5& CHRONOLOGICAL ARRANGEMENT 



" sarh " or " sSrh " or " sShr " to brush, sweep; "sat" or "set" tail; " sepe " celerity; 

 aas " slap ; " aas " dishonour ; — in Greek " sairo " or " sar66 " to sweep, " saros " broom ; 



in Latin " sario " to weed, hoe, t 7 harrow. The character occurs under the Third dynasty (Leps. 



d. ii. pi. 5). A second form r 3 ?^, occurs urider the Fourth dynasty (Leps. d. ii. pi. 22 and 97). 

 A third form occurs also under \) the Fourth dynasty (Leps. d. ii. pi. 23, and k. pi. 7). 



th hard, the Greek theta, its pervading meaning through. 

 q bird-trap closed ; " egthai " or " gthai " or " gath " or " gathai " or "hath" or "hthai" thick, 

 thickness, fat; — in Hebrew the ninth letter "thyd," by some regarded as meaning rolled together, 

 "thwe " to roll together or envelope ; in Creek the eighth letter "theta" denoting nine; in English 

 " thick." The character occurs from the Fourth dynasty to the 1'tnlemies (Leps. d. ii. pi. 19, 98, and 

 k. pi. 6 to 56) : and seems the origin of the later form of the Greek letter " theta." 

 (j?) bird-trap taken from the ground and carried away (compare Amos Hi, 5) : "athah " or " hia- 



^^] thah " burden, carrying a burden ; — in English " thin." The character occurs in the Hook of 

 the Dead xviii. 21. 



(eagle with crooked beak signifying old and perishing of hunger ; the beak becoming crooked 

 in old age until the bird dies of hunger, Horap. ii. 91 ) ; " cthve " on account of ; " at " or 

 ath " without; "alh-ouom" fasting; "thohtheh" necessity; — in. Hebrew " thwd " fasting, "thwsh" 

 to dart upon prey. The character occurs as early as the " Sixth " dynasty (Leps. k. pi. 6 to 35). 

 /*■• " thfit " to think, be of opinion; "thdt-hct" to be confident, consoled ; " thno " or " thnno " 

 / ^^£to pound, " thneu " ur " thnneu " triturated, trite; "ather" hammer, " ather " hammer for 

 breaking stone ; " tharmi " mallet or club ; — in English " To cudgel one's brains." The character 

 occurs from the Fourth dynasty to the Twentieth (Leps. d. ii. pi. 2, in. pi. 61, 204, 239, and Champ, 

 gram. 103). 



IV " theou " wind ; " thou-res " South wind ; " nthe " oration, discourse ; — in Greek " thS6ria," 

 j rP) in English "theory." The character occurs as early as the . . . d) nasty (tablet Brit. mus. 

 574, Huns, and Birch). 



" thrans " or " thraps " awl, shoemaker's awl; "tshtheout" pricking or puncture, hindered; — 

 " thekthok " marking with points or tattooing; in English " thorn." T\ The character occurs as 

 early as the Fourth dynasty ( Leps. d. ii.pl. 20). The modification \f- occurs also under the 

 Fourth dynasty (Leps. d. ii. pi. 27, 22). | 



" mntop " or "man-thorp" needle; "th£rp" or " tb6rp '' to sew, sew together; "tshthod" 

 "tshthSt" thread ; " thod " little cords, fringe. , — The character occurs as early as the Fourth 

 dynasty (Leps. d. ii. pi. 8), A second form n occurs under the .... dynasty (Rosellin. mon 

 lxiv. 4). 



HI ! i i y 1 ^ " thme " or " thorn " mat ; '■ thorn " wicker carpet or covering ; " thorn " or " th6m " in- 

 EH3d±EEEH; closure or wall ; " thvio " garment, covering ; " tshthen " tunic ; " thouraji " sacred cloak. 



— The character occurs under ti.e Third dynasty (Leps. d. ii. pi. 3). A possible modification <ll II- 

 occurs under the Twelfth dynasty (Burton excerpt, hierogl. 20, Champ, diet. 25 and 274, and Leps. d. 

 ii. pi. 131). 



^^„_ (mouse ■■ mun " signifying disappearance and destruction ; for the, animal corrodes, pollutes, 



and renders everything useless, Horap i. 47) ; " tlidole '' or "thole" or " houle " or "hole" 



or " holi " cloth-moth ; " thdlev " stain, pollution, to be defiled ; " sos " to subvert, '' sos " to destroy ; 



— in Hebrew "ss," in (".reek " scs " cloth-moth. The character occurs as early as the . . dy- 

 nasty (Champ, diet. 185 and i8d, Rosell. m. civ. 77, and sarc. Brit. mus.). 



One or more species of cloth-moth therefore known in Egypt at the time of the invention of 

 writing. — In Palestine, the " ish " is mentioned in Psalm xxxix. it, Hosea v. 12; and garments 

 eaten by the "ish," in Job xiii. 28, and Isaiah li. 8: the " ss " is distinguished and separately men- 

 tioned in Isaiah li. 8 ; and the name is continued in the Greek "ses," mentioned in Matthew vi. 19, 

 Luke xii. 33, and as eating garments, in James v. 2. In ( '.recce, the " ses that eats garments" is 

 mentioned by Aristotle, Theophrastus, and Menander: and in Italy, the "tinea" is mentioned by 

 Plautus cistell. i. 73, and Pliny xi. 41 and xxvii. 28. Three species of doll). moth are distinguished 

 by naturalists, Tinea tapetzella, T. pelionella, and T. sarcitella (J. F. D. in Kitt. eyel. bibb). By 

 European colonists, one of these was carried to Northeast America, where it has extensively mul- 

 tiplied. 



f\ " thok " or " thok " razor ; " the " like unto, " thu " as ; " thfit-hct " or " thethel " to argue, per- 

 [_ suade ; "thertsho" to argue, blame; " th6m " to be sharpened, hardened, blinded; " thng " or 

 "thno "to hire, " thno " wages. — The character occurs as early as the Fourth dynasty (Leps d ii 

 pi. is). 



„/i-A (shark or dogfish or Silurus " enuthron gallon " signifying insatiable, disgorging and swal- 

 C " v ~ v \ lowing again, Horap. ii. 104); "thagi" or " thigi " drunkenness ; — in English"" to drink 

 like a hsh." The character occurs from the Twenty-third to the Twenty-sixth d\ nasty (Leps. d. iii. 



