 We have more words than notions ; half a dozen words for the same thing : sometimes we put a new signification to an old word, as when we call a piece a gun. The word gun was in use in England for an engine to cast a thing from a man, long before there...  The Monthly Magazine - Page 461810Full view - About this book
 | John Selden, Selden Society - Antiquarians - 1927 - 248 pages
...significacon to an old word, as when wee call a peece a Gun. The word (Gun) was in use in England, for an Engine to cast a thing from a man long before there was any Gunpowdr. found out(a). 5. Words must bee fitted to a mans mouth ; twas well said of the fellow that... | |
 | John Selden, Selden Society - Antiquarians - 1927 - 246 pages
...significacon to an old word, as when wee call a peece a Gun. The word (Gun) was in use in England, for an Engine to cast a thing from a man long before there was any Gunpowdr. found out(o). 5. Words must bee fitted to a mans mouth ; twas well said of the fellow that... | |
 | David Loewenstein - Literary Collections - 2006 - 472 pages
...for throwing stones. Cf. Selden's Table- Talk, LXXvI. : " The Word Gun was in use in England for an Engine, to cast a thing from a Man, long before there was any Gun-powder found out." incentive reed, ie the gunner's match. incentive, enkindling. 520. pernicious... to fire, so full of... | |
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