BITTER SWEETING--an apple of poor quality grown from a kernel; cf. "bitter sweet"--the same; _Romeo and Juliet_, Act II., Scene 4. VARSAL WORLD--universal world; _Romeo and Juliet_, Act II., Scene 4. MAMMET--a puppet; cf. "mommet"--scarecrow; _Romeo and Juliet_, Act III., Scene 5. TO GRUNT--to grumble; _Hamlet_, Act III., Scene 1. TO FUST--to become mouldy; _Hamlet_, Act IV., Scene 5. DOUT--do out; cf. "don"--do on; _Hamlet_, Act IV., Scene 7. MAGOT PIES--Magpies; _Macbeth_, Act III., Scene 4. SET DOWN--write down; _Macbeth_, Act V., Scene 1. TO PUN--to pound; _Troilus and Cressida_, Act II., Scene 1. NATIVE--place of origin; cf. "natif"; _Coriolanus_, Act III., Scene 1. SLEEK--bald; cf. "slick"; _Julius Cæsar_, Act I., Scene 2. WARN--summon; cf. "backwarn"--tell a person not to come; _Julius Cæsar_, Act V., Scene 1. BREESE--gadfly; _Antony and Cleopatra_, Act III., Scene 8. WOO'T--wilt thou; _Antony and Cleopatra_, Act IV., Scene 13. URCHIN--hedgehog; _Titus Andronicus_, Act II., Scene 3. MESHED--mashed (a term used in brewing); _Titus Andronicus_, Act III., Scene 2. All the above words and phrases the writer has frequently heard used in the neighbourhood in the senses indicated, but to make the list more complete the following are added on the authority of Mr. A. Porson, in the pamphlet referred to: COLLIED--black; _Midsummer Nights Dream_, Act I., Scene 1. LIMMEL--limb from limb; cf. "inchmeal"--bit by bit; _Cymbeline_, Act II., Scene 4. TO MAMMOCK--to tear to pieces; _Coriolanus_, Act I., Scene 3. TO MOIL--to dirty; _Taming of the Shrew_, Act IV., Scene 1. SALLET--salad; 2 _King Henry VI_., Act IV., Scene 10. UTIS--great noise; _2 King Henry IV_., Act II., Scene 4. Place-names everywhere are a most interesting study; as a rule, people do not recognize that every place-name has a meaning or reference to some outstanding peculiarity or characteristic of the place, and that much history can be gathered from interpretation. In cycling, it is one of the many interests to unravel these derivations; merely as an instance, I may mention that in Dorset and Wilts the name of Winterbourne, with a prefix or suffix, often occurs; of course, "bourne" means a stream, but until one knows that a "winterbourne" is a stream that appears in winter only, and does not exist in summer, the name carries no special signification.