -</div><p class='drop-capi0_9'> -<b>Quad</b> (or <b>Quod</b>), <i>subs.</i> (general).—A quadrangle.</p> -<div class='clearme'> - -</div> - -<p class='c012'>1840. <i>Collegian’s Guide</i>, 144. His mother ... had been -seen crossing the <span class='fss'>QUAD</span> in tears.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1884. <i>Daily News</i>, Oct. 14, p. 5, col. 1. His undignified -nickname is carved in the turf of the college <span class='fss'>QUAD</span>.</p> - -<p class='c011'><i>Verb</i> (Rugby).—To promenade round Cloisters at -calling over before a football-match.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Quarter</b> (The), <i>subs.</i> (Charterhouse).—The quarter bell.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Quarter-marks</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Harrow).—The aggregate of -marks for work during the term, as opposed to -marks gained in <span class='sc'>Trials</span> (<i>q.v.</i>).</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Quarter of Paper</b>, <i>subs. phr.</i> (Winchester).—A quarter -of a sheet of foolscap, on which the Prose and Verse -Tasks were always written.—<span class='sc'>Mansfield</span> (<i>c.</i> 1840). -<i>Cf.</i> <span class='sc'>Vessel</span>. Also used at Westminster.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1867. <span class='sc'>Collins</span>, <i>The Public Schools</i>, p. 165. Besides this, he had to -carry with him into school a portfolio containing a sufficiency of -<span class='fss'>QUARTERNS</span> of paper. All or any of these articles he was supposed to -supply, upon requisition, to any boy of the “upper election.”</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Quill</b>, <i>verb</i> (Winchester).—To curry favour; to flatter: -<i>see</i> <span class='sc'>Quilster</span>. Hence (latterly) <span class='fss'>TO BE QUILLED</span> = to -be pleased. <i>Cf.</i> <span class='sc'>Quiller</span> = a parasite.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Quiller</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—A parasite.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Quilster</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—A toady; a lickspittle.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Quod</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Felsted).—<i>See</i> D. (Appendix).</p> - -<div class='chapter'> - <h2 class='c003' title='R'></h2> -</div> -<div class='c009'> - <img class='drop-capi' src='images/i_164_r.png' width='100' alt='' /> -</div><p class='drop-capi0_9'> -<b>Rabbiter</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—A blow, delivered -by the side of the hand, on the back -of the neck: as in killing a rabbit.</p> -<div class='clearme'> - -</div> - -<p class='c010'><b>Rabbit-Skin</b>, <i>subs.</i> (University).—The -academical hood. Hence <span class='fss'>TO GET ONE’S -RABBIT-SKIN</span> = to obtain the B.A. degree. [Because -trimmed with rabbit fur. Also <span class='fss'>CAT’S-SKIN</span>.]</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Rack</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—A <span class='fss'>DISPAR</span> (<i>q.v.</i>), or portion -consisting of a joint (or chop) from a neck or loin -of mutton. [<i>Rack</i> (<span class='sc'>Halliwell</span>) = the neck of mutton -or pork; also (<span class='sc'>Johnson</span>) = a neck of mutton cut -for the table.]</p> - -<p class='c012'>1594. <span class='sc'>Lyly</span>, <i>Mother Bombie</i>, iii. 4. <i>Lu.</i> And me thought there -came in a leg of mutton. <i>Dro.</i> What, all grosse meat? a <span class='fss'>RACKE</span> had -beene dainty.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1706. <span class='sc'>Coles</span>, <i>Eng. Dict.</i>, s.v. <span class='sc'>Rack</span>.... Probably from <i>hracca</i>, -Saxon, the back of the head.</p> - -<p class='c012'>... <span class='sc'>May</span>, <i>Accomplished Cook</i>, 57. Then again, put in the crag end -of the <span class='fss'>RACK OF MUTTON</span> to make the broth good. <i>Ibid.</i>, p. 25. Take -two joynts of mutton, <span class='fss'>RACK</span> and loin.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Rag</b>, <i>subs.</i> (University).—1. An undergraduate’s gown.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1899. <i>Answers</i>, 14th Jan., 1. 1. This matter of the <span class='fss'>RAG</span> is hedged -about with many unwritten laws. One who has mastered these will -never go to breakfast in another man’s rooms in cap and gown.... -Nor will he wear the <span class='fss'>RAG</span> in the theatre, which is strictly barred.</p> - -<p class='c011'>2. A jollification.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1900. <i>Daily Mail</i>, 10th Mar., 2. 4. There was keen excitement at -Cambridge yesterday when the magistrates proceeded to deal with the -last two prosecutions of students arising out of the notorious <span class='fss'>RAG</span> -in celebration of the relief of Ladysmith.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Ragged-soph.</b> <i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Soph</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Ramrod</b> (or <b>Raymonder</b>), <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—A ball -bowled all along the ground.—<span class='sc'>Mansfield</span> (<i>c.</i> -1840).</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Range</b>, <i>verb</i> (The Leys).—To play football in the small -walled playground.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Rattle</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Stonyhurst).—The hour of rising: <i>e.g.</i> “I -got up at the <span class='fss'>RATTLE</span>.” [From the instrument by -which the boys are called.]</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Rawcliffe’s</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Stonyhurst).—An old tuck-shop: -recently obsolete.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Rawk.</b> <i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Rorke</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Reader</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—<i>See</i> quot.</p> - -<p class='c012'><i>c.</i> 1840. <span class='sc'>Mansfield</span>, <i>School-Life at Winchester</i> (1886), 228. <span class='sc'>Reader</span>—An -office in the gift of every Præfect in Senior <span class='sc'>Fardel</span> (<i>q.v.</i>), -which excused the recipient from watching out at Cricket. His business -was to read out aloud the translation of any book his Master was -cramming for Election examination.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Reading-shelf</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—A shelf with a -drawer fixed inside the head of a boy’s bed, on which -to place a candle for nocturnal studies.—<span class='sc'>Mansfield</span> -(<i>c.</i> 1840).</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Recker, The</b> (Harrow).—The town recreation-ground: -here are held the school sports.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Rector.</b> 1. <i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Regent</span>.</p> - -<p class='c011'>2. (Stonyhurst).—The Head-master. <i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Day</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Regent</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Royal High School, Edin.: obsolete).—An -assistant master: the Head-master was called -“Maister” or “Principal Maister”; now “Rector.”</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Remedy</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—A holiday. <i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Work</span>, -quot. 1891.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1484. <i>Chapter Register of Southwell Minster.</i> Nota generaliter. -Ministri Ecclesiæ non vacant scolæ grammaticali. Magister grammaticalis -non attendit debitis horis doctrinæ suorum scolarium in -scola; et quam pluries indiscrete dat <span class='fss'>REMEDIUM</span> suis scolaribus diebus -ferialibus, quod quasi ad tempus nichil addiscunt, expendendo bona -suorum parentum frustra et inaniter; et non locuntur latinum in scola -sed anglicum.</p> - -<p class='c012'><i>d.</i> 1519. <span class='sc'>Dean Colet</span>, <i>Statutes of St. Paul’s School</i>. I will also that -they shall have no <span class='fss'>REMEDYES</span>. Yf the Maister granteth any <span class='fss'>REMEDYES</span> -he shall forfeit 40s., totiens quotiens, excepte the Kyng, or an Archbishopp, -or a Bishop present in his own person in the Scole desire it.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1530. <span class='sc'>Thomas Magnus</span>, <i>Endowment Deed</i>, Newark Grammar School. -Thomas Magnus ordeyneth ... that the said maisters shall not be -myche inclyned nor gyven to graunt <span class='fss'>REMEDY</span> for Recreacyon or Dispoorte -to their scolers unless it be ones in a wooke upon the Thuysday -or Thursday, or that further <span class='fss'>REMEDY</span> be requyred by any honorable or -worshipfull Person or Personage, &c. &c.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1593. <i>Rites Durham Cathedral Monastic Church</i> [Surtees Society]. -There was ... a garding and a bowling allie ... for the Novices -sumetymes to recreate themselves when they had <span class='fss'>REMEDY</span> of there -master.</p> - -<p class='c012'><i>c.</i> 1840. <span class='sc'>Mansfield</span>, <i>School-Life at Winchester</i> (1866), 49. In the -short half we had at least one “<span class='fss'>REMEDY</span>,” and a half day every week, -and in summer two always; they were on Tuesdays and Thursdays. -These “<span class='fss'>REMEDIES</span>” were a kind of mitigated whole holidays. We -were supposed to go into school for an hour or two in the morning -and afternoon; but as no Master was present, it didn’t come -to much. This was called “Books Chambers.” <span class='sc'>Remedies</span> were -not a matter of right, but were always specially applied for by Præfect -of Hall on Tuesdays and Thursdays. The custom was for him to waylay -the Doctor on his way to morning chapel, and make the request, -when, if granted, a gold ring was handed to the applicant, on which -was engraved, “<i>commendant rarior usus</i>.” This ring was worn by -the Præfect of Hall for the rest of the day, and returned by him to the -Doctor at the beginning of middle school on the day following.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1891. <span class='sc'>Wrench</span>, <i>Winchester Word-Book</i>, s.v. <span class='sc'>Remedy</span>. A holiday in -the half, with Books-chambers or Toy-time. Originally there was -always one, and generally two <span class='fss'>REMEDIES</span> in the week. Later every -Tuesday in Easter-time and Cloister-time was a <span class='fss'>REMEDY</span>, the Thursday’s -<span class='fss'>REMEDY</span> being often granted. Now Thursdays in Cloister-time only -are <span class='fss'>REMEDIES</span> proper in middle-school hours; there are on these days -Morning-lines, and the afternoon is a half-holiday. Ascension-Day and -the Queen’s Accession are <i>holidays</i>: all red-letter Saints’-days are -Leave-out-days. <i>Remedium</i> seems to have been the original word for -holiday: translated <span class='fss'>REMEDY</span>.... The tradition of <span class='fss'>REMEDIES</span> being -granted by <i>great persons</i> survives in the custom of the Judges on -Circuit demanding a Half-<span class='fss'>REMEDY</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Remi</b>, <i>subs.</i> 1. (Westminster).—A holiday. <i>Cf.</i> <span class='sc'>Remedy.</span></p> - -<p class='c011'>2. (Winchester).—<span class='sc'>Remission</span> (<i>q.v.</i>).</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Remission</b> (or <b>Remi</b>), <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—<i>See</i> quot.</p> - -<p class='c012'><i>c.</i> 1840. <span class='sc'>Mansfield</span>, <i>School-Life at Winchester</i> (1866), 229. <span class='sc'>Remission</span>—When -owing to a Saint’s day having fallen on the day previous -to that on which a Verse or Prose Task, or Vulgus, was due, the boys -were excused from doing it, there was said to be <span class='fss'>REMISSION</span> from it.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Rep</b>, <i>subs.</i> 1. (Harrow and King Edward’s, Birm.).—A -repetition.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1892. <span class='sc'>Anstey</span>, <i>Voces Populi</i>, 65. It’s not in Selections from -British Poetry which we have to get up for <span class='fss'>REP</span>.</p> - -<p class='c011'>2. (King Edward’s, Birm.).—The <span class='fss'>REPRESENTATIVE</span> -elected by the Class to serve on the Committee of -the School Club.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Repeal Garden</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Stonyhurst).—One of the Higher -Line Gardens. [Used for Irish declamation at the -beginning of the century.] Obsolete.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Responsions.</b> <i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Smalls</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Resurrection</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Stonyhurst).—A sort of eat-all -feast, consisting of a meeting to discuss the remnants -of an Academy <span class='sc'>Do</span> (<i>q.v.</i>) held on the previous -day.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Rhetoric</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Stonyhurst).—The Sixth Form. [From -the chief work once studied in the form. <i>Cf.</i> <i>Regulæ -Professoris Rhetoricæ</i> in the <i>Ratio Studiorum -Societatis Jesu</i>.]</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Rhetoric Good-day</b>, <i>subs. phr.</i> (Stonyhurst).—<i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Good-day</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Rhetorician</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Stonyhurst).—<i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Rhetoric</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Rigger</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Durham).—A racing-boat.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Rinder</b>, <i>subs.</i> (The Leys and Queen’s).—An outsider.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Riot Act</b>, <i>subs.</i> (King Edward’s, Birm.).—A body of -school rules, read over and commented upon by the -Head Master on the first Wednesday afternoon in -term before the whole school.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Ripping</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Eton).—A ceremony incidental to -the departure of a Senior Colleger for King’s -College, Cambridge: when he has got <span class='sc'>King’s</span> (<i>q.v.</i>) -his gown has to be stitched up that it may be -<span class='fss'>RIPPED</span> afterwards by the Provost or his deputy.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Robinites</b> (Charterhouse).—<i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Out-houses</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Rock</b>, <i>subs.</i> 1. (Derby).—The school bread. <i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Wash</span>.</p> - -<p class='c011'>2. (Winchester).—A medium-sized stone.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Rod-maker</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—The man who made -the rods used in <span class='sc'>Bibling</span> (<i>q.v.</i>).</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Rogging</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Stonyhurst).—Brook-fishing.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Roke</b>, <i>verb</i> (Winchester).—To stir: as a fire, a liquid, -&c.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1375. <i>Percival</i> [<span class='sc'>Halliwell</span>]. Were they wighte, were they woke, -Alle that he tille stroke He made their bodies to <span class='fss'>ROKE</span>.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1383. <span class='sc'>Chaucer</span>, <i>Canterbury Tales</i>. Yet in our ashen cold is fyr -i-<span class='fss'>REKE</span>.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1847. <span class='sc'>Halliwell</span>, <i>Arch. Words</i>, s.v. <span class='sc'>Roke</span>.... To shake; to roll -... to stir liquids.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Roker</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—A ruler; a stick; a poker. -<i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Roke</span>. <span class='sc'>Flat-roker</span> = a flat ruler.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Roll</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—A list of names.</p> - -<p class='c012'><i>c.</i> 1840. <span class='sc'>Mansfield</span>, <i>School-Life at Winchester</i> (1866), 230. The <span class='fss'>ROLL</span> -<i>par excellence</i> is the list of the boys who have passed their examination -for New College, and of those who are to come in to Winchester. -There is also a <span class='fss'>ROLL</span> printed every November, which contains the -name of every one connected with the School, from the Warden to the -Choristers. The lists from which the Præfects of Hall and Chapel -called names; the papers on which the names of the absentees on such -occasions were written; the papers on which were written the “Standing -up”; the lists of the boys who had leave out on a Saints’ day; the -papers put on the Master’s desk when boys wished to go out of school; -those handed to the Master at the close of School by the Bible-Clerk -or Ostiarius with the names of the delinquents, and many other similar -papers, were all called <span class='fss'>ROLLS</span>.</p> - -<p class='c011'><span class='sc'>To have a roll on</span>, <i>verb. phr.</i> (Shrewsbury).—<i>See</i> -quot.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1877. <span class='sc'>Pascoe</span>, <i>Every-day Life, &c.</i> Anything approaching swagger -is severely rebuked; there is no more objectionable quality than that -understood by the expression “He’s got such a horrid <span class='fss'>ROLL ON</span>.”</p> - -<p class='c011'><span class='sc'>To roll in</span>, <i>verb. phr.</i> (Harrow: obs.).—<i>See</i> quot.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1867. <span class='sc'>Collins</span>, <i>The Public Schools</i>, 316. Another ancient barbarism -survived even long after Butler’s accession. There were in the head-master’s -house two public rooms for the use of his boarders—the -hall and the play-room. The latter was open to all, but the hall was -regarded as a sort of club-room, which no boy was allowed to enter, -except at dinner and supper time, until he had become a member by -being <span class='fss'>ROLLED-IN</span>. Any one who desired the privilege of admission -(and none below the upper fifth were eligible), gave in his name to the -head-boy some days beforehand, in order that due preparations might -be made for the inauguration. Immediately a certain number of rolls -(<i>finds</i> they were called—etymology unknown) were ordered at the -baker’s, and rebaked every morning until they were pretty nearly as -hard as pebbles. At nine o’clock on the morning fixed for the <span class='fss'>ROLLING-IN</span>, -the members of the hall ranged themselves on the long table which -ran along one side of the room, each with his pile of these rolls before -him, and a fag to pick them up. The candidate knelt, facing them, on -a form close against the opposite wall, with his head resting on his -hands, so as to guard the face, while they held, as well as they could, a -plate on the top of the head by way of helmet. Thus protected, the -head itself formed a mark for the very peculiar missiles which were -ready to be aimed. When all was ready, a time-keeper, watch in -hand, gave the word—“Now!” when fast and furiously—and very -spitefully, if the boy was unpopular—the rolls were showered upon the -devoted head for the space of one minute, neither more nor less. Such -protection as the plate gave was soon lost by its being broken to pieces. -It was, as may be imagined, a very severe ordeal, the bruises being very -painful for weeks afterwards.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Roller</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Oxford).—A roll-call.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Room</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Stonyhurst).—In Stonyhurst nomenclature, -<span class='fss'>ROOM</span> as a place-name is modern. <i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Duchess’ -Rooms</span>, <span class='sc'>Duke’s Room</span>, <span class='sc'>Place</span>, &c.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Roosh</b>, <i>verb</i> (Harrow).—To rush about.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Roost</b>, <i>verb</i> (Derby).—To kick hard: at football. [? Root.]</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Root-about</b>, <i>subs.</i> (The Leys).—Promiscuous football -practice. Also as <i>verb</i>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Ropes</b>, <i>subs.</i> (general).—A half-back at football.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Rorke</b> (or <b>Rawk</b>), <i>subs.</i> (Tonbridge).—A navvy. [? Latin -<i>raucus</i>. <i>Cf.</i> <span class='sc'>Rorker</span>.]</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Rorker</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Derby).—A street boy; a cad. [? Latin -<i>raucus</i>. <i>Cf.</i> <span class='sc'>Rorke</span>.]</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Rosh</b> (or <b>Roush</b>), <i>verb</i> (Royal Military Academy).—To -bustle; to horseplay. Hence <span class='fss'>STOP ROUSHING</span>! -= an injunction to silence.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Rotten.</b> <i>See</i> Appendix.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Rotter</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Tonbridge).—A boy who shirks his fair -share: at games, &c.; a <i>fainéant</i>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Rouge</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Eton).—A point in the Eton game of -football: 3 <span class='fss'>ROUGES</span> = 1 goal. <i>Cf.</i> <span class='sc'>Scrouge</span>.</p> - -<p class='c011'><i>Verb</i> (Felsted).—To “rag”; to “scrag.” See <i>subs.</i></p> - -<p class='c012'>1895. <i>Felstedian</i>, April, pp. 43-4. “Vic” ... entirely baffles me, and -so does the expression <span class='fss'>TO ROUGE</span>; but the fact that it occurs in the -early numbers of the <i>Felstedian</i>—“we won the game by one goal, -three <span class='fss'>ROUGES</span>”—points to its origin.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Round-Othello</b>, <i>subs.</i> (The Leys). A Leysian tuck-shop -delicacy.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Roush</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—1. A rush, or charge: as by -a man, a beast, or by water.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Rowing-man</b>, <i>subs.</i> (University).—A spreester; a loose -fish. [“Row” as in “bough.”]</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Rows</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—The fixed benches at each -end of School: called respectively Senior, Middle, -and Junior <span class='fss'>ROW</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Rowsterer</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Derby).—A cad.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Ruck.</b> <span class='sc'>To ruck along</span>, <i>verb. phr.</i> (Oxford).—To walk -quickly.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Rudiments</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Stonyhurst).—The Third Form.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Rug</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Rugby).—A Rugbeian.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1892. <i>Evening Standard</i>, 25th Nov. 4, 5. The controversy was -started by the death of one who succumbed to his exertions. “An -Old Medical <span class='sc'>Rug</span>” describes the sufferings he endured.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Rugger</b>, <i>subs.</i> (general).—Football: the Rugby game.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1896. <i>Tonbridgian</i>, No. 339, 1124. At St. John’s, Sells has developed -into a good <span class='fss'>RUGGER</span> half, Pinching is one of the best forwards, and -also plays Socker for the College at times.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1897. <i>Felstedian</i>, Nov., p. 194. As regards <span class='fss'>RUGGER</span> the ’Varsity -team have been somewhat under-rated.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Run.</b> <span class='sc'>To run Cloisters</span>, <i>verb. phr.</i> (Winchester).—A -boy was said <span class='sc'>to run Cloisters</span> when he obtained -his remove from Junior Part to Senior Part at the -end of <span class='sc'>Cloister-time</span> (a period of ten or twelve -weeks at the end of Long Half).</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Run.</b> <i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Race</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Runabout</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Charterhouse).—An irregular form of -football: formerly called <span class='sc'>Compulsory</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Running-stone</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Stonyhurst).—A stone set at a -distance from the <span class='fss'>CRICKET-STONE</span> (<i>q.v.</i>), to and from -which a batsman ran when making a score. <i>See</i> -<span class='sc'>Stonyhurst-cricket</span>.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1885. <i>Stonyhurst Mag.</i>, ii. 85. The distance from the Cricket-stone -to the <span class='fss'>RUNNING-STONE</span> to be twenty-seven yards.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Rusticate</b>, <i>verb</i> (common).—To send away a student for -a time from a College or University by way of -punishment; to <span class='fss'>SHIP</span> (<i>q.v.</i>). Hence <span class='fss'>RUSTICATION</span>.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1714. <i>Spectator</i>, No. 596. After this I was deeply in love with a -milliner, and at last with my bedmaker, upon which I was sent away, -or, in the university phrase, <span class='fss'>RUSTICATED</span> for ever.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1779. <span class='sc'>Johnson</span>, <i>Life of Milton</i>, par. 12. It seems plain from his -own verses to <i>Diodati</i>, that he had incurred <span class='fss'>RUSTICATION</span>; a temporary -dismission into the country, with perhaps the loss of a term.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1794. <i>Gent. Mag.</i>, p. 1085. And was very near <span class='fss'>RUSTICATION</span> [at -Cambridge], merely for kicking up a row after a beakering party.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1841. <span class='sc'>Lever</span>, <i>Charles O’Malley</i>, lxxix. You have totally forgotten -me, and the Dean informs me that you have never condescended a -single line to him, which latter enquiry on my part nearly cost me a -<span class='fss'>RUSTICATION</span>.... Dear Cecil Cavendish, our gifted friend, slight of -limb and soft of voice, has been <span class='fss'>RUSTICATED</span> for immersing four -bricklayers in that green receptacle of stagnant water and duckweed, -yclept the “Haha.”</p> - -<p class='c012'>1841. <span class='sc'>H. Kingsley</span>, <i>Ravenshoe</i>, ch. viii. Non-university men sneer -at <span class='fss'>RUSTICATION</span>; they can’t see any particular punishment in having -to absent yourself from your studies for a term or two.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1850. <span class='sc'>F. E. Smedley</span>, <i>Frank Fairlegh</i>, ch. xxx. Who, the landlord -tells me, has just been <span class='fss'>RUSTICATED</span> for insulting Dr. Doublechin.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1853. <span class='sc'>Bradley</span>, <i>Verdant Green</i>, iv. “The Master ... said as -how Mr. Bouncer had better go down into the country for a year, for -change of hair, and to visit his friends.” “Very kind indeed of Dr. -Portman,” said our hero, who missed the moral of the story, and took -the <span class='fss'>RUSTICATION</span> for a kind forgiveness of injuries.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1885. <i>Daily Telegraph</i>, Oct. 29. Students who are liable at any -moment to be <span class='fss'>RUSTICATED</span>.</p> - -<div class='chapter'> - <h2 class='c003' title='S'></h2> -</div> -<div class='c009'> - <img class='drop-capi' src='images/i_171_s.png' width='100' alt='' /> -</div><p class='drop-capi0_9'> -<b>Saccer</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Harrow).—The Sacrament. -<i>Cf.</i> <span class='sc'>Soccer</span>, <span class='sc'>Rugger</span>, <span class='sc'>Brekker</span>, <span class='sc'>Collecker</span>, -&c.</p> -<div class='clearme'> - -</div> - -<p class='c010'><b>Salt</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Eton).—The gratuity exacted -at the now obsolete triennial festival of -the <span class='sc'>Montem</span> (<i>q.v.</i>).</p> - -<p class='c012'>1886. <span class='sc'>Brewer</span>, <i>Phrase and Fable</i>, s.v. <span class='sc'>Salt-hill</span>. At the Eton -<i>Montem</i> the captain of the school used to collect money from the -visitors on Montem day. Standing on a mound at Slough, he waved -a flag, and persons appointed for the purpose collected the donations. -The mound is still called <span class='fss'>SALT-HILL</span>, and the money given was called -<span class='fss'>SALT</span>. The word salt is similar to the Latin <i>sala’rium</i> (salary), the pay -given to Roman soldiers and civil officers.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1890. <span class='sc'>Speaker</span>, 22nd Feb., 210. 2. In lively but worldly fashion -we go to Eton, with its buried Montem, its “<span class='fss'>SALT</span>! your majesty, -<span class='fss'>SALT</span>!” its gin-twirley, and its jumping through paper fires in Long-Chamber.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Salt-bearer</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Eton).—<i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Montem</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Samson</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Durham: obsolete).—A baked jam -pudding.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Sanderites</b> (Charterhouse).—The head-master’s house. -[Dr. Sanders was head-master 1832-53.]</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Sands</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—The pavement on the north -side of Chapel in Chamber Court.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Sandwich-boat.</b> <i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Bumping-race</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Sap</b>, <i>subs.</i> (common).—A hard worker; a diligent -student.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1827. <span class='sc'>Lytton</span>, <i>Pelham</i>, ch. ii. When I once attempted to read -Pope’s poems out of school hours, I was laughed at, and called a <span class='fss'>SAP</span>.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1850. <span class='sc'>Smedley</span>, <i>Frank Fairlegh</i>, 117. After several fruitless -attempts to shake my determination, they pronounced me an incorrigible -<span class='fss'>SAP</span>, and leaving me to my own devices, proceeded to try their -powers upon Oaklands.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1856. <span class='sc'>Whyte-Melville</span>, <i>Kate Coventry</i>, ch. xvii. At school, if he -makes an effort at distinction in school-hours, he is stigmatised by his -comrades as a <span class='fss'>SAP</span>.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1888. <span class='sc'>Goschen</span>, <i>Speech at Aberdeen</i>, Jan. 31. Remember the many -epithets applied to those who, not content with doing their work, -commit the heinous offence of being absorbed in it ... schools and -colleges ... have invented for this purpose, with that peculiar felicity -which attaches to schoolboy nomenclature, phrases, semi-classical, or -wholly vernacular, such as a “<span class='fss'>SAP</span>,” a “smug,” a “swot,” a “bloke,” -a “mugster.”</p> - -<p class='c011'><i>Verb.</i> To read or study hard; to sweat.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1848. <span class='sc'>C. Kingsley</span>, <i>Yeast</i>, i. <span class='sc'>Sapping</span> and studying still.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1853. <span class='sc'>Lytton</span>, <i>My Novel</i>, Bk. <span class='fss'>I.</span> ch. xii. He understands that he -was sent to school to learn his lessons, and he learns them. You call -that <span class='fss'>SAPPING</span>—I call it doing his duty.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1856. Miss <span class='sc'>Yonge</span>, <i>Daisy Chain</i>, ch. xii. “At it again!” exclaimed -Dr. May. “Carry it away, Ethel; I will have no Latin or -Greek touched these holidays.” “You know,” said Norman, “if I -don’t <span class='fss'>SAP</span>, I shall have no chance of keeping up!”</p> - -<p class='c012'>1891. <i>Harry Fludyer at Cambridge</i>, 46. I ... haven’t to go -<span class='fss'>SAPPING</span> round to get it when I want my own tea.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Sappy</b>, <i>adj.</i> (Durham).—Severe: of a caning.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Sark</b>, <i>verb</i> (Sherborne).—To sulk.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Saturday-nighter</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Harrow).—An exercise set for -Saturday night: usually an essay, map, or poem.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Scadger</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester: obsolete).—A scamp; a -rascal. Now a general colloquialism.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Scaff</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Christ’s Hospital).—A selfish fellow. [The -adjectival forms are <span class='fss'>SCALY</span> and <span class='fss'>SCABBY</span>, whence -may be the derivation.] Obsolete: <i>see</i> <span class='sc'>Scouse</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Scaldings</b>, <i>intj.</i> (Winchester).—A general injunction to -be gone; “Be off!”</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Scan and Prove</b> (Harrow).—<i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Upper School</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Scheme</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—An alarum worked by a -candle. <i>See</i> quot.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1891. <span class='sc'>Wrench</span>, <i>Winchester Word-Book</i>, s.v. <span class='sc'>Scheme</span>.... The -candle on reaching a measured point ignites paper, which by burning -a string releases a weight: this falls on the head of the boy to be -waked.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Schitt</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester: obsolete).—A goal: at football. -<i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Gowner</span>.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1891. <span class='sc'>Wrench</span>, <i>Winchester Word-Book</i>, s.v. <span class='sc'>Schitt</span>.... This was -the word in general use till 1860, when it was superseded by “goal.” -In early Winchester football there seems to have been three methods -of scoring—a <i>goal</i>, a <i>gowner</i>, a <span class='fss'>SCHITT</span>, worth respectively 3, 2, and 1. -The last behind stood between two gowns, which made a goal. The -ball passing over his head or between his legs scored three, over the -gowns two, over the rest of “worms” one. When the whole of -“worms” was made to count equally, every goal was a <span class='fss'>SCHITT</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Schol</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Harrow).—(1) A scholar; and (2) a scholarship.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>School-stock</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Harrow).—The old books kept by -the school.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>School-twelve</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Harrow).—The twelve who take a -leading part at the concert.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Scob</b> (or <b>Scobb</b>), <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—<i>See</i> quots.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1620. <i>Account</i> [to J. Hutton at his entrance into the College]. For -a <span class='fss'>SCOBB</span> to hold his books, 3s. 6d.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1890. <span class='sc'>Grant Allen</span>, <i>Tents of Shem</i>, xlii. Parker’s <span class='fss'>SCOB</span> was 220. -<span class='sc'>Scob</span> was box in Winchester slang.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1891. <span class='sc'>Wrench</span>, <i>Winchester Word-Book</i>, s.v. <span class='sc'>Scob</span>.... An oak box -with a double lid, set at the angles of the squares of wooden benches -in school. It is used as desk and book-case.... Probably the word -has been transferred from the bench itself, and comes from Fr. -<i>Escabeau</i>. Lat. <i>Scabellum</i>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Sconce</b>, <i>verb</i>. 1. (University: once common).—To fine; -to deduct by way of fine; to discontinue. Also as -<i>subs.</i> Whence <span class='fss'>TO BUILD A SCONCE</span> = to run up a -score (as at an alehouse, or of fines).</p> - -<p class='c012'>1632. <span class='sc'>Shirley</span>, <i>Witty Fair One</i>, iv. sc. 2. College! I have had a -head in most of the butteries of Cambridge, and it has been <span class='fss'>SCONCED</span> -to purpose.</p> - -<p class='c012'><i>c.</i> 1640. [<span class='sc'>Shirley</span>] <i>Captain Underwit</i> [<span class='sc'>Bullen</span>, <i>Old Plays</i>, ii. 323]. -<i>Tho.</i> I can teach you to build a <span class='fss'>SCONCE</span>, sir.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1696. <span class='fss'>B. E.</span>, <i>Dict. Cant. Crew</i>, s.v. <span class='sc'>Sconce</span>. To build a large <span class='fss'>SCONCE</span>, -to run deep upon tick or trust.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1730. <span class='sc'>Jas. Miller</span>, <i>Humours of Oxford</i>, i. p. 9 (2nd ed.). No, no, -my dear, I understand more manners than to leave my friends to go to -church—no, tho’ they <span class='fss'>SCONCE</span> me a fortnight’s commons, I’ll not do it.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1748. <span class='sc'>T. Dyche</span>, <i>Dictionary</i> (5th ed.). <span class='sc'>Sconce</span> (v.) ... also a cant -word for running up a score at an alehouse or tavern.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1760. <span class='sc'>Johnston</span>, <i>Chrysal</i>, ch. xxviii. [<span class='sc'>Cooke’s</span> ed., <span class='fss'>N.D.</span>]. These -youths have been playing a small game, cribbing from the till, and -building <span class='fss'>SCONCES</span>, and such like tricks that there was no taking hold of.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1765. <span class='sc'>Goldsmith</span>, <i>Essays</i>, viii. He ran into debt with everybody -that would trust him, and none could build a <span class='fss'>SCONCE</span> better than he.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1768. <span class='sc'>Foote</span>, <i>Devil upon Two Sticks</i>, ii. 1. She paid my bill the -next day without <span class='fss'>SCONCING</span> off sixpence.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1821. <i>The Etonian</i>, ii. 391. Was <span class='fss'>SCONCED</span> in a quart of ale for -quoting Latin, a passage from Juvenal; murmured, and the fine was -doubled.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1823. <span class='sc'>Bee</span>, <span class='sc'>Slang Dict.</span>, s.v. <span class='sc'>Sconce</span> ... To discontinue: as -<span class='fss'>SCONCE</span> his diet = give less victuals. <span class='sc'>Sconce</span> the reckoning = to go no -further in debt, but bolt.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1847. <span class='sc'>Halliwell</span>, <i>Archaic Words</i>, s.v. <span class='sc'>Sconce</span>.... “To <span class='fss'>SCONCE</span>, -to eat more than another, <i>Winton</i>; to <span class='fss'>SCONCE</span>, to impose a pecuniary -mulct, <i>Oxon.</i>,” Kennett, MS. To <span class='fss'>SCONCE</span> at Oxford, was to put a person’s -name in the College buttery books by way of fine.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1864. <span class='sc'>Hotten</span>, <i>Slang Dict.</i>, s.v. <span class='sc'>Sconce</span>. The Dons fined or -<span class='fss'>SCONCED</span> for small offences; <i>e.g.</i> five shillings for wearing a coloured -coat in hall at dinner-time. Among undergrads, a pun, or an oath, or -an indecent remark, was <span class='fss'>SCONCED</span> by the head of the table. If the -offender could, however, floor the tankard of beer which he was -<span class='fss'>SCONCED</span>, he could retort on his <span class='fss'>SCONCER</span> to the extent of twice the -amount he was <span class='fss'>SCONCED</span> in.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1883. <span class='sc'>H. T. Ellacombe</span> [<i>Notes and Queries</i>, 6 S., viii. 326]. Men -were <span class='fss'>SCONCED</span> if accidentally they appeared in hall undressed. I -think the <span class='fss'>SCONCE</span> was a quantity of beer to the scouts. The <span class='fss'>SCONCE</span>-table -was hung up in the buttery.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1899. <i>Answers</i>, 14th Jan., i. 1. The average freshman is not very -long at Oxford before he is acquainted with the mysteries of <span class='fss'>SCONCING</span>. -A <span class='fss'>SCONCE</span> is a fine of a quart of ale, in which the unlucky fresher is -mulcted for various offences in Hall.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1899. <i>Public School Mag.</i>, Dec., p. 476. Opponents who get in each -other’s way and “<span class='fss'>SCONCE</span>” the “kicks.”</p> - -<p class='c011'>2. (Winchester).—To hinder; to get in the way: -as of a kick at football, a catch at cricket, &c.: <i>e.g.</i> -“If you had not <span class='fss'>SCONCED</span>, I should have made a -flyer!”</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Scourge</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester: obsolete).—To flog. Whence -<span class='fss'>SCOURGING</span> = a flogging of three strokes. <i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Scrubbing</span> -and <span class='sc'>Tund</span>.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1883. <span class='sc'>Trollope</span>, <i>What I Remember</i>.... The words “flog” or -“flogging,” it is to be observed, were never heard among us, in the -mouth either of the masters or the boys. We were <span class='fss'>SCOURGED</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Scout</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Oxford).—A College servant: combining -the duties of valet, waiter, messenger, &c.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1750. <i>The Student</i>, i. 55. My <span class='fss'>SCOUT</span> indeed is a very learned -fellow.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1853. <span class='sc'>Bradley</span>, <i>Verdant Green</i>, iii. Infatuated Mr. Green! If -you could have foreseen that those spoons and forks would have soon -passed—by a mysterious system of loss which undergraduate powers -can never fathom—into the property of Mr. Robert Filcher, the excellent, -though occasionally erratic, <span class='fss'>SCOUT</span> of your beloved son ... -you would have been content to have let your son and heir represent -the ancestral wealth by any sham that would equally well have served -his purpose!</p> - -<p class='c012'>1884. <span class='sc'>Julian Sturgis</span> in <i>Longmans’ Mag.</i>, v. 65. The old don went -back to his chair, and ... thrust the bits into the waste-paper -basket, as his “<span class='fss'>SCOUT</span>” came in with a note.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Scrape out</b>, <i>verb</i> (Winchester).—When a Præfect wished -to go out of School, he <span class='fss'>SCRAPED</span> with his foot till -he got a nod from the Master.—<span class='sc'>Mansfield</span> -(<i>c.</i> 1840).</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Scrub</b>, <i>verb</i> (Christ’s Hospital).—To write fast: <i>e.g.</i> -“<span class='fss'>SCRUB</span> it down.” Also as <i>subs.</i> = handwriting. -[Lat. <i>scribere</i>.] <i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Strive</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Scrubbing</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester: obsolete).—A flogging: -four strokes at <span class='fss'>SCRUBBING-FORMS</span>. <i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Scourge</span>.</p> - -<p class='c012'><i>c.</i> 1840. <span class='sc'>Mansfield</span>, <i>School-Life at Winchester</i> (1866), 109. The ordinary -punishment consisted of four cuts, and was called “<span class='fss'>A SCRUBBING</span>.” -The individual who was to be punished was told “to order -his name,” which he did by going to the Ostiarius, and requesting -him to do so; that officer accordingly, at the end of school time, would -take his name to the Master, who would then call it out, and the -victim had to kneel down at Senior row, while two Juniors laid bare -the regulation space of his back. The first time a boy’s name was -ordered, the punishment was remitted on his pleading “<i>Primum -tempus</i>.” For a more serious breach of duty, a flogging of six cuts -(a “Bibler”) was administered, in which case the culprit had to “order -his name to the Bible-Clerk,” and that individual, with the help of -Ostiarius, performed the office of Jack Ketch. If a boy was detected -in a lie, or any very disgraceful proceeding—a rare occurrence, I am -happy to say—he had to stand up in the centre of Junior row during -the whole of the school time, immediately preceding the infliction of -the flogging; this pillory process was called a “Bibler under the -nail.” I have also heard, that for a very heinous offence, a boy might -be punished in Sixth Chamber, in which case the number of stripes -was not limited; but I never knew an instance of this.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1864. <i>Blackwood’s Magazine</i>, vol. xcv., p. 79. Underneath is the -place of execution, where delinquents are <span class='fss'>BIBLED</span>. <i>Ibid.</i>, p. 72. It -need hardly be said that it [the rod] is applied in the ordinary fashion: -six cuts forming what is technically called a <span class='fss'>BIBLING</span>—on which -occasions the Bible-Clerk introduces the victim; four being the sum -of a less terrible operation called a <span class='fss'>SCRUBBING</span>.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1891. <span class='sc'>Wrench</span>, <i>Winchester Word-Book</i>, s.v. <span class='sc'>Scrubbing</span>.... According -to T. A. Trollope, the word in use in his day was <span class='fss'>SCOURGING</span>: -this, however, he describes as of three strokes: he does not mention -“bibling.” He was in College 1820-28.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Scrutiny</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester: obsolete).—<i>See</i> quot.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1867. <span class='sc'>Collins</span>, <i>The Public Schools</i>, p. 62. The Oxford visitors, on -their arrival, proceed at once to “Election Chamber” to hear any complaints -which the boys may have to prefer. This is called the <span class='fss'>SCRUTINY</span>, -the seven senior prefects, and the seven juniors in chambers (one from -each chamber), are separately questioned; but complaints are seldom -made. Next morning the examination for election of scholars to New -College begins—no longer in the renowned “Election Chamber” itself, -but in the long “Warden Gallery,” as more convenient for the purpose; -all prefects who are of standing to leave the school are examined -with any other who choose.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1891. <span class='sc'>Wrench</span>, <i>Winchester Word-Book</i>, s.v. <span class='sc'>Scrutiny</span>. An examination -of the seven Seniors and seven Juniors in College, on the subject -of their personal comfort, &c., in College. There were two <span class='fss'>SCRUTINEES</span> -in the year; one conducted by the Warden of New College and Posers -in Election Week, the other by the Wardens and Fellows of Winchester -in Sealing Week.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Scud</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Rugby).—A runner.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1856. <span class='sc'>Hughes</span>, <i>Tom Brown’s School-days</i>, v. “I say,” said East, as -he got his wind, looking with much increased respect at Tom, “you -ain’t a bad <span class='fss'>SCUD</span>, not by no means. Well, I’m as warm as a toast now.”</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Scull</b>, <i>subs.</i> (University).—The head (or master) of a -College.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1864. <span class='sc'>Hotten</span>, <i>Slang Dict.</i>, s.v. <span class='sc'>Scull.</span> The head, or master of -a college: nearly obsolete; the gallery, however, in St. Mary’s (the -Oxford University church), where the “Heads of Houses” sit in -solemn state, is still nicknamed the “Golgotha” by the undergraduates.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Scull-race</b>, <i>subs.</i> (University).—A University Examination.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Scuttle</b>, <i>verb</i> (Christ’s Hospital, Hertford).—To cry out -under oppression with a view to attracting the -notice of one in authority. Hence <span class='fss'>SCUTTLE-CAT</span> = -one who <span class='fss'>SCUTTLES</span>. Obsolete.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Second-bounce</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Stonyhurst: obsolete).—A kind -of handball once very popular.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Second-bowler</b>, subs. (Stonyhurst).—A wicket-keeper. -<i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Stonyhurst-cricket</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Second-Elevens</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Harrow).—(1) A match, at football, -for practice: between two Houses, not as a -<span class='sc'>House-match</span> (<i>q.v.</i>). Also (2) a match, at cricket, -between any Eleven from two Houses, save <span class='sc'>Caps</span> -(<i>q.v.</i>) and those in a regular game. Also <span class='sc'>Seconders</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Second-examen</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Stonyhurst).—A punishment for -great carelessness in study during a term: <i>e.g.</i> I’ve -got <span class='fss'>SECOND-EXAM</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Second-guarder.</b> <i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Guarder</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Second-peal.</b> <i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Peal</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Semi-bejan</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Aberdeen).—A student in the second -class.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Semper</b>, <i>adj.</i> (Winchester).—Always: <i>e.g.</i> I have got -<span class='fss'>SEMPER</span> leave-out. <i>See</i> Appendix.</p> - -<p class='c012'><i>c.</i> 1840. <span class='sc'>Mansfield</span>, <i>School-Life at Winchester</i> (1866), 233. A very -common prefix; <i>e.g.</i> a boy was said to be <span class='fss'>SEMPER</span> Continent, Tardy, -or Ex Trumps if he was often at Sick-house, or late for Chapel, or -habitually went up to Books without having looked at his lessons. An -official who was always present at the College meetings went by the -name of <span class='sc'>Semper Testis</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Send.</b> <span class='sc'>To send down</span>, <i>verb. phr.</i> (University).—To -expel; to rusticate. <i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Go down</span>.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1891. <i>Harry Fludyer at Cambridge</i>, 89. Next day they were hauled -and <span class='fss'>SENT DOWN</span>.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1891. <i>Felstedian</i>, April, p. 32. They <span class='fss'>SENT</span> him down for two terms -for smashing a shop window.</p> - -<p class='c011'><span class='sc'>To send up</span>, <i>verb. phr.</i> (Harrow).—(1) To send up -to the head-master for some offence. Also (2) of -an exercise sent up to the head-master as “very -good.”</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Senior.</b> <i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Junior</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Senior Hall</b> (Shrewsbury).—<i>See</i> quot.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1867. <span class='sc'>Collins</span>, <i>The Public Schools</i>, p. 246. The boarders reside -chiefly either in the head-master’s house, or <span class='fss'>SENIOR HALL</span>, as it is -called, or in a house adjoining rented by him, and called the “Junior -Hall.” The second-master also has a “Hall,” which will accommodate -about twenty. But the buildings are old, in many cases badly adapted -for their present use, and have either been purchased, built, or rented -from time to time by the head-master as the numbers of the school -required.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Senior Part</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—<i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Books</span>.</p> - -<p class='c012'><i>c.</i> 1840. <span class='sc'>Mansfield</span>, <i>School-Life at Winchester</i> (1866), 233. <span class='sc'>Senior -Part, the Fifth</span>—The part next below the Præfects, generally called -<span class='fss'>SENIOR PART</span>.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1900. <i>St. James’s Gazette</i>, Mar. 15, “Arnoldiana.” One day they were -both invited to breakfast by the Head, in the company of a “stupid -boy” from <span class='fss'>SENIOR PART</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Senior Soph.</b> <i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Soph</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Servant</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Eton).—<i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Montem</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Servitor</b>, <i>subs.</i> (old).—<i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Sizer</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Seventh-chamber</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—<i>See</i> quot.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1867. <span class='sc'>Collins</span>, <i>The Public Schools</i>, p. 23. The schoolroom was still -<span class='fss'>SEVENTH-CHAMBER</span>—<i>Magna illa domus</i>, as the founder’s directions -call it—though, as some of the commoners must have been taught -together with the scholars, it is difficult to understand how so many -could have found room there without great confusion.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Shack</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Felsted).—A share. Whence <span class='fss'>TO GO SHACK</span> -= to give a share.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Shadow</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Westminster).—<i>See</i> quot.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1867. <span class='sc'>Collins</span>, <i>The Public Schools</i>, 187. When a boy is first placed -in the school he is attached to another boy in the same form something -in the relation of an apprentice. The new boy is called the -“<span class='fss'>SHADOW</span>,” the other, the “Substance.” For the first week the -<span class='fss'>SHADOW</span> follows the Substance everywhere, takes his place next to -him in class, accompanies him as he rises or falls, and is exempt -from any responsibility for his own mistakes in or out of school. -During this interval of indulgence, his patron is expected to initiate -him in all the work of the school, to see that he is provided with the -necessary books and other appliances, and, in short, to teach him by -degrees to enter upon a substantial and responsible existence of his -own.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>She</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Charterhouse).—A plum-pudding. <i>Cf.</i> <span class='sc'>He</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Sheep</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Aberdeen).—A second classman or undergraduate.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1865. <span class='sc'>Macdonald</span>, <i>Alec Forbes</i>, ii. 5. At length a certain semi -(second-classman, or more popularly <span class='fss'>SHEEP</span>) stood up to give his -opinion on some subject in dispute.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Sheepskin</b>, subs. (University).—The diploma received -on taking a degree. [Because inscribed on parchment.] -Hence a person who has taken a degree.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Shell</b>, <i>subs.</i> (originally Westminster).—<i>See</i> quot.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1867. <span class='sc'>Collins</span>, <i>The Public Schools</i>, 178. At the end of this room -[the school-room] there is a kind of semicircular apse, in which the -<span class='fss'>SHELL</span> form were formerly taught, and the shape of which is said to -have given rise to this name, since adopted at several other public -schools.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Shepherd</b>, subs. (Harrow).—Every sixth boy in <span class='sc'>Cricket-bill</span> -(<i>q.v.</i>): he answers for the five below him being -present.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Shield</b> (The), <i>subs.</i> (Harrow).—The Ashburton Shield: -shot for at Bisley by Public School Eights.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Shig</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—A shilling.—<span class='sc'>Mansfield</span> -(<i>c.</i> 1840).</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Shimmy</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Felsted: obsolete).—A shirt.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Shin</b>, <i>verb</i> (Eton).—To kick on the shins.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1864. <i>Eton School-days</i>, xiii. He could not go out of his tutor’s if -there happened to be any one in the yard without some one throwing -a stone at him, or hissing, or <span class='fss'>SHINNING</span> him if he passed near -enough.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Ship</b>, <i>verb.</i> 1. (Sherborne).—To turn a boy out of bed -with his mattress on top of him. <i>Cf.</i> <span class='sc'>Launch</span>.</p> - -<p class='c011'>2. (general).—To <span class='fss'>RUSTICATE</span> (<i>q.v.</i>).</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Shirk</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Stonyhurst).—An old building of some -dimensions, containing a number of private rooms; -erected for temporary use, but since found of too -much service to be demolished.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1884. <i>Stonyhurst Mag.</i>, i. 277. Gothic architecture of all descriptions, -including Elizabethan, was trampled out by the Renaissance -(revived Greek), of which <span class='fss'>SHIRK</span> is a very bad specimen (where it tries -to be ornamental, as in its triangular pediment and the pilasters beside -the larger window).</p> - -<p class='c011'><i>Verb.</i> 1. (Eton).—To hide when liable to be -caught out of bounds. Obsolete.</p> - -<p class='c011'>2. (Winchester).—<i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Hills</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Shirkster</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—One who shirks.</p> - -<p class='c011'><span class='sc'>To shirk in</span>, <i>verb. phr.</i> (Winchester).—To walk -into water when bathing.</p> - -<p class='c011'><span class='sc'>To shirk out</span>, <i>verb. phr.</i> (Winchester).—To go -out contrary to rules.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Shirt-sleevie</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Loretto).—A dance; on winter -Saturday evenings, and sometimes in the open air -at the end of summer term. [The costume is -rational <i>de rigeur</i>: a flannel shirt open at neck -and flannel trousers—no coat or waistcoat may be -worn.]</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Shootabout</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Charterhouse).—An irregular form -of football.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Shooter</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Harrow).—A black morning coat: as -distinguished from the tail-coat worn by the Fifth -and Sixth Forms.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Shorts</b>, <i>subs.</i> (general).—Flannel trousers; <span class='fss'>CUTS</span> (<i>q.v.</i>).</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Shot</b>, <i>intj.</i> (Royal High School, Edin.).—A cry of -warning at the approach of a master.</p> - -<p class='c011'><span class='sc'>Out by shot</span>, <i>phr.</i> (Stonyhurst).—At football -when the ball before going out hits one of the -opposite side to the one who last kicked. <i>See</i> -<span class='sc'>Force</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Shuffle</b>, <i>verb</i> (Winchester).—To pretend; to feign: as -“to <span class='fss'>SHUFFLE</span> asleep.” Hence <span class='fss'>SHUFFLER</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Shy</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Eton).—A point at the <span class='sc'>Wall</span> (<i>q.v.</i>) game.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Siberia</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Felsted).—A section of the house containing -many private rooms. [From its supposed -temperature in winter.]</p> - -<p class='c012'>1889. <i>Felstedian</i>, July, 65. There lieth here a district which hath -the name <span class='fss'>SIBERIA</span>: and also its people are called not Siberians, but -<span class='fss'>SIBERIA</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Sick-house</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—The College sanatorium, -which stands in <span class='sc'>Sick-house meads</span>. <i>See</i> -also <span class='sc'>Box-house</span> and <span class='sc'>Box-buildings</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Silver-fork</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—A wooden skewer used -as a chop-stick when forks were scarce.—<span class='sc'>Mansfield</span> -(<i>c.</i> 1840).</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Silver-pence</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Westminster).—Small money rewards—which -were the pride of Westminsters in -Cowper’s day—are still continued. The coins are -furnished to the school by the Queen’s almoner in -their unmilled state, prior to their issue as currency. -Some are given by the head-master every -week, and are valued quite as much as more substantial -prizes. Silver money is also furnished by -the college steward to the guests at the Elections -dinners, that they may be prepared to reward the -epigrams; but this is the ordinary coin of the -realm.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Sim</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Cambridge).—A Simeonite, or member of -the Evangelical section of the Church of England. -The modern equivalent is <span class='sc'>Pi-man</span> (<i>q.v.</i>). [From the -Rev. <span class='sc'>Charles Simeon</span> (1759-1836), fifty-four years -Vicar of Holy Trinity, Cambridge.]</p> - -<p class='c012'>1826. <span class='sc'>Todd</span>, <i>The Sizar’s Table</i> [<span class='sc'>Whibley</span>, <i>Cap and Gown</i>, 109]. -Some carnally given to women and wine, Some apostles of Simeon, all -pure and divine.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1853. <span class='sc'>Bristed</span>, <i>Eng. Univ.</i>, 39. While passing for a terribly hard -reading-man, and a <span class='fss'>SIM</span> of the straightest kind with the empty -bottles.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Simon</b>, <i>subs.</i> (King Edward’s, Birm.: obsolete).—A cane. -[Acts ix. 43.]</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Sines</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—Bread. A <span class='fss'>SINES</span> = a small -loaf.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Single</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Harrow).—A room for exclusive use: thus -<span class='fss'>DOUBLE</span> (<i>q.v.</i>).</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Sink</b>, <i>subs.</i> (The Leys).—(1) A heavy feed; a “stodge.” -Also (2) one who indulges therein; a glutton.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Sitter</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Oxford and Harrow).—A sitting-room.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Six</b>, subs. (Oxford).—A W.C.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Six-and-Six</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—Football: six a side. -<i>Cf.</i> <span class='sc'>Twenty-Two and Twenty-Two</span>. <i>See</i> Appendix.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Sixes</b>, <i>subs.</i> (The Leys).—Football teams for competition—six -a side. <i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Kid</span>, and Appendix.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Six of</b> ..., <i>phr.</i> (Harrow).—An order to the value of -sixpence. Thus <span class='fss'>SIX OF SAUSAGES WITH</span> (archaic) = -sixpennyworth of sausages with potatoes.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Sixpenny</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Eton).—A large field for football and -cricket. <i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Playing-fields</span>.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1864. <i>Eton School-days</i>, vi. I tell you plainly, if you are not in -<span class='fss'>SIXPENNY</span> after twelve, I will do my best to give you a hiding wherever -I meet you.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Six-raps</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Stonyhurst: recently obsolete).—A -game consisting chiefly in rapping balls across the -playground to be caught by others.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1887. <i>Stonyhurst Mag.</i>, iii. 18, “Stonyhurst in the Fifties.” <span class='sc'>Six -raps</span>, it may be remarked, was in those days played with a miniature -Stonyhurst-cricket (<i>q.v.</i>) ball.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Size</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Cambridge).—An allowance of bread, &c., -for a particular price; but <i>see</i> quots. Whence -<span class='fss'>SIZINGS</span>.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1592. <span class='sc'>Nashe</span>, <i>Pierce Penilesse</i> [<i>Works</i>, ii. 68]. The Maister Butler -of Pembrooke Hall, a farre better Scholler than thy selfe, (in my -iudgement) and one that sheweth more discretion and gouernment in -setting vp a <span class='fss'>SISE</span> of Bread, than thou in all thy whole booke.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1605. <span class='sc'>Shakspeare</span>, <i>Lear</i>, ii. 4. To bandy hasty words, to scant -my <span class='fss'>SIZES</span>.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1614. <span class='sc'>Beaumont and Fletcher</span>, <i>Wit at Several Weapons</i>, ii. To -be so strict A niggard to your commons, that you’re fain <span class='sc'>To SIZE</span> your -belly out with shoulder fees, With kidnies, rumps, &c.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1620. <span class='sc'>Minsheu</span>, <i>Dict.</i>, s.v. <span class='sc'>Size</span>. A farthing which schollers in -Cambridge have at the buttery, noted with the letter S.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1632. <span class='sc'>Shirley</span>, <i>Witty Fair One</i>, iv. 2. College! I have had a head -in most of the butteries of Cambridge, and it has been sconced to -purpose. I know what belongs to <span class='fss'>SIZING</span>, and have answered to my cue -in my days.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1656. <b>BLOUNT</b>, <i>Glossographia</i>, ... <span class='sc'>Size</span>.—A farthing’s worth of -bread or drink which scholars at Cambridge had at the buttery.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1773. <span class='sc'>Hawkins</span>, <i>Origin of the Drama</i>, iii. 271. You are still at -Cambridge with your <span class='fss'>SIZE</span> cue.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1795. <i>Gent. Mag.</i>, p. 21. In general, a <span class='fss'>SIZE</span> is a small plateful of -any eatable; and at dinner, <span class='fss'>TO SIZE</span> is to order for yourself any little -luxury that may chance to tempt you, in addition to the general fare, -for which you are expected to pay the cook at the end of the term.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1823. <span class='sc'>Nares</span>, <i>Glossary</i>, s.v. <span class='sc'>Size.</span> To feed with <span class='fss'>SIZES</span>, or small -scraps.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1853. <span class='sc'>Bristed</span>, <i>Five Years</i>, 20. Go through a regular second -course instead of the <span class='fss'>SIZINGS</span>.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1864. <span class='sc'>Hotten</span>, <i>Slang Dict.</i>, s.v.</p> - -<p class='c011'><i>Verb</i> (Cambridge).—To order extras over and -above the usual commons at the dinner in College -hall. Soup, pastry, &c., are <span class='fss'>SIZINGS</span>, and are paid -for at a certain specified rate per <span class='fss'>SIZE</span>, or portion, -to the college cook. Whence, to pay one’s share -of the expense: as at a supper-party. <span class='sc'>Sizing-party</span> -= a number of students who contribute each -his own part towards a supper, &c.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1785. <span class='sc'>Grose</span>, <i>Vulg. Tongue</i>, s.v. <span class='sc'>Size</span> ... If a man asks you to -sup he treats you: if <span class='fss'>TO SIZE</span>, you pay for what you eat, liquors only -being provided by the inviter.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1853. <span class='sc'>Bristed</span>, <i>Eng. Univ.</i>, 19. Soup, pastry, and cheese can be -<span class='fss'>SIZED FOR</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Sizer</b> (or <span class='sc'>Sizar</span>), <i>subs.</i> (Cambridge).—A poor scholar. -They were elected annually; paid rent for rooms -and other fees on a lower scale than ordinary -students; and got their dinners including sizings -<i>(see</i> <span class='sc'>Size</span>, <i>subs.</i> and <i>verb</i>) from what was left at the -Upper or Fellows’ table, free, or nearly so. They -were equivalent to the <span class='fss'>BATTLERS</span> (<i>q.v.</i>) or <span class='fss'>SERVITORS</span> -(<i>q.v.</i>) of Oxford.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1574. [<span class='sc'>R. W. Church</span>, <i>Spenser</i> (1888), ch. i. p. 9.] On the 20th -of May, he was admitted <span class='fss'>SIZAR</span>, or serving clerk at Pembroke -Hall.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1670. <span class='sc'>J. Eachard</span>, <i>Contempt of the Clergy</i> [<span class='sc'>Arber’s</span> <i>Garner</i>, vol. -vii. p. 257]. They took therefore, heretofore, a very good method to -prevent <span class='fss'>SIZARS</span> overheating their brains. Bed-making, chamber-sweeping, -and water-fetching were doubtless great preservatives -against too much vain philosophy.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1779. <span class='sc'>Johnson</span>, <i>Life of Milton</i>, Par. 7. He was ... removed in the -beginning of his sixteenth year to Christ’s College in Cambridge, where -he entered a <span class='fss'>SIZAR</span>, Feb. 12, 1624.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1820. <span class='sc'>Lamb</span>, <i>Elia</i> (<i>Oxford in the Long Vacation</i>). In moods of -humility I can be a <span class='fss'>SIZAR</span>, or a Servitor. When the peacock vein -rises, I strut a Gentleman Commoner.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1840. <span class='sc'>Lytton</span>, <i>Money</i>, ii. 3. I was put to school—sent to college, -a <span class='fss'>SIZAR</span>. Do you know what a <span class='fss'>SIZAR</span> is? In pride he is a gentleman—in -knowledge he is a scholar—and he crawls about, amidst gentlemen -and scholars, with the livery of a pauper on his back!</p> - -<p class='c012'>1847. <span class='sc'>Halliwell</span>, <i>Archaic Words</i>, s.v. <span class='sc'>Sizer</span>.... A student at -Cambridge whose expenses for living are partially provided by the -College, originally a servitor, as serving one of the Fellows. Each -Fellow of a College had one servitor allotted to him.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1857. <span class='sc'>Moncrieff</span>, <i>Bashful Man</i>, ii. 4. <i>Collegian.</i> Who’s that fat -gentleman that’s just got in? <i>Coachman.</i> That fat gentleman’s a -<span class='fss'>SIZER</span> from Corpus.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Skew</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Harrow).—An entrance examination held -on the last Thursday of term. <i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Dab</span>, and Appendix.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Ski</b> (or <span class='sc'>Sci</span>), subs. (Westminster).—A plebeian; an outsider: -specifically the outer rabble of invaders of -the territory of Dean’s yard, belonging of right to -the <i>gens togata</i> as Romans. [Said to be an abbreviation -of <span class='sc'>Volsci</span>.]</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Skimmer</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—A method of entering -the water when bathing: by just skimming beneath -the surface, and rising again immediately.—<span class='sc'>Mansfield</span> -(<i>c.</i> 1840).</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Skimmery</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Oxford).—St. Mary’s Hall.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1853. <span class='sc'>Bradley</span>, <i>Verdant Green</i>, viii. I swopped the beggar to a -<span class='fss'>SKIMMERY</span> man for regular slap-up sets of the ballet.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1860. G. and P. <span class='sc'>Wharton</span>, <i>Wits and Beaux of Society</i>, p. 427. After -leaving Westminster School he was sent to immortal <span class='fss'>SKIMMERY</span> (St. -Mary’s Hall), Oxford.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Skip</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Dublin).—A College servant: valet, messenger, -and waiter combined: the Oxford <span class='fss'>SCOUT</span> -(<i>q.v.</i>), and at Cambridge a <span class='fss'>GYP</span> (<i>q.v.</i>). Formerly (in -general use) = a footman.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1703. <span class='sc'>Ward</span>, <i>London Spy</i>, Pt. VII. p. 151. As a Courtier’s Footman -when he meets his Brother <span class='fss'>SKIP</span> in the middle of <i>Covent-garden</i>.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1754. <span class='sc'>Martin</span>, <i>Eng. Dict.</i>, s.v. <span class='sc'>Skip</span>.... A nickname for a footman.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1839. <span class='sc'>Lever</span>, <i>Harry Lorrequer</i>, ch. xiii. For the uninitiated I -have only to add that <span class='fss'>SKIP</span> is the Trinity College [Dublin] appellation -for servant.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1842. <i>Tait’s Mag.</i>, Oct., “Rem. College Life.” The <span class='fss'>SKIP</span>, or according -to the Oxford etymology, the man-vulture, is not fit for his calling -who cannot time his business so as to be present simultaneously at -several places.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1849. <span class='sc'>Thackeray</span>, <i>Pendennis</i>, ch. xx. His wounded tutor, his -many duns, the <span class='fss'>SKIP</span> and bedmaker who waited upon him.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Skirmish.</b> <span class='sc'>To skirmish on</span>, <i>verb. phr.</i> (Winchester).—To -run home from <span class='sc'>Hills</span> (<i>q.v.</i>) when it commenced -to rain.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Skug</b> (or <b>Scug</b>), <i>subs.</i> (Eton).—<i>See</i> Appendix.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1889. <span class='sc'>Drage</span>, <i>Cyril</i>, vii. Such a little <span class='fss'>SKUG</span>, to use a word in use -at my tutor’s.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Skull.</b> <i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Scull</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Sky</b>, <i>verb</i> (Harrow).—(1) To charge any one, or to knock -down: at football. Also (2) = to hit or throw -anything away.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Skyte</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Shrewsbury).—A day boy. [Σχυθαι]</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Slabs</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Durham: obsolete).—A flat cake.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Slack</b>, <i>verb</i> (Durham).—To sell: specifically, to dispose -of property to a dealer in second-hand goods. -[From the name of a second-hand bookseller in -Durham.]</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Slave-driver</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Harrow).—A fag-master: exclusively -at cricket.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1890. <i>Great Public Schools</i>, p. 95. The upper ground on these days -is given up to practice at the nets for the Eleven and the “Sixth -Form” game, and to practice in fielding and catching. Boys below -the Removes have to fag for them, and these fags are managed by -<span class='fss'>SLAVE-DRIVERS</span> (three or four boys appointed for the purpose).</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Sleath’s.</b> <i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Planks</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Slime</b>, <i>verb</i> (Durham).—To try and cut games. Also = to -loaf; to lounge: <i>e.g.</i> <span class='fss'>SLIMING</span> down town. <i>See</i> App.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Slog</b>, <i>subs.</i> (general).—A large slice.</p> - -<p class='c011'><i>Verb</i> (Stonyhurst).—At hockey to hit at the ball -when the right hand is less than a foot below the -left on the stick.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Sloggers</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Cambridge).—The second division of -boats; corresponding to the Oxford <span class='fss'>TORPIDS</span> (<i>q.v.</i>).</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Slosher</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Cheltenham).—An assistant in a boarding-house -charged with superintending dormitories, -evening work, &c.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Slow</b>, <i>adv.</i> (Winchester).—Ignorant of Winchester -<span class='fss'>NOTIONS</span> (<i>q.v.</i>).</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Slum</b>, <i>verb</i> (Derby).—To evade; to get out of anything, -as work. Also (University), to avoid observation -by using by-streets.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Small</b>, <i>adj.</i> (Harrow).—1. Under sixteen years of age: -eligible to go in for <span class='fss'>SMALL</span> events in the sports. <i>See</i> -<span class='sc'>Big.</span></p> - -<p class='c011'>2. Applied to boarding-houses kept by some of -the assistant masters, and strictly limited to seven -or eight boys: a comparatively modern arrangement, -having been instituted <i>circa</i> 1850.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Small-pill</b>, <i>subs.</i> (The Leys).—A diminutive football; -used on “runs.”</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Smalls</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Oxford).—The first examination.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1853. <b>Bradley</b>, <i>Verdant Green</i>, <span class='fss'>II</span>. xi. The little gentleman was -going in for his Degree, <i>alias</i> Great-go, <i>alias</i> Greats; and our hero for -his first examination <i>in literis humanioribus</i>, <i>alias</i> Responsions, <i>alias</i> -Little-go, <i>alias</i> <span class='fss'>SMALLS</span>.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1863. <span class='sc'>Reade</span>, <i>Hard Cash.</i>... Cramming for <span class='fss'>SMALLS.</span>... Julia -reminded her that <span class='fss'>SMALLS</span> was the new word for <span class='fss'>LITTLE-GO</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Smoke.</b> <i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Cobbler</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Smoker</b> (or <b>Smoke-shell</b>), <i>subs.</i> (Royal Military Academy).—A -chamber-mug.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Smug</b>, <i>subs.</i> (general).—An ill-mannered, ill-dressed, or -unpopular student. Also as <i>verb</i> = to keep indoors -hard at work; whence also (as <i>subs.</i>) a hard worker.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Smuggler</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—A small lead-pencil -pointed at both ends.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Snack</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—A racket ball: formerly a -bat-fives ball. [<span class='sc'>Snack-balls</span> (Glouc.) = balls made -of <span class='fss'>SNACK</span> (a dried fungus), which are very elastic -and bounce well.]</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Snap-up</b>, <i>verb</i> (Winchester).—<i>See</i> quot.</p> - -<p class='c012'><i>c.</i> 1840. <span class='sc'>Mansfield</span>, <i>School-Life at Winchester</i> (1866), 234. <span class='sc'>Snapping -up</span> for false quantities.—When up at Books, if any boy, when translating, -made a false quantity, any other boy (however low down in the -Part) who could first correct him was allowed to go up above him. If, -however, the <span class='fss'>SNAPPER-UP</span> was himself wrong, he had to go to the -bottom of the Part.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Snicks.</b> <span class='sc'>To go snicks</span>, <i>verb. phr.</i> (Winchester).—To -share.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Snitch</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Christ’s Hospital).—A term of contempt.</p> - -<p class='c011'><i>Verb</i> (Derby).—To hit in the eye.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Sniw.</b> <span class='sc'>To offer sniw</span>, <i>verb. phr.</i> (The Leys).—To cheek. -[<span class='sc'>Sniw</span> = Snow.]</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Snob</b>, <i>subs.</i> 1. (University).—A townsman.</p> - -<p class='c011'>2. (Marlborough).—Small cricket: as two -together, or at tip and run.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Snoke</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Durham: obsolete).—(1) An underhand -person: <i>e.g.</i> “He is a great <span class='fss'>SNOKE</span>”; (2) an untoward -circumstance: <i>e.g.</i> “It was a great <span class='fss'>SNOKE</span>, we lost the -match.”</p> - -<p class='c011'><i>Verb.</i> To inform: of an offence. Not necessarily -“to sneak,” because it could be used of a -master reporting to the Head-master.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1847. <span class='sc'>Halliwell</span>, <i>Archaic Words</i>, s.v. <span class='sc'>Snoke.</span> To ferret out; to -pry into. <i>North.</i> <span class='sc'>Snoke-horne</span>, <i>Townley Myst.</i>, p. 68, a sneaking fellow.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Snook</b>, <i>verb</i> (Shrewsbury).—(1) To do the whole of an -examination proper. Whence (2) to beat in argument -or repartee.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Snooker</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Royal Military Academy).—A newly-joined -cadet of the fourth class.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Soap</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Royal Military Academy).—Cheese.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Socius</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—A chum; a companion.</p> - -<p class='c011'><i>Verb</i> (Winchester).—To accompany. [The School -precept is <i>Sociati omnes incedunto</i>.]</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Sock</b>, <i>subs.</i> 1. (Eton).—Edibles of any kind. Hence <span class='fss'>TO -SOCK</span> = to eat outside regular meals: <i>e.g.</i> “We <span class='fss'>SOCKED</span> -Lyndsay minor three times last week,” <i>i.e.</i> we gave -him something to eat outside his regular meals -three times last week. Whence <span class='fss'>SOCK</span> = to give.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1881. <span class='sc'>Pascoe</span>, <i>Everyday Life in our Public Schools</i>.... The consumption -of <span class='fss'>SOCK</span>, too, in school was considerable, and on occasion -very conspicuous.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1883. <span class='sc'>Brinsley-Richards</span>, <i>Seven Years at Eton</i>.... We Eton -fellows, great and small, <span class='fss'>SOCKED</span> prodigiously. By the way, I do not -know whence that term <span class='fss'>SOCK</span>, as applied to what boys at some schools -call “grub,” and others “tick,” is derived; for I question the theory -which makes it spring from “suck.” I am rather disposed to accept -the story that at the beginning of this century, one of the men, who -sold fruits and tarts at the wall, got nicknamed <span class='fss'>SOCKS</span>, in consequence -of his having discarded knee-breeches and stockings in favour of pants -and short hose. The man’s nickname might then have spread to his business -and to his wares by a process familiar to etymologists, till <span class='fss'>SOCKING</span> -came to mean the purchase of good things not from <span class='fss'>SOCKS</span> only, -but from any other vendor.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1889. <span class='sc'>Buckland</span>, <i>Eton Fifty Years Ago</i> [<i>Macmillan’s Mag.</i>, Nov.]. -“My governor has <span class='fss'>SOCKED</span> me a book.”... A boy has also been -heard to ask another to <span class='fss'>SOCK</span> him a construe of his lesson.</p> - -<p class='c011'>2. (Winchester).—To hit hard: especially at -cricket. Also to beat; to defeat: as in a game.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Socker</b>, <i>subs.</i> (general).—Association football. <i>Cf.</i> <span class='sc'>Rugger</span>. -Also <span class='sc'>Soccer</span>.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1896. <i>Tonbridgian</i>, 339, 1124. Hartley has been playing very well -this season, and has also become a great half-back at <span class='fss'>SOCKER</span>.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1897. <i>Felstedian</i>, Nov., p. 194. In <i>SOCCER</i>, with old Blues up, we -ought to be very strong.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Sodality</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Stonyhurst).—Higher Line <span class='sc'>Sodality</span> and -Lower Line <span class='sc'>Sodality</span> = two confraternities of which -boys are members; they meet at fixed times for -devotions. A member is called a <span class='sc'>Sodalist</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Sodger</b> (or <b>Sojer</b>), <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—The Latin cross -(a <span class='fss'>PERCHER</span>, <i>q.v.</i>) marked against a Præfect’s name -when absent.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1880. <i>Music of a Merry Heart</i>, 55. The books went up, and in due -time were returned to us after examination, with the most startling -faults indicated by a good big cross in the margin, which crosses, for -some reason, were known as <span class='fss'>SODGERS</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Sodom</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Oxford).—Wadham College.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Soft-ball</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Royal Military Academy).—Tennis.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Sog</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Charterhouse and Winchester).—Twenty -shillings; a sovereign.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Solo</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—A solitary walk—without a -<span class='fss'>SOCIUS</span> (<i>q.v.</i>).</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Soph</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Cambridge).—A student of the second or -third year; the distinctions are: A first year man -= <span class='sc'>Freshman</span> (<i>q.v.</i>); second year = Junior <span class='fss'>SOPH</span>; -third year = Senior <span class='fss'>SOPH</span>.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1870. <span class='sc'>Goodrich</span> [<span class='sc'>Webster</span>, <i>Unabridged</i>, s.v. <span class='sc'>Sophomose</span>]. This -word has generally been considered an American barbarism, but it was -probably introduced into our country at a very early period from the -University of Cambridge, England. Among the cant terms at that -University, as given in the “<i>Gradus ad Cantabrigiam</i>,” we find <span class='fss'>SOPH-MOR</span> -as the next distinctive appellation to Freshman. It is added that -a writer in the <i>Gentleman’s Magazine</i> thinks Mor an abbreviation of the -Greek μωρία, introduced at a time when the “Encomium Moriæ,” the -“Praise of Folly,” by Erasmus, was so generally used. The ordinary -derivation of the word, from σοφός and μωρός would seem, therefore, to -be incorrect. The young <span class='fss'>SOPHS</span> at Cambridge appear formerly to have -received the adjunct mor, μωρός, to their names, either as one they -courted for the reason mentioned above, or as one given them in sport -for the supposed exhibition of inflated feeling in entering upon their -new honours. The term thus implied seems to have passed at a very -early period from Cambridge in England to Cambridge in America, as -the next distinctive appellation to Freshmen, and thus to have been -attached to the second of the four classes in our American colleges, -while it has now almost ceased to be known, even as a cant word, at -the parent institution in England from whence it came.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Sorry</b>, <i>intj.</i> (Winchester).—“I beg your pardon.” [Not -now confined to Winchester.—<span class='sc'>Wrench.</span>]</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Soup-ticket</b>, <i>subs.</i> (King Edward’s, Birm.).—A card issued -to a boy set down for Saturday afternoon detention: -a <span class='fss'>DETÉN</span> (<i>q.v.</i>).</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Spadge</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Christ’s Hospital).—An affected walk. -Also as <i>verb.</i> Formerly merely “to walk.” [<i>Cf.</i> -Lat. <i>spatiari</i>; Ger. <i>spatzieren</i>.]</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Spange</b>, <i>adj.</i> (Royal Military Academy).—New; elegant; -smart: <i>e.g.</i> “to look <span class='fss'>SPANGE</span>,” “a <span class='fss'>SPANGE</span> uniform.”</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Sparrow’s-hall</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Stonyhurst: obsolete).—The old -infirmary. [The head-bailiff was one Sparrow, and -here the servants received their wages from him.]</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Spec</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—Something enjoyable or pleasant; -a good thing. <span class='sc'>On spec</span> = in consequence.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1891. <span class='sc'>Wrench</span>, <i>Winchester Word-Book</i>, s.v. <span class='sc'>Spec</span>.... What a <span class='fss'>SPEC</span>! -My pitch-up have turned up, and I’ve got leave-out <span class='fss'>ON SPEC</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Speecher</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Harrow).—The speech-day: usually the -first Thursday in July, when prizes are given. Greek, -German, or French plays are acted, and there is also -an afternoon concert. <span class='sc'>The speecher</span> = the Speech-room, -built in 1871.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Speedyman</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester: obsolete).—The messenger -who brought the news of a vacancy at New College, -Oxford. Whence <span class='sc'>sped to New College</span> = -elected to a scholarship.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Speg</b>, <i>adj.</i> (Winchester: obsolete).—Smart.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Spending-house</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Rugby).—A pastry-cook’s: the -custom, until Dr. Arnold abolished it, had been for -the boys to take their morning and evening buttery -commons of bread and cold milk to one of these -establishments, and with “extras,” such as tea, -coffee, butter, &c., to obtain a more decent meal -than was otherwise possible.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1890. <i>Great Public Schools</i>, p. 150. Every boy had a <span class='fss'>SPENDING-HOUSE</span>, -as it was called, at one of the confectioners’ in High Street, -where he left his books, bat, fishing-rod, &c.—to save a journey to his -boarding-house—and spent his spare cash. It was in the back-yards -of these houses that dogs and guns were kept.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Spess</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Felsted).—A specimen: a term of contempt.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1889. <i>Felstedian</i>, July, 66. Others ... calling out ... frightful -<span class='fss'>SPESSES</span>, which word is in our language “specimens”; but as this is -too long for their memories, they have shortened it.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Spin</b>, <i>verb</i> (Royal Military Academy).—To reject: as to -an examination; to pluck; to plough.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Spink</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Royal Military Academy).—Milk: specifically, -condensed milk.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Spinning-house</b>, <i>subs.</i> (University).—The prison of the -Vice-Chancellor’s court.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Spital Sermons</b> (Christ’s Hospital).—Once the chief -feature of the Easter festivities of this ancient -foundation. <i>See</i> Appendix.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1834. <span class='sc'>Trollope</span>, <i>History of Christ’s Hospital</i> [condensed and -annotated by the editor of <i>The Blue</i>]. All Easter festivities connected -with the School seem to be concentrated in the <span class='fss'>SPITAL SERMONS</span>. The -great antiquity of those discourses may be judged from the fact, that -at the Easter following the foundation and opening of the School -[1552], its members were present at St. Mary Spital. At this their first -appearance at the Spital the boys appeared in that costume which, -with the exception of the hats, still distinguishes them. A custom -had long prevailed, according to which some learned person was -appointed yearly by the Bishop of London to preach at Paul’s Cross -on Good Friday on the Passion; and on the Monday, Tuesday, and -Wednesday following, three others were appointed in like manner to -uphold the doctrine of the Resurrection, at the Pulpit Cross in the -Spital. On the Sunday following, a fifth preached at Paul’s Cross, -passed judgment on the merits of those who had preceded him, and -concluded the ceremony with an appropriate exhortation from himself. -What this passing of judgment meant, and what purpose it served, is -rather hard to decide. It would almost seem as if some prize or reward -were offered for the best sermon. The <span class='fss'>SPITAL SERMONS</span> are -certainly the oldest institution of their kind in London, and probably -in England. But they have naturally been subject to great changes. -At first there were five, two at Paul’s Cross and three at St. Mary -Spital. Many alterations followed; for instance, the Great Rebellion -put an end for a time both to pulpit and sermons, until the Restoration, -when they were revived, that is, the three <span class='fss'>SPITAL SERMONS</span> -proper (for the judge disappears) at St. Bride’s Church, which still -stands in Fleet Street. Nothing interrupted them again until 1797, -when the preachers once more were removed to Christ’s Church, -where the <span class='fss'>SERMONS</span>, now only two in number, have been regularly -delivered, until within the memory of many still in the school [1890] -the Corporation reduced their number to a minimum; and now one -<span class='fss'>SPITAL SERMON</span> instead of five is listened to, not at St. Mary Spital, -or Paul’s Cross, or St. Bride’s, but at Christ Church, Newgate Street. -Though the scene has not changed since 1797, the accompanying -ceremony has been sadly mutilated. In my [Mr. Trollope’s] time, -instead of the subjects which were wont to be discussed from the -Pulpit Cross of St. Mary Spital, discourses were delivered commemorative -of the five Sister Hospitals of Christ’s Hospital, St. Thomas’, St. -Bartholomew’s, Bridewell, and Bethlehem. This feature has almost -entirely disappeared; the reverend preachers now pass by, or casually -mention, the original reason for their presence in the handsome pulpit -of Christ Church. “On each day the boys of Christ’s Hospital, with -the legend ‘He is risen’ attached to their left shoulder, form part of -the Civic procession; walking on the first day in the order of their -schools, the King’s boys bearing their nautical instruments.” [These -King’s boys are, of course, the Mathemats, who seem in earlier days, -before the development of the Classical side, and the chances of a -University career, to have been the most prominent part of the School.] -They assembled on Monday in the Square of the Royal Exchange, and -on their return were joined by the Lord Mayor and Civic procession, -with the ladies. On Tuesday they proceeded direct to the Mansion -House; each boy received a new sixpence, each monitor a shilling, -and each Grecian half a guinea. [It appears that Alderman Thomson, -whose portrait hangs in the Hall, whose name is engraven on the walls -of the Hospital, and to whom we owe the Classical and Mathematical -Medals, doubled the donation in every case, and his successors have -not returned to the original amount.] The boys were again followed -by the Civic authorities, without the ladies, to Christ Church, where a -Junior Bishop preached on Monday, and a clergyman selected by the -Lord Mayor (usually his chaplain) on Tuesday. But the most interesting -feature of all was that on both occasions an anthem composed by -one of the Grecians, and set to music by the organist, was sung by -the children.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Spite</b>, <i>verb</i> (Winchester).—To hate: to dislike.</p> - -<p class='c012'><i>c.</i> 1840. <span class='sc'>Mansfield</span>, <i>School-Life at Winchester</i> (1866), 235. When a -boy suffered some injury himself, in order to spite another person; or -having in some way injured another, received punishment, he was -said to be <span class='fss'>SPITING GABELL</span>. Dr. Gabell was formerly Head-master, -and the extreme inexpediency of attempting to annoy him gave rise to -the proverb.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1891. <span class='sc'>Wrench</span>, <i>Winchester Word-Book</i>, s.v. <span class='sc'>Spite.</span> The word in -Wykehamical usage generally connoted the frame of mind rather than -the acts in which it finds expression. But the phrase “to <span class='fss'>SPITE</span> Gabell” -describes the act popularly known as “cutting off your nose to <span class='fss'>SPITE</span> -your face.”</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Splice</b>, <i>verb</i> (Winchester).—To throw; to fling: as a -missile.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Sport</b>, <i>verb</i> (Winchester).—To spread: as a baulk (or -report); to wear: as clothes; to provide: as a -feast; to indulge in: as smoking, walking, &c.—a -general verb of action. Whence <span class='fss'>SPORTING ACTION</span> -= an affected manner, gesture, or gait, or betrayal of -emotion. [<i>Sport</i> (var. dial.) = to show, to exhibit.]</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Sportings</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Charterhouse).—Clothes worn at the -<span class='sc'>Exeat</span> (<i>q.v.</i>).</p> - -<p class='c012'>1900. <span class='sc'>Tod</span>, <i>Charterhouse</i>, p. 102. The splendour of Exeat garb defies -description. It is enough to say that the Carthusian’s apparel then is -as costly as his purse will buy, and that he calls it <span class='fss'>SPORTINGS</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Spree</b>, <i>adj.</i> (Winchester).—(1) Conceited; stuck-up: of -persons. (2) Smart; stylish; befitting a Wykehamist: -of dress, &c. [<i>Spree</i> (Devon) = spruce, gay.]</p> - -<p class='c012'><i>c.</i> 1840. <span class='sc'>Mansfield</span>, <i>School-Life at Winchester</i> (1866), 72. At the -end of the half year we used to have large entertainments called -“<span class='fss'>SPREE MESSES</span>,” between Toy-time and Chapel, consisting of tea, -coffee, muffins, cakes, &c., the funds for which were generally provided -by fines inflicted during Toy-time for talking loud, slamming the -door, coming in without whistling (to show that it was not a Master -entering), improper language, &c. &c. Sometimes a <span class='fss'>SPREE MESS</span> was -given by the boys about to leave at the end of that Half.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1891. <span class='sc'>Wrench</span>, <i>Winchester Word-Book</i>, s.v. <span class='sc'>Spree</span>.... As applied -to juniors, uppish; inclined to assume airs, or usurp privileges not -belonging to juniors. As applied to acts, permissible only to prefects -or those of senior standing.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Spreeman</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—A Junior who has to -fag hard.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1891. <span class='sc'>Wrench</span>, <i>Winchester Word-Book</i>, s.v. <span class='sc'>Spreeman</span>. A Commoner -Inferior, who, in consideration of his social status or long -standing in the School, was invested by Præfects with privileges -similar to those enjoyed by Candle-keepers in College.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Squab</b> (or <b>Squob</b>), <i>verb</i> (King Edward’s, Birm.).—To -squeeze by. [The foot is placed against a wall or -desk, and the back against the victim, who is -similarly treated from the opposite side by some -one else, or pressed against a wall.] Hence <span class='fss'>SQUAB-UP</span> -= “push,” generally. [<i>Squab</i> (Devon) = to -squeeze, to knock, to beat.]</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Square.</b> <span class='sc'>To square round</span>, <i>verb. phr.</i> (Winchester).—To -make room: as at a fire, &c.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Squash</b>, <i>subs.</i> 1. (Stonyhurst).—A mellay (at football) of -the two sides round the goal-posts. A goal secured -in this way is called a “squash-goal.” Also Harrow.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1876. <span class='sc'>Collins</span>, <i>The Public Schools</i> [Harrow], p. 312. The gravel -cut the leather case of the ball occasionally, as well as the hands and -faces of those who scrambled over it in a <span class='fss'>SQUASH</span>, as that close <i>mêlée</i> -is called, which Rugby men know as a “scrummage,” and Etonians as -a “rouge.”</p> - -<p class='c012'>1885. <i>Stonyhurst Mag.</i>, i. 144. The second law on the Code enacts -that “no one may push, pull, charge, or trip another player.” How -then is a <span class='fss'>SQUASH GOAL</span> to be accounted for?</p> - -<p class='c011'>2. (Harrow).—A game of racquets not played -with a <span class='sc'>Harder</span> (<i>q.v.</i>), but with an indiarubber ball, -which is also called a <span class='fss'>SQUASH</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Squashed-flies.</b> <i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Flies</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Squeaky</b>, <i>adj.</i> (Christ’s Hospital).—High-pitched: of -the voice. <i>Cf.</i> <span class='sc'>Gruff</span>.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1844. <i>Reminis. of Christ’s Hospital</i> [<i>The Blue</i>, Aug. 1874]. The -voices, in our own peculiar phraseology, being divided into two classes—those -who sang <span class='fss'>SQUEAKY</span> and those who sang <span class='fss'>GRUFF</span>. The monitors -were constantly on the look-out for boys with <span class='fss'>SQUEAKY</span> voices, and -did any youth make himself at all prominent in this respect, down -upon him would pounce the monitor, forthwith to <i>transpose</i> him to the -organ gallery, there to submit his musical abilities to a trial by the -organist. The latter was an elderly gentleman, inclined at times to be -rather irritable.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Squealer</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Wellington).—A small boy.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Squirm</b> (or <b>Squirt</b>), <i>subs.</i> (general).—An obnoxious boy.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Squish</b>, <i>subs.</i> 1. (general).—Marmalade.</p> - -<p class='c011'>2. (Winchester).—Weak tea.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Squo</b>, <i>adj.</i> (Charterhouse).—<span class='sc'>Squash</span> (<i>q.v.</i>); as in <span class='fss'>SQUO</span>-court, -<span class='fss'>SQUO</span>-ball, <span class='fss'>SQUO</span>-bat, &c.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Stally</b>, <i>adj.</i> (Derby).—Strong [? stalwart].</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Stamp</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Harrow).—Every one is provided with a -“school stamp”; the name is cut on it, and this -must be printed on all books, &c. Above the -Second Fifth boys keep their own stamp.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Stand.</b> <span class='sc'>To stand out for College</span>, <i>verb. phr.</i> -(Westminster).—To enter for a King’s scholarship. -Candidates must be under fifteen years of age, and -have been in the school as a town boy for not less -than a year preceding.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1867. <span class='sc'>Collins</span>, <i>The Public Schools</i>, p. 182. Then if he thinks proper -he “<span class='fss'>STANDS OUT FOR COLLEGE</span>”—or, in the old Latin phraseology, becomes -one of the <i>minores candidati</i>. He undergoes a very severe -examination, called the “Challenge” [<i>q.v.</i>], the form of which must -have been preserved from Queen Elizabeth’s days, and is the last -surviving relic of the old scholastic disputations; those tournaments -of Latin and logic, in which Queen Bess was wont to reward a successful -champion with a purse of gold from her own virgin hand, and her -successor, James, distributed liberally the more economical guerdon of -royal applause and criticism.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Standing-up Week</b>, <i>subs. phr.</i> (Winchester).—<i>See</i> quot.</p> - -<p class='c012'><i>c.</i> 1840. <span class='sc'>Mansfield</span>, <i>School-Life at Winchester</i> (1866), 235. <span class='sc'>Standing-up -week</span>—During the last week of Long Half all the boys, -except Sixth Book and Senior Part, had to say a number of lines by -heart in eight lessons, which they were supposed to have learned in -the course of the previous year; this was called <span class='fss'>STANDING-UP</span>. Marks -were given according to merit, and these marks had a very material -effect on the respective positions of the boys in their Parts.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Station.</b> <span class='sc'>On station</span>, <i>adv. phr.</i> (Westminster).—The -attendance, by juniors, on the games in the -“Green” in Great Dean’s Yard, or, on a rainy day, -in College.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1867. <span class='sc'>Collins</span>, <i>The Public Schools</i>, p. 186. The juniors are expected -to remain <span class='fss'>ON STATION</span> in college for the short intervals after -breakfast and after dinner, and at other times in the playgrounds (the -“Green” in Dean’s Yard or Vincent Square, according to the time of -year or the game that happens to be in season); except on decidedly -wet days, when <span class='fss'>STATION</span> is always in college.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Statue</b> (The), <i>subs.</i> (Stonyhurst).—A statue of the Virgin -looked after by the boys. They have “Month of -May” devotions, and write “May verses” in her -honour.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Stay.</b> <span class='sc'>To stay out</span>, <i>verb. phr.</i> 1. (Eton).—To stay out -of school. <i>See</i> quot.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1883. <span class='sc'>Brinsley-Richards</span>, <i>Seven Years at Eton</i>. Sometimes Blazes -had a lazy fit, and put himself on the sick-list for a day. This was -called <span class='fss'>STAY OUT</span>, for the reason that one had to stay in.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1866-72. “<span class='sc'>Mac</span>,” <i>Sketchy Memories of Eton</i>. Many things at Eton -were called by misnomers, in the construction of which the <i>lucus a non -lucendo</i> principle came out very strong. Thus, when we stayed in, we -said we were <span class='fss'>STAYING OUT</span>; when “absence” was called, we had to -be <i>present</i>; a <i>third</i> of a year was called a <i>half</i>, &c. &c.</p> - -<p class='c011'>2. (Rugby).—To go on the sick-list.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Stedman promo</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Charterhouse).—An unexpected -(and probably undeserved) promotion. [Because -announced in the lists printed by Mr. R. B. -Stedman, the school bookseller at Godalming.]</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>-ster</b>, <i>inseparable suffix</i> (Winchester).—The termination -agent: as Brockster, Mugster, Thokester, Quilster, -&c.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Stew</b>, <i>verb</i> (Stonyhurst).—To study. Whence <span class='sc'>Stew-pot</span> -= a hard student.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>St. George</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Eton).—<i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Fourth of June</span>.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1891. <i>Harry Fludyer</i>, 120. Well, about the boat procession. It -went off splendid. You know I’m in the <span class='sc'>St. George</span>, and Forker Major—a -great heavy brute—is our captain, and Tipkins is steerer.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Sticking-up</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—<i>See</i> quot.</p> - -<p class='c012'><i>c.</i> 1840. <span class='sc'>Mansfield</span>, <i>School-Life at Winchester</i> (1866), 236. <span class='sc'>Sticking-up.</span>—On -the last three Fridays of each Half, a boy was selected by -appointment of Commoner Præfects and Course-keeper, and placed on -the top of <span class='sc'>Toys</span> (<i>q.v.</i>) in their Hall, and was pelted with <span class='sc'>Pontos</span> (<i>q.v.</i>) -by the rest. The following <span class='sc'>Peals</span> (<i>q.v.</i>) were chanted previously, one -on each day: “Locks and Keys,” “Boots and Leathers,” and “Gomer -Hats.”</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Stick-ups</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Harrow).—Stand-up, or high collars: -as opposed to “turn-downs.” The rules as to -collars are very intricate, and differ in various -Houses. At Charterhouse <span class='fss'>STICK-UPS</span> are not permissible -until the end of the first year.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Stinks</b>, <i>subs.</i> (general).—Chemistry. Also as a nickname -for a lecturer thereon.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Stizzle</b>, <i>verb</i> (Tonbridge).—To cane.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Stodge</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Charterhouse).—The inside of a roll; -the crumb of new bread.</p> - -<p class='c011'><i>Verb</i> (Tonbridge).—To hurt.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Stodger</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Charterhouse and Tonbridge).—A penny -bun.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Stone</b> (The), <i>subs.</i> (Christ’s Hospital: obsolete).—The -Steward’s table in Hall. <span class='sc'>To go to the stone</span> = to go -up for trial, judgment, and sentence for misconduct.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1844. <i>Reminis. of Christ’s Hospital</i> [<i>The Blue</i>, Aug. 1874]. With -respect to misconduct out of school hours, the several monitors were -the police, and the Steward the sole judge. When first appointed, the -young monitors displayed excessive zeal in the discovery of delinquencies, -and would call out with as much severity as it was possible -to throw into the voice of a youth of fourteen, “Go to <span class='fss'>THE STONE</span>, -you, sir!” “<span class='sc'>The stone</span>” was the name given to the Steward’s table -in the Hall, where offenders were tried, judgment delivered, and -sentence carried out, immediately after meals. The mildest punishment -consisted of caning on the open hand (ironically termed -“cakes”), and next in severity was flogging with the birch (called -“brushing”); and Fate, with a grim sense of humour which we failed -to appreciate at the time, decreed that the head beadle in our time, -who was appointed to administer the said brushings and cakes, should -bear the appropriate name of Honey.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Stonyhurst-cricket</b> (or <b>Football</b>). <i>See</i> Appendix.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Stop.</b> <span class='sc'>To stop out</span>, <i>verb. phr.</i> (Harrow and Charterhouse).—To -absent oneself from school: at Harrow, -through indisposition.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Stopping-up</b>, subs. (Stonyhurst).—An extra time of study -allowed to elder boys when the rest have gone to -bed: <i>e.g.</i> “I am going to <span class='fss'>STOPPING-UP</span> to-night.”</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Strangers’ Place</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Stonyhurst: obsolete).—The -guest-rooms. When a boy had friends staying in -the College he was said to be “in the <span class='fss'>STRANGERS’ -PLACE</span>.” <i>Cf.</i> <span class='sc'>Place</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Straw</b>,<i> subs.</i> 1. (Harrow).—A straw hat worn by the -whole school all the year round, except on Sundays -and at games. The <span class='fss'>ELEVEN STRAW</span> = a -speckled black-and-white straw hat worn by the -Cricket Eleven.</p> - -<p class='c011'>2. (Rugby).—For two years after his first term -(during which a silk hat or “topper” was <i>de rigueur</i>) -a boy wears a black-and-white speckled straw hat -with a black ribbon. Each House has its own -distinctive ribbon. At the end of his third year a -boy could “take” his “white straw,” but he was -not expected to do this unless he were a <span class='sc'>Swell</span> (<i>q.v.</i>).</p> - -<p class='c011'>Also <i>see</i> <span class='sc'>Clean Straw</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Strawer</b>, <i>subs.</i> (general).—A straw hat.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Stretch</b>, <i>subs.</i> (University).—A walk.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Strive</b>, <i>verb</i> (Christ’s Hospital).—To write with care: -<i>see</i> <span class='sc'>Scrub</span>. <i>E.g.</i> “Copy this!” “Shall I <span class='fss'>STRIVE</span>, -Sir, or ‘scrub’ it down?”</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Stub</b>, <i>verb</i> (Felsted).—To kick a football about.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1888. <i>Felstedian</i>, Dec., p. 98. Now these hollow globes [footballs] -flying through the air, collide with their sandals, and this colliding -they call <span class='fss'>STUBBING</span>. <i>Ibid.</i> (Nov. 1896, 153). Boys are fined for <span class='fss'>STUBBING</span> -on a forty higher than their own.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1895. <i>Felstedian</i>, June, p. 104. Among plausible etymologies it is -attempted to derive <span class='fss'>STUB</span> from “the sound made by a stubbed football.” -... But the word <span class='fss'>STUB</span> deserves to be rescued from its fate. -I had always imagined it to be an East Anglian word for “kick,” but -it is, to the best of my belief, obsolete in England.... A contributor -to <i>Notes and Queries</i>, writing on a totally different subject, quoted the -following words from a speech by an American judge: “As a barefooted -boy I <span class='fss'>STUBBED</span> my chapped toes over a rough New England -farm.” [<i>Stub</i> is commonly dialectical, in the sense of “to grub.”]</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Stuckling</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—A kind of flat pastry -made of the current year’s apples and dried currants.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1847. <span class='sc'>Halliwell</span>, <i>Archaic Words</i>, s.v. <span class='sc'>Stuckling</span>. An apple -pasty, thin, somewhat half circular in shape, and not made in a dish.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1883. <span class='sc'>Trollope</span>, <i>What I Remember</i>.... <span class='sc'>Stuckling</span> was a kind of -flat pastry made of chopped apples and currants. And the speciality -of it was that the apples must be that year’s apples. They used to be -sent up from Devonshire or Cornwall, and sometimes were with difficulty -obtained.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1891. <span class='sc'>Wrench</span>, <i>Winchester Word-Book</i>, s.v. <span class='sc'>Stuckling</span>. A pudding -at Election dinner, made of meat, apple, and carraway.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Study-place</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Stonyhurst).—A study. <i>Cf.</i> <span class='sc'>Place</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Stuggy</b>,<i> adj.</i> (general).—Thick-set. [<span class='sc'>Stuggy</span> (Devon) = -thick, stout.]</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Stumper</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Tonbridge).—Small cricket played with -a stump.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Stumps</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Harrow).—Cricket played with a stump -and a soft ball.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Styx</b>, <i>subs.</i> (The Leys).—A urinal. <i>Cf.</i> <span class='sc'>Hades.</span></p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Sub-minister</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Stonyhurst).—The superior responsible -for the health of the house. <i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Minister</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Substance</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Westminster).—<i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Shadow</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Suck</b>, <i>subs.</i> (University).—A parasite; a toady.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Suction</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—Sweetmeats.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Sudden-death</b>, <i>subs.</i> (University).—A crumpet.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Sum</b>, <i>intj.</i> (Winchester).—The response at names-calling; -<span class='fss'>ADSUM</span> (<i>q.v.</i>).</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Summer Quarter</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Charterhouse).—<i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Long -Quarter</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Superann</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Charterhouse).—Superannuate.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Superannuate</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—<i>See</i> quot.</p> - -<p class='c012'><i>c.</i> 1840. <span class='sc'>Mansfield</span>, <i>School-Life at Winchester</i> (1866), 237. <span class='sc'>Superannuate.</span>—A -boy who was obliged to leave at Election, owing to his -being past eighteen years of age. <span class='sc'>Founders</span> (<i>q.v.</i>) were not <span class='fss'>SUPERANNUATE</span> -till they were twenty-five.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Surly Hall</b> (Eton).—A public-house on the right bank -of the Thames, some three and a half miles from -Windsor. <i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Fourth of June</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Sur-master</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Manchester Grammar: obsolete).—The -second master; the “Usher.” [There is now -no second in command.]</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Sus</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester: obsolete).—The remains of a -Præfect’s tea: a fag’s perquisite.</p> - -<p class='c012'><i>c.</i> 1840. <span class='sc'>Mansfield</span>, <i>School-Life at Winchester</i> (1866), 237. <span class='sc'>Sus.</span>—The -Juniors’ tea: generally drunk out of a pint cup when in bed.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Swank</b>, <i>verb</i> (general).—To work hard. [O.E. <i>Swinke</i> -= to labour.] Hence <span class='fss'>SWANKER</span> = a hard worker. -<i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Swink</span>.</p> - -<p class='c012'>... <i>MS. Cott. Vespas</i>, <span class='fss'>D.</span> vii. f. 3. I <span class='fss'>SWANK</span> in mi sighing stede, -I sal wasche bi al nyghtes mi bede. <i>Ibid.</i>, 46. I <span class='fss'>SWANK</span> criand, haase -made. Chekes mine for pine I hade.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Swat.</b> <i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Swot</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Sweat.</b> <i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Swot</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Sweater</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—A servant.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Sweat-gallery</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—Fagging Juniors.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Swell</b>, <i>subs.</i> 1. (Eton and Harrow). <i>See</i> quot.</p> - -<p class='c012'>18[?]. <span class='sc'>T. R. Oliphant</span>, <i>Eton College</i>.... It is very hard to define -exactly what is meant by a <span class='fss'>SWELL</span> at Eton; but it usually implies a -boy who, brought into notice either by athletic prowess or scholarship, -or high standing in the school, by this means becomes acquainted -with the leading members of the school, and is found on acquaintance -to develop considerable social qualities, which make him hand and -glove with all the Eton magnates.</p> - -<p class='c011'>2. (Rugby).—The word <span class='fss'>SWELL</span> (says Mr. <span class='sc'>Lees -Knowles</span>) had an indefinite, but well understood, -meaning in the school. A member of the school -“twenty,” or “fifteen” as it is now, or a member -of the eleven, was, for instance, a <span class='fss'>SWELL</span>.</p> - -<p class='c011'><i>Verb</i> (Winchester).—To bathe; to wash.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Swells</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—Sunday services; Saints’-days, -&c. [When surplices were worn.]</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Swift’s.</b> <i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Planks</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Swill</b>, <i>verb</i> (Shrewsbury).—To take a shower-bath; also -(Winchester) to wash by throwing water over the -body.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1881. <i>Felstedian</i>, Nov., p. 75, “A Day’s Fagging at Winchester.” -Having taken out the washing-stool, I proceed to call the Senior -Præfect; when he gets up I have to <span class='fss'>SWILL</span> him (<i>i.e.</i> pour a can of -water over his back in his bath), and then rub him down with a -towel.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Swinger</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Charterhouse).—A box on the ears. <i>Cf.</i> -<i>Swinge</i> = to lash, to beat. Also <span class='fss'>SWINGE</span> as <i>verb</i>.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1579. <i>Mariage of Witt and Wisdome.</i> O, the passion of God! so I -shalbe <span class='fss'>SWINGED</span>; So, my bones shalbe bang’d! The poredge pot is -stolne: what, Lob, I say, Come away, and be hangd!</p> - -<p class='c012'>1611. <span class='sc'>Cotgrave</span>, <i>Dict.</i>, s.v. <span class='sc'>Dober</span>. To beat, <span class='fss'>SWINGE</span>, lamme, -bethwacke.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1637. <span class='sc'>Du Bartas</span> [<span class='sc'>Nares</span>]. Then often <span class='fss'>SWINDGING</span>, with his -sinnewy train, Somtimes his sides, somtimes the dusty plain.</p> - -<p class='c012'>[..?..] <i>Havelok the Dane</i> [<span class='sc'>Skeat</span>, E.E.T.S. (1868), 214]. An ofte dede -him sore <span class='fss'>SWINGE</span>, And wit hondes smerte dinge; So that the blod ran -of his fleys, That tendre was, and swithe neys.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Swink</b>, <i>verb</i> (Winchester).—To sweat; to work hard. -Also as <i>subs.</i> <i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Swank</span>.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1579. <i>Mariage of Witt and Wisdome.</i> But now I <span class='fss'>SWINKE</span> and sweate -in vaine, My labour hath no end, And moping in my study still, My -youthfull yeares I spend.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1590. <span class='sc'>Spenser</span>, <i>Faërie Queene</i>.... Honour, estate, and all this -worlde’s good, For which men <span class='fss'>SWINCKE</span> and sweat incessantly.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1891. <span class='sc'>Wrench</span>, <i>Winchester Word-Book</i>, s.v. <span class='sc'>Swink</span>.... The -former [to sweat] is the primary Wykehamical meaning: <span class='fss'>SWINK</span> and -<i>sweat</i> have therefore changed places.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Swipes</b>, <i>subs.</i> 1. (Stonyhurst).—The boy-servant who -serves out beer at dinner.</p> - -<p class='c011'>2. (Harrow).—Supper.</p> - -<p class='c011'><span class='sc'>To be swiped</span>, <i>verb. phr.</i> (Harrow).—To be -birched.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Swish</b>, <i>verb</i> (Eton and Charterhouse).—To flog. Hence -<span class='fss'>SWISHING</span> = a beating.</p> - -<p class='c012'><i>c.</i> 1889. <i>Illustrated London News.</i> Flogging, or, as it is called at Eton, -<span class='fss'>SWISHING</span>, is to be abolished at that aristocratic seminary.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1891. <i>Harry Fludyer</i>, 47. He complained of us and Tipkins, and -I got <span class='fss'>SWISHED</span> the other day.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Swot</b> (<b>Swat</b> or <b>Sweat</b>), <i>subs.</i> (general).—Lessons; work: -specifically, mathematics at Royal Military Academy. -Also a hard-working student.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1883. <span class='sc'>Pascoe</span>, <i>Everyday Life at Our Public Schools</i>.... So much -for work or <span class='fss'>SWOT</span>, as the Harrovian, in common with other boys, -somewhat inelegantly terms the more important part of instruction he -receives at school.</p> - -<p class='c011'><i>Verb</i> (general).—To work hard: as at lessons.</p> - -<p class='c011'><span class='sc'>In a swot</span>, <i>phr.</i> (Shrewsbury).—In a rage.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Syntax</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Stonyhurst).—The upper Fourth Form.</p> - -<div class='chapter'> - <h2 class='c003' title='T'></h2> -</div> -<div class='c009'> - <img class='drop-capi' src='images/i_200_t.png' width='100' alt='' /> -</div><p class='drop-capi0_9'> -<b>Tachs</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Tonbridge).—A fad; a mental -eccentricity. <i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Hobbs</span>.</p> -<div class='clearme'> - -</div> - -<p class='c012'><i>c.</i> 1327. <i>Chester Plays</i>, ii. 27. For south this harde I hym -saye, That he woulde rise the thirde daye; Nowe suerlye -and he so maye, He hath a wounderous <span class='fss'>TACHE</span>.</p> - -<p class='c012'><i>c.</i> 1400. <i>Occleve MS.</i> [Soc. Ant.], 134, f. 279. And to his -fadris maneris enclyne, And wikkid <span class='fss'>TACCHIS</span> and vices eschewe.</p> - -<p class='c012'>[..?..] <i>MS. Cantab</i>, Ff. i. 6, f. 157. It is a <span class='fss'>TACCHE</span> of a devouryng -hounde To resseyve superfluyté and do excesse.</p> - -<p class='c012'><i>d.</i> 1565. <span class='sc'>Chaloner</span>, <i>Moriæ Euc.</i>, p. 3, <i>b</i>. It is a common <span class='fss'>TATCHE</span>, -naturally gevin to all men, as well as priests, to watche well for theyr -owne lucre.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1612. <span class='sc'>Warner</span>, <i>Albion’s England</i>, Bk. xiii. p. 318. First Jupiter -that did usurp his father’s throne, Of whom even his adorers write evil -<span class='fss'>TACHES</span> many an one.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1822. <span class='sc'>Nares</span>, <i>Glossary</i>, s.v. <span class='sc'>Tache</span> or <span class='sc'>Tatch</span>. A blot, spot, stain, -or vice; <i>tache</i>, French.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1847. <span class='sc'>Halliwell</span>, <i>Archaic Words</i>, s.v. <span class='sc'>Tache</span>.... A quality, or -disposition; a trick; enterprise; boldness of design. (<i>A.-N.</i>)</p> - -<p class='c011'><i>Verb</i> (Tonbridge).—To stare at: mostly confined -to one House.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Tack</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Sherborne).—A feast in one’s study.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Tag</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—An off-side kick: at football. -Also as <i>verb</i>.</p> - -<p class='c012'><i>c.</i> 1840. <span class='sc'>Mansfield</span>, <i>School-Life at Winchester</i> (1866), 237. <span class='sc'>Tag....</span> -When a player has kicked the ball well forward, and has followed it, -if it was then kicked back again behind him by the other side, he was -then obliged to return to his original position with his own side. If -the ball had, in the meantime, been again kicked in front of him, before -he regained his position, and he was to kick it, it would be considered -unfair, and he would be said <span class='fss'>TO TAG</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Tails</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Harrow).—The swallow-tailed coats worn -by all in the Upper School, and (as “charity-tails”) -by all in the Lower School who are considered by -the Head of the School to be tall enough to require -them.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Tank</b>, <i>verb</i> (King Edward’s, Birm.).—To cane: a rarer -word than <span class='fss'>COSH</span> (<i>q.v.</i>). [<i>Tank</i> (Warwicks.) = a blow.]</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Tap</b> (Eton).—<i>See</i> Appendix.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Taps.</b> <i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Tolly</span> (sense 2).</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Tardy</b>, <i>adv.</i> (Winchester).—Late: as “I was <span class='fss'>TARDY -TASK</span>” (<i>q.v.</i>).</p> - -<p class='c012'>1881. <i>Felstedian</i>, Nov., p. 75, “A Day’s Fagging at Winchester.” -That done I return to chambers, fling on my gown, which I am obliged -to keep off till the last moment as a sign of servitude to shew that I -am only a junior, and then scramble in to chapel somehow, very likely -late, with an impot in store from my form master, and a licking from -the præfect in my chamber for being <span class='fss'>TARDY</span>, though as likely as not -he was himself the cause of it.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Task</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—All kinds of composition -other than an Essay or Vulgus.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Tatol</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—A tutor in Commoners. -These came into course in alternate weeks, their -duties being to preside at meals, Toys (<i>q.v.</i>) and -names-calling, and to go round galleries at 9.15.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Tavern</b> (The), <i>subs.</i> (Oxford).—New Inn Hall. [From -its title, “New Inn,” and also because the buttery is -open all day, and the members of the Hall can call -for what they please at any hour, the same as in a -tavern.]</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Tawse</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Scots: general).—A leather strap used in -Scotland instead of the cane. [<i>Tawse</i> (North) = a -piece of tanned leather.]</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Team</b>, <i>subs.</i> (University).—The pupils of a private tutor -or coach.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Teddy-hall</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Oxford).—St. Edmund’s Hall.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Teejay</b> (or <b>Tege</b>), <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—A new-comer -under the charge of an older scholar, who also instructs -him in <span class='fss'>NOTIONS</span> (<i>q.v.</i>). Also as <i>verb</i>. [That -is, <i>Protégé</i>.]</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Teek</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Harrow).—Mathematics. <i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Tique</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Temple</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—A niche in Mead’s Wall.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1881. <span class='sc'>Pascoe</span>, <i>Everyday Life in our Public Schools</i>.... On the -last night of term there is a bonfire in Ball Court, and all the <span class='fss'>TEMPLES</span> -or miniature architectural excavations in Mead’s Wall are lighted up -with candle-ends.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Ten-o’clock Recreation</b>, <i>subs. phr.</i> (Stonyhurst).—Still -keeps its name, though now for some years it comes -nearly an hour later.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Tepe</b>, <i>verb</i> (Durham: obsolete).—To smoke: a lane near -School was called Tepe Lane.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Terrace, The</b> (Harrow).—The terrace below the chapel, -towards the Footer-fields.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Tertian</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Aberdeen).—A student in the third class.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Tetra</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Felsted: obsolete).—A “record”: <span class='fss'>TO GO -BEYOND THE TETRA</span> = to beat the record. [A stuttering -pronunciation of, some say, “tremendous,” -others, “extraordinary.”] <i>See</i> Appendix.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Thick</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester and Rugby).—A stupid fellow. -Also as <i>adj.</i></p> - -<p class='c012'>1856. <span class='sc'>Hughes</span>, <i>Tom Brown’s School-days</i>, <span class='fss'>I.</span> vii. What a <span class='fss'>THICK</span> -I was to come! Here we are, dead beat, and yet I know we’re close to -the run in, if we knew the country.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Thicker</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Harrow).—Thucydides: translated in -the Upper School.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Third Elevens</b> (or <b>Thirders</b>), <i>subs.</i> (Harrow).—A -house <span class='sc'>Second Eleven</span> (<i>q.v.</i>) playing another house -Second Eleven at football.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Third-guarder</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Stonyhurst).—<i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Guarder</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Thoke</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—Rest; lying in bed. Hence -as <i>verb</i> = to lie in bed late. [Prov. Eng. <i>thoky</i> = sluggish.] -Whence <span class='fss'>TO THOKE UPON</span> = to anticipate with -pleasure; <span class='fss'>THOKESTER</span> = an idler.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1847. <span class='sc'>Halliwell</span>, <i>Archaic Words</i>, s.v. <span class='sc'>Thokish</span>. Slothful; -sluggish. <i>East.</i> In Lincolnshire it is usually <span class='fss'>THOKY</span>.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1891. <span class='sc'>Wrench</span>, <i>Winchester Word-Book</i>, s.v. <span class='sc'>Thoke</span>. I’m <span class='fss'>THOKING -ON</span> next week: what a <span class='fss'>THOKE</span> it will be, with a Leave-out-day, a Hatch-<span class='fss'>THOKE</span>, -and a half remedy.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1899. <i>Public School Mag.</i>, Dec., p. 465. He attributed his success—or, -at any rate, his long survival—to the art of “<span class='fss'>THOKING</span>”—in the -vulgar tongue, “slacking”—which he had laboriously acquired during -his first years of office.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Thoker</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—A thick slice of bread -soaked in water and then baked.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Thos’s-hole</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Rugby). <i>See</i> quot.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1856. <span class='sc'>Hughes</span>, <i>Tom Brown’s School-days</i>, vii. And so Tom and the -Tadpole, in night-shirts and trousers, started off downstairs, and -through “<span class='fss'>THOS’S-HOLE</span>,” as the little buttery, where candles and beer -and bread and cheese were served out at night, was called, across the -School-house court.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1867. <span class='sc'>Collins</span>, <i>The Public Schools</i>, 367. “<span class='sc'>Thos</span>” [Thomas -Woobridge] the well-remembered old school-house servitor, being -mounted on the leading horse.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Three.</b> <span class='sc'>Come back at three</span>, <i>phr.</i> (Royal High School, -Edin.).—The formula to signify detention after -school hours.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Threepenny</b>, <i>subs.</i> (general).—A tuck-shop cake of that -value.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Throw</b>, <i>verb</i> (University).—To master; to succeed: as in -a paper, lesson, examination, examiner, &c.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1891. <i>Harry Fludyer at Cambridge</i>, 98. These blessed exams. are -getting awfully close now, but I think I shall floor mine, and Dick’s -sure to <span class='fss'>THROW</span> his examiners down.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Tight</b>, <i>adj.</i> (Winchester).—Fast; hard.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1891. <span class='sc'>Wrench</span>, <i>Winchester Word-Book</i>, s.v. <span class='sc'>Tight</span>.... A <span class='fss'>TIGHT</span> -bowler, &c. As superlative adverb now only used in <span class='fss'>TIGHT</span> junior. -<span class='sc'>Tight</span>-snob, <span class='fss'>TIGHT</span>-rot, and other such uses are obsolete.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Tin-gloves</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—<i>See</i> quot.</p> - -<p class='c012'><i>c.</i> 1840. <span class='sc'>Mansfield</span>, <i>School-Life at Winchester</i> (1866), 54. But there -were other ordeals that were not quite so harmless. Green was liable -to be asked whether he possessed a pair of <span class='fss'>TIN-GLOVES</span>. As this article -does not generally form part of a boy’s outfit, Bully would proceed to -furnish him with a pair in the following manner:—Taking a half consumed -stick from the fire, he would draw the “red-hot end” down -the back of Green’s hand between each of the knuckles to the wrist, -and having produced three satisfactory lines of blisters would then -make two or three transverse lines across. A scientifically fitted pair -of gloves of this description was generally, if not pleasant wear, of -great durability.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Tin-tab</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Dulwich).—The carpenter’s shop.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Tip</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Felsted).—1. A false report.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1890. <i>Felstedian</i>, Feb., p. 3. Some one ventured to suggest that it -was all a beastly <span class='fss'>TIP</span>.... Many would just like to get hold of the -fellow that started the <span class='fss'>TIP</span>.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1893. <i>Felstedian</i>, Dec., p. 143. Nor is it credible that he stands in -need of those useful and entertaining scraps of general information to -which we apply the term “<span class='fss'>TIPS</span>” in our ordinary conversation.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1895. <i>Felstedian</i>, April, p. 45. <span class='sc'>Tip.</span>—“Tip” and “tip-spreading,” -expressing with that brevity which is the soul of wit, our horror of -scandal and scandal-mongering, again defy analysis.</p> - -<p class='c011'>2. (Felsted).—A foolish mistake in translating, &c.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Tipping</b>, <i>adj.</i> (general).—First-rate; jolly.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Tique</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Harrow).—(1) Arithmetic; and (2) mathematics. -[From a French master’s peculiar English -pronunciation.]</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Tish</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Royal Military College).—A partition; a -cubicle.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Tit.</b> <i>See</i> <span class='sc'>’Varsity-tit</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Titch</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Christ’s Hospital).—A flogging. Also as -<i>verb</i> [Onomatopœia]. <i>See</i> Appendix.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Tizzy-poole</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester: obsolete).—A fives ball -[costing 6d., and sold by a head porter named Poole.]</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Toad</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester: obsolete).—In College a piece -of hot toast put into beer.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Toe-fit-tie</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester: obsolete).—<i>See</i> quot.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1881. <i>Felstedian</i>, Nov., p. 84, “A Day’s Fagging at Winchester.” -I remember now; it was that brute A—— who “to <span class='fss'>FITTI</span>”-ed me last -night.... For the benefit of the uninitiated let me explain the <i>modus -operandi</i> and its etymology: it is nothing more or less than the commencement -of a line in the old familiar “<i>As in præsenti perfectum, -format in avi</i>,” which we used to learn, “<i>to fit-ti</i>,” in reference to verbs -of the third conjugation, transferred from the similarity of sound to -the school-boy’s toe; it consisted in tying a running noose on a piece -of string, cunningly turning up the bed-clothes at the foot, putting it -round the big toe of an unconscious sleeper, running the noose up -tight, and pulling till the victim followed the direction of string from -the pain, getting farther and farther out of bed and nearer and nearer -the floor, till mercifully released.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Togger</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Oxford).—<span class='sc'>A Torpid</span> (<i>q.v.</i>) boat-race.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1894. <i>Felstedian</i>, Dec., p. 181. Wiltshire will probably row in one of -the University <span class='fss'>TOGGERS</span> next term.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1896. <i>Tonbridgian</i>, No. 339, 1124. Rowland rowed in the <span class='fss'>TOGGER</span>, -fifth on the river.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Toke</b>, <i>verb</i> (The Leys).—To be lazy; to “loaf.”</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Told.</b> <span class='sc'>To be told</span>, <i>verb. phr.</i> (Tonbridge).—To obtain -one’s colours in a school team.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Tolly</b>, <i>subs.</i> 1. (general).—A candle. [From <i>tallow</i>.] -<i>Cf.</i> <span class='sc'>Brolly</span>, <span class='sc'>Yolly</span>, &c.</p> - -<p class='c011'>2. (Stonyhurst).—The flat instrument for administering -punishment on the hand: the maximum -is “twice nine.” Sometimes called <span class='fss'>TAPS</span> (<i>q.v.</i>): <i>e.g.</i> -“I’ve to get <span class='fss'>TAPS</span> to-night.”</p> - -<p class='c011'><span class='sc'>To tolly up</span>, <i>verb. phr.</i> (Harrow).—To surreptitiously -light candles after gas is out.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Tom</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Oxford).—The great bell of Christ Church. -[It tolls 101 times each evening at ten minutes -past nine o’clock (there being 101 students on the -foundation), and marks the time for the closing of -the College gates. “<span class='sc'>Tom</span>” is one of the lions of -Oxford. It formerly belonged to Oseney Abbey, -and weighs about 17,000 pounds, being more than -double the weight of the great bell of St. Paul’s.]</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Tommy</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Dublin).—A sham shirt-front. [From -the Greek τομή, a section.]</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Tonkabout</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Charterhouse).—The hitting up of -catches at cricket: said to be a <span class='sc'>Bodeite</span> (<i>q.v.</i>) term.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Toot</b> (or <b>Tout</b>), <i>verb</i> (Royal High School, Edin.).—To -treat to lunch. [Recently introduced by a boy -from New Zealand. Originally shout, then tout, -whence <span class='fss'>TOOT</span>. “Shout” = to stand treat.]</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>To-pan</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—<i>See</i> quot., and <span class='sc'>Boiler</span>.</p> - -<p class='c012'><i>c.</i> 1840. <span class='sc'>Mansfield</span>, <i>School-Life at Winchester</i> (1866), 240. <span class='sc'>Toe-pan.</span>—A -large basin of red earthenware placed in each chamber for washing -the feet in.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Top-side</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Harrow).—A wing at football: the -opposite one to <span class='sc'>Bottom-side</span> (<i>q.v.</i>).</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Torch-race</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester: obsolete).—Formerly, -part of the breaking-up ceremony of the winter -half-year. On the last morning the boys, after -early chapel, rushed out of gates, each bearing a -burning birch-broom, up College Street and along -the wall of the Close up to the old White Hart -Inn, where breakfast was prepared before the -chaises started for their various destinations. This -curious <span class='fss'>TORCH-RACE</span> subsequently gave way to a -race of the seniors in sedan chairs.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Torpid</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Harrow).—A boy who has not been two -years in the school. There is a cup for the <span class='sc'>Cock-house</span> -(<i>q.v.</i>) at torpids in football.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Torpids</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Oxford).—(1) The eight-oared spring races; -(2) the boats; and (3) the crews. Also <span class='sc'>Togger</span>.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1853. <span class='sc'>Bradley</span>, <i>Verdant Green</i>, <span class='fss'>II.</span> xii. The Misses Green had the -satisfaction to see their brother pulling in one of the fifteen <span class='fss'>TORPIDS -</span>that followed immediately in the wake of the other boats.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1889. <i>Felstedian</i>, Feb., p. 11. After the <span class='fss'>TORPIDS</span> will come the -Clinker Forms—an institution hitherto unknown in Oxford.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1900. <i>Westminster Gazette</i>, 21st Feb., 8. 3. Oxford University <span class='fss'>TORPIDS</span>. -These races were concluded to-day.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Tosh</b>, <i>subs.</i> (general).—A foot-tub; a bath. Also, as <i>verb</i> -= to throw water over a person: <i>e.g.</i> “He <span class='fss'>TOSHED</span> -his house beak by mistake, and got three hundred.” -Hence <span class='sc'>Tosh-pond</span> (Royal Military Academy) = the -bathing-pond. [That is, “toe-wash.”]</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Tosher</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Oxford).—An unattached student.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Tosh-soap</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Charterhouse).—Cheese.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>T’other-school</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—(1) One’s former -school; and (2) any school not a Public School. -Also as <i>adj.</i> = <span class='fss'>NON-LICET</span> (<i>q.v.</i>), or unbecoming: because -more or less alien to Winchester.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>T’other-un</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Charterhouse).—A private school.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Touch.</b> <span class='sc'>To touch in</span>, <i>verb. phr.</i> (Stonyhurst).—To -reach one’s block: of a batsman when running. <i>See</i> -<span class='sc'>Stonyhurst-cricket</span>. [According to the Rules, -“The <span class='fss'>TOUCHING-IN</span> line is within a bat’s length of the -<span class='fss'>CRICKET-STONE</span>” (<i>q.v.</i>).]</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Touchy</b>, <i>adv.</i> (Christ’s Hospital).—Rather: <i>e.g.</i> <span class='fss'>TOUCHY</span> -a lux = rather a good thing.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Tow</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Shrewsbury).—A run in: at hare and hounds.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1881. <span class='sc'>Pascoe</span>, <i>Everyday Life at our Public Schools</i>.... After that -last “all up,” there is a <span class='fss'>TOW</span> or continuous run of from one to three -miles.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Town and Gown</b>, <i>sub. phr.</i> (University).—The townsmen -<i>v.</i> the members of the University. [In her young -days the position of the University was one of perpetual -conflict—with the town, the Jews, the Friars, -and the Papal Court.]</p> - -<p class='c012'>1853. <span class='sc'>Bradley</span>, <i>Verdant Green</i>, <span class='fss'>II.</span> iii. <span class='sc'>Town and gown</span> disturbances -are of considerable antiquity. Fuller and Matthew Paris -give accounts of some which occurred as early as the year 1238. These -disputes not unfrequently terminated fatally to some of the combatants. -One of the most serious <span class='fss'>TOWN AND GOWN</span> rows on record took -place on the day of St. Scholastica the Virgin, February 10, 1345, when -several lives were lost on either side. The University was at that time -in the Lincoln diocese; and Grostête, the bishop, placed the townspeople -under an interdict, from which they were not released till 1357, -and then only on condition that the mayor and sixty of the chief burgesses -should on every anniversary of the day of St. Scholastica, -attend St. Mary’s Church and offer up mass for the soul of the slain -scholars, and should also individually present an offering of one penny -at the high altar. They, moreover, paid a yearly fine of 100 marks to -the University, with the penalty of an additional fine of the same sum -for every omission in attending at St. Mary’s. This continued up to -the time of the Reformation, when it gradually fell into abeyance. In -the fifteenth year of Elizabeth, however, the University asserted their -claim to all arrears. The matter being brought to trial, it was decided -that the town should continue the annual fine and penance, though -the arrears were forgiven. The fine was yearly paid on the 10th of -February up to our own time; the mayor and chief burgesses attended -at St. Mary’s and made the offering at the conclusion of the litany, -which, on that occasion, was read from the altar. This was at length -put an end to by Convocation in the year 1825.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1899. <span class='sc'>Heywood</span>, <i>Guide to Oxford</i>. The <span class='fss'>TOWN AND GOWN</span> rows, as -occasions for displays of physical force, lasted until quite recent times, -as readers of <i>Verdant Green</i> and <i>Tom Brown at Oxford</i> will know. -Nowadays, however, they are happily unknown.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Townee</b> (or <b>Towner</b>), <i>subs.</i> (general).—<i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Cad</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Towney</b> (Christ’s Hospital).—<i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Housey</span>.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1887. <i>The Blue</i>, Nov. Thus, a little farther on, mention is made of -the time when a boy leaves the School. The consequent change of -dress might be vulgarly expressed by “exchanging <span class='fss'>HOUSEYS FOR -TOWNEYS</span>,” but our author is before all things refined. “The boy is at -liberty to exchange the garb of the house for one more congenial to -modern taste.”</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Town-lout</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Rugby).—A scholar residing in the -town with his parents.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Toys</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—A bureau—desk and book-case -combined. Whence <span class='fss'>TOY-TIME</span> (or <span class='fss'>TOYS</span>) = evening -preparation (in College) and (in Commoners) all -time so spent.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1440. <i>Prompt. Parv.</i> <i>Teye</i>, of a cofyr or forcer.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1881. <span class='sc'>Pascoe</span>, <i>Everyday Life in our Public Schools</i>. The clock striking -seven each junior retires to his <span class='fss'>TOYS</span> or bureau for an hour and a -half, during what is known as <span class='fss'>TOYTIME</span>, when the work of the next -morning and the week’s composition have to be prepared.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1891. <span class='sc'>Wrench</span>, <i>Winchester Word-Book</i>, s.v. <span class='sc'>Toys</span>.... The expression -<span class='fss'>TOY-TIME</span> suggests that the “s” has been added. If <span class='fss'>TOYS</span> has -not descended from this word [teye], it must have been transferred -from the contents of the toys, and mean simply <i>one’s belongings</i>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Trades</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Christ’s Hospital).—<i>See</i> quot. and <span class='sc'>Public-supping</span>.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1900. <i>Daily Telegraph</i>, 16th March, “London Day by Day.” After -the boys had concluded their simple repast of tea and bread-and-butter, -they formed up two-and-two, and bowed to the Lord Mayor, -the different wards being headed by the <span class='fss'>TRADES</span>, as the boys who -carry the candlesticks, the bread-basket, table-cloth, and cutlery are -termed.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Travelling-scholarship</b> (or <b>Fellowship</b>), <i>subs.</i> (University).—<span class='sc'>Rustication</span> -(<i>q.v.</i>).</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Treacle-bolly</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Marlborough). A walk by the -Kennett close to the College. [So called from the -cottage of a miller so nick-named.]</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Tree of Knowledge, The</b> (Charterhouse).—The tree -under which books, &c., are piled in the interval -between second school and dinner (say 12.30 to -1.15), while run-about in winter and cricket-nets -or position drill in summer is engaged in.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Treer</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Durham: obsolete).—A boy who avoids -organised games, but plays a private game with -one or two friends. [Presumably because played -by the trees at the side of the ground.]</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Trek</b>, <i>verb</i> (Durham).—To run.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Trencher</b>, <i>subs.</i> 1. (Winchester).—A square wooden -platter: in use in College.</p> - -<p class='c011'>2. (general).—A college cap; a <span class='sc'>Mortar-board</span> -(<i>q.v.</i>).</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Trial</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Harrow).—An examination. Whence -<span class='sc'>Trials</span> = the examinations at the end of the summer -and winter terms.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Tribune</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester: obsolete).—A large pew in -ante-chapel: reserved for ladies.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Tripos</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Cambridge).—A word dating from the -sixteenth century, and used successively in a -number of different senses. At first it was applied -to the stool on which the champion of the University -sat at the disputations held at the admission -of Bachelors of Arts to their degree; then it was -transferred to the Bachelor himself; still later to -the humorous, or, in some cases, scurrilous, speech -with which “Mr. Tripos” opened the proceedings, -and to the verses of the Bachelors at the Acts. -The honours-lists were printed (about 1847-8) on -the backs of these verses, and so tripos came to -mean an honour-list, and, last of all, the examination -itself. Until the year 1824 there was only -one tripos, the Mathematical; and up to 1850 only -those who had obtained honours in mathematics -were admitted to the Classical examination. The -degree was not given for that examination till a -few years later.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1877. <span class='sc'>Wordsworth</span>, <i>Scholæ Academicæ</i>, 20. Such interest as is -now attached to them belongs rather to the verses than to the list -of the several <span class='fss'>TRIPOSES</span> (for the name has now at last come to signify -degree examinations) which have been circulated already severally.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1891. <i>Harry Fludyer at Cambridge</i>, 9. I’m seriously thinking of -chucking my <span class='fss'>TRIPOS</span> and taking up the History Special.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Trotter</b>, <i>subs.</i> (University).—A tailor’s assistant who -goes on round for orders.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Truck-house</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Stonyhurst: obsolete).—The Recreation -rooms.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1882. <i>Stonyhurst Mag.</i>, i. 12, “Rummagings amongst our Records.” -Grammar and Great Figures on their Declamation day ... -were exempted from studies and allowed something of a collation in -the <span class='fss'>TRUCK-HOUSE</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Tub</b>, <i>subs.</i> 1. (University).—A boat broad in the beam, -used by novices. Hence <span class='fss'>TUBBING</span> = boating; to <span class='fss'>GET -TUBBED</span> = to be taught to row.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1853. <span class='sc'>Bradley</span>, <i>Verdant Green</i>.... So to the river he next day -went, and made his first essay in a <span class='fss'>TUB</span>.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1889. <i>Morning Advertiser.</i> If “up” at the University, we will probably -pass our time between “grinding hard” and <span class='fss'>TUBBING</span> on the -river.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1898. <i>Stonyhurst Mag.</i>, Dec., p. 149, “Life at Oxford.” Rowing is -naturally a great attraction to many freshmen, and every College is -always on the look-out for new oarsmen. What one does is to get -“<span class='fss'>TUBBED</span>,” that is, one is taught to row by members of the College -eight in boats that are too <span class='fss'>TUB</span>-like to be easily capsized.</p> - -<p class='c011'>2. (Winchester).—A chest in Hall into which -<span class='sc'>Dispars</span> (<i>q.v.</i>) not taken by the boys were put.</p> - -<p class='c012'><i>c.</i> 1840. <span class='sc'>Mansfield</span>, <i>School-Life at Winchester</i> (1866), 79. In front of -the screen stood “<span class='fss'>TUB</span>,” from which the Præfect of that Ilk took his -title; it was a strong painted oak chest, with a lid, about two feet -high.... As will be seen, it was simply impossible for the Juniors to -be up to time, the consequence of which was that more than half the -dinners were not taken; these were thrown into “<span class='fss'>TUB</span>” at the end -of Hall, whence they were ultimately taken away by some poor women, -and I always understood (though I am not certain that such was the -case) that the “Præfect of <span class='fss'>TUB</span>” got a certain sum for each “Dispar” -not taken, and so had a direct interest in managing that as many as -possible should go without their dinner. I will now explain the absence -of the Juniors; immediately the Præfects were seated, the whole Hall -resounded with shouts of “Junior—Junior—Junior,” rising in savageness -of tone, as the supply became exhausted; in five minutes all the -Juniors were darting wildly about in all directions, executing orders -received from their lords and masters; some to Colson’s hatch for -salt, or down in the cellar for beer, back to school for something forgotten, -into chambers for a pint cup, down to the kitchen for gravy, -&c. &c.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1867. <span class='sc'>Collins</span>, <i>The Public Schools</i>, p. 23. Until the last few -years the “præfect of <span class='fss'>TUB</span>” (whose duty it was to examine the -quality of the meat sent in by the college butcher, and after dinner -to see to the proper collection and distribution of the remains) -retained his title.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Tub-mess</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—The table at which the -Senior Præfects sat in Hall.—<span class='sc'>Mansfield</span> (<i>c.</i> 1840).</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Tuck</b>, <i>subs.</i> (general).—Edibles of all kinds, but particularly -pastry. Hence <span class='fss'>TUCK-SHOP</span> = a pastry-cook’s.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Tuck-parcel</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Charterhouse).—A hamper from -home: the word is now becoming obsolete.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1856. <span class='sc'>Hughes</span>, <i>Tom Brown’s School-days</i>, <span class='fss'>I.</span> vi. Come along down to -Sally Harrowell’s; that’s our school-house <span class='fss'>TUCK-SHOP</span>. She bakes -such shining murphies. <i>Ibid.</i> The slogger looks rather sodden, as if -he didn’t take much exercise and ate too much <span class='fss'>TUCK</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Tug</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Eton).—A Colleger; a scholar on the -foundation. Whence <span class='fss'>TUGGERY</span> = College.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1881. <span class='sc'>Pascoe</span>, <i>Everyday Life in our Public Schools</i>.... The long -looked-for St. Andrew’s Day arrives, when the great match of collegers, -or, as the small oppidan would term it, <span class='fss'>TUGS</span>, and oppidans is -to be played.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1883. <span class='sc'>Brinsley-Richards</span>, <i>Seven Years at Eton</i>.... My interlocutor -was a red-headed freckled little boy of eleven, who had come -from Aberdeen “to try for <span class='fss'>TUGGERY</span>,” that is, to try and pass in to -the foundation as a King’s Scholar.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1890. <i>Great Public Schools</i>, 52. The Collegers did not always fare -as bravely as they do now, either at board or bed. Terrible tales of -their manner of life may be read.... Perhaps the recollections of -that time caused the disrespect, almost bordering on contempt, with -which the Oppidans used for many years to regard the <i>Togati</i>, or -gown-wearing boys. [<i>Note.</i>—I suppose there is not much doubt that -the nickname of <span class='fss'>TUG</span> by which the Collegers used to go among the -rest of the school, was derived from the <i>toga</i> they wore.]</p> - -<p class='c011'><i>Adj.</i> (Winchester) = stale; ordinary; vapid; common. -Whence <span class='fss'>TUGS</span> = stale news; <span class='fss'>TUG-CLOTHES</span> = -everyday clothes; <span class='fss'>TUG-JAW</span> = wearisome talk.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Tui</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—Tuition.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Tumbies</b>, <i>subs.</i> (University).—Ablutions.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Tund</b>, <i>verb</i> (Winchester).—To thrash. Whence <span class='fss'>TUNDING</span> -= a thrashing. [Lat. <i>tundere</i>.]</p> - -<p class='c012'>1881. <span class='sc'>Pascoe</span>, <i>Everyday Life in Our Public Schools</i>.... I never -heard of any case in Eton like the <span class='fss'>TUNDING</span> which, some years ago, -brought our mother-school into disagreeable notice.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1883. <span class='sc'>Trollope</span>, <i>What I Remember</i>.... It was the prefect of hall -who ordered the infliction of a public <span class='fss'>TUNDING</span>.... The following -simple and truthful statement of what a public <span class='fss'>TUNDING</span> was may -enable those who take an interest in the matter to form some reasonable -opinion whether the infliction of such punishment were a good -or a bad thing.... Some dozen or so of boys, who had the best -capacities for the performance, were appointed by him for the purpose, -and the whole assembly stood around the daïs, while the hymn <i>Te de -profundis</i> was sung. When all were thus assembled, and before the -singers commenced, the culprit who had been sentenced to a <span class='fss'>TUNDING</span> -stepped out, pulled off his gown, and received from the hands of one -deputed by the “prefect of hall,” and armed with a tough, pliant, -ground-ash stick, a severe beating.</p> - -<p class='c012'><i>c.</i> 1890. <i>Punch</i> [Confession by a Wykehamist]. I like to be <span class='fss'>TUNDED</span> -twice a day, And swished three times a week.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Turf</b>, <i>subs.</i> 1. (Winchester).—The pitch: at cricket. -The field is “long grass.”</p> - -<p class='c011'>2. (Felsted).—The cricket-field.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1881. <i>Felstedian</i>, Nov., p. 75. There are (or were) six cricket pitches -on <span class='fss'>TURF</span>.</p> - -<p class='c011'><i>Verb.</i> 1. (Derby).—To send to bed at bed-time: -used of Præpostors.</p> - -<p class='c011'>2. (Marlborough).—To chastise.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Turl</b> (The), <i>subs.</i> (Oxford).—Turl Street. [Formerly a -narrow opening through the city wall into the -High Street.]</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Turn.</b> <span class='sc'>To turn up</span>, <i>verb. phr.</i> (Marlborough).—To -chastise: with cane, stick, or fives-bat.</p> - -<p class='c011'><span class='sc'>To be turned</span>, <i>verb. phr.</i> (Harrow and Dulwich).—To -be ploughed in a <i>vive voce</i> translation -lesson.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Twank</b>, <i>verb</i> (Durham).—To cane. <i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Lam</span> and <span class='sc'>Yark</span>. -[<i>Twank</i> (East) = to give a smart slap with the flat -of the hand.]</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Tweaker</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Felsted: obsolete).—A catapult.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Twelve.</b> <span class='sc'>After Twelve</span>, <i>subs. phr.</i> (Eton).—From -noon till two <span class='fss'>P.M.</span></p> - -<p class='c012'>1861. <span class='sc'>Whyte-Melville</span>, <i>Good for Nothing</i>, p. 39. I used to visit -him regularly in the dear old college from the <span class='fss'>AFTER TWELVE</span>.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1864. <i>Eton School-days</i>, vi. I tell you plainly, if you are not in -Sixpenny <span class='fss'>AFTER TWELVE</span>, I will do my best to give you a hiding -wherever I meet you.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1883. <span class='sc'>Brinsley-Richards</span>, <i>Seven Years at Eton</i>. Croppie, who -abominated all laws and delighted in transgressions, resolved to go to -the fair, and without difficulty he persuaded the Pug and me to join -him. One day <span class='fss'>AFTER TWELVE</span> the three of us passed over Windsor -Bridge in the same condition as the “bold adventurers” alluded to in -Gray’s Ode.</p> - -<p class='c011'><span class='sc'>The Twelve</span>, <i>subs.</i> (Harrow).—<i>See</i> quot., and -Appendix.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1899. <i>Public School Mag.</i>, Dec., p. 446. The working system of the -school has lately been slightly altered. Above the two sixth forms -there has been placed a Head-master’s “<span class='fss'>TWELVE</span>,” with the object of -training the first <span class='fss'>TWELVE</span> on the classical side for ’Varsity life. They -are only in school about three hours a day, but have to get through a -tough amount of work at their leisure.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Twelve Apostles</b>, <i>subs.</i> 1. (Cambridge).—The last -twelve in the Mathematical Tripos.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1785. <span class='sc'>Grose</span>, <i>Vulg. Tongue</i>, s.v. <span class='sc'>Pluck</span>.... These unfortunate -fellows are designated by many opprobrious appellations, such as the -<span class='fss'>TWELVE APOSTLES</span>, the Legion of Honour, Wise Men of the East, &c.</p> - -<p class='c011'>2. (Stonyhurst).—The twelve first Stonyhurst boys.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1887. <i>Stonyhurst Mag.</i>, iii. 90. Stonyhurst boys of all past times -since the coming of the original “<span class='fss'>TWELVE APOSTLES</span>” ... will have -noticed once a year, about Eastertide, a curious notice ... giving -warning of an approaching meeting of the Court Leet.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Twenty</b> (The), <i>subs.</i> (Rugby).—The Sixth Form.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Twenty-two and Twenty-two</b>, <i>subs. phr.</i> (Winchester: -obsolete).—Football: twenty-two a side.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Twig</b> (The), <i>subs.</i> (Marlborough: obsolete).—The Head-master. -[In whose authority rested the use of -the birch.]</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Twilight</b>, <i>subs.</i> (general).—Toilet.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Twist</b> (or <b>Twoster</b>), <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—A stick spirally -marked by a creeper having grown round it.</p> - -<div class='chapter'> - <h2 class='c003' title='U'></h2> -</div> -<div class='c009'> - <img class='drop-capi' src='images/i_213_u.png' width='100' alt='' /> -</div><p class='drop-capi0_9'> -<b>Ulula</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Manchester Grammar).—The -school magazine. [The Owl is the school -crest, as it was that of the founder, Hugh -Oldham, Bishop of Exeter.]</p> -<div class='clearme'> - -</div> - -<p class='c010'><b>Under Fire</b> (Westminster).—<i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Upper Fire</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Under-green</b> (Charterhouse).—Formerly the present -big or match football ground: now the Under’s -cricket-ground.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Under School</b> (Harrow).—<i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Upper School</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Under Selectæ</b> (Harrow).—<i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Upper School</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Union</b>, <i>subs.</i> (University).—An undergrad’s debating -society.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1891. <i>Harry Fludyer at Cambridge</i>, 15. I think I shall speak at the -<span class='fss'>UNION</span> soon.... I tried on Tuesday last, but I couldn’t catch the -President’s eye.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Univ</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Oxford).—University College.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Up</b>, <i>adv.</i> (Harrow).—In school. <span class='sc'>To be up to any one -at second school</span> = to go to any one for work at -10 or 11 o’clock.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Upper Club</b> (Eton).—<i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Playing-fields</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Upper (Middle, or Under) Fire</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Westminster).—The -three fire-places, under former arrangements, -in the present dormitory.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Upper School</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Harrow).—In 1770 (the first year -of the printed <span class='sc'>Bills</span> (<i>q.v.</i>) of the school) the school -comprised the monitors—their numbers varied -from four to ten—the Fifth Form, the Shell, and -the Fourth and Third Forms: these ranked as the -<span class='fss'>UPPER SCHOOL</span>. The <span class='fss'>UNDER SCHOOL</span> was divided in -a very peculiar fashion; there was first the “Scan -and Prove” class, then the “Ovid,” the “Phædrus,” -the “Upper Selectæ,” “Under Selectæ,” “Nomenclature,” -“Grammar,” and “Accidence.”... At -present there are, besides the monitors (fifteen in -number), an Upper and Lower Sixth, three separate -divisions of the Fifth, two “Removes,” three “Shells,” -and three Fourths. On the Modern Side are one -Sixth, three Fifths, one “Remove,” three Shells, -and three Fourths.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Upper Selectæ</b> (Harrow).—<i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Upper School</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Upper Sixpenny</b> (Eton).—<i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Playing-fields</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Uskites</b> (Charterhouse).—<i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Out-houses</span>.</p> - -<div class='chapter'> - <h2 class='c003' title='V'></h2> -</div> -<div class='c009'> - <img class='drop-capi' src='images/i_214_v.png' width='100' alt='' /> -</div><p class='drop-capi0_9'> -<b>Vac</b>, <i>subs.</i> (University).—Vacation.</p> -<div class='clearme'> - -</div> - -<p class='c012'>1891. <i>Harry Fludyer at Cambridge</i>, 2. I can’t make -out why the Pater is always so crusty about Rover. -He told me every day last <span class='fss'>VAC</span> he wouldn’t have his -house over-run with dogs.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Valet</b>, subs. (Winchester).—Every Præfect -had a Junior in Chambers who acted in this -capacity, made his tea or coffee, carried his things -through from Chambers to School and back again, -and looked after him in general.—<span class='sc'>Mansfield</span> (<i>c.</i> -1840).</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Varmint</b>, <i>adj.</i> (old University).—Good; spruce.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Varmint-man</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Cambridge: obsolete). <i>See</i> quots.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1803. <i>Gradus ad Cantab.</i> A <span class='fss'>VARMINT-MAN</span> spurns a scholarship, -would consider it a degradation to be a Fellow.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1827. <i>Alma Mater....</i> The handsome man, my friend and pupil, -was naturally enough a bit of a swell, or <span class='fss'>VARMINT-MAN</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>’Varsity</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Oxford and Cambridge).—The accepted -corruption of University.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>’Varsity-tit</b> (or <b>Tit</b>), subs. (Durham).—A student of -Durham University: in contempt.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Varying</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—A <span class='fss'>VULGUS</span> (<i>q.v.</i>) done <span class='fss'>UP -TO BOOKS</span> (<i>q.v.</i>).</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Vaseline</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Royal Military Academy).—Butter.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Vaughan, The</b> (Harrow).—The school library: named -after Dr. Vaughan.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Verites</b> (Charterhouse).—A boarding-house. [A corruption -of Oliverites, after Dr. Oliver Walford, -1838-55.]</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Vessel</b>, subs. (Winchester).—The eighth of a sheet of -<span class='fss'>LONG-PAPER</span> (<i>q.v.</i>).—[<span class='sc'>Halliwell.</span>] Ital. <i>vassiola</i>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Vex</b>, <i>adv.</i> (Christ’s Hospital).—“So much the worse -for”: <i>e.g.</i> “<span class='sc'>Vex for you.</span>” <i>Cf.</i> <span class='sc'>Chaff.</span></p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Vic</b>, <i>intj.</i> (Felsted).—An exclamation giving warning of -a master’s approach; the equivalent of <i>cave</i>, which -is not used at Felsted. Also <span class='fss'>TO KEEP VIC</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Vice</b> (The), <i>subs.</i> (University).—The Vice-Chancellor.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Vile-child</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Eton).—<i>See</i> quot., and Appendix.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1866-72. <i>Sketchy Memories of Eton....</i> Being called a <span class='fss'>VILE-CHILD</span>, the -which I subsequently learnt was a very frequent term of mild reproach, -and had no particular reference to the age of the individual to whom -it was addressed. As a proof of this I may add that, being at Eton -for the Winchester Match in 1883, I (<i>moi-qui-vous-parle</i>, height 6 feet -2 inches, and weight 14 stone 7 lbs.) was called a <span class='fss'>VILE-CHILD</span> for being -on a committee to oppose a certain obnoxious Indian Bill! I wasn’t -sorry when tea was over, although many most pleasant evenings did I -afterwards spend in that room.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Vocab</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Charterhouse).—A vocabulary.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Vol</b>, <i>adj.</i> (Harrow).—Voluntary: <i>e.g.</i> <span class='sc'>Vol-gym</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Voluntary</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—A copy of verses -written occasionally by some of the boys in Sixth -Book and Senior Part <i>ex proprio motu</i>.—<span class='sc'>Mansfield</span> -(<i>c.</i> 1840).</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Vulgus</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester: obsolete).—A Latin epigram: -four or six lines long. Hence <span class='fss'>VULGUS-BOOK</span> = a -<span class='fss'>CRIB</span> (<i>q.v.</i>).</p> - -<p class='c012'>1883. <span class='sc'>Trollope</span>, <i>What I Remember</i>.... The mention of a <span class='fss'>VULGUS</span> -requires some explanation. Every inferior, <i>i.e.</i> non-prefect, in the -school was required every night to produce a copy of verses of from -two to six lines on a given theme—four or six lines for the upper -classes, two for the lowest. This was independent of a weekly verse -task of greater length, and was called a <span class='fss'>VULGUS</span>, I suppose, because -everybody—the <span class='fss'>VULGUS</span>—had to do it.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1856. <span class='sc'>Hughes</span>, <i>Tom Brown’s School-days</i>, <span class='fss'>II</span>. iii. The <span class='fss'>VULGUS</span> -(commonly supposed to have been established by William of Wykeham -at Winchester, and imported to Rugby by Arnold more for the sake of -the lines which were learnt by heart with it than for its own intrinsic -value, as I’ve always understood), ... is a short exercise in Greek or -Latin verse, on a given subject, the minimum number of lines being -fixed for each form.... At Rugby <span class='fss'>VULGUS</span> and lines were the first -lesson every other day in the week, on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and -Saturdays; and ... it is obvious ... that the master of each Form -had to set one hundred and fourteen subjects every year.... Now, -human nature being prone to repeat itself, it will not be wondered that -the masters gave the same subjects sometimes over again after a -certain lapse of time. To meet and rebuke this bad habit of the -masters, the school-boy mind, with its accustomed ingenuity, had -invented an elaborate system of tradition. Almost every boy kept his -own <span class='fss'>VULGUS</span> written out in a book ... duly handed down from boy -to boy, till ... popular boys, in whose hands bequeathed <span class='fss'>VULGUS-BOOKS</span> -have accumulated, are prepared with three or four <span class='fss'>VULGUSES</span> -on any subject in heaven or earth, or in “more worlds than one,” which -an unfortunate master can pitch upon.... The only objection to the -traditionary method of doing your <span class='fss'>VULGUSES</span> was, the risk that the -successions might have become confused, and so that you and another -follower of traditions should show up the same identical <span class='fss'>VULGUS</span> some -fine morning; in which case, when it happened, considerable grief was -the result.</p> - -<div class='chapter'> - <h2 class='c003' title='W'></h2> -</div> -<div class='c009'> - <img class='drop-capi' src='images/i_216_w.png' width='100' alt='' /> -</div><p class='drop-capi0_9'> -<b>Waffle</b>, <i>verb</i> (Durham).—To talk nonsense. -[North dial. <i>waffle</i> = to wave, to fluctuate; -<i>waffler</i> (Camb.) = a person who is very -weak; <i>waffy</i> (Linc.) = insipid.]</p> -<div class='clearme'> - -</div> - -<p class='c010'><b>Walking-days</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Stonyhurst: obsolete).—Several -days allowed to a new boy during which -he was initiated into the ways of the house by an -old boy.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Wall</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Eton).—<i>See</i> quot.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1890. <i>Great Public Schools</i>, 26. There are, as is well known, two -[football] games played at Eton—one at the <span class='fss'>WALL</span>, the other in the -<span class='fss'>FIELD</span>. The first is only played by a very limited number of boys, for -there is but one <span class='fss'>WALL</span>; the game is of a mysterious and intricate -nature, and the uninitiated spectator cannot as a rule even see how a -point (called a <span class='sc'>Shy</span>) is obtained. Indeed were it not for the time-honoured -match between Collegers and Oppidans on St. Andrew’s Day, -the game would probably become obsolete.... The Eton <span class='fss'>FIELD</span> -game has, in the opinion of the writer [the Rev. Sydney R. James], -merits, as a game for boys, superior to those of any other kind of football. -In it speed and skilful dribbling and accurate kicking have their -due success, but strength and dogged perseverance and pluck are not -left out in the cold.</p> - -<p class='c011'><i>Verb</i> (Oxford).—To confine to College.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Wallyford</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Loretto).—The usual run on a wet -whole school-day: about 3-1/2 miles. <i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Long -Wallyford</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Wanker</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Felsted).—A bloater. [From “stinker”—“stwanker”—“wanker.”]</p> - -<p class='c012'>1892. <i>Felstedian</i>, Oct., 105. My name it is “<span class='fss'>WANKER</span>”; a leaner -or lanker, Salter or ranker, fish never swam. <i>Ibid.</i>, June 1897, p. 100. -He sniffs. “’Eugh, <span class='fss'>WANKERS</span> again.”</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Warden</b>, subs. (Winchester).—See quot.</p> - -<p class='c012'><i>c.</i> 1840. <span class='sc'>Mansfield</span>, <i>School-Life at Winchester</i> (1866), 27. The -chief of the whole establishment is the <span class='fss'>WARDEN</span>, who has nothing to do -with the teaching of the boys; he admits and when necessary expels -them, confers on them the dignity of “Præfect,” listens to their -complaints, and, in fact, in all matters appertaining to the management -of the school and the society is omnipotent.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Wash</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Derby).—School tea or coffee. <i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Rock</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Washing-drawer</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—In College, a -box to hold toilet requisites.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Washing-stool</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—In College, a Præfect’s -table.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1881. <i>Felstedian</i>, Nov., p. 74, “A Day’s Fagging at Winchester.” I -remember that the Senior Præfect is going to get up to mug early -before chapel, and I have to call him and take his WASHING-STOOL (a -rough wooden table generally used for putting washing basins on, -which, when covered with a cloth, serves as a writing-table) out into -Chamber Court.... Here let me observe that only the præfects -have separate basins to wash in; the juniors use the two stone -conduits.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Watch</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Westminster).—A junior who has to -remain in College during play-hours to answer inquiries, -receive messages, and so forth, performing, -in fact, the duties of a servant.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Watch.</b> <span class='sc'>To watch out</span>, <i>verb. phr.</i> (Winchester).—To -field: at cricket.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Water</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Westminster).—Boating.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1881. <span class='sc'>Pascoe</span>, <i>Everyday Life in Our Public Schools</i>. Boating, or -<span class='fss'>WATER</span>, as it is called at Westminster, is in a very flourishing -condition.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Weekites</b> (Charterhouse).—<i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Out-houses</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Westminster Customs.</b> <i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Cap</span>; <span class='sc'>Challenge</span>; <span class='sc'>Early</span>; -<span class='sc'>Play</span>; <span class='sc'>Monos</span>; <span class='sc'>Pancake</span>; <span class='sc'>Shadow</span>; <span class='sc'>Silver-pence</span> -and <span class='sc'>Westminster Play</span>. Besides these are others -worthy of mention:—</p> - -<p class='c011'>1. <span class='sc'>The College Waistcoat.</span>—A remarkable and -original service was, up to the date of the Public -Schools Commission, exacted of a Westminster -junior. He was supposed to be a treasury of small -conveniences for his seniors’ use in and out of -school. He wore a college waistcoat of peculiar -pattern, in the pockets of which he had to carry -about and produce immediately on legal demand—the -items are recorded in the published evidence—two -penknives, two pieces of india-rubber, two -pencils, two pieces of sealing-wax, two pieces of pen-string, -two dips (<i>q.v.</i>), two dip-corks, two wedges, -two pieces of gutta-percha (for putting on the points -of foils), and any number of pens. Besides, he -had to carry a portfolio containing a sufficiency of -“quarterns” of paper.</p> - -<p class='c011'>2. <span class='sc'>Latin Formulæ.</span>—Quaint old Latin formulæ -continued in use at Westminster, unchanged since -its earliest foundation. While the school is at -morning lesson, the <i>monitor ostii</i> (<i>see</i> <span class='sc'>Monos</span>) -watches the clock, and at half-past eleven comes to -the monitor of school and announces the time. -The monitor goes to the head-master’s desk, makes -his bow, and says, “<i>Sesqui est undecima</i>.” At a -quarter to twelve he makes the further announcement, -“<i>Instat duodecima</i>.” When twelve o’clock -has struck he says again, “<i>Sonuit duodecima</i>;” at -a quarter-past twelve, “<i>Prima quarta acta est</i>;” -at half-past, “<i>Sesqui est duodecima</i>,” at which -welcome words books are shut, and the whole school -is dismissed. The same formalities, with the necessary -variations, are repeated during afternoon lessons. -Before dinner the Captain calls out two boys of the -Second Election, one to say grace—“<i>Age gratias</i>”—and -the other to repeat the proper responses—“<i>Agite responsa</i>;” -and when dinner is over, before -grace again, he pays even the juniors the compliment -of asking whether they have had enough—“<i>Satisne -edistis et bibistis?</i>” to which the compulsory -answer is made—in old times too often by -hungry lips—“<i>Satis edimus et bibimus</i>.” Every -night at ten o’clock the monitor of chamber gives -the order for the juniors to put out the lights and -go to bed—“<i>Extinctis lucernis intrate lectos</i>.” It -is only within the last generation or two that the -rule of speaking Latin exclusively, both by boys -and masters, during school hours has fallen into -abeyance.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Westminster Play.</b>—A Latin comedy, presented annually -in the dormitory of St. Peter’s College, a -custom dating from Queen Elizabeth’s days. The -performances take place just before the Christmas -holidays, the play being repeated three times. The -cast is strictly confined to the forty scholars on -the foundation. At the close of last presentation -a <span class='sc'>Cap</span> (<i>q.v.</i>) is collected, the surplus of -which, after paying expenses, is divided among -the performers.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Wet-bob</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Eton).—A rowing man. <i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Dry-bob</span>.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1839. <span class='sc'>C. T. Buckland</span>, <i>Eton Fifty Years Ago</i> [1889, <i>Macmillan’s</i>, -Nov.]. It was the ambition of most boys to be a <span class='fss'>WET-BOB</span>, and to be -“in the boats.” The school was divided between <span class='fss'>WET-BOBS</span> and dry-bobs, -the former taking their pleasure on the river, and the latter in -the cricket-field.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Whale</b>, <i>subs.</i> 1. (Cheltenham).—Codfish.</p> - -<p class='c011'>2. (Royal Military Academy).—A sardine.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Whiter</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Harrow).—A white waistcoat: this may -be worn by those who have been three years in the -school.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Whole</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Harrow).—A whole holiday, or whole -schoolday.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Wicker</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Felsted: obsolete).—A hamper: as of -provisions.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Wicket-cricket</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Stonyhurst).—Cricket played -with a stick or “wicket.”</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Wilderness</b> (The), <i>subs.</i> (Stonyhurst: obsolete).—The -Dark Walk; a part of the garden. <i>Cf.</i> <span class='sc'>Gerard</span>, -<i>Stonyhurst</i>, p. 179.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Wilderness</b> (Charterhouse).—A playing ground at Old -Charterhouse before Thomas Sutton bought the -estate: now a belt of trees to the south of <span class='sc'>Under-green</span> -(<i>q.v.</i>).</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Wine</b>, <i>subs.</i> (University).—A wine-party. Also as <i>verb</i>.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1853. <span class='sc'>Bradley</span>, <i>Verdant Green</i>, vii. Now I’m going to <span class='fss'>WINE</span> with -Smalls to-night.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Wise Men of the East</b>, <i>subs. phr.</i> (Cambridge).—The -last twelve in the Mathematical <span class='sc'>Tripos</span> (<i>q.v.</i>).</p> - -<p class='c012'>1785. <span class='sc'>Grose</span>, <i>Vulg. Tongue</i>, s.v. <span class='sc'>Pluck.</span>... These unfortunate -individuals were designated by many opprobrious appellations, such as -the Twelve Apostles, the Legion of Honour, <span class='fss'>WISE MEN OF THE -EAST</span>, &c.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Wooston</b>, <i>adv.</i> (Christ’s Hospital).—Very: <i>e.g.</i> <span class='sc'>Wooston</span> -a jolly fellow; a <span class='fss'>WOOSTON</span> jolly fellow; I am <span class='fss'>WOOSTON</span>, -chaffy. [That is, “whore son.”—<span class='sc'>Guillemard.</span>]</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Work</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—Pain. Also as <i>verb</i> = to -hurt.</p> - -<p class='c012'>14[?]. <i>Townley Mysteries</i>, “Processus Noe.” My bonys are so stark -No wonder if they <span class='fss'>WARK</span> For I am full old.</p> - -<p class='c012'>14[?]. <i>Alexander</i> [<span class='sc'>Ashmol.</span>], line 531. So sare <span class='fss'>WERKIS</span> hire the wame. -<i>Ibid.</i>, line 539. Of <b>WERKE</b> well ne I wede (am mad).</p> - -<p class='c012'>1469. <span class='sc'>Malory</span>, <i>Morte d’Arthur</i>. But I may not stonde, myn hede -<span class='fss'>WERCHES</span> soo.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1750. <span class='sc'>Collier</span>, <i>Works</i>. I gran an I thrutcht, till my arms -<span class='fss'>WARTCHD</span> agen.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1860. R. <span class='sc'>Brierly</span>, <i>Ab. in London</i>. I shaked his hond till my arm -<span class='fss'>WARTCHT</span>, then he shaked mine till his arm <span class='fss'>WARTCHT</span>.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1891. <span class='sc'>Wrench</span>, <i>Winchester Word-Book</i>, s.v. <span class='sc'>Work</span>. The use of -<span class='fss'>REMEDY</span> (<i>q.v.</i>) for a holiday seems to imply that <span class='fss'>WORK</span> is a painful -disease.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Worms</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—A trenched line on the -turf: used as goal at football. <i>See</i> quot.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1881. <span class='sc'>Pascoe</span>, <i>Life in Our Public Schools</i>. Across the two ends of -the ground a small trench is dug, about four inches wide and two -deep, and a goal is obtained when the ball is fairly kicked across the -trench (Wiccamicé <span class='fss'>WORMS</span>).</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Wrangler</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Cambridge).—The name given to -those who are placed in the first class in the first -or elementary portion of the public examination for -honours in pure and mixed mathematics, commonly -called the Mathematical Tripos, those placed in the -second class being known as Senior Optimes, and -those in the third class as Junior Optimes. Up to -and including the year 1882, the student who took -absolutely the first place in the Mathematical Tripos -used to be termed Senior Wrangler; those who came -next to him being second, third, fourth, &c., wranglers. -Since then the title has been given to the -student who takes the first place in Part I. of the -Mathematical Tripos. The name is derived from -the public disputations, in which candidates for -degrees were formerly required to exhibit their -powers.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1870. <i>The Blue</i>, March. We were rejoiced to hear of the University -success of a late Grecian—G. A. Greenhill, who was announced as -Second <span class='fss'>WRANGLER</span> in the late Mathematical Tripos at Cambridge. -Further on in the month we heard of his being bracketed with Mr. -Pendlebury (the Senior <span class='fss'>WRANGLER</span>) as Smith’s Prizeman, a thing -seldom heard of at Cambridge, and never before has any Blue attained -that high honour.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Wratislaw’s.</b> <i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Planks</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Writer</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—A Junior acting as secretary -to a College officer.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Wuggins</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Oxford).—Worcester College; <span class='sc'>Botany-bay</span> -(<i>q.v.</i>).</p> - -<div class='chapter'> - <h2 class='c003' title='Y'></h2> -</div> -<div class='c009'> - <img class='drop-capi' src='images/i_221_y.png' width='100' alt='' /> -</div><p class='drop-capi0_9'> -<b>Yarder</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Harrow).—Cricket played in -the school yard: in the summer term.</p> -<div class='clearme'> - -</div> - -<p class='c011'><span class='sc'>To get yards</span>, <i>verb. phr.</i> (Harrow).—To -get a catch at football and be allowed a free -kick, not running more than can be covered -in three running strides. Hence <span class='fss'>TO GIVE YARDS</span> = -to give such a catch; <span class='fss'>TO STEP YARDS</span> = to cover the -distance in “kicking off yards” in three strides; <span class='fss'>TO -KNOCK DOWN YARDS</span> = to prevent another from -“taking yards.” [Originally three yards.]</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Yards</b> (The), <i>subs.</i> 1. (Durham).—The list of members, -originally of the First Game, but now of the Second -Game—at football or cricket. [Formerly in the -cricket season only a patch of ground thirty yards -square was mowed. Those who had the privilege -of playing on this were said to be “on the <span class='fss'>YARDS</span>.”]</p> - -<p class='c011'>2. (Royal High School, Edin.).—The gravel-covered -playground.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Yark</b>, <i>verb</i> (Durham).—To cane. <i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Twank</span> and <span class='sc'>Lam</span>. -[<i>Yark</i> (North) = to strike, to beat.]</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Yellow-hammer</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Christ’s Hospital).—A <span class='sc'>Blue</span> -(<i>q.v.</i>) in disgrace for gross misconduct and under -discipline. <i>See</i> quot.</p> - -<p class='c012'>1844. <i>Reminis. of Christ’s Hospital</i> [The Blue, August 1874]. In the -case of a hardened offender, or of gross misdemeanour, a system of -degradation was adopted, by causing the culprit to wear his coat -turned inside out, and as the body of the coat had a yellow lining, the -metamorphosis was remarkably striking, and (unkindest cut of all!) -the subjects of this hideous transformation—these involuntary turn-coats—were -by their schoolfellows nicknamed <span class='fss'>YELLOW-HAMMERS</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Yolly</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester: obsolete).—A post-chaise. -[That is, “Yellow,” that having been generally a -favourite colour for these vehicles.]</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>-y</b>, <i>inseparable suffix</i> (Manchester Grammar).—<i>See</i> -<span class='sc'>Mathy</span>, <span class='sc'>Chemmy</span>, <span class='sc'>Gymmy</span>, &c.</p> - -<div class='pbb'> - <hr class='pb c002' /> -</div> -<div class='figcenter id001'> -<img src='images/i_223_top.png' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div> - <h2 class='c003'>APPENDIX</h2> -</div> - -<h3 class='c013'></h3> -<div class='c014'> - <img class='drop-capi' src='images/i_223_a.png' width='100' alt='' /> -</div><p class='drop-capi0_9'> -<b>A</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Felsted).—<i>See</i> D, <i>infra.</i></p> -<div class='clearme'> - -</div> - -<p class='c010'><b>Abbey, The</b> (Durham).—The Cathedral. -The boys of Durham School (and they -alone) speak, and always have spoken, of -the Cathedral as “the Abbey.” This is -supposed to show that the school dates from pre-Reformation -days, though its foundation is put -down to the time of Henry VIII. The Charity -Commissioners admit the claim, and pay to the -Head-master a pension founded by Cardinal Langley -in 1415 for the master of his school in Durham.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Academia</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Stonyhurst).—A select literary club: -in vogue where the Jesuit <i>Ratio Studiorum</i> -flourishes. Not now existent at Stonyhurst, but it -is in great vigour in America and on the Continent.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Ambulacrum</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Stonyhurst).—The covered playground -used in wet weather.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Arcady</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Stonyhurst).—An arched portion of the -new front.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Atramentarius</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Stonyhurst: obsolete).—The ink-pot -boy: an office once in vogue, the holder of it -being responsible for the cleanliness, &c., of the -ink-pots in the class-rooms. For this he was given -a <span class='sc'>Good-day</span> (<i>q.v.</i>) at the end of the year.</p> - -<h3 class='c013'></h3> -<div class='c014'> - <img class='drop-capi' src='images/i_224_b.png' width='100' alt='' /> -</div><p class='drop-capi0_9'> -<b>B</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Felsted).—<i>See</i> D, <i>infra.</i></p> -<div class='clearme'> - -</div> - -<p class='c010'><b>Back-stop</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Stonyhurst).—The wicket-keeper -in ordinary cricket.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Bag</b>, <i>verb</i> (Stonyhurst).—<span class='sc'>To Cob</span> (<i>q.v.</i>).</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Ball of Honour</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Stonyhurst).—<i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Beggar’s-ace</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Bannet</b> (and <b>Bannet-fire</b>), <i>subs.</i> (Royal High School, -Edin.).—<i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Bonnet</span> and <span class='sc'>Bonnet-fire</span>, <i>ante</i>: in -each case an error has crept in; the correct spelling -is, of course, <i>bannet</i>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Bate</b>, <i>adj.</i> (Harrow).—Angry.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Beast</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Cambridge).—<i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Brute</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Beggar’s-ace</b> (and <b>Ball of Honour</b>), <i>subs.</i> (Stonyhurst).—Two -extra balls given by the winning side in a -game to enable their opponents to catch up if -possible.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Bill</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Eton).—An old Etonian states that “in the -<span class='sc'>Bill</span>” used to mean only that a boy was “complained -of” to the Head-master. <i>See</i> ante.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Black Monday</b> (Stonyhurst).—The day of re-opening of -schools.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Blandyke</b> (Stonyhurst).—<i>See</i> ante. It may be interesting -to call attention to the connection between -Stonyhurst and St. Omers and many of the words -and phrases occurring in this vocabulary. They -not only date from the Continental period, but find -their explanation in it alone. The College was -founded in 1592 at St. Omers, and continued -without a break (at Bruges and Liège) previous to -the settlement in England in 1794.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Bloody Wars</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Stonyhurst).—A common name for -any stiffness: such as that usually experienced at -the beginning of the football or cricket season: -<i>e.g.</i> “I’ve got the <span class='fss'>BLOODY WARS</span>.”</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Blue</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Christ’s Hospital).—<i>See</i> ante; concerning -the dress, I learn that the cap was given up many -years ago. There used to be a yellow petticoat -under the blue skirt. The boys also wear white -“bands.”</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Bluebottle</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Christ’s Hospital: Hertford).—A <span class='fss'>BLUE</span> -(<i>q.v.</i>): used by girls at Hertford. <i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Grasshopper</span> -(Appendix) and <span class='sc'>Hedgehog</span> (<i>ante</i>).</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Bottle</b>, <i>verb</i> (Durham).—<i>See</i> ante. Also <span class='fss'>TO BE BOTTLED</span> -= to be in a fix.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Bouncer</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Stonyhurst).—A ball kicked from the -hand before it reaches the ground: Stonyhurst-football -(<i>q.v.</i>).</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Boy</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Harrow).—Specifically, a fag a grade above -the lowest form. <i>See</i> ante. As a <i>verb</i>, <span class='fss'>TO BOY</span> = to -call for a fag: all fags are summoned by a long -drawn-out shout.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Brick</b> (and <b>Clat</b>), <i>subs.</i> (Stonyhurst).—The names given -to the two rival camps in a certain notorious quasi-insurrection -in the College some fifty years ago. A -full account appears in Fitzgerald’s <i>Stonyhurst -Memories</i>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Bug and Snail</b>, <i>subs.</i> phr. (Winchester).—The Natural -History Society.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Bug-shooter</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Harrow).—A member of the School -Corps.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Bumf.</b> <span class='sc'>To buy a bumf</span>, <i>verb. phr.</i> (general).—To purchase -a newspaper. <span class='sc'>Math-bumf</span> = mathematical -paper. <i>See</i> ante.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Bunker</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Stonyhurst).—(1) A native; (2) a low -fellow.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Bus</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Stonyhurst).—An extra nondescript class -formed chiefly of boys not born to study.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Butt</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Dulwich).—The school tuck-shop. <i>See</i> -<span class='sc'>Buttery</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Butter</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Stonyhurst).—A boy known often to miss -a catch. Hence, as <i>verb</i> = to miss a catch.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Buzz</b>, <i>verb</i> (Christ’s Hospital).—To cry; to weep.</p> - -<h3 class='c013'></h3> -<div class='c014'> - <img class='drop-capi' src='images/i_226_c.png' width='100' alt='' /> -</div><p class='drop-capi0_9'> -<b>C</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Felsted).—<i>See</i> D, <i>infra</i>.</p> -<div class='clearme'> - -</div> - -<p class='c010'><b>Cæsar’s-bridge</b> (Stonyhurst).—An old bridge -over the Hodder. Also <span class='sc'>Cromwell’s-bridge</span>, -though it is probable that Cromwell -crossed the Hodder higher up. <i>See</i> -<span class='sc'>Higger Brig</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Cage, The</b> (Royal High School, Edin.).—A covered area, -between two gates, in which prisoners at games are -confined. Also, as <i>verb</i> = to put in this enclosure.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Candle-keepers</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—<span class='sc'>Mansfield</span> in his -<i>School-Life at Winchester College</i>, p. 30 (<i>see</i> quot. -1840, <i>ante</i>), says, “Why so called I have no idea,” -but <i>see</i> <span class='sc'>Adam’s</span> <i>Wykehamica</i> (1878), 418.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Cards.</b> <span class='sc'>On cards</span>, <i>phr.</i> (Harrow).—A report on conduct -taken to the Head-master.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Carthaginians</b> (Stonyhurst).—<i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Victory-walk</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Champion</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Stonyhurst).—A boy in a <span class='sc'>Lower Line</span> -(<i>q.v.</i>) class who, on account of age or size, joins in -the games of the <span class='sc'>Higher Line</span> (<i>q.v.</i>). <i>Cf.</i> <span class='sc'>Charity-tails</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Chisel</b>, <i>verb</i> (Winchester).—To cheat.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Clap</b>, <i>verb</i> (Christ’s Hospital: Hertford).—To push in -front of. Whence <span class='sc'>Clapper</span> = one who so pushes.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Clat</b> (Stonyhurst).—<i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Brick</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Clogs</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Stonyhurst).—The boots made by the -College shoemaker.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Common-key</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Stonyhurst).—A key by which most -of the doors on the boys’ side of the house are -opened.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Concertatio</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Stonyhurst).—An exhibition of class-work -given from time to time in the Community -refectory by the <span class='sc'>Lower Line</span> (<i>q.v.</i>) classes.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Copy</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Harrow).—Formerly <span class='sc'>Copy</span> = a prize-book, -chosen by the recipient. <i>See</i> ante.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Cork</b>, <i>verb</i> (Eton).—To throw. [An Old Etonian informs -me that “Cork” and not <span class='sc'>Calk</span> (<i>q.v.</i>) is the correct -orthography.]</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Cowshed, The</b> (Christ’s Hospital).—<i>See</i> ante. It should -be stated that <span class='sc'>The Cowshed</span> is a sort of pent-house -near the Warden’s residence which workmen use for -divers purposes.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Cricket-machine</b>, subs. (Stonyhurst).—A boy who studies -cricket scores with excessive care.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Crock</b>, <i>subs.</i> (general).—An indifferent performer at a -game.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Crocked.</b> <span class='sc'>To be crocked</span>, <i>verb. phr.</i> (general).—To be -injured at a game.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Crow’s-wing</b> (and <b>-refectory</b>), <i>subs.</i> (Stonyhurst).—The -part of the house in which the masters live and -fare. <i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Crow</span>.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Cut.</b> <span class='sc'>To cut in</span>, <i>verb. phr.</i> (Harrow).—If a boy misses -his place in the line at <span class='sc'>Bill</span> (<i>q.v.</i>), and tries to run -in irregularly, he is said <span class='fss'>TO CUT IN</span>.</p> - -<h3 class='c013'></h3> -<div class='c014'> - <img class='drop-capi' src='images/i_227_d.png' width='100' alt='' /> -</div><p class='drop-capi0_9'> -<b>D</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Felsted).—A division of “punishment -bounds.” Nominally the bounds were:—A -= practically no bounds; B = the ordinary -bounds, the roads about a mile from -the school; C = punishment bounds, confinement -to the cricket-fields and playground; and -D = confinement to the old school-house playground, -one of the commonest forms of punishment -till 1876, when the present school-house was opened. -C and D were also known respectively as <span class='sc'>Mongrel</span> -and <span class='sc'>Quod</span>.</p> -<div class='clearme'> - -</div> - -<p class='c010'><b>Dame</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Eton and Harrow).—Originally many -ladies kept boarding-houses: hence the word. <i>See</i> -ante.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Damnation-hill</b> (Harrow).—<i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Damnation-corner</span> and -<span class='sc'>Howson</span> and <span class='sc'>Warner</span>, <i>Harrow School</i> (1898), 80.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Degerd</b>, <i>adj.</i> (Harrow).—Degraded. [Pronounced <i>Daygerd</i>.]</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Dicks’</b> (Stonyhurst).—The chief tuck-shop at the -present time.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Ditch, The</b> (Christ’s Hospital).—<i>See</i> ante. <span class='sc'>The ditch</span> -is one of the three playgrounds, or rather open -spaces, within the walls of Christ’s Hospital: it -takes its name from the old City ditch which ran -beneath it. The two others are the “Hall Play,” -and the “Garden.”</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Double-remove.</b> To get a <span class='fss'>DOUBLE-REMOVE</span>, <i>verb. phr.</i> -(Harrow).—To skip a form.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Dox</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Tonbridge).—The head-master. [An abbreviation -of “doctor.”]</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Dub.</b> <span class='sc'>To dub in</span>, <i>verb. phr.</i> (Christ’s Hospital).—To -subscribe.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Duke’s-room</b> (Stonyhurst).—The <span class='sc'>Philosophers’</span> (<i>q.v.</i>) -drawing-room.</p> - -<h3 class='c013'></h3> -<div class='c014'> - <img class='drop-capi' src='images/i_228_e.png' width='100' alt='' /> -</div><p class='drop-capi0_9'> -<b>Early bed</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Stonyhurst).—In winter -time the smaller boys go to bed an hour -before the rest. Elder boys may avail -themselves of this if sick: <i>e.g.</i> “There is -no <span class='fss'>EARLY BED</span> to-night.”</p> -<div class='clearme'> - -</div> - -<p class='c010'><b>Extraordinary</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Stonyhurst).—Classes in which -extra classics are read in the lower forms.</p> - -<h3 class='c013'></h3> -<div class='c014'> - <img class='drop-capi' src='images/i_228_f.png' width='100' alt='' /> -</div><p class='drop-capi0_9'> -<b>Fag-poker</b>, <i>intj.</i> (Harrow: obsolete).—A -cry to a fag to fetch a stake for the fire.</p> -<div class='clearme'> - -</div> - -<p class='c012'>1827. <span class='sc'>Collins</span>, <i>The Public Schools</i> [Harrow], p. 318. -Poker and tongs were unknown luxuries in the “play-room” -at Butler’s; and the junior fag, at the call of -“<span class='fss'>FAG</span> poker,” had to rush out in the cold to pull a -hedge-stake of substantial dimensions from the fence or faggot-stack.</p> - -<p class='c010'><b>Feeder-cric</b> (Christ’s Hospital).—<i>See</i> ante. This game -got its name from the “feeder,” <i>i.e.</i> the thrower of -the ball, and the humble imitation that it was of -cricket. The bat was a stick like a “glorified” -ruler, but cut away at one end to resemble in some -sort a cricket-bat. It was played against a buttress, -on which was marked a circle in chalk, which served -as a wicket. The ball was soft, with a hole in it; -as in rounders the batsman might insist on certain -conditions as to the method of “feeding,” and might -refuse to recognise a “feed” unreasonable in height.</p> - -<p class='c015'><b>First-praise</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Stonyhurst).—<i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Report</span>.</p> - -<p class='c015'><b>First-touch.</b> <span class='sc'>To be first-touch</span>, <i>verb. phr.</i> (Stonyhurst).—To -be first in reaching the scene of a -game, a place in which was secured by touching -some object, as a handball, a wicket, &c.</p> - -<p class='c015'><b>Flab</b>, <i>subs.</i> 1. (Christ’s Hospital).—Butter.</p> - -<p class='c016'>2. (Stonyhurst).—A boy who does not play in -any of the regular (cricket) matches. For such a -practice net is provided, known as the <span class='fss'>FLAB’S-NET</span>.</p> - -<p class='c015'><b>Fob</b>, <i>verb</i> (Christ’s Hospital).—To put on carelessly: as -bands or buttons, without trouble, to look right for -a minute or so.</p> - -<p class='c015'><b>Forcing</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Stonyhurst).—Dribbling. <i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Stonyhurst-football</span>.</p> - -<p class='c015'><b>Form-beak</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Harrow).—A form-master. <i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Beak</span>.</p> - -<p class='c015'><b>Form-game</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Harrow: obsolete).—At football, the -games arranged in grades of ability, and not by -Houses. They were named on the same principle -as the school is arranged—Sixth Form game, Fifth -Form game, and so on.</p> - -<p class='c015'><b>Forty</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Felsted).—A division of the school for football -or cricket. Each <span class='fss'>FORTY</span> has its own ground.</p> - -<p class='c015'><b>Fotch</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Christ’s Hospital).—A blow on the face. -Also as <i>verb</i> = to strike.</p> - -<p class='c015'><b>Fox</b>, <i>verb</i> (Stonyhurst).—To pretend to be ill.</p> - -<p class='c015'><b>Frart</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Christ’s Hospital).—A potato.</p> - -<p class='c015'><b>Fug</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Harrow).—<i>See</i> ante. The name is now -given to a diminutive Association ball: formerly -one of hair and chamois-leather.</p> - -<p class='c015'><b>Fungi</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Christ’s Hospital)—India-rubber.</p> - -<h3 class='c013'></h3> -<div class='c017'> - <img class='drop-capi' src='images/i_230_g.png' width='100' alt='' /> -</div><p class='drop-capi0_9'> -<b>Gomer</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—<i>See</i> ante, sense -2. I am informed that there is yet -another usage. <span class='sc'>Gomers</span> = a suit of clothes -in which to go home. [Because College -men wear gowns.]</p> -<div class='clearme'> - -</div> - -<p class='c015'><b>Goose-match</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Harrow).—<i>See</i> ante, and quot.</p> - -<p class='c018'>1898. <span class='sc'>S. W. Gore</span>, <i>Harrow School</i>, 225. Harrow is, I believe, one -of the few schools where cricket is played in the Michaelmas term, -when the traditional <span class='fss'>“GOOSE” MATCH</span> is played. This was started on -the 22nd of September 1849 by Mr. C. O. Eaton.</p> - -<p class='c015'><b>Grammar-match</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Stonyhurst).—A football match -in which the members of the highest class of the -<span class='sc'>Lower Line</span> (<i>q.v.</i>)—<span class='sc'>Grammar</span> (<i>q.v.</i>)—play the lower -classes combined.</p> - -<p class='c015'><b>Grasshopper</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Christ’s Hospital: Hertford).—A -<span class='fss'>BLUE</span>-girl: used by boys at Hertford. <i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Bluebottle</span> -(Appendix) and <span class='sc'>Hedgehog</span> (<i>ante</i>).</p> - -<p class='c015'><b>Great Figures</b> (Stonyhurst).—<i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Figures</span>, <i>ante</i>.</p> - -<p class='c015'><b>Grecian</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Christ’s Hospital).—Add following to -1871 quot.:—</p> - -<p class='c018'>Then on leaving the school for college they obtain a gift of £60 for -clothing and outfit, and an allowance of £70 a year while at college. -Nor do they seem to owe any further allegiance in after life to Christ’s -Hospital. For instance, many lads are educated specially for the -navy, and are distinguished from the others by wearing a metal badge -on the shoulder, but on leaving Christ’s they do not necessarily enter -maritime life.</p> - -<h3 class='c013'></h3> -<div class='c017'> - <img class='drop-capi' src='images/i_230_h.png' width='100' alt='' /> -</div><p class='drop-capi0_9'> -<b>Head.</b> <span class='sc'>Head of the Line</span>, <i>subs. phr.</i> (Stonyhurst).—The -Captain of the School.</p> -<div class='clearme'> - -</div> - -<p class='c015'><b>Hedgehog</b> (Christ’s Hospital).—<i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Bluebottle</span> -and <span class='sc'>Grasshopper</span> (Appendix).</p> - -<p class='c015'><b>Hell</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Stonyhurst).—A well-known hazard on the -golf links: another is called <span class='sc'>Purgatory</span>.</p> - -<p class='c015'><b>Henner</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Royal High School, Edin.).—A challenge -to do something difficult, which the challenger -must first do himself: <i>e.g.</i> “Here’s a <span class='fss'>HENNER</span> for -you!” [Probably from Old Scots <i>hain</i>.]</p> - -<p class='c015'><b>Higger Brig</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Stonyhurst).—A bridge over the -Hodder. It was by the old bridge at this point -that Cromwell crossed on his way to Stonyhurst -Hall, though some say it was at <span class='sc'>Cæsar’s Bridge</span> -(<i>q.v.</i>). [Derived from an attempt to pronounce -“Higher Bridge” in the local fashion.]</p> - -<p class='c015'><b>Hopgarth</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Stonyhurst: obsolete).—A part of the -Gardens.</p> - -<p class='c015'><b>House-beak</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Harrow).—A master. <i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Beak</span> and -<span class='sc'>Form-beak</span>.</p> - -<h3 class='c013'></h3> -<div class='c017'> - <img class='drop-capi' src='images/i_231_i.png' width='100' alt='' /> -</div><p class='drop-capi0_9'> -<b>Immunity-card</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Stonyhurst).—<i>See</i> -<span class='sc'>Tolly-ticket</span>.</p> -<div class='clearme'> - -</div> - -<p class='c015'><b>In.</b> <span class='sc'>All in</span>, <i>phr.</i> (Stonyhurst).—A direction -given (1) at end of recreation; and (2) to -stay indoors at recreation time when wet.</p> - -<p class='c015'><b>Ink-pot Boy</b> (Stonyhurst).—<i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Atramentarius</span>.</p> - -<h3 class='c013'></h3> -<div class='c017'> - <img class='drop-capi' src='images/i_231_j.png' width='100' alt='' /> -</div><p class='drop-capi0_9'> -<b>Jicker</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Christ’s Hospital).—(1) The -juice of a <span class='sc'>High</span> (<i>q.v.</i>). [It is suggested -that this is a “portmanteau word”—from -<i>juice</i> and <i>liquor</i>.] Also (2) = blacking.</p> -<div class='clearme'> - -</div> - -<p class='c015'><b>Jickery</b>, <i>adj.</i> (Christ’s Hospital).—Big: <i>e.g.</i> -“You’re in for a <span class='fss'>JICKERY</span> row.” [Query = overflowing, -like the <span class='fss'>JICKER</span> (juice) of a “high” (fruit -tart).]</p> - -<p class='c015'><b>Jiffs, The</b> (Christ’s Hospital).—<span class='sc'>The Jiffs</span> are about the -oldest part of the Hospital building. The name is -given to cloisters lying on the left hand as one -enters from Christ Church passage. They are at -a lower level, and are reached by four steps. It -was the only part not burned in the Great Fire. -The rooms above were destroyed. [Suggested derivations -are:—(1) from “Grey Friars” = G.F.’s; -and (2) from a beadle, Geoffrey—Geoff’s—Jiffs.]</p> - -<p class='c015'><b>Joseph</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Harrow: obsolete).—Generic for boy: <i>e.g.</i> -<span class='fss'>BEETLE-JOSEPH</span> = an entomological collector; <span class='fss'>MUSIC-JOSEPH</span> -= a boy who studied music, and so forth.</p> - -<h3 class='c013'></h3> -<div class='c017'> - <img class='drop-capi' src='images/i_232_k.png' width='100' alt='' /> -</div><p class='drop-capi0_9'> -<b>Keen</b>, <i>adj.</i> (Christ’s Hospital).—Good: <i>e.g.</i> -“jolly <span class='fss'>KEEN</span>” = very good.</p> -<div class='clearme'> - -</div> - -<p class='c015'><b>Kenna’s-day</b> (Stonyhurst).—<i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Day</span>, <i>ante</i>.</p> - -<p class='c015'><b>King</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Royal High School, Edin.).—A -game peculiar to the school. The -players range themselves on one side of the playground, -one going into the centre and calling -“King!” The centre player endeavours to catch -some one, who then joins him, and this goes on -till all are caught. A rush is then made for the -side, the last to reach it taking the centre place in -a new game. It forms an excellent training for -football and a source of revenue to tailors.</p> - -<h3 class='c013'></h3> -<div class='c017'> - <img class='drop-capi' src='images/i_232_l.png' width='100' alt='' /> -</div><p class='drop-capi0_9'> -<b>Lady Gallery</b> (Stonyhurst).—A gallery in -which is a statue of the Blessed Virgin.</p> -<div class='clearme'> - -</div> - -<p class='c015'><b>Lamm.</b> <span class='sc'>To lamm in</span>, <i>verb. phr.</i> (Stonyhurst).—<i>See</i> -<span class='sc'>Peg in</span>.</p> - -<p class='c015'><b>Last-quarter</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Stonyhurst).—An interval -at the end of long recreations for toilet purposes, -&c., before studies or other duties: <i>e.g.</i> “Is there -<span class='fss'>LAST-QUARTER</span> after this recreation?”</p> - -<p class='c015'><b>Leeming’s Knot</b> (Stonyhurst).—A ditch or hole in a -neighbouring wood. [From some local farmer who -is said to have jumped into it.]</p> - -<p class='c015'><b>Little Man</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Eton).—<i>See</i> ante: this term, I am -informed, is only applied to one particular man in -a certain shop.</p> - -<p class='c015'><b>Lo</b> (Felsted).—<i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Fain lo</span>.</p> - -<p class='c015'><b>Long Litany Lane</b> (Stonyhurst: obsolete).—A lane near -the College.</p> - -<p class='c015'><b>Long Sleep</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Stonyhurst).—A longer time than -usual in bed: <i>e.g.</i> “There will be <span class='fss'>LONG SLEEP</span> to-morrow,” -“May I have <span class='fss'>LONG SLEEP</span>?”</p> - -<p class='c015'><b>Long-soft</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Stonyhurst).—A long, low bounce: -<span class='sc'>Stonyhurst-football</span> (<i>q.v.</i>).</p> - -<p class='c015'><b>Lord’s.</b> <span class='sc'>To be in Lord’s</span>, <i>verb. phr.</i> (Winchester).—To be -a member of the first Eleven at cricket, dating from -the old Public School matches at Lord’s between -Winchester, Harrow, and Eton. Whence <span class='sc'>Lord’s-Ex</span> -= the Exeat for the Eton and Harrow match.</p> - -<p class='c015'><b>Lounge</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Eton).—Both present and past Eton -schoolmen inform me that, as far as they know, -this word was, and is, never used.</p> - -<p class='c015'><b>Love-lane</b> (Stonyhurst: obsolete).—A road near the -College.</p> - -<p class='c015'><b>Low</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Christ’s Hospital).—There are two sorts of -fruit pies sold at the school shop, called respectively, -according to their shape, “<span class='fss'>HIGH</span>” and “<span class='fss'>LOW</span>,” -the word “pie” being generally omitted.</p> - -<h3 class='c013'></h3> -<div class='c017'> - <img class='drop-capi' src='images/i_233_m.png' width='100' alt='' /> -</div><p class='drop-capi0_9'> -<b>Magazine</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Stonyhurst).—The dormitory -of the smaller boys in the College. -Once a trunk room.</p> -<div class='clearme'> - -</div> - -<p class='c015'><b>Mathemat</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Christ’s Hospital).—<i>See</i> -ante, and add following to quot. 1895:—</p> - -<p class='c018'>The most distinctive feature in the <span class='fss'>MATHEMAT</span> life was the yearly -“going to Court.” Our hair was trimmed and brushed for the occasion -by the Hospital barber, buttonholes and gloves lavished on us. -When we went to Buckingham Palace we drove five in a carriage, -the redundant gentleman being literally and metaphorically sat upon -by his justly indignant comrades. But more interesting were our -visits to Windsor, with the march from the station to the Castle, the -long weary waiting in endless corridors and gorgeous ante-chambers, -the well-earned lunch, with John Brown peeping in at the door; then -Her Majesty’s inspection of our drawings; and finally, our free range -over the Castle and toilsome ascent of the Round Tower. I remember -the following circumstance: One <span class='fss'>MATHEMAT</span> exhibited a painting of -a ship still building. Prince George of Wales remarked to his brother, -“What a ‘rummy’ ship,” at which the exhibitor laughed, causing the -elder Prince to exclaim, “Look, George, he’s laughing at you.”</p> - -<p class='c015'><b>Mayfair</b> (Stonyhurst: obsolete).—A walk in the playground. -<i>Cf.</i> <span class='sc'>Bond-street</span>.</p> - -<p class='c015'><b>Meeter</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Stonyhurst).—A successful kick at a ball -coming towards the one who kicks. <i>See</i> <span class='fss'>STONYHURST-FOOTBALL</span>.</p> - -<p class='c015'><b>Mob</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Christ’s Hospital).—A move from one Form -to another.</p> - -<p class='c015'><b>Mongrel</b> (Felsted).—<i>See</i> D (Appendix).</p> - -<p class='c015'><b>Monkey.</b> <span class='sc'>Monkey-room</span> (Stonyhurst).—A lumber-room: -chiefly used as a stable for bicycles.</p> - -<p class='c015'><b>Mull</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Christ’s Hospital).—A fight.</p> - -<h3 class='c013'></h3> -<div class='c017'> - <img class='drop-capi' src='images/i_234_n.png' width='100' alt='' /> -</div><p class='drop-capi0_9'> -<b>Nicks</b>, <i>intj.</i> (Stonyhurst).—<i>See</i> ante. Also -used at Stonyhurst by scouts at sight of -a Prefect.</p> -<div class='clearme'> - -</div> - -<p class='c015'><b>Nip’s-night</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Felsted).—The annual -entertainment for the village people. -[<i>Nip</i> = a rustic.]</p> - -<p class='c015'><b>Nurse</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Christ’s Hospital).—<i>See</i> ante. Obsolete -in London, but retained at Hertford.</p> - -<h3 class='c013'></h3> -<div class='c017'> - <img class='drop-capi' src='images/i_234_o.png' width='100' alt='' /> -</div><p class='drop-capi0_9'> -<b>Officiate</b>, <i>verb</i> (Christ’s Hospital).—To interfere: -<i>i.e.</i> to be “officious.” <i>E.g.</i> “Don’t -officiate.”</p> -<div class='clearme'> - -</div> - -<p class='c015'><b>On.</b> <span class='sc'>All on</span>, <i>phr.</i> (Stonyhurst).—The direction -given at the end of recreation. Also -<span class='sc'>All in</span>.</p> - -<h3 class='c013'></h3> -<div class='c017'> - <img class='drop-capi' src='images/i_234_p.png' width='100' alt='' /> -</div><p class='drop-capi0_9'> -<b>Passy</b>, <i>adj.</i> (Christ’s Hospital).—<i>See</i> ante. -Now obsolete: the modern equivalent is -<span class='sc'>Vish</span>, which <i>see</i> (Appendix).</p> -<div class='clearme'> - -</div> - -<p class='c015'><b>Past</b>, <i>adv.</i> (Stonyhurst).—Beyond the goal -line.</p> - -<p class='c015'><b>Peg.</b> <span class='sc'>To peg in</span>, <i>verb. phr.</i> (Stonyhurst).—(1) To throw -in hard: of cricket. (2) To cane severely: of -corporal punishment: <i>e.g.</i> “Does So-and-so <span class='fss'>PEG -IN</span>?” Also To <span class='fss'>LAMM IN</span>.</p> - -<p class='c015'><b>People</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Harrow).—Relations; visitors: <i>e.g.</i> “I’ve -got <span class='fss'>PEOPLE</span> coming down.”</p> - -<p class='c015'><b>Pepper-box</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Eton).—A buttress in the original -Fives Court on the Chapel steps—reproduced in -all Eton Fives Courts.</p> - -<p class='c015'><b>Pester</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Harrow).—The special cab used to convey -boys with infectious diseases to <span class='sc'>Sanny</span> (<i>q.v.</i>).</p> - -<p class='c015'><b>Pet, The</b> (Felsted).—The petrifying stream: a small -brook near Felsted.</p> - -<p class='c015'><b>Philathlet</b> (or <b>Phil</b>), <i>subs.</i> (Harrow).—<i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Phil</span>, <i>ante</i>. -Also the large school cricket ground used for -lower games.</p> - -<p class='c015'><b>Philosopher’s-quarters</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Stonyhurst).—The part -of the house in which the <span class='sc'>Philosophers</span> (<i>q.v.</i>) -live.</p> - -<p class='c015'><b>Pi</b>, <i>adj.</i> (originally Winchester).—<i>See</i> ante. This expression -is now pretty general. Also <span class='sc'>Pi-jaw</span> (or -<span class='sc'>Pi-gas</span>) = a serious admonition.</p> - -<p class='c015'><b>Pog</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Felsted).—<i>See</i> ante: the suggested derivation -is “Pig—pig-faced—pog.” “Put your <span class='fss'>POG</span>” was the -usual direction to <span class='sc'>Drawing-round</span> (<i>q.v.</i>).</p> - -<p class='c015'><b>Post-office</b>, <i>verb</i> (Harrow).—To promenade the High -Street. [Where is situated the post-office.]</p> - -<p class='c015'><b>Prefect’s-room</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Stonyhurst).—The room in which -corporal punishment is inflicted. “To visit the -<span class='fss'>PREFECT’S-ROOM</span>” has a recognised significance. -Also known as the <span class='sc'>Tolly-shop</span>.</p> - -<p class='c015'><b>Prisoner’s-bars</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Stonyhurst).—Otherwise known -as “Prisoner’s-base.”</p> - -<p class='c015'><b>Privates</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Harrow).—Private lessons.</p> - -<p class='c015'><b>Purgatory</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Stonyhurst).—<i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Hell</span>.</p> - -<p class='c015'><b>Purl</b> (or <b>Pearl</b>), <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—A header. Also -as <i>verb</i>.</p> - -<h3 class='c013'></h3> -<div class='c017'> - <img class='drop-capi' src='images/i_236_r.png' width='100' alt='' /> -</div><p class='drop-capi0_9'> -<b>Rabble</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Stonyhurst: obsolete).—The -Vesper Choir: <i>i.e.</i> the choir formed of -boys not in the College choir proper, -who sing alternately with the latter at -Vespers.</p> -<div class='clearme'> - -</div> - -<p class='c015'><b>Reading-room</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Stonyhurst).—An hour of extra -study after supper. So called from the room in -which this study may be done. “I am going to -Reading Room.”</p> - -<p class='c015'><b>Rector’s Tower</b> (Stonyhurst).—A tower at the end of -the west wing. Also known as Parbrick Tower, -after the Rector who built it.</p> - -<p class='c015'><b>Report</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Stonyhurst).—The account of the school -work given by the Prefect of Studies in the Boys’ -Refectory, before the whole house assembled, at -the end of each term. The class which wins most -honour is said to get <span class='sc'>First Praise</span>. After the -Report the <span class='sc'>Distinction Lists</span> are read. <i>Cf.</i> -<span class='sc'>Distinguished</span>.</p> - -<p class='c015'><b>Retreat</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Stonyhurst).—A period of three days -annually devoted by the boys to practices of piety.</p> - -<p class='c015'><b>Romans</b> (Stonyhurst).—<i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Victory-walk</span>.</p> - -<p class='c015'><b>Rostrum</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Stonyhurst: obsolete).—A pulpit -formerly in the boys’ refectory: used for reading -during certain meals.</p> - -<p class='c015'><b>Rotten.</b> <span class='sc'>Bells go rotten</span>, <i>phr.</i> (Winchester).—<i>See</i> -<span class='sc'>Mansfield</span>, <i>School-Life at Winchester</i> (1866), 432.</p> - -<p class='c015'><b>Roust</b>, <i>verb</i> (Durham).—To kick.</p> - -<h3 class='c013'></h3> -<div class='c017'> - <img class='drop-capi' src='images/i_236_s.png' width='100' alt='' /> -</div><p class='drop-capi0_9'> -<b>Sabbatine</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Stonyhurst: obsolete).—A -kind of academical exhibition given by -one of the <span class='sc'>Higher Line</span> (<i>q.v.</i>) classes to -the rest of the Higher Line and visitors on -a Saturday afternoon. [From <i>Sabbatum</i>.]</p> -<div class='clearme'> - -</div> - -<p class='c015'><b>Sack.</b> <span class='sc'>To have</span> (or <span class='fss'>GET</span>) <span class='fss'>THE SACK</span>, <i>verb. phr.</i> (Harrow).—To -be dismissed from school for an offence. A -common enough word, but its specific use at Harrow -deserves mention.</p> - -<p class='c015'><b>Sage</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Royal High School, Edin.: obsolete).—A -class.</p> - -<p class='c015'><b>Sanny</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Harrow).—The School Sanatorium.</p> - -<p class='c015'><b>Scaley</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Stonyhurst).—A term of contempt: applied -to all foreigners.</p> - -<p class='c015'><b>Sciff</b>, <i>verb</i> (Christ’s Hospital).—To knock over.</p> - -<p class='c015'><b>Sconse</b>, <i>subs.</i> and <i>adj.</i> (Christ’s Hospital).—A selfish -fellow; selfish. <i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Scaff</span>.</p> - -<p class='c015'><b>Scratch</b> (Christ’s Hospital).—The matron’s servant.</p> - -<p class='c015'><b>Scrub</b>, subs. (Stonyhurst).—A ball hit close to the wall -or ground: handball.</p> - -<p class='c015'><b>Scug</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Eton).—A term of contempt for any boy -wanting in self-respect.</p> - -<p class='c015'><b>Second-dinner</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Stonyhurst).—When a boy for -any reason has been unable to dine with the rest, -he is said to go to <span class='fss'>SECOND-DINNER</span>.</p> - -<p class='c015'><b>Second-tip</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Stonyhurst: obsolete).—A form of -<span class='sc'>Stonyhurst-cricket</span> (<i>q.v.</i>), in which the batsman -had to run once at least in two hits.</p> - -<p class='c015'><b>Second-washing</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Stonyhurst).—The interval -allowed every day before dinner for toilet purposes.</p> - -<p class='c015'><b>Semmies</b> (or <b>Seminarians</b>), <i>subs.</i> (Stonyhurst).—Students -at the Seminary or St. Mary’s Hall.</p> - -<p class='c015'><b>Semper</b> (Winchester).—<i>See</i> ante. <span class='sc'>Semper Testis</span> also -= “a boy always ready to support any assertion of -his friend.”</p> - -<p class='c015'><b>Senior Philosopher</b>, subs. (Stonyhurst).—The head and -spokesman of the <span class='sc'>Philosophers</span> (<i>q.v.</i>).</p> - -<p class='c015'><b>Shag</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Christ’s Hospital).—A share. Also as -<i>verb</i>.</p> - -<p class='c015'><b>Shark</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Christ’s Hospital).—A “cadger.” Whence, -as <i>verb</i> = to make up to; to cadge.</p> - -<p class='c015'><b>Shinner</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Stonyhurst).—A kick on the shins. <i>See</i> -<span class='sc'>Stonyhurst-football</span>.</p> - -<p class='c015'><b>Shop-boys</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Stonyhurst).—The boys responsible -for the shop in the “house.” It is entirely in the -boys’ own hands; the profits go to the games club.</p> - -<p class='c015'><b>Shuts</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Christ’s Hospital).—A “sell.” Also as -<i>intj.</i> = “Sold again!”</p> - -<p class='c015'><b>Side.</b> <span class='sc'>Behind one’s side</span>, <i>phr.</i> (Winchester).—Said of -a man when nearer the opponents’ goal than the -player on his own side who last touched the ball.</p> - -<p class='c019'>Also <i>see</i> <span class='sc'>Swagger</span> (Appendix).</p> - -<p class='c020'><b>Sig</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Harrow).—A signature for work: <i>e.g.</i> “To -get a <span class='fss'>SIG</span>.” <i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Signed</span>.</p> - -<p class='c020'><b>Signed.</b> <span class='sc'>To be signed</span>, <i>verb. phr.</i> (Harrow).—To be -excused work.</p> - -<p class='c020'><b>Six-and-Six</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—<i>See</i> ante. Originally -one match yearly between College and Commoners; -now three matches between College, Commoners, -and Houses. Also <span class='sc'>Sixes</span>. <i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Apple-pie day</span>.</p> - -<p class='c020'><b>Sixes</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Harrow).—Alternate six balls in the Yard -with another batsman. Hence <span class='fss'>TO GO SIXES</span> = to go -shares in anything.</p> - -<p class='c020'><b>Skew</b> (Harrow).—<i>See</i> ante. Also, as <i>verb</i> = to turn (or -fail) in <span class='sc'>Rep</span> (<i>q.v.</i>).</p> - -<p class='c020'><b>Skit</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Harrow).—A quantity.</p> - -<p class='c020'><b>Slime</b>, <i>verb.</i> 1. (Felsted).—<i>See</i> ante. To sneak in, out, -or past. Also as <i>subs.</i>, <span class='fss'>TO DO A SLIME</span> (even in -games) = to take a crafty advantage.</p> - -<p class='c019'>2. (Harrow).—To go round quietly.</p> - -<p class='c021'>1898. <span class='sc'>Warner</span>, <i>Harrow School</i>, 282. His house beak <span class='fss'>SLIMED</span> and -twug him.</p> - -<p class='c019'>3. (Harrow).—To make drops at rackets.</p> - -<p class='c020'><b>Slop</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Christ’s Hospital).—A term of contempt.</p> - -<p class='c020'><b>Slopper</b>, <i>subs.</i> (The Leys).—A slop-basin.</p> - -<p class='c020'><b>Snoring-dormitory</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Stonyhurst).—A special dormitory -reserved for troublesome sleepers.</p> - -<p class='c020'><b>Souppy</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Royal High School, Edin.).—The same -as <span class='sc'>Grubby</span> (<i>q.v.</i>).</p> - -<p class='c020'><b>Spec</b>, <i>verb</i> (Harrow and Durham).—To expect to get; -to count on winning beforehand: as a race, &c.</p> - -<p class='c020'><b>Spital Sermon</b> (Christ’s Hospital).—<i>See</i> ante. In <i>The -Blue</i> of April 1900 appears an account of a Spital -Sermon preached in Christ Church, Newgate Street, -April 23rd, 1644: it is quaint. In recent years -the Lord Mayor’s chaplain preached on Easter -Monday, a bishop on Tuesday, but within the last -twenty years the Monday sermon has been given -up. Also, the boys no longer wear the bit of paper -bearing the words, “He is risen,” and the “Mathemats” -have ceased to carry their nautical instruments.</p> - -<p class='c020'><b>Spot.</b> <span class='sc'>On the spot</span>, <i>phr.</i> (Stonyhurst).—(1) In good -humour; (2) in good condition.</p> - -<p class='c020'><b>Stonyhurst-cricket</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Stonyhurst: recently obsolete).—A -form of cricket played till very recent -times at Stonyhurst, the ordinary game being -known as <span class='sc'>London-cricket</span>. The points of difference -are chiefly these: (1) the balls must be -swift, and bowled along the ground; (2) the batsman -must hit—“slog” is the term; and (3) the -game is played at a single wicket. Bat, ball, and -wickets differ in shape and size from those used in -cricket proper. In Father Gerard’s <i>Stonyhurst</i> -will be found a detailed account of the game, and -a connection is traced between it and a crude form -once played at Eton. It is in all probability a -survival of very primitive cricket which became -stereotyped because of the life of the College abroad.</p> - -<p class='c020'><b>Stonyhurst-football</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Stonyhurst).—A kind of -football played at Stonyhurst and some other -schools. It differs materially from the Association -and Rugby game, chiefly in these respects: (1) any -number may play at once; (2) the ball may be -touched by the hand during the game, but not -handled or carried as in Rugby football; (3) charging, -or otherwise roughly treating another player, is -prohibited. The goal-posts are longer and the -space between them narrower than in other forms -of the game; the ball is small and round. It is -akin to a species of football played at Eton, and is -clearly a relic of the past. In matches the sides -usually have names: <i>e.g.</i> “French and English,” -in the Grand Matches—a significant survival from -old continental days; “Federals and Allies” (now -obsolete); “Pipes and Windows”—a favourite impromptu -match, the “Pipes” being those who sit -on one side of the old “Study Place,” the “Windows” -those who sit on the other. Now that the -“Pipes” (hot-water pipes) are on the same side as -the windows, the match is more commonly called -“Walls and Windows,” but sometimes “Chapel -Pipes and Windows.” “Shavers and Non-shavers” -is another favourite match.</p> - -<p class='c020'><b>Strue</b>, <i>subs.</i> (general).—A construe. <i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Con</span>.</p> - -<p class='c020'><b>Superd.</b> <span class='sc'>To be superd</span>, <i>verb. phr.</i> (Harrow).—To be -superannuated.</p> - -<p class='c020'><b>Swack</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Christ’s Hospital).—Deception. Whence -<span class='sc'>To swack up</span> = to deceive; to take in.</p> - -<p class='c020'><b>Swagger</b> (or <b>Side</b>), <i>subs.</i> (Harrow).—(1) Appropriating -privileges to which one has no right; and (2) -using peculiar privileges which others may not use. -Etiquette in this respect is very complex.</p> - -<p class='c021'>1898. <span class='sc'>Warner</span>, <i>Harrow School</i>, 280. The rules of “<span class='fss'>SWAGGER</span>” are -most complex, like other traditional and unwritten codes, and in them -a new boy is apt to find himself entangled. He goes out with his -umbrella rolled up, and he finds he is swaggering; or he carries it by -its middle, or under his arm, or he walks on the middle terrace after -chapel, or he innocently wears his “blues” open when it is hot, or -turns his trousers up when it is wet, and again he is swaggering. -Lady visitors sometimes think small boys at Harrow rude. It is not -rudeness which leads boys to stick close to the wall, even when coming -up covered with mud from football, and shoulder the world into the -gutter, it is modesty; to walk in the road is <span class='fss'>SWAGGER</span>. To loiter at -the house door, or to sing or whistle in the passages, and to wear a hat -in the house are also forms of <span class='fss'>SWAGGER</span>.</p> - -<h3 class='c013'></h3> -<div class='c022'> - <img class='drop-capi' src='images/i_241_t.png' width='100' alt='' /> -</div><p class='drop-capi0_9'> -<b>Taff</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Christ’s Hospital: Hertford).—A -potato.</p> -<div class='clearme'> - -</div> - -<p class='c020'><b>Talker</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Harrow).—One who cannot -sing in time.</p> - -<p class='c021'>1898. <span class='sc'>Howson</span> and <span class='sc'>Warner</span>, <i>Harrow School</i>, 208. Then followed -solos from those who could sing and those who could not—it made no -difference. The latter class were called <span class='fss'>TALKERS</span>, and every boy was -encouraged to stand up and “talk it out.”</p> - -<p class='c020'><b>Tap</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Eton).—Originally the <span class='sc'>Christopher</span> (<i>q.v.</i>). -Now the only place recognised by the authorities -where a boy can get beer.</p> - -<p class='c020'><b>Tart-feast</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Stonyhurst: obsolete).—Certain feasts -indulged in by classes at the end of the school -year.</p> - -<p class='c020'><b>Temple of Bel[l], The</b> (Royal High School, Edin.: -obsolete).—A square tower at the north-east -corner of the playground in which the bell was -formerly hung: now rendered invisible by the new -buildings.</p> - -<p class='c020'><b>Tetra</b> (Felsted).—<i>See</i> ante. Also as <i>adj.</i>: <i>e.g.</i> a science -boy regarded “Stinks” as “<span class='fss'>TETRA</span>-buck.”</p> - -<p class='c020'><b>Thirders</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Harrow).—The Third Eleven.</p> - -<p class='c020'><b>Three Hundred Day</b> (Stonyhurst).—<i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Day</span>.</p> - -<p class='c020'><b>Three-yearer</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Harrow).—A boy who has been -three years in the school, and who, by seniority, -has the right to do certain things, which his -juniors may not do.</p> - -<p class='c020'><b>Ticket</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Winchester).—A promise, given by a -Prefect to a Junior, to remit the next punishment -when incurred.</p> - -<p class='c020'><b>Titch</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Christ’s Hospital).—<i>See</i> ante. It is suggested -that <span class='fss'>TITCH</span> is a “portmanteau word”—“tight -breeches,” the tightening of the garment -being often a preliminary to the operation.</p> - -<p class='c020'><b>Tizzy-tick</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Harrow).—An order on a tradesman -to the extent of sixpence a day.</p> - -<p class='c020'><b>Tolly, The</b> (Rugby).—<i>See</i> quot.</p> - -<p class='c021'>1900. <i>Athenæum</i>, 16th June, p. 743. The chapel rather loses by its -stunted head, especially as a fine tapering spire (disrespectfully known -as “<span class='sc'>The Tolly</span>”) appears at the back of the Close.</p> - -<p class='c020'><b>Tolly-shop</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Stonyhurst).—<i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Prefect’s-room</span>.</p> - -<p class='c020'><b>Tolly-ticket</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Stonyhurst).—A custom now generally -obsolete, but still kept up by some masters. -It used to be common, and consisted in giving a -boy a card of good conduct as a reward for specially -good work. If, later, he were to incur punishment -for some offence, he would produce this card, and, -unless the offence were too grave, could thereby receive -a free pardon. Such cards were called <span class='fss'>TOLLY -TICKETS</span> or <span class='sc'>Immunity Cards</span>. [A precisely similar -custom is described as having existed at Eton in -the forties by Mr. C. Kegan Paul in his <i>Memories</i>.]</p> - -<p class='c020'><b>Tonk</b>, <i>verb</i> (Durham).—To hit: a cricket term.</p> - -<p class='c020'><b>Trav</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Felsted).—Travelling-money. <i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Hots</span>.</p> - -<p class='c020'><b>Tubby</b> (Christ’s Hospital).—A male servant of the -school: his business was to move certain tubs, the -use of which has long been discontinued, but -the name remains.</p> - -<p class='c020'><b>Tuft</b>, <i>subs.</i> (University).—A young nobleman, entered -as a student at a university, so called from the -<span class='fss'>TUFT</span> or gold tassel worn on the cap. Also <span class='sc'>Gold-hatband</span> -(<i>q.v.</i>). Whence “tuft-hunter.”</p> - -<p class='c020'><b>Tuz I</b>, <i>phr.</i> (Felsted).—The same as <span class='sc'>Fain it</span> (<i>q.v.</i>), -<span class='sc'>Bags I</span> (<i>q.v.</i>), &c.</p> - -<p class='c020'><b>Twelve</b> (Harrow).—<i>See</i> ante.</p> - -<p class='c019'><span class='sc'>The School Twelve</span>, <i>subs. phr.</i> (Harrow).—The -twelve best singers (bass and tenor voices singing -in unison) in the school. Whence <span class='sc'>The House -Twelve</span> = the same in each House.</p> - -<p class='c020'><b>Twug</b> (Harrow).—Caught. [The <i>past par.</i> of “twig.”]</p> - -<h3 class='c013'></h3> -<div class='c022'> - <img class='drop-capi' src='images/i_243_v.png' width='100' alt='' /> -</div><p class='drop-capi0_9'> -<b>Vacation-shoes</b> (or <b>-clothes</b>), <i>subs.</i> (Stonyhurst).—Each -boy is measured for these -before the summer holidays.</p> -<div class='clearme'> - -</div> - -<p class='c020'><b>Victory-walk</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Stonyhurst).—A recognised -reward given every half-term to the -classes of the <span class='sc'>Lower Line</span> (<i>q.v.</i>). The system is -as follows:—Each class is divided into two sides, -<span class='sc'>Romans</span> and <span class='sc'>Carthaginians</span>, the boys being set -one against another as rivals. When lessons are -asked, the rivals are asked in pairs, and each tries -to correct the other. A successful correction is -called a <span class='sc'>Victory</span>. At the end of the half-term -these victories are counted: the side which has the -greater total is freed some afternoon for a <span class='sc'>Victory-walk</span>.</p> - -<p class='c020'><b>Vile-child</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Eton).—I am informed that this expression -was only used by a particular tutor, and -was never regarded as <i>peculiar</i> to Eton phraseology.</p> - -<p class='c020'><b>Vill</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Felsted).—The village of Felsted.</p> - -<p class='c020'><b>Vish</b>, <i>adj.</i> (Christ’s Hospital).—Cross: the modern -equivalent of <span class='sc'>Passy</span> (<i>q.v.</i>). [That is, “vicious.”]</p> - -<h3 class='c013'></h3> -<div class='c022'> - <img class='drop-capi' src='images/i_243_w.png' width='100' alt='' /> -</div><p class='drop-capi0_9'> -<b>Whopping</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Harrow).—1. A beating -with a cane inflicted by a Monitor, Head -of House, Sixth Form boy, &c., on a lower -boy for a breach of discipline.</p> -<div class='clearme'> - -</div> - -<p class='c019'>2. <span class='sc'>A Monitor’s-whopping</span>—a more -serious affair, only inflicted in grave cases; the -delinquent is brought before the whole body of the -Monitors in the Vaughan Library, and punishment -given there.</p> - -<p class='c020'><b>Wooden-spoon</b>, <i>subs.</i> (Cambridge).—The student last -on the list of mathematical honours. <i>See</i> <span class='sc'>Tripos</span>, -<span class='sc'>Gulf</span>, <span class='sc'>Twelve Apostles</span>, <span class='sc'>Wrangler</span>, &c.</p> - -<div class='nf-center-c1'> -<div class='nf-center c023'> - <div>Printed by <span class='sc'>Ballantyne, Hanson & Co.</span></div> - <div>Edinburgh & London</div> - </div> -</div> - -<div class='pbb'> - <hr class='pb c002' /> -</div> - -<div class='nf-center-c1'> -<div class='nf-center c024'> - <div>Transcriber’s note:</div> - </div> -</div> - -<p class='c025'>Unusual and variable spellings, hyphenations, and capitalizations have been retained.</p> - -<p class='c025'>All upright instances of ‘Cf.’ italicized (Bicker, [The] Dark Walk, Poetry, Rhetoric)</p> - -<p class='c025'>Adsum, double quote inserted before ‘ADSUM,’ “Newcome, “ADSUM,” or”</p> - -<p class='c025'>Battlings, ‘67’ changed to ‘87,’ “1886-87. Dickens, Dictionary”</p> - -<p class='c025'>Bells, comma inserted following ‘Gabell,’ “be heard “Gabell,” or”</p> - -<p class='c025'>Bene-book, comma inserted after ‘male,’ “vix satis, male, Big male”</p> - -<p class='c025'>Black-jack, square brace inserted after ‘beer,’ “boy servitor of beer.]”</p> - -<p class='c025'>Blow, double quote inserted after ‘late,’ “thou wakyst too late.””</p> - -<p class='c025'>Brasenose, double quote struck before ‘Brazen,’ “Brazen Nose Hall, as”</p> - -<p class='c025'>Calk, ‘Cork’ changed to small capitals, “See Appendix, s.v. CORK”</p> - -<p class='c025'>Challenge, square brace inserted after ‘q.v.,’ “the Eton Montem (q.v.).]”</p> - -<p class='c025'>Continent, double quote inserted after ‘day,’ ““æger for the day””</p> - -<p class='c025'>Dispar, ‘Commons’ changed to ‘commons,’ “A commons or share.”</p> - -<p class='c025'>Div, text re-ordered for clarity, “e.g. Tique-div (q.v.”</p> - -<p class='c025'>Dreep, ‘or’ changed to medium weight, “Dreep (or Dreip)”</p> - -<p class='c025'>Drive, full stop inserted after ‘subs,’ “Also as subs.”</p> - -<p class='c025'>Fin, double quote inserted after ‘etc.,’ ““I won’t have, &c.””</p> - -<p class='c025'>Genuine, square brace inserted after ‘115,’ “cf. Parsius, i. 115.]”</p> - -<p class='c025'>Go, comma inserted after ‘Kingsley,’ “H. Kingsley, Austin Elliot”</p> - -<p class='c025'>Hatch, ‘garden’ changed to ‘garden-gate,’ “a garden-gate, wicket-gate”</p> - -<p class='c025'>Haul, full stop inserted after ‘verb,’ “verb. phr. (Harrow).—To have”</p> - -<p class='c025'>Long Chamber, ‘Long Chamber’ changed to small capitals, “years.... LONG CHAMBER, a dormitory”</p> - -<p class='c025'>Long-meads, double qute inserted before ‘The,’ ““The time after dinner”</p> - -<p class='c025'>Mad, ‘Triolus’ changed to ‘Troilus,’ “Chaucer, Troilus [Skeat”</p> - -<p class='c025'>Mess, double quote inserted after ‘ready,’ “as MESS is ready.””</p> - -<p class='c025'>Mortar-board, double quote struck before ‘fusc,’ “(no “sub fusc” undergrad.)”</p> - -<p class='c025'>Mustard-and-Pepper Keeper, ‘A’ changed to ‘An,’ “An appointment in the”</p> - -<p class='c025'>Nob, double quote inserted before ‘We,’ ““We must find you some”</p> - -<p class='c025'>Non-attached, double quote inserted after ‘NON-ATTACHED,’ ““NON-ATTACHED,” and is now”</p> - -<p class='c025'>Pandie, ‘See’ italicized, “See Redgauntlet”</p> - -<p class='c025'>Post te, ‘POSTE’ changed to ‘POST,’ “e.g. POST TE hat”</p> - -<p class='c025'>Skirmish, full stop inserted after ‘verb,’ “verb. phr. (Winchester).—To”</p> - -<p class='c025'>Snicks, full stop inserted after ‘verb,’ “verb. phr. (Winchester).—To”</p> - -<p class='c025'>Sniw, full stop inserted after ‘verb,’ “verb. phr. (The Leys).—To”</p> - -<p class='c025'>Sock, double quote inserted after ‘week,’ “three times last week,””</p> - -<p class='c025'>Swink, ‘Marriage’ changed to ‘Mariage,’ “Mariage of Witt and Wisdome”</p> - -<p class='c025'>Tardy, double quote inserted after ‘TASK,’ ““I was TARDY TASK””</p> - -<p class='c025'>Touch, double quote inserted after ‘STONE,’ “of the CRICKET-STONE””</p> - -<p class='c025'>Waffle, colon changed to semi-colon after ‘weak,’ “is very weak; waffy”</p> - -<p class='c025'>Appendix, Fag-poker, ‘LAG’ changed to ‘FAG,’ “call of “FAG poker”</p> - -<p class='c025'>Appendix, Stonyhurst-football, ‘form’ changed to ‘forms,’ “in other forms of”</p> - - - - - - - - -<pre> - - - - - -End of Project Gutenberg's The Public School Word-book, by John S. 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