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Minstrel simply means a servant or minister. Minstrels were kept in the service of kings and princes for
the entertainment of guests
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Mint So called from the nymph Minthe, daughter of Cocytus, and a favourite of Pluto. This nymph was
metamorphosed by Pluto's wife (Proserpine) out of jealousy, into the herb called after her name. The
fable is quite obvious, and simply means that mint is a capital medicine. Minthe was a favourite of Pluto,
or death, that is, was sick and on the point of death; but was changed into the herb mint, or was cured
thereby.
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Miolnier (3 syl.) [the crusher]. The magic hammer of Thor. It would never fail to hit a Troll; would
never miss to hit whatever it was thrown at; would always return to the owner of its own accord; and
became so small when not in use that it could be put into Thor's pocket. (Scandinavian mythology.)
There are other spellings of this name.
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Miscreant (3 syl.) means a false believer. (French, mis-créance.) A term first applied to the
Mahometans. The Mahometans, in return, call Christians infidels, and associate with the word all that we
mean by “miscreants.”
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Canopy, as if from Canopus (the star in the southern hemisphere), is the Greek konopeion (from
konops, a gnat), and means a cloth to keep off gnats.
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Custard, the food, is from the Welsh for curded milk
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Foxglove is not the glove of the fox, but of the fays, called folk - the little folk's glove
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Greyhound has no connection with the colour grey. It is the grayhound, or hound which hunts the gray
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Humble pie, for umbil pie. The umbils of venison were served to inferior retainers and servants.
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Pen means a feather. (Latin, penna, a wing.
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