=Offal=, waste, part of anything, refuse. Literally ‘what _falls off_.’ =Offing=, the sea far _off_ from the land. Compare _off-scouring_; _offset_; _offshoot_; and _offspring_. =Onset=, a _setting_ or rushing _on_ or upon. =Orchard= = _wort-yard_, _wort_ or herb-_yard_, or garden. =Ostrich=, through O. Fr. _ostruche_, from Lat. _avis struthio_, ostrich bird; Gr. _struthion_, an ostrich. =Outlaw=, one _out_ of the protection of the _law_. =Pastime=, that which serves to _pass_ away the _time_. =Pea-jacket=, Dutch _pije_, a rough woollen coat. ‘Jacket’ is redundant. Not connected with _pea_. =Peal= of bells, Fr. _appel_, a call with drum or trumpet. =Penthouse=, O. E. _pentice_, Fr. _appentis_, Lat. _appendicium_. Not connected with _house_. A corruption like _Bird-cage Walk_ for _Bocage_, (shrubbery) walk. =Pickaxe=, O. Fr. _pikois_. No connection with _axe_. =Poach=, originally to put into the _pouch_ or _pocket_. Cf. to _bag_, to _Pocket_, _sack_ and _satchel_. =Pocket=, a little _poke_ or _pouch_. =Porpoise=, the _hog fish_, from Lat. _porcus_, a pig, and _piscis_, a fish. =Proxy=, contracted from an obsolete _procuracy_, a taking care of for another. =Quicklime=, _lime_ in a _quick_ or active state. Compare the phrase, ‘the quick and the dead.’ Cf. also _quick_sand = sand easily moved, _quick_silver, a fluid metal which is very mobile. =Rhyme=, properly _rime_ = number, confused with rhythm = flow. =Rubbish=, that which is _rubbed_ off; waste matter. =Scent= (for sent), from Lat. _sentio_, I feel. =Sexton=, Fr. _sacristain_, sacristan. =Shamefaced=, is shame_fast_--that is, shame_fixed_. =Sheaf=, a quantity of things, especially the stalks of grain, _shoved_ together and bound. =Sheriff=, a _shire-reeve_, the _governor_ of a _shire_ or county. =Ship=, something _scooped_ or dug out, and therefore hollow. Compare _skipper_, where the hard _k_ reappears. =Somerset=, a corruption of O. Fr. _soubresault_, from Lat. _supra_ and _saltus_, a leaping over. =Sorry=, _sore_ in mind. =Soup=, that which is _supped_. =Splice=, to _split_ in order to join. =Squirrel=, Fr. _écureuil_, Gr. _skiouros_ = bushy or shadow tail. From Gr. _skia_, shade, and _oura_, a tail. =Starboard=, the _steering_ side of a ship--that is, the right hand side to one looking toward the bow. =Stew=, to put into a _stove_ to be cooked. =Stirrup=, put for _sty-rope_; A.S. _stig-rap_, a mounting rope. From the same root are _stair_, _sty_, _stile_, and _stag_. =Straight=, _stretched_ out, tight. =Strong=, with the muscles _strung up_. Compare _wrong_ from _wring_. =Sweetheart=, from _sweet_ and _heart_, an expression as old as Chaucer. =Tackle=, things to be _taken_ hold of.