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Sizain, examples of, vi. 603; vii. 174. 270. 510. 



Sjijborg, the Swedish antiquary, i. 172. 



Skating problem, vii. 214. 369. 



Skeatta, its meaning, iv. 346. 



Skeffington (Sir John), xi. 257. 327. 



Skeletons at Egyptian banquets, iii. 424. 482. 



Skellig, on " Going to Skellig," vi. 553. 



Skelton (John), his Works by Dyer, i. 19. 



Skelton (Philip), " Ophiomaches," vi. 415. 



" Skeltonicall Salutation," i. 12. 18. 



Skin-flint, its derivation, ix. 34. 



Skinner (Dr ), " Etymologican," xi. 122. 167. 208. 



Skinner (Robert), his will, x. 377; xi. 127. 



Skinner (Thomas), " Life of General Monk," i. 377. 



Skins, crossing rivers on, iii. 3. 86. 397. 



Skipwith (Sir Henry), ix. 326. 



Skipwyth (Sir Wm.), king's justice in Ireland, i. 23; ii. 



Skort, its meaning, iii. 302. 



Skull, swearing on, v. 485. 546. 



Skull-cap, monumental, xi. 363. 



Skull-cups, iv. 161. 231; vi. 441. 565; vii. 112. 



Sky, strange appearances in, iii. 298. 



Skjmner (Robert), his will, x. 377. 



Slab, an incised one, iii. 373; early, cast-iron for graves, 



vi. 291. 467. 

 Slander, may it mean injury ? iv. 6. 

 Slang, its etymology, vii. 331. 511. 

 Slang dictionaries, V. 79. 142. 208. 210. 

 Slang phrases, i. 185. 234; vi. 142; vii. 617; viii. 89. 

 Slashers, the 28th regiment, ix. 494; x. 114. 

 Slave, its derivation, vii. 103. 

 Slaves, executions for whipping, vii. 107. 223. 503; 



viii. 112; fund for redeeming, i. 441; ii. 12; viii. 



292; granted to Dunfermline monks, vii. 475; names 

 ' of, viii. 339 ; ix. 480. 

 Slavery, white, x. 306; xi. 16. 

 Slavery in England, ix. 98. 421 ; x. 39; the last slave 



sold, v. 438; in Ireland, vi. 73; in Scotland in 18th 



century, x. 322; when abolished, v. 29. 161. 

 Slavonic languages, x. 145. 191. 

 Slea-silk, xii. 58. 335. 

 Sleek stone, its meaning, iii. 241 ; iv. 394 ; t. 140. 404. 



548. 

 Sleeve, its ancient meaning, xii. 58. 335. 

 Sleeveless defined, v. 478; its metaphorical meaning, 



xii. 58. 

 Slings used by the early Britons, v. 537; vi. 17. 377. 

 Slingsby (Sir Henry), " Diary," iii. 323. 357. 

 Slingsby (Lady Mai7), actress, ii. 71. 93. 

 Slow, its meaning in Goldsmith's Traveller, v. 135; vi. 



135. 

 Slow-worm superstition, viii. 33. 146.328. 479; ix. 73. 

 Slums explained, iii. 224. 284; vi. 111. 

 Slype, its meaning, vi. 101. 

 Small words. See Monosyllables and Words. '. 

 Smectymnus, the five divines, v. 202. 

 Smedley (Dean), diver of the Dunciad, x. 423; xi. 65. 

 Smith families, ix 148. 234. 

 Smith family festival, x. 463. 

 Smith ( — ), confessor to Katharine, vii. 13. 

 Smith (Albert) on " Phrenology," xii. 384. 459. 

 Smith (Sir Charles), afterwards Lord Carrington, i. 440. 



490. 



Smith (C. J.) his MS. collections of St. Pancras, ii. 496; 



iii. 285. 

 Smith (Dr.), Dictionaries of Antiquities, &c,, errata, vii, 



302; X. 98. 

 Smith (Edmund), his tragedy quoted, xi, 368. 

 Smith (Erasmus), noticed, vii. 108. 

 Smith (Ferdinando) of Hales-Owen, ix. 285. 

 Smith (Geo.) of Middleham, his deed, x. 259. 

 Smith (Henry) puritan divine, iii. 222j vi. 129.231; 



vii. 223. 

 Smith (Humphry), Works, vii. 80. 182. 

 Smith (James), vicar-apostolic, vii. 243. 

 Smith (John), his " Sea-Grammar," v. 64. 

 Smith (John), hydropathist, ix. 395. 575. 

 Smith (J. T.), print, St. Luke's Day, vi. 271. 

 Smith (Judge), vii. 13. 463. 508. 629. 

 Smith (Col. Michael), family, ix. 222. 575. 

 Smith (Miles), his manuscripts, vi. 434. 

 Smith (Richard), vicar-apostolic, vi. 125. 297; vii. 212. 

 Smith (Robert), print of "The Battle of Death," ii. 72. 

 Smith (Sydney), receipt for a salad mixture, vi. 415. 

 Smith, Young, and Scrymgeour MSS., vii. 547. 

 Smock marriages, vi. 485. 561; vii. 17. 84. 191. 243. 



439. 

 Smoke farthings, ix. 513. 

 Smoke money, ii. 120. 174. 269. 344. 

 Smoking, its antiquity, ii. 41. 216. 286. 465. 520; iii. 



484. 507. See Tobacco-pipes. 

 Smollett's Strap, or Old Hewson, ii. 442; iii. 11. 73. 



123; or Wm. Lewis, vii. 234. 

 Smyth (John), Gloucestershire MSS., v. 512. 616. 

 Smyth (Richard), " Obituary," ii. 389. 

 Smythe (James Moore), i. 297; x. 102. 238. 240.459; 



xi. 7. 98. 198. 

 Smythe (Robert) of Surrey, v. 394. 

 Smythe (Sydney Stafford), vii. 508. 

 Snagg, monument at Chiselhurst, x. 243. 

 Snail-eating, iii. 207. 221. 336; viii. 34. 128. 229. 



See Folk Lore. 

 Snail gardens, viii. 33. 128. 161. 229. 

 Snake escapes from a man's mouth, ix. 29. 84. 523. 

 Snayers (P.), picture, "Battle of Forty," viii. 538. 

 Sneck-up, or snitch-up, its meaning, i. 467. 492; ii. 14; 



iv. 28 ; xi. 92. 

 Sneezing, an omen and a deity, viii. 121 ; customs ob- 

 served at, V. 364. 500. 572. 599; popular ideas re- 

 specting, viii. 366. 624; ix. 63. 250; salutation after, 

 X. 421. 

 " Snick up." See Snech up. 

 Snike, its etymology, vi. 36. 233. 

 Snob, its derivation, i. 185. 250. 

 Snooks, or Sevenoaks, v. 438. 

 Snoi'ell explained, xi. 504. 

 Snow (R.), of Chicksand Priory, i. 351. 

 Snow-Hill, London, wood-carving, ii. 134. 220. 

 Snub, antiquity of the word, ix. 219. 

 Snuff, origin of taking, vii. 230 ; placed on a coflin, v. 



462. 

 Snuff-box, lines on a, vii. 181. 247. 585. 

 Snuff-boxes and tobacco-pipes, v. 246. 

 Snush, or snish, ix. 324. 

 Sobriquet, its orthography, v. 174. 

 Socinian boast, ii. 375. 412. 483. 

 Soham churchyard, inscription, xii. 495. 



