Folk-Etymology; a Dictionary of Verbal Corruptions Or Words Perverted in Form Or Meaning, By False Derivation Or Mistaken Analogy
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In a ballad of the time of Queen Mary, we find — • To Mary our Queen, that flower so sweet. This marigold I do apply: For that name doth seme so meet. And property in each party. [C. Hindley, Tavern Anecdotes and Sayings, p. 239.] This riddle, Cuddy, if thou canst, explain . . . " What flower is that which bears the Virgin's name, The richest metal added to the same?" Gay, Pastoralt. Marigolds, it is said, are particularly introduced in Lady chapels as appro- priate ornaments. Maeling, a cord f...or binding round ropes, so spelt as if a substantive in -ing (A. Sax. -ung), like plankmg, rig- ging, shipping, is a corrupt form of mairline, a " bind-Hne," Dut. marUjn, from ma/rren, to bind, tie, or moor, and l/)jn, a line. Other corruptions are Dutch ma/rling, and marl-reep for mar- reep [resulting from a false analysis, ma/rl-ing instead of ma/r-ling] (Skeat, Htym. JJict. s.v.). Some the galled ropes with dauby marling bind. Dryden, Annus Mirabilis, 148. Marmoset, a small American mon- key, is Pr.
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