Part 10 (2/2)

The following reenious but of ht in every language be enlarged without end

Sn usually imply the nose, and what relates to it Frolish nose; and nesse, a pro like a nose But as if from the consonants ns taken from nasus, and transposed that they may the better correspond, sn denote nasus; and thence are derived many words that relate to the nose, as snout, sneeze, snore, snort,snear, snicker, snot, snivel, snite, snuff, snuffle, snaffle, snarl, snudge

There is another sn which may perhaps be derived from the Latin sinuo, as snake, sneak, snail, snare; so likewise snap and snatch, snib, snub

Bl iht, and, metaphorically, to blast one's reputation; bleat, bleak, a bleak place, to look bleak, or weather-beaten, black, blay, bleach, bluster, blurt, blister, blab, bladder, blew, blabber lip't, blubber-cheek't, bloted, blote-herrings, blast, blaze, to blow, that is, blossom, bloom; and perhaps blood and blush

In the native words of our tongue is to be found a great agreenified; and therefore the sounds of the letters ser, clearer, more obscure, and more stridulous, do very often intinified

Thus words that begin with str intinified, as if probably derived froth, strew, strike, streak, stroke, stripe, strive, strife, struggle, strout, strut, stretch, strait, strict, streight, that is, narrow, distrain, stress, distress, string, strap, streae, stride, stradale

St in like ree, so much only as is sufficient to preserve what has been already coree; as if it were derived from the Latin sto; for example, stand, stay, that is, to remain, or to prop; staff, stay, that is, to oppose; stop, to stuff, stifle, to stay, that is, to stop; a stay, that is, an obstacle; stick, stut, stutter, staer, stickle, stick, stake, a sharp, pale, and any thing deposited at play; stock, ste, stink, stitch, stud, stuncheon, stub, stubble, to stub up, stump, whence stumble, stalk, to stalk, step, to stamp with the feet, whence to stamp, that is, to make an impression and a stamp; stow, to stow, to bestow, steward, or stoward; stead, steady, stedfast, stable, a stable, a stall, to stall, stool, stall, still, stall, stallage, stage, still, adjective, and still, adverb: stale, stout, sturdy, stead, stoat, stallion, stiff, stark-dead, to starve with hunger or cold; stone, steel, stern, stanch, to stanch blood, to stare, steep, steeple, stair, standard, a stated measure, stately In all these, and perhaps so firree of h, threat, threaten, thrall, throws

Wr imply some sort of obliquity or distortion, as wry, to wreathe, wrest, wrestle, wring, wrong, wrinch, wrench, wrangle, wrinkle, wrath, wreak, wrack, wretch, wrist, wrap

Sw iitation, or a softer kind of lateral er, swerve, sweat, sweep, swill, swie

Nor is there , snifies the same as to strike, but is a softer word; snifies such a kind of stroke as with an originally silent motion, implied in sm, proceeds to a quick violence, denoted by ar suddenly ended, as is shown by t

Cl denote a kind of adhesion or tenacity, as in cleave, clay, cling, climb, cla, close, to close, a clod, a clot, as a clot of blood, clouted cream, a clutter, a cluster

Sp imply a kind of dissipation or expansion, especially a quick one, particularly if there be an r, as if it were fro, sprout, sprinkle, split, splinter, spill, spit, sputter, spatter

Sl denote a kind of silent fall, or a less observable ht, slit, slow, slack, slight, sling, slap

And so likewise ash, in crash, rash, gash, flash, clash, lash, slash, plash, trash, indicate so ush, flush, blush, brush, hush, push, i more obtusely and dully Yet in both there is indicated a swift and sudden radual, by the continued sound, sh

Thus in fling, sling, ding, swing, cling, sing, wring, sting, the tingling of the ter, and the sharpness of the vowel i, imply the continuation of a very slender , but not suddenly interrupted But in tink, wink, sink, clink, chink, think, that end in a

If there be an l, as in jingle, tingle, tinkle, le, sprinkle, twinkle, there is implied a frequency, or iteration of small acts And the same frequency of acts, but less subtile by reason of the clearer vowel a, is indicated in jangle, tangle, spangle, rumble, ju obscure or obtunded; and a congeries of consonants , as in ramble, sca acute

In nimble, the acuteness of the vowel denotes celerity In sparkle, sp denotes dissipation, ar an acute crackling, k a sudden interruption, l a frequent iteration; and in like manner in sprinkle, unless in uttules Thick and thin differ in that the former ends with an obtuse consonant, and the latter with an acute

In like manner, in squeek, squeak, squeal, squall, braraul, yaul, spaul, screek, shriek, shrill, sharp, shrivel, wrinkle, crack, crash, clash, gnash, plash, crush, hush, hisse, fisse, whist, soft, jar, hurl, curl, whirl, buz, bustle, spindle, dwindle, twine, twist, and in reenified; and this so frequently happens, that scarce any language which I know can be compared with ours So that one monosyllable word, of which kind are ales can scarce be explained but by compounds, or decompounds, or sometimes a tedious circumlocution

We have reatest part of therace, face, elegant, elegance, resemble

Some verbs which seem borrowed from the Latin, are formed from the present tense, and some from the supines

From the present are formed spend, expend, expendo; conduce, conduco; despise, despicio; approve, approbo; conceive, concipio

From the supines, supplicate, supplico; demonstrate, demonstro; dispose, dispono; expatiate, expatior; suppress, suppri is inals Many of these which seem selected as immediate descendants from the Latin, are apparently French, as, conceive, approve, expose, exempt