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sk, its pervading meaning task. 



"skuli" to hasten ; " sk " or "osk" or "Ssk" delay, to delay, loiter, waste time ; — in Greek 

 "sholaz6" to loiter, "shole" leisure, idleness, in Latin "schola," in English "school." The 

 character occurs from the Fourth dynasty to the end of hieroglyphic writing (Leps. d. ii. pi. 

 31, and k. pi. 29 to 63). 



,e^O) "skSn" or "iskSn" shore, "skSn " along, close along; "ski tali" river-brink. — The char- 

 (\ y acter occurs under the Eleventh dynasty (Leps. d. ii. pi. 150). A possible modification K&* 

 occurs as early as the .... dynasty (Champ, mon. i. pi. 22). "^ -'■' 



m"skSphalis" door-post; "shinon" order. — The character occurs from the Seventeenth 

 dynasty to the Ptolemies (Leps. d. iii. pi. 9 to 255, and Rosetta stone), 

 jm (two human feet in the water signifying a writer, Horap. i. 62); " shi " writing-case ; " sge " 

 JlJb t0 wr 'te ; "shai" or "sgai" or " sget " or " sgi " writing, letters; " sgoui " scribe. — The 

 character occurs in the Book of the Dead, also under the Twelfth dynasty (Leps. d. ii. pi. 143, k. pi., 

 and Buns, and Birch). 



gjfe, shuffling-pan (compare " koskinon " of Horapollo i. 36) ; " skorkr " wallowing-place ; " skSrkSr " 

 ^ or " sk£rk6r " or " skarkir " or " skrkor " to roll to, roll back, consider. — The character occurs 

 from the Third dynasty to the end of hieroglyphic writing (Leps. d. ii. pi. 3, and k. pi. 5 to 67). I 

 found the shuffling-pan in use at Mocha, for separating by rotary motion impurities from coffee, gum 

 arabic, and all articles of commerce having the form of granules. 



r" ske " to reserve, lay aside ; " skle " purse, little coffer ; " sknouh " cord ; — " skitS " or " kite " 

 drachma (piece of money) ; in Greek "sboinis " or " shoinos " small rope, rope made of rushes. 

 The character occurs from the Fourth dynasty to the Tenth (Leps. d. ii. pi. 96, 49, 145). 

 ^^ " skah " or " skai " or " sk6i " or " shai " or " shets " to plough ; " skuthis " practise, study ; 

 <s= ' " shem " or " shim " or " shimon " gray hairs. — The character occurs under the Fifth dynasty 

 (Leps. d. ii. pi. 70). 



(dead crow signifying a full lifetime, for the bird lives four hundred years, Horap. ii. ,85) ; " skle " 

 or "sle" coffin, bier; " skunfima " carcasses ; " ISsk " to become putrid; "skap" old, of yester- 

 day ; '" shour " or " shou6r " or " shouSr " to execrate, curse ; — in English " skip." The charac- 

 ter occurs from the Nineteenth dynasty to the Ptolemies (Leps. d. iii. pi. 146, and k. pi. 58). 



"shara"coat of mail; "shrom" stupor. — The character occurs under the ... . dynasty 

 (Champ, gram. 53, and rect. sarc. Brit. mus.). 



"skara" vinershoot bowed; " skara-kirntsh6 " sandy; "shin" softness of skin, tender, 

 lenity. — The character occurs from the Fourth dynasty to the Persian conquest (Leps. d. ii. 

 pi. 18, and k. pi. 11 to 48). 

 C*-«b (fish signifying unlawful, Horap. i. 42) ; "kasks " or " koskSs " or " haskeV' whispering, to 

 V/T whisper. — The character occurs in the Book of the Dead, also under the Sixth dynasty 



(Leps. d. ii. pi. 67). 



1 its pervading meaning to learn through flagellation. 



J\ ' " maklivi ""a whip, scourge ; " 61 " or " £11 " to be, to do, receive as pupil, suffer punishment ; — 



§S\ in Hebrew " mlmth " ox-goad, the twelfth letter " lmth " meaning to chastise, learn ; in Greek 



-^J the letter "lamvtha," also " lamvano " to suffer punishment, receive, seize; in vulgar English 



" lam " to flo<r The character occurs from the Third dynasty to the end of hieroglyphic writing 



(leps k pi °5 to 59 and 62). The character of an arm holding a whip j ^ was observed by 



myself at Benihassan in the name of a king preceding the Twelfth dynasty, ^ and continues m 

 use until the end of hieroglyphic writing (Leps. d. ii. pi. IS i, and k. pi. 14 to 66). The detached 



(Leos^k pi 63 64); is clearly the origin of the form I of the Phoenician letter "lmth and 

 Greek "lamvtha." of the Roman and Western |_, and has v proved perhaps the most permanent of 

 alphabetic forms, being traceable even in Arabic. 



(-worms signifying a coming multitude of mosquitos " k6n6pas, ' Horap. ... 44) ; "sholmes 

 V"^" or "tsholmeV mosquito; "lelem" or"leLlem"a mosquito-like insect; " l«h " solicitude, 

 care • << la " doors, windows ; " laesi " bites ; " lolSbemi " or " lglS-hemi " or " lalS-hemi "black spots, 

 scars'- "laii" or " mntlash " importunity. - The character occurs from the Fourteenth dynasty to 

 the Twenty-sixth (Leps. k. pi. . S to 34, 37. and 48). A second form, ^.^ occurs from the 

 Eighteenth dynasty to the end of hieroglyphic writing (Leps. k. pi. 3° * ^ and 32 to 67). 



One or more species of mosquito, Culex, if not indigenous in Egypt, known there at the time of 

 the invention of writing. - Mosquito-curtains are called " kSn6peion » in the Septuagint. 1 he 

 "k6n6p S " is also mentioned by ... . and other Greek writers; and the "culex," by Horace, and 



Plmy ' nOD " aloli " or " gloolg " or " 6I600I6 " grapes ; " latshie " aspiring to. looking wistfully 

 OOO^J7 upon . - 6 leI-hmj"or "<51cl-hemj" unripe grapes, sour grapes; " louk " wry mouth; 



