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Style (1 syl.) is from the Latin stylus (an iron pencil for writing on waxen tablets, etc.). The characteristic
of a person's writing is called his style. Metaphorically it is applied to composition and speech. Good
writing is stylish, and, metaphorically, smartness of dress and deportment is so called.
“Style is the dress of thought, and a well-dressed thought, like a well-dressed man, appears to
great advantage.”- Chesterfield: Letter ccxl. p. 361.
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Sumptuary Laws Laws to limit the expenses of food and dress, or any luxury. The Romans had their
sumptuary laws (leges sumptuarii). Such laws have been enacted in many states at various times. Those
of England were all repealed by 1 James I., c. 25.
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Surgeon is the Greek form of the Latin word manufacturer. The former is cheir-ergein (to work with
the hand), and the latter manu-facere (to do or make with the hand).
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and the creation of sumptuary laws lead to a bonfire of vanities!
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Tally-ho! is the Norman hunting cry Taillis au! (To the coppice). The tally-ho was used when the stag
was viewed in full career making for the coppice. We now cry “Tally-ho!” when the fox breaks cover.
The French cry is “Taiaut!”
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Talpot or Talipot Tree. A gigantic palm. When the sheath of the flower bursts it makes a report like that
of a cannon.
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talipot is another one of those words related to the IE pen(*) root... (you can reference Get a move on in Words section) here is a picture of a flower talipot palm.. the yellow top is the flower structure. http://www.chiangmainews.com/sight/talipot.phpIt is one of the largest cluster flowers in the world!
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Three Sheets in the Wind Unsteady from over-drinking, as a ship when its sheets are in the wind. The
sail of a ship is fastened at one of the bottom corners by a rope called a “tack;” the other corner is left
more or less free as the rope called a “sheet” is disposed; if quite free, the sheet is said to be “in the
wind,” and the sail flaps and flutters without restraint. If all the three sails were so loosened, the ship
would “reel and stagger like a drunken man.”
Tne best explanation of the common phrase I have ever seen. Remember, the "sheet" is not a sail,
it is a rope (a line).
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Tigris [the Arrow]. So called from the rapidity of its current. Hiddekel is “The Dekel,” or Diglath, a
Semitic corruption of Tigra, Medo-Persic for arrow (Gen. ii. 14.)
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Tournament or Tournay. A tilt of knights; the chief art of the game being so to manoeuvre or turn your
horse as to avoid the adversary's blow. (French, tournoiement, verb, tournoyer.)
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