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The Public School Word-book: A conribution to to a historical glossary of words phrases and turns of expression obsolete and in current use peculiar to our great public schools together with some that have been or are modish at the universitiesFarmer, John Stephen

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The Public School Word-book: A conribution to to a historical glossary of words phrases and turns of expression obsolete and in current use peculiar to our great public schools together with some that have been or are modish at the universities

Name: The Public School Word-book: A conribution to to a historical glossary of words phrases and turns of expression obsolete and in current use peculiar to our great public schools together with some that have been or are modish at the universities
Author: Farmer, John Stephen

Farmer, John Stephen

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_d._ 1395. _Barbour MS._ Ane Inglis man, that lay BEKAND Hym be a fyr.

  1577. KENDALL [WRENCH]. At home we take our ease And BEAKE ourselves
  in rest.

  1648. SYMMONS, _Vindication of Chas. I._ Wherefore if that Pope of
  Rome when he lay BEAKING himself in the midst of his luxuries, had
  cause to cry out, _Heu quantum patimur pro Christo_.

  _d._ 1758. RAMSAY, _Works_. She and her cat sit BEEKING in her yard.


*Baker*, _subs._ (Winchester).—A cushion; also anything used
    to sit or kneel upon, as a blotting-book, &c. [BAKERS were
    of two kinds: that used in “College” was of large size,
    oblong in shape, and green in colour. The other, used in
    “Commoners,” was thin, narrow, much smaller, and of red
    colour.] Hence BAKER-LAYER (obsolete) = a Junior who used
    to take a Prefect’s green BAKER in and out of Hall at
    meal-times.


*Baker-layer.* _See_ BAKER.


*Baking-leave*, _subs._ (Winchester: obsolete).—1. Permission to
    BAKE (_q.v._) in a study in Commoners, or in a SCOB (_q.v._)
    place in College. 2. Leave to sit in another’s TOYS
    (_q.v._).


*Baking-place*, _subs._ (Winchester).—Any place in which to BAKE
    (_q.v._), or in connection with which BAKING-LEAVE (_q.v._)
    was given.


*Balbus*, _subs._ (University).—A Latin prose composition. [From
    the frequency with which BALBUS is quoted in ARNOLD’S
    well-known text-book, _Latin Prose Composition_.]

  1870. _Quarterly Review._ BALBUS was in constant use.


*Ball.* CALL THE BALL! _phr._ (Stonyhurst).—The “Foul!” of
    Association Football.


*Balls*, _subs._ (Winchester).—A Junior in College collects
    footballs from the lockers in school and takes them through
    at 6 o’clock to the Ball-keeper in Commoners to be blown or
    repaired. The Ball-keeper is an Inferior who, for service in
    looking after cricket and foot-balls, is exempted from
    KICKING-IN (_q.v._) and WATCHING-OUT (_q.v._).


*Bally*, _subs._ (Sherborne: obsolete).—Ball court, the old name
    for the Fives’ courts; there was a game, evidently like
    fives, played at Sherborne against the north transept of the
    church as early as 1585. The word has long ago passed out of
    use.


*Banco*, _subs._ (Charterhouse).—Evening preparation at HOUSE
    under the superintendence of a monitor; the Winchester
    TOY-TIME (_q.v._).

The Public School Word-book: A conribution to to a historical glossary of words phrases and turns of expression obsolete and in current use peculiar to our great public schools together with some that have been or are modish at the universities

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