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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

Endowed public schools (Great Britain); English language -- Great Britain -- Slang -- Dictionaries; Students -- Great Britain -- Language

*Boots-and-Leathers*, _intj._ (Winchester).—_See_ PEAL.


*Bostruchyzer*, _subs._ (Oxford: obsolete).—A small comb for
    curling the whiskers.—HOTTEN.


*Botany-bay*, _subs._ (University).—(1) Worcester College,
    Oxford; and (2) part of Trinity College, Dublin. [On account
    of their remote situations.]

  1841. LEVER, _Charles O’Malley_, xx. note. BOTANY BAY was the slang
  name given by college men to a new square rather remotely situated
  from the remainder of the college [_i.e._ Trinity, Dublin].

  1853. Rev. E. BRADLEY (“Cuthbert Bede”), _Adventures of Verdant
  Green_, i. p. 63. BOTANY-BAY, a name given to Worcester College, from
  its being the most distant college.

  1886. GRAVES, _Way about Oxfordshire_, 19. At the end is Worcester
  College (1714), from its remote position dubbed ... BOTANY-BAY, but
  called by those who wish to speak endearingly of it “Wuggins.”

  1900. _Athenæum_, 17th Feb., 208. BOTANY-BAY is often found as
  strangely misapplied as the “Paradise” of so many rows. For instance,
  the “Quad” of Trinity College, Dublin, which has been so called for
  generations, can hardly have ever been remarkable for its flora. The
  probable explanation is that its buildings were old and uncomfortable,
  and it was the favourite abode of the youngest and noisiest members of
  the University.


*Botolph’s*, _subs._ (The Leys).—A “Run” to St. Botolph’s
    Church.


*Bottle*, _verb_ (Durham: obsolete).—To make hot: _e.g._ I got
    regularly BOTTLED in that room; specifically, “to roast” a
    boy before a fire. _See_ Appendix.


*Bottled.* TO BE BOTTLED, _verb. phr._ (Sherborne).—To be turned
    in work.


*Bottom-side*, _subs._ (Harrow).—A wing: at football. The lower
    wing (if one be lower than the other); as a rule the one
    farthest from the hill.


*Boule*, _subs._ (Charterhouse).—A general confab or
    conversation. _See_ PRIVEE.

  1900. TOD, _Charterhouse_, 82. There was a BOULE (βουλή) once in the
  Sixth Form of 1872 as to what a monitor should do if he were thus
  insulted [by a visit of a master to Banco].


*Bounce.* FIRST BOUNCE, _subs._ (Stonyhurst).—A goal (which is
    never allowed) taken by a “drop-kick” at football.

    SECOND BOUNCE, _subs._ (Stonyhurst: obsolete).—A kind of
    HANDBALL (_q.v._) once very popular.

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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