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ever, Teutonic. — Leccare, lit. to lick, has produced the French 

 lecher, which, through reJecher, has begot for us relish. Leccare 

 itself is again from a Teutonic root. — Salsa gives us and the French, 

 sauce, which ought to be sause. In sausage we recover this s. — la 

 mustard we seem to shew at once our Italian predilection and our 

 etymological knowledge, mostarda, the original word, having reference 

 to the must or grape-juice with which it appears to have been usual 

 to mix this well-known condiment. As in other instances, the acces- 

 sory has here usurped the place of the principal notion, which, of 

 course, was not the must, but the farina of the Sinapis nigra or alba, 

 "We have preferred the French iarte in tart. The Italian original, 

 viz., forte, has more meaning in it, from its allusion to the twisted 

 ornaments often seen about such comestibles. Torquere also fur- 

 nished the root-idea of to truss, Italian torciare. — In Eomeo and 

 Juliet we have (i. 5,) " Good thou, save me a piece of MarchpaneP 

 This is the Italian Marzapane, which is the late Latin 3Iarcipanis, 

 or panis Martins. Marci panis might refer to the first maker of the 

 cake so called, as, in English, S. Lunn ; or to a distinguished patron 

 of such an article of food, as Abernethy. Fanis Martins, on the 

 other hand, might be something especially prepared for New Tear's 

 Day, Martins, March, being originally the first month in the year. 

 Others see in marza, maza (whence our maize), derived from mass- 

 ein to knead. The thing itself appears to have been a macaroon. — 

 Frontage \& a French error iov formage, the Italian formaggio, having 

 reference to the forms or shapes into which cheese is pressed. Our 

 artichoTce is the Italian articiocco, which in its turn is the Arabic at- 

 ardi-shauhi, the thistle of the Earth. The Englishman who first 

 suggested choTce for the foreign, unintelligible termination -ciocco 

 (pron. chiocco) probably had much internal satisfaction. — Prune is 

 hrugna, from Broniolacum (Brignolles) in Provence, celebrated for 

 its plums. Dattero, Italian for date, retains more evidently than the 

 latter word does, a vestige of its derivation from dactylus, descriptive 

 of the finger-like form of the fruit of the date-palm. In addition to 

 spice, spezie — in Italian — signifies all species of drugs. The apothecary- 

 is a speziale. — In this connexion we may venture to give the origin 

 of treacle, Italianice teriaca. It is properly an electuary, a specific 

 in cases of bites from venomous beasts (theres). 



Here are some names of utensils, implements, and appliances for 

 various purposes. Pitcher is hicchiere, which has given us beaker 



