Meercraft
proposed to grapple with
the main difficulty at once.
the main difficulty at once.
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41 a string of's purse.
= Purses, of course, used to
be hung at the girdle. A thief was called a cut-purse. See the
amusing scene in _Bart. Fair_, _Wks. _ 5. 406.
=2. 1. 53, 4 at the Pan, Not, at the skirts. = '_Pan_ is not
easily distinguished from _skirt_. Both words seem to refer to
the outer parts, or extremities. Possibly Meercraft means--on
a broader scale, on a more extended front. '--G.
'The pan is evidently the deepest part of the swamp, which
continues to hold water when the _skirts_ dry up, like the hole
in the middle of the tray under a joint when roasting, which
collects all the dripping.
Meercraft proposed to grapple with
the main difficulty at once. '--C.
I had already arrived at the same conclusion before reading
Cunningham's note. The _NED. _ gives: 'Pan. A hollow or depression in
the ground, esp. one in which water stands.
1594 Plat, _Jewell-ho_ 1. 32 Of all Channels, Pondes, Pooles,
Riuers, and Ditches, and of all other pannes and bottomes
whatsoeuer. '
_Pan_, however, is also an obsolete form of _pane_, a cloth
or skirt. The use is evidently a quibble. The word _pan_ suggested
to Jonson the word _skirt_, which he accordingly employed not
unaptly.
=2. 1. 63 his black bag of papers, there, in Buckram. = The
buckram bag was the usual sign of the pettifogger.
be hung at the girdle. A thief was called a cut-purse. See the
amusing scene in _Bart. Fair_, _Wks. _ 5. 406.
=2. 1. 53, 4 at the Pan, Not, at the skirts. = '_Pan_ is not
easily distinguished from _skirt_. Both words seem to refer to
the outer parts, or extremities. Possibly Meercraft means--on
a broader scale, on a more extended front. '--G.
'The pan is evidently the deepest part of the swamp, which
continues to hold water when the _skirts_ dry up, like the hole
in the middle of the tray under a joint when roasting, which
collects all the dripping.
Meercraft proposed to grapple with
the main difficulty at once. '--C.
I had already arrived at the same conclusion before reading
Cunningham's note. The _NED. _ gives: 'Pan. A hollow or depression in
the ground, esp. one in which water stands.
1594 Plat, _Jewell-ho_ 1. 32 Of all Channels, Pondes, Pooles,
Riuers, and Ditches, and of all other pannes and bottomes
whatsoeuer. '
_Pan_, however, is also an obsolete form of _pane_, a cloth
or skirt. The use is evidently a quibble. The word _pan_ suggested
to Jonson the word _skirt_, which he accordingly employed not
unaptly.
=2. 1. 63 his black bag of papers, there, in Buckram. = The
buckram bag was the usual sign of the pettifogger.
