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Foot-Notes.

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=GOWN= From Lat. _gaudium_, joy. A thing of beauty and a joy
forever; if from Paris, generally an article of some Worth.

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=GUNPOWDER= A black substance much employed in marking the
boundary lines of nations.

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=GUM= A substance for sticking.

=GUM-GAME= A game in which some one is stuck.

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=GUTTER= A school in which we may study the dregs of humanity or
read the reflection of the stars.

There's many a slip twixt the toe and the heel.

H

Where there's a will there's a lawsuit.

=HAIR-DRESSER= A linguist whose position in life enables him to
do his head-work with his hands.

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=HAMMER= A small, busy implement carried by blacksmiths,
geologists and Knockers for breaking iron, rock or friendship.

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=HAMMOCK= From the Lat. _hamus_, hook, and Grk. _makar_, happy.
Happiness on hooks. Also, a popular contrivance whereby
love-making may be suspended but not stopped during the picnic
season.

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=HAND= A much desired possession, supplied by The Damsel or The
Dealer. =GLAD HAND=. The beggar's plea, the politician's
sceptre and the drummer's ablest assistant.

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=HANDMAIDEN= A manicure.

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=HARANGUE= The tiresome product of a tireless tongue. From Eng.
_hear_, and Lat. _angor_, pain. Painful to hear.

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=HARMONY= From the Grk. _arnumi_, strain. Hence, full of strains.

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=HASH=?

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=HATCH= To develop eggs.

=HATCHWAY= Place for developing eggs; a hen-coop.

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=HAY-FEVER= A heart trouble caused by falling in love with a grass
widow.

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=HEARSE= Seen on the dead.

=HEARSAY= Heard on the dead.

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=HEARSE= A handsome vehicle in which the man who has always been a
tail-ender is finally permitted to lead the process