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migbt be noticed. E. g. To re-memher, Italian membrare from the 

 Latin memorare. To commence, Italian cominciare, late Latin comini- 

 iiare. To defy, Italian disfidare, properly to disclaim, to renounce con- 

 fidence in {fides). To searcli, Italian cercare, Latin circare, to look 

 ahout for {circum). To haffle, through the French heffier, Italian lef- 

 fare, to jeer, over-reach. To inure, from Italian uria ; contraction of 

 auguria, whence, by misapprehension, Jieur also, in French, in the 

 words honheur, malheur. To impeacJi, Italian impacciare, to hinder, 

 arrest, implicate, a strengthened form of the Latin impingere. (Dis- 

 patch, Italian despacciare, is the opposite term.) To ^Zwwye (through 

 the 'French, plonger), Italian pi ombare, Jj&tin plumbicare, to go down, 

 like lead. To launch, Italian, lanciare, to hurl. (Hence the well- 

 known elan in French — for a "spring-forward" or "dash.") 



To repose, Italian riposare, i.e. rcpausare late Latin, as on an in- 

 scription Fausat in pace. To muse, and amuse, (the latter sometimes 

 assigned to a musis "away from study",) Italian musare to stand 

 a-gape ; (to a-muse is to set a-gape), from muso (Lat. morsus), the 

 muzzle or mouth. To caulk (a ship, Ac), Italian calafatare, cor- 

 rupted from the Latin calefectare, the reference probably being to 

 the hot melted pitch used in paying the seams. To calk (a horse, &c.), 

 connected with Italian, calcare to press with the foot {calx). To anneal, 

 Italian niellare, literally to make black {nigellus), Coy, through the 

 old French coit, is the Italian cheto, which we have already seen to 

 be quieto. (From coit comes coiser, whence we have cosy, i.e. eoise.) 

 Quaint is conto, contracted for cognito, known, familiar, homely. Ac- 

 quaint'ttnce involves the same word. Entire is intero, Italian for 

 integro. A. jewel is the Italian giojello, derived from gaudium, a joy 

 or delight. A fair, a special time for trading, is Jiera, which is the 

 Latin ymc, the feriae ov festivals determining the times of the fairs. 

 Curate is curato. Farrotis, parrocchetto, i.e. "little priest," being the 

 diminutive of parochus, the cure of the parish. This bird was a favorite 

 pet of the solitary ecclesiastic of the olden time. Juggler is gioco- 

 laro, "Latin jocularius. Usher is usciere, Lat. ostiarius (doorkeeper). 

 Fetish ia fatfizio, a factitious object of veneration. A jay is gaio 

 from the gaiety of its colours. A clove has its name from chiovOf 

 which in Italian is a nail, Latine clavus. The whole expression is 

 chiovo di girofano, i.e. clavus caryophylli. Curtain is cortina from 

 chors an enclosure, a place curtained off. Flot, in such a compound 

 as grass-plot, is the Italian piota, sward pleasant to the foot of man 



