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the worthless word for the day is: fugation
[f. L. fugare, to put to flight]
obs. a chase; a royal hunt
"That they haue their fugacions and huntyngis lyke
as they had the tyme of King Harry the Second."
- Richard Arnolde, Chronicle (The names of ye
baylifs custos mairs and sherefs of london) [1502]
"Do not all bodies therefore abound with a very
subtle, but active, potent, electric spirit by which
light is emitted, refracted, & reflected, electric
attractions and fugations are performed...?"
- Isaac Newton, as by James Gleick
(Newton seems to have used it here in opposition
to attractions; i.e., repulsions.)
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>baylifs custos mairs and sherefs of london
baylif = bailiff (underling of a sheriff)
sheref = sheriff (underling of a judge or court)
custos mairs = ?? (suggestive of customer, but)
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heh.
from Dictionary.com:
custos
\Cus"tos\ (k[u^]s"t[o^]s), n.; pl. Custodes (k[u^]s*t[=o]"d[=e]z). [L.] A keeper; a custodian; a superintendent. [Obs.]
Custos rotulorum (r[o^]t`[-u]*l[=o]"r[u^]m) [LL., keeper of the rolls] (Eng. Law), the principal justice of the peace in a county, who is also keeper of the rolls and records of the sessions of the peace.
still working on mairs...
mayor, maybe?
bingo!
from Etymyonline:
mayor
1297, from O.Fr. maire "head of a city or town government" (13c.), originally "greater, superior" (adj.), from L. maior, major, comp. of magnus "great" (see magnum).
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