And it was left to Mr. Keightley to bless the world with the information that it was "things."
2
Merlin's hawks.
3
Doubtful; but perhaps for syngies, an old name for the finch.
4
Your correspondent may be referred to Memoirs of the Life of Bishop Butler, by a connexion of his own, the Rev. Thomas Bartlett, A.M., published in 1839; and to a review of the same work in the Quarterly Review, vol. lxiv. p. 331.
5
Except x (=cs). Compare flax, wax, ox.
6
From serv-us (after the French) we form serf.
7
Rebus, overplus, and surplus may, if not satisfied, take an omnibus, bring their action at the Nisi Prius, and meet there with a nonplus.