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Sometimes the original expression is forced into English
nificance with little regard the resulting com

to

of
the sense

we
pound Thus have

.
charge

an
the Crown plate and

of
BEEF EATER officer

in
,
-
jewels from Fr. buffet court cupboard cupboard plate

of
,

in ,
a

a
Cotgr whence buffetier would

be

of
one charge the plate
,

.
(

.)

bee
HUMBLE BEE from bomble Lat bombilus bomme

,
,

“
-

I
.

.
Je
any flye Palsgr
or
as

bee doth bruis

,
a

(
.”

.)
WHEAT EAR bird also called Whiterump from whittail

),

,
a
-

(
cul

Fr. blanche Cotgr

(
-

)..

of
kind

It
JERUSALEM ARTICHOKES sunflower from

),
(

.
girasole
.

Gum BENJAMIN from benzoin

,

Gum DRAGON from tragacanth .

,

.
MANDRAKE MANDRAGON from Lat mandragora which

ex in
,
,

.
the Fr. version main loire affords
de

more complete
,
,

a
-
-g

ample

of to
the phenomenon The mandrake was supposed
of

the magical rites used the preparation

be

in

employed
in
by

glory
of

the hand which treasure was discovered See

',

.
Thalaba
“

.”

places are peculiarly liable corruption

to
of

The names

,
being purely arbitrary from being
in

or

either from themselves

of ,
by

introduced uneducated persons ignorant the meaning

the pronunciation ,
in

of

and unskilful the native term On the

,

by
our North American colonies the names given
of

coasts
,

by

chiefly used English

be
to

the French settlers have now

Bay Mosquitoes
of
or

sailors and thus the Anse des Cousins

,

has become Nancy Cousin's Bay So from Setubal our

.

sailors have made St. UBES

to

saint unknown the Romish

a
,

Calendar
.

Among domestic from Burgh

examples are BRIDGEWATER
—

Walter GRACECHURCH Street from Gracious Street LEADEN

;

HALL from Leather hall LEIGHTON BUZZARD from Leighton

;
-

Beau desert where the brazen eagle formerly used for sup
,
,
-

porting the Bible

as

the church shown the buzzard from

in

is
,

whence the town was named

.

the erroneously modified word

In

general however
to is
,
,

the thing signified

of

or

express some character

to

adapted
,
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