=Academy=, a school; from Academia, the name of the gymnasium where Plato, the Greek philosopher, taught his pupils. =Attic=, an upper room; from Gr. _Attikos_, Athenian. In Athens the houses are said to have been built with a low upper story. =Bayonet=, a kind of dagger, from Bayonne, in France. =Bedlam=, a lunatic asylum; from Bethlehem, a monastery in London, which was afterwards used as a madhouse. =Calico=, a kind of cotton cloth; from Calicut, in India. =Cambric=, fine linen; from Cambray, in French Flanders. =Canary=, a bird, and a kind of wine; from Canary Islands, whence these things were brought. =Canter=, from Canterbury. The pilgrims to this shrine are said to have ridden at an easy pace. =Cashmere=, =Cassimere=, or =Kerseymere=, a rich kind of woollen cloth; from Cashmere, a province among the Himalayas, in the north of India, noted for the manufacture of fine woollen fabrics. =Cherry=, from Cerăsus, on the Black Sea, whence the fruit was introduced into Europe. =Copper=, a metal; from Cyprus, an island in the eastern part of the Mediterranean. =Currant=, from Corinth, in Greece, where these small dried grapes were first produced. =Damson=, =Damask=, from Damascus, in Syria. =Dollar=, from St Joachim’s Thal or valley, in Bohemia. These coins were first made there about 1518, and were called _thalers_ or _talers_: whence _dollars_. =Florin=, a coin; from Florence, in Italy. =Gin=, an alcoholic liquor; from Geneva, in Switzerland. (=Gin=, a trap, is an abbreviation of _engine_.) =Guinea=, a coin worth twenty-one shillings; from Guinea (or Gold Coast) in Africa, whence the gold of which these coins were first made was brought. =Gypsy=, from Egypt, whence these people were supposed to have come. They really came from India. =Holland=, a kind of linen cloth; =Hollands=, a kind of gin; from Holland. =Indigo=, from India. =Jersey=, a woollen jacket; from Jersey, one of the Channel Islands. =Magnesia=, =Magnet=, from Magnesia, a town in Asia Minor. =Mantua=, a lady’s gown; from Mantua, in Italy. =Meander=, to wind about; from Mæander, a river in Asia Minor, which had a very winding course. =Milliner=, from Milan, in Italy. =Morocco=, leather prepared in a certain way; from Morocco, in North Africa. =Nankeen=, a kind of cotton cloth; from Nankin, in China. =Port=, a dark red wine; from Oporto, in Portugal, whence great quantities of it are shipped. =Sherry=, a light-coloured wine; from Xeres, in Spain. =Spaniel=, a kind of dog; from Spain. =Turkey=, a large domestic fowl; from Turkey, whence the bird was supposed to have come. =Worsted=, woollen yarn; from Worsted, the name of a village near Norwich. 7. =ENGLISH (OR TEUTONIC) ROOTS.=