Part 8 (1/2)

Lava.

Lazaretto.

Macaroni.

Madonna.

Madrigal.

Malaria.

Manifesto.

Motto.

Moustache.

Niche.

Opera.

Oratorio.

Palette.

Pantaloon.

Parapet.

Pedant.

Pianoforte.

Piazza.

Pistol.

Portico.

Proviso.

Quarto.

Regatta.

Ruffian.

Serenade.

Sonnet.

Soprano.

Stanza.

Stiletto.

Stucco.

Studio.

Tenor.

Terra-cotta.

Tirade.

Torso.

Trombone.

Umbrella.

Vermilion.

Vertu.

Virtuoso.

Vista.

Volcano.

Zany.

5. +Dutch Words.+-- We have had for many centuries commercial dealings with the Dutch; and as they, like ourselves, are a great seafaring people, they have given us a number of words relating to the management of s.h.i.+ps. In the fourteenth century, the southern part of the German Ocean was the most frequented sea in the world; and the chances of plunder were so great that s.h.i.+ps of war had to keep cruising up and down to protect the trading vessels that sailed between England and the Low Countries. The following are the words which we owe to the Netherlands:--

Ballast.

Boom.

Boor.

Burgomaster.