PHILOLOGICAL INQUIRIES. 49; 



ral founds and to the voices of animals : — Thus W. loUo 

 a relative of >-a^!'" ineTun?, prating^ S. prr.t, which are never- 

 thelefs of the rcfpedlable <f«TT6', and <?»=<«?«, knowledge, pru- 

 dence. 



Some forms in nature are very prominent, and alfo com- 

 mon to numerous objects ; many of which have from this 

 caufe obtained fimilar names, however different in other 

 refpedts. Among thefe the convex in various modes make 

 an ample clafs : the heavenly vault ; fvvelling hills and 

 mountains; bending vallevs ; bays of the fea, coves of 

 lakes and rivers, meanders of brooks ; the heads of many 

 trees, fhrubs and plants, more or lefs globular, oval, coni- 

 cal, and the arches of their branches; fruits in general, 

 among which elegant rounds are fo prevalent, from the 

 lofty cocoa-nut to the ftately pine apple, and its humble 

 rival the beautiful and delicious ftrawbeny ; feveral parts 

 of animal bodies, as the head, breaft, belly, rounds of 

 the arms, thighs, and legs, balls of the hands, feet, and 

 eyes, knuckles, elbows, and knees. The following few 

 examples are terms that imply convex, and take in parts 

 of the human body : — W.pe/, C.pe//en, A. 5u/, AS.///, 

 H. do/, G. l/al/, S. l>aJ/, F. 6a/k, boule, Po. bola, L. V.pila, 

 a ball — AS. Go. bolla a round cup, bowl — H. bol, S. G. 

 biille, a round loaf of bread — G. poljicr, AS. S. boljier, a 

 bolder — G. beide, S. balde a boil — bulla a packet ; hence 

 letters, mandates, &c. as the Popes bull — AS. bolt a houfe ; 

 bolde a village : H. G. S. boll-verck, bulwark (all from cir- 

 cular fortification, and alfo hilly fituation — H. bol-{-)i. poll, 

 the head : this remains in poll-tSLX, poll^rd-tvtes, &c. — W. 

 bol, Ir. bolg, S. bcilg, G. balg, belly — AS. bilig, bellows : 

 many Teutonic relatives for vefTels of convex fhape : — Ir. 

 bor, fvvelling, borr a bunch, knob — AS. G. H. S. berg, 

 mountain, hill — AS. berieti, G. H. beer, S. beer, berries 

 — AS. beorg, G. S. borg, a fortified place : from which is 

 M.G baurgs and E. borough, a town — Ca. burrua, the 

 3 T head : 



