Caxton's Book of Curtesye eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 77 pages of information about Caxton's Book of Curtesye.

Caxton's Book of Curtesye eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 77 pages of information about Caxton's Book of Curtesye.

Surplusage, l. 518, rest, remainder.

Syttyng, l. 302, fit, suitable.  ’Syttyng or convenyent—­m. asseant ... aduenant.’  Palsgrave.

Table, how to wait at, l. 113.

Tacches, l. 176, tache, l. 198; Fr. tache, a spot, staine, blemish. 
Cot.

Taches, H., teches, O., l. 453, manners.

Teeth, don’t pick ’em with your knife, l. 248.

Terre, l. 67; tar, to set on, provoke; O. Fr. atarier.  They have terrid thee to ire.  Wiclif, Psalms.  Sc. tirr, to snarl; quarrelsome, crabbed.  Wedgwood.

Thewed, l. 20, mannered.

Towel, don’t soil it, l. 263, 266.

Traverse, l. 242, change from side to side.

Trencher; keep yours clean, l. 269.

Trety, l. 529, treatise.

True as the gospel, l. 503.

Weyne, l. 166, A.S. wanian, to diminish, take away.

Wind, break not, up or down, l. 202.

Wise man, the; his marks of a youth likely to be had, l. 104;—­his counsel as to speaking, l. 137, 147.

Women, always take good heed to them, l. 506.

Wyndlese, l. 471, windlass.

Yanglers, l. 207, chatterers.

Ydellye, l. 315, idly.

Ynympariable, l. 380, unequalled, L. par, Fr. pareil, equal, like.

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