An Essay On the Archaeology of Our Popular Phrases, And Nursery Rhymes 2
The book An Essay On the Archaeology of Our Popular Phrases, And Nursery Rhymes 2 was written by author Ker, John Bellenden, 1765-1842 Here you can read free online of An Essay On the Archaeology of Our Popular Phrases, And Nursery Rhymes 2 book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is An Essay On the Archaeology of Our Popular Phrases, And Nursery Rhymes 2 a good or bad book?
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And, I suspect, cock-pit, in the phrase cockpit of a man of war, is as the covered place parted off in the hold or well of the ship, and thus as kog-pit [ship's well]. Put, pit, a well, a hole in the ground, whence onxpit, as well as the Frenchjmif , the Latin putcus, and the Italian pozzo. Put is also used as dicf-put, the black-hole of a prison, and thus a confined space within the prison, or a place of definite confinement within the prison. We had the term cogge at one time in use with us i...n the import of a ship's boat. " This messangir adoun him gon to hie, " ' And found Jason and Hercules also That in a cogge to londe werm igo." — Cuaucer. " What maner of folke, ware and stable, that woll founden hem a pardurable sete, and ne woll not be caste adoune with the loude blasts of the winde Eurus, and will dispise the So, menasyng with floudes. Let 'hem eschiie to builden on the KOPPE*, of the mountaigne, or in the moist saudes. For the fell winde Auster tourmenteth the koppi t of the iuountaignes, with all lier strengthes, and the lose sandes refusen to bere the hevy weightes." — Chaucer, Boeth.
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