BACK BOXES.
In cases for Italic where there are no small capitals, also in Old English, and similar founts, the boxes in the upper case, that are appropriated to small capitals in Roman letter, are styled Back Boxes, and serve to lay two-line Capitals in, and other irregular sorts.
BACK OF A COMPOSING STICK.
That part on which the bottom of the types rests.—M.
BACKS.
In a form of bookwork, the backs are those pieces of furniture placed between the sides of the pages and the cross of the chase, in quartos, octavos, and duodecimos; and, when a sheet is folded, form, except in quartos, the margin of part of the fore edge of a book. See Imposing. Margin.
BACKSIDE OF THE FORM,
is the under side that touches upon the correcting stone or press stone.—M.
BACK STAY.
A piece of girth or leather fastened to the lower hind rail at one end and to the top rim of the coffin at the other, in wooden presses, to check the running out of the carriage beyond the point which will allow the tympan to rise clear of the front of the platen.
BAD COPY.
Such copy as is ill written, or has much Italick, Latin, or Greek, or marginal notes, or few breaks, &c.—M. The term is now used only of manuscript that is badly written, and the words or the sense difficult to make out, with many interlineations. When this is the case, it is usual to pay something extra per sheet. For Greek, and marginal notes, an extra sum is always given, as may be seen in the Scale of Prices.
Bad Register. See Out of Register.
BAD WORK.
Any fault at the case or press, is in workmen’s language called Bad Work.—M. We now call it Bad Workmanship; and by the term Bad Work is understood solid matter; that is, not leaded; with long paragraphs; no white lines nor branching out; no short pages; nor any white pages; such work is also called A Solid Dig; any other work is also called Bad Work, that is tedious in the execution, or difficult to perform, and does not fetch the workman a remunerating price.
BAKE.
When the compositor lays up a form to clear it away, after a work is finished, if he does not rinse the letter as well as if it were rinsed for present use, or rather better, the ink that is dissolved among the lye would, with long standing by, harden between the letter, and make the letter stick so fast together that when it comes afterwards to be distributed, the compositor cannot without great difficulty and trouble get them asunder. This sticking together of the letter is called Baking of the Letter. And compositors in this case say The Letter is Baked.—M. This is the case particularly with new letter, if it be not distributed almost as soon as worked off; for if it be afterwards allowed to remain some time locked up in the chase, it is very difficult to separate and distribute, and causes great loss of time, and injury to the letter.
The usual remedy for this inconvenience is to pour boiling water on the pages repeatedly, which tends to make the letters separate more readily; but still the compositor has to press them against the edge of his case, which makes the ends of his fingers sore, and when he cannot accomplish it in this way, he not unfrequently must have recourse to his teeth. Soaking the new letter in soap and water before it is used, is said to be the best remedy.
Baldwin, Elizabeth. See Donations.
BALL KNIFE.
An old blunt-edged knife, that pressmen lay by, to scrape their balls with.—M. It is generally an old table knife; but a sharp-edged one is better than a blunt one, if it be carefully used. The use of the Ball Knife is now nearly superseded by the adoption of composition rollers.
BALL LEATHERS.
The exterior coverings of the balls, made either of pelts, of tanned sheep’s skins.—M. Ball Leathers, dressed with oil, were introduced within the author’s recollection; but, although more durable, and sweeter in use than pelts, they were not adapted to produce fine work, and were therefore soon discontinued.
BALL LININGS.
When balls are made of pelts, the wool in the first instance is covered with the pelt of an old ball, previously soaked in the pelt pot and well scraped; this is again covered with a new pelt, and nailed to the ball stock, which makes the ball complete. The old pelt is called the Ball Lining, and makes it firmer in the neck, and also wear longer.
BALL NAILS.
The nails that ball leathers are tacked to the ball stocks with.—M.
BALL NECK.
That part of the ball which is immediately between the stock and the body of the wool, just below the nails, is named the Ball Neck, or the Neck of the Ball.
BALL RACK.
Two round tapering wooden pins fastened into a feather-edged piece of elm, and nailed to the near cheek of the press, in which to place the balls when they are not in use, nearly on a level with the ink block. There is frequently an additional one, for two balls, nailed higher up to the same cheek, under the cap, for a pair of spare balls, or to keep them separate when necessary; pelt balls injure each other when kept together for any length of time; and composition balls should never be left one upon the other, for they adhere to each other, and the surface is frequently torn in separating them.
Moveable ball racks are sometimes used for convenience, with the rack fastened to an upright piece of wood, fixed into a cross piece to serve it for standing upon.
BALLS.
Two circular pieces of pelt, leather, or canvass covered with composition, stuffed with wool and nailed to the ball stocks, used to cover the surface of the article to be printed with ink, in order to obtain an impression from it. Moxon says they were occasionally stuffed with hair; and that if the ball stocks were six inches in diameter the ball leathers were cut about nine inches and a half diameter. They are made larger, according to the work they are required for; those used for Newspapers were the largest.
Pelt Balls are superseded in London by composition Balls and composition rollers, and nearly so in the country; but when I recollect that the most splendidly printed English books were executed with pelt Balls, and that a printer may be so situated in the country, or in some foreign place, as not to be able to procure composition Balls or rollers, I think it useful to give directions how to make and manage Balls of pelts, so that wherever a printer may be situated, he may sustain no great inconvenience, provided he has a skin at his command: and I shall in the first place give an old Pressman’s directions for this purpose, who was well and practically experienced in every variety of presswork, and who wrote them expressly for this work.
“The pelt being well soaked, the pressman scrapes with the ball knife a little of the wet and filth off—twists it—puts it on the currying-iron, holding an end in each hand, and curries it, by pulling it strongly backwards and forwards, till it becomes warm and pliable, and the grease adheres to his hands, so that the pelt is in danger of slipping out of them while currying: without treading he cuts the pelt into two equal parts, across, and scrapes both sides of them; he then lays one of them on a press stone, or on any other stone that is large enough, and stretches it and spreads it well with the grain side downwards: the pelt of an old ball being well soaked, he cleans it, scraping it partially, so that some of the moisture may remain in it, and spreads it on the new pelt, as a lining, but does not stretch it nearly so much as the new one, and then nails an edge of them to the ball stock: the wool, being previously carded or combed, he lays in single locks one upon another, crossways, till he has enough for the size of the Ball which he is making. If it be for a newspaper it must be very large; if for bookwork, to be used with common ink, it must be smaller in proportion; but in both cases he brings the ends of the locks of wool into one hand, forming it into the shape of a ball very slightly, and puts these ends into the bowl of the stock; then bringing the opposite edge of the pelt to that already nailed, he also nails that to the ball stock; then he nails two other parts of the pelt opposite to each other, between those parts before nailed; then he plaits the pelt, nailing it regularly on the ball stocks; and cuts off the superfluous edges of the skin. The linings ought to be large enough to be nailed to the ball stock equal with the skin. Then he makes another ball, exactly the same as the first; and if both have a full even face, with no hillocks or dales, he has got a pair of good Balls.
“After having knocked up his Balls, he washes both them and the stocks well, and lets them lie out of the water a quarter of an hour; then placing one edge of the face upon the edge of the bank, the coffin of the press, or upon any other convenient place, and the end of the ball stock against his breast, he takes the handle of a sharp table knife in one hand and the end of the blade in the other, and scrapes it regularly and rather strongly from the plaits to the face of the Ball, at every scrape turning round the Ball, which brings out such a quantity of grease and moisture, as obliges him at the first to wipe his knife at every scrape; he thus proceeds, till he can scarcely bring any more out of the skin. He then places a sheet or sheets of paper on the face of the Ball, and rubs it well with his hands, till the Ball is thoroughly dry, his companion doing the same to the other Ball: they then begin to work the form.
“If a pressman has to execute fine work with strong ink, he stuffs the Balls harder with wool than he does for weak ink; because strong ink lugs or stretches the skin very fast, and soon slackens the Balls, if not hard stuffed.
“I was several years employed on fine work and strong ink, in an office where it was not allowed to tread a skin; this circumstance caused me to try the above-mentioned plan, and experience has taught me that it is by far the most preferable method.
“I also know by experience that a greasy skin is the best for strong ink, if treated in this manner; because it always keeps mellow until the balls are worn out, and there is less trouble in capping them.
“Making Balls is a nasty job: there is an old proverb in the trade, that ‘The devil would have been a pressman, if there were no Balls to make;’ that is, the printer’s devil.” See Pelts.
Tanned sheep’s skins, dressed with oil, have been used, to avoid smell, and for durability: they were more durable than pelts; but they were not calculated for producing fine impressions, not being soft; and, in consequence, not retaining dirt or other extraneous matter on their surface; this occasioned picks, and rendered them unsuitable for printing small letter or fine engravings with neatness.
When the pressmen leave work at night, the pelt balls are capped; that is, they are wrapped up, each in a blanket steeped in urine; and this is always done when they are not in use: it keeps them soft, and in working condition; but they are to be scraped, and dried with paper, to get rid of the moisture, each time they are wanted. There have been many attempts to supersede the use of urine, on account of its disagreeableness and smell; but no substitute, to my knowledge, has answered the purpose so well with pelts.
Composition Balls and composition rollers have, as I previously observed, superseded the use of pelt balls in the metropolis, and nearly so in the country. This has arisen from their superior cleanliness and sweetness, and being equal to pelts in producing good work. They can also be procured, generally, at the moment they are wanted, in the best working state; since their introduction the manufacture of them has become a new business, and they are supplied at so moderate a rate, (either per week or quarter,) and may be renewed as often as required, that scarcely a printing office in London at the present day troubles itself to make Balls; and hence no pressman need ever complain of having bad Balls as an excuse for bad workmanship.
These Balls will be found peculiarly convenient in small offices, where even one press is not in constant employment; for they may be kept for any length of time without injury to them; and if they be preserved in a proper temperament, will be always ready for use at the moment required. If they should become a little too dry, they may be restored to a proper state for working in a very short time by sponging them over with water, and distributing them; or, if there be time, by placing them in a damp situation, in order that they may imbibe moisture.
They may be easily made in an office at a distance from town, where it may be both inconvenient and expensive to have them removed backwards and forwards, by having a shallow dish formed of tin, &c. pouring the melted composition in it, and before it is cold attaching a piece of canvass to it sufficiently large to form a Ball of the size wanted. The facing will be thus thicker in the middle and taper off to the edge, which will be quite thin; and the edge of the composition should be continued well over the rounding of the Ball, to prevent it ever touching the form in beating, and thus avoiding any ill effects from portions of ink or dirt that would lodge at the extremity of the composition, and come in contact with the types or engraving. See Composition.
BALL STOCKS.
Turned of Alder or Maple. They are about seven inches in diameter, and have their under side turned hollow, to contain the greater quantity of wool or hair, to keep the ball leathers plump the longer.—M. They are now made of Elm, and the handles are Beech: but an improvement has been made in this article of late years, although it has not been generally adopted, viz. turning the bowl and handle in one piece, instead of having the handle fitted into the bowl, which frequently came loose, and was troublesome to the Pressman, often catching the skin of his hand, and pinching it. The usual size of the bowl for bookwork, is five inches and a quarter in diameter.
BANK.
A deal table, on which the Pressmen have the paper when printing. It was called a Horse in Moxon’s time. See Horse. It is useful to have a small drawer in the front of it, in which the Pressmen may put their thin paper for overlays, their paste points, and many other articles that would otherwise be lying upon the shelf or platen.
BANK NOTES.
On the 13th of January, 1819, Mr. James Fergusson, of Newman Street, Oxford Street, printer, sent to the Commissioners for inquiring into the Prevention of Forgery of Bank Notes, his plan for that purpose, of which the following is his published description.
“My plan is reared upon the solid foundation of putting it in the power of every individual to be certain whether a Bank-note is genuine or spurious by inspection. I propose, in order to form the ground-work of Bank-notes, to cast a fount, or several founts, of types, formed of such a peculiar shape, that, when printed from, the impression would appear, at first sight, like a line engraving; while, at the same time, when examined more closely, every part of it might be easily read. Although it is not in my power, without going to considerable expence, to produce a specimen of such types as ought to be made for this purpose, yet no one will deny that they may be obtained by means of punch-cutters and letter-founders. This being granted, let me suppose that I have got such types; I should then proceed to compose a page with them of the size of a Bank-note, consisting of such subject-matter as may be deemed advisable,—probably, an explanation of the way by which forgery could be detected. From this page of moveable types, I should make a stereotype plate; and I should then, by stamping or engraving upon the stereotype plate, put the promissory words of the Bank-note, with the addition of whatever ornamental lines might be thought proper. This stereotype plate, so formed, would give, by one pull at the letter-press, a completed Bank-note, unless it might be deemed requisite to add the numbering; and a signature or signatures, in writing. Having got one stereotype plate in the way I describe, I should use it for no other purpose than to obtain others; and from them I could easily make plates to any amount that may be necessary, all which would yield impressions obviously alike. As the promissory and ornamental parts of the note, in white, will purposely be made to intersect the words printed in black all over the surface of the note, the intersections will prove an infallible guide to distinguish a spurious note from a genuine one. This contrivance of intersections being the leading feature in my plan, I have denominated it The Intersection Plan.
“Individuals, when familiarized to notes issued upon this principle, would naturally select some portion to which they might easily refer, to ascertain the genuineness of a note. And, for further security, if necessary, the Bank might print what I may call Standards, for the use of the public, to be sold for a trifle, merely to insure their preservation. The Standards to be printed from the same plates as the notes themselves, but on paper quite of another texture and colour from the note paper, for the purpose of proving the correctness of the intersections.” See Forgery.
BANKRUPTS,
Scotland. 2 & 3 Vict. c. 41. “An Act for regulating the Sequestration of the Estates of Bankrupts in Scotland.
s. 143. “And be it enacted, That from and after the Commencement of this Act the Keeper of the Edinburgh Gazette shall on each Day of Publication furnish a Copy thereof to the Keeper of Edictal Citations and to the Bill Chamber Clerks, who shall keep the same regularly filed, and make the said Gazettes on all Occasions patent to the Lieges at Office Hours, on Payment of a Fee of Sixpence and no more.
s. 144. “And be it enacted, That no Advertisement inserted in the London Gazette or in the Edinburgh Gazette by virtue of this Act, or the said recited Act of the Fifty-fourth Year of the Reign of His Majesty King George the Third, intituled An Act for rendering the Payment of Creditors more equal and expeditious in Scotland, or an Act of the Sixth and Seventh Year of His late Majesty, intituled An Act for regulating the Process of Cessio bonorum in the Court of Session, and for extending the Jurisdiction of Sheriffs in Scotland to such Cases, shall be charged by the Keepers of the said Gazettes for Publication therein at a higher Price, nor shall a higher Price be paid for such Publication, than the Sums specified in the Schedule (L.) hereunto annexed.
s. 145. “And be it enacted, That from and after the Commencement of this Act all Conveyances, Assignations, Instruments, Discharges, Writings, or Deeds relating solely to the Estate belonging to any Bankrupt against whom Sequestration has been or may be awarded either under this or any former Act, and which Estate, after the Execution of such Conveyances, Assignations, Instruments, Discharges, Writings, or Deeds, shall be and remain the Property of such Bankrupt for the Benefit of his Creditors, or the Trustee appointed or chosen under or by virtue of such Sequestration, and all Discharges to the said Bankrupt, and all Deeds, Assignations, Instruments, or Writings for reinvesting the said Bankrupt in the Estate, and all Powers of Attorney, Commissions, Factories, Oaths, Affidavits, Articles of Roup or Sale, Submissions, Decrees Arbitral, and all other Instruments and Writings whatsoever relating solely to the Estate of any Bankrupt sequestrated as aforesaid, and all other Deeds or Writings forming a Part of the Proceedings ordered under such Sequestration, and all Notices or Advertisements inserted in the London and Edinburgh Gazettes relative thereto, shall be exempt from all Stamp Duties or other Government Duty.”
SCHEDULE (L.)
“Table of Prices payable for Advertisements in the London or Edinburgh Gazettes.
| £ s. d. | |
| For Six Lines and under | 0 6 0 |
| For more than Six Lines and not exceeding Ten Lines | 0 7 6 |
| For more than Ten Lines and not exceeding Fifteen Lines | 0 10 6 |
| For more than Fifteen Lines and not exceeding Twenty Lines | 0 14 6 |
| For more than Twenty Lines and not exceeding Twenty-five Lines | 0 17 6 |
| For more than Twenty-five Lines and not more than Thirty Lines | 1 0 6” |
Bar. See Press Bar.
BASKET.
In printing offices where there are large founts of letter, and the fount cases of any particular fount are not sufficient to hold the superfluous sorts, the surplus is put in coffins, and deposited in round baskets, till wanted.
BATTER.
When the face of any letters gets injured in a form, it is termed a Batter.
This accident frequently occurs:—in the course of working at press a letter or letters will draw out in beating, and occasionally be left on the form without being perceived; this, when the next impression is pulled, injures the page on which it was left;—a pin, needle, or bodkin, used as pickers, will sometimes be laid on a page and forgot—and other small articles, which produce the same injury. It also happens with forms reared up at the ends of frames, where the faces of the letter in the forms are put to each other, with a quoin, or a piece of furniture, to prevent them touching, which being accidentally displaced, the letter gets injured. The only thing to be done when these accidents occur, is to replace the letters; this however is too frequently done without showing a revise to the Reader or Overseer; and thus errors creep into a work, which no care on the part of a Reader can prevent. To steady careful men these accidents seldom happen; and they ought to be guarded against, in as much as they cause loss of time to the workmen, and expense of materials to the master printer; and when letters or words must be replaced, the work should never be proceeded with at press, previously to its being examined.
When a fine engraving on wood is at press, the workman should be most particularly careful, as an accident might thus spoil an expensive work of art, which it might be impossible to replace.
When a Batter unfortunately happens at press in working stereotype plates, it is too frequently overlooked by the pressmen, and the work proceeds in a deteriorated state; while, generally speaking, if the same accident had happened to a form of moveable types it would have been set right. The reason is, that while in the latter case the accident could be remedied in a few minutes, the stereotype plate on the other hand would have to be taken out of the form and sent to the founders, and would not be repaired in less than five or six hours, during which time the pressmen would be unemployed, to their loss. This is one cause that operates against the more general use of stereotype plates.
BEARD OF A LETTER,
is the outer angle of the square shoulder of the shank, which reaches almost up to the bottom of the face of the letter; and is commonly scraped off by the Founder.—M.
BEARER.
A piece of reglet pasted on the frisket to ease any particular part in a form that has too much pressure on it from the platen of the press.—M.
Double Pica reglet is used for this purpose, as its thickness is equal to the difference between the height of the types and the furniture; and this application of it makes this sized reglet in general a scarce article in a printing office.
Where any parts of the impression of a form come off hard, which from various causes occasionally happens, particularly at the edges of the pages, and at the foot of a short page, a bearer is applied to ease that part; but some care however is required in its application—it must not bear upon any printed matter at the back of it, for if it does, it will smear and deface that part, nor is it necessary to place it close to the part, but it may be put at some distance, and if convenient near the outer edge of the paper, and made to rest on the flat part of the furniture.
After selecting a piece of reglet of the proper length, paste one side of it, and place it with the pasted side uppermost upon the furniture where it is required, then turn down the tympans and frisket and rub that part with the hand to make it adhere to the frisket; or, as is usually done, after the form is beat, when the next pull will make it adhere; if it be not quite sufficient, a thickness or two of a wrapper pasted on it will ease the pull sufficiently on that part.
High Bearers, are pieces of furniture made barely letter height; they are used where separate wood cuts are printed, or very small forms; they are placed on the press stone, usually pasted down, but at such a distance from the printed matter that neither the balls nor the rollers touch them in inking the form; they lighten the pressure on the extremities, and tend to equalize the pull if the carriage be not run in exactly to its place, by the platen bearing upon them. If they be not sufficiently high, they may be added to by overlays pasted upon them.
BEAT.
To cover the surface of the types with ink by means of the balls.—M. See Fine Presswork.
BEAT FAT.
If a Pressman takes too much ink with his balls, he beats fat. The black English faced letter is generally beaten fat.—M. At the present day we understand by Fat Beating, that a pressman beating carefully, goes gradually two or three times over the form, so that every part of the surface of the type is touched six or seven times by the face of the balls; and is thus uniformly covered with a proper quantity of ink.
BEAT LEAN.
Is to take but little ink, and often: all small letter must be beaten lean.—M. This and the preceding term Beat Fat, have changed their meaning since the days of Moxon; to beat lean now, is to beat lightly, and quickly make a riddance of work, without much regard to its quality.
BED.
To bed or lay the press stone in the coffin, so that it shall lie firm and solid in all parts.—M. There are different ways of bedding a press stone: some bed it in bran; some in plaster; but the general way is with paper. To effect this the paper ought not to have any large knots in it, and should be cut to the size of the coffin, and if there be any inequalities in the bottom of the stone, there must be additional pieces of paper placed under it to fill them up. When it is supposed there is sufficient paper in the coffin to raise the stone high enough, it is slung in on two pieces of cord, and a trial made of its firmness; if it rocks, it is lifted out again, and additional paper placed in those parts where the stone did not rest firmly. When it is properly bedded, the ends of the cords are tucked in at the sides of the stone so as to be easily picked out again with a bodkin. When the stone has got to lie solid with working, the upper side should be about a Brevier higher than the coffin.
Although I have mentioned cord, as being generally used for slinging the stone into the coffin, and lifting it out again, yet strong flat tape is decidedly superior; the stone lies more solid with it than with cord, and is not so liable to break.
Benefactions. See Donations.
BENGALESE.
The following article is extracted from Nathaniel Brassey Halhed’s Grammar of the Bengal Language.
“Exclusive of the Shanscrit, there are three different dialects applied (tho’ not with equal currency) in the kingdom of Bengal: Viz. the Persian, the Hindostanic and the proper Bengalese; each of which has its own peculiar department in the business of the country, and consequently neither of them can be universally adopted to the exclusion of the others.
“What the pure Hindostanic is to upper India, the language which I have here endeavoured to explain is to Bengal, intimately related to the Shanscrit both in expressions, construction and character. It is the sole channel of personal and epistolary communication among the Hindoos of every occupation and tribe. All their business is transacted, and all their accounts are kept in it; and as their system of education is in general very confined, there are few among them who can write or read any other idiom: the uneducated, or eight parts in ten of the whole nation, are necessarily confined to the usage of their mother tongue.
“The Shanscrit, or sacred language of Hindostan, from whence the dialect of Bengal immediately proceeds, is supposed by its professors to be the most antient and most excellent in the world. They assert that it exceeds every other language in the number of its letters, and esteem this excess as an incontrovertible argument of its antiquity and superiority.
“The Bengal Alphabet, like that of the Shanscrit, consists of FIFTY letters, in the following order.
“First Series.
| অ o | আ aa | ই ee | ঈ ee |
| উ oo | ঊ oo | ঋ ree | ৠ ree |
| ঌ lee | ৡ lree | এ a | ঐ i |
| ও o | ঔ ou | অং ung | অঃ oh |
“Second Series.
| ক ko | খ k,ho | গ go | ঘ g,ho | ঙ ngoo-o |
| চ cho | ছ ch,ho | জ jo | ঝ j,ho | ঞ gnee-o |
| ট to | ঠ t,ho | ড do | ঢ d,ho | ণ aano |
| ত to | থ t,ho | দ do | ধ d,ho | ন no |
| প po | ফ p,ho | ব bo | ভ b,ho | ম mo |
| য jo | র ro | ল lo | ব wo | — |
| ষ sho | ষ sho | স so | হ ho | ক্ষ khy-o |
“It is to be observed, that in the Bengal alphabet, all the names of the consonants commence with the respective consonants which they denote; as ko, go, jo, &c. whereas in English, seven of them are preceded by a vowel: ef, el, em, en, ar, ess, & ex. It follows from hence, that the short vowel of the Bengalese is invariably subjoined to the consonant with which it is uttered, and never precedes: as ক and গ always stand for ko, and go, and in no case for ok, or og.
“The vowels, as used in composition, when joined with consonants, have a very different figure from those which are in the first series of the alphabet. I shall here insert a table of the forms of vowels in composition, corresponding to those which are initial or single.
“A Table of the corresponding Vowels.
| অ o | ক ko | (the included vowel.) | |
| আ aa | কা kaa | এ a | কে ka |
| ই ee | কি kee | ঐ i | কৈ ki or ko-i |
| ঈ ee | কী kee | ও o | কো ko |
| উ oo | কু koo | ঔ ou | কৌ kou |
| ঊ oo | কূ koo | অং ung | কং kung |
| অঃ oh | কঃ koh |
“By the original structure of this language every consonant inherently possesses the short vowel on which its utterance depends; it is plain therefore on this principle, that no two consonants could have been joined together, and successively pronounced in the same syllable, but that a vowel must necessarily have intervened. As an expedient to remedy this inconvenience, a set of distinct characters were invented, called ফলা P,holaa, or adjuncts. They are certain subordinate and subsidiary figures, that may be attached to each of the consonants in the alphabet respectively, to provide against the too frequent recurrence of the internal vowel.
“These P,holaa, are presented in a distinct series or alphabet, consisting of eleven subservient marks or signs, for different letters; which are here joined to ক ko, the first of the single consonants, and which may, in the same manner, be applied to all the other letters.
“The twelfth word of the series, (which seems to be added by the Bengalese merely to fill up the rhythm) relates to another subject, which will be explained in a subsequent remark.
“The reader must remember, that the letter র ro, in its proper character, is never joined to any other letter or adjunct; but its figure is entirely changed by a connection with other consonants, as will be seen in the following series.
“The twelve P,holas.
“The compound letters may be formed by three methods: either by placing one letter immediately under another, or by blending two letters together, so as to make one character from their union; or by making the first of the two consonants much smaller than the other letters. This last mode seems to be the most common.
“সিদ্ধি sheedd,hee, called the twelfth P,holaa, is a word always prefixed to the class of vowels contained in the first Series of the alphabet. Sheedd,hee is part of a Shanscrit sentence, which means be it properly performed; and as these words are usually prefixed to the class of vowels, that Series has obtained the name of sheedd,hee.
“The Series Sheed,hee.
| সি | দ্ধি | র | স্তু |
| shee | dd,hee | ro | stoo |
| অ | আ | ই | ঈ |
| o | aa | ee | ee |
| উ | ঊ | ঋ | ৠ |
| oo | oo | ree | ree |
| ঌ | ৡ | এ | ঐ |
| lee | lee | a | i |
| ও | ঔ | অং | অঃ |
| o | ou | ung | oh |
অ o, is always an initial letter.
আ aa, is also initial.
“I shall set down a few of the most common contractions of letters which are constantly used by all the Bengalese, as being more expeditious, as well as more elegant than a simple junction of the single letters, whose office they perform.
ক্র kro, stands for ক্র the kirro Pholaa.
[#] okto, is ও to blended with ক ko; its regular form is [#].
কু koo, stands for ক ko with hroswookaar.
[#] ungo, is compounded of ঙ ngoo-o with গ go subjoined.
[#] oggyo, is another figure for the Pholaa [#].
[#] moo, is ম mo and ব wo compounded. The simple form is [#].
[#] oshno, for [#] i. e. ণ aano subjoined to ষ sho.
[#] shoo, initial and medial, [#] shoo, final; two figures for [#].
[#] This figure stands for both [#] otto and [#] too.
[#] goo, is used for [#].
[#] hoo, stands for [#].
[#] ohro, is kro Pholaa subjoined to হ ho.
[#] tro, stands for [#].
[#] roo, is used instead of [#].
[#] ohlo, is ল lo subjoined to হ ho.
[#] ondo, compounded of ণ aano and ড do.
[#] ohjo, is হ ho and জ jo blended together.
[#] ohmo, a compound of হ ho and ম mo.
[#] ostoo, is স so and ট to, with hroswookaar subjoined.
[#] ostro, is the letter স so compounded with ট to, and the kro Pholaa.
[#] joo, stands for [#].
[#] ogd,ho, [#] odd,ho, [#] ond,ho, represent ধ d,ho severally subjoined to গ go, দ do, and ন no.
[#] this figure is called ordd,ho-to, i. e. semi-to; for ordd,ho signifies half. It is used for the letter ত to without its internal vowel; and in the middle of a word is generally represented by ২ the numerical figure of two.
[#] otyo, is the preceding [#] blended with the kyo pholaa.
“I shall now proceed to a few marks of reference commonly used by the Bengalese.
“[#] This figure is always put at the top of every writing, and is meant as an invocation to Gonash, the Deity of Knowledge and Arts; it is called Gonashar aakoree, or the crook of Gonash. So the Mahometans always begin with the letter [#] aleph, as a token of the unity of God.
“[#] Chaandboondaa, is a mark put over certain letters to give them a very forcible nasal expression.
“৺ Eeshwor, is properly one of the deities of the Hindoo Trinity. The name of God was supposed too holy to be inserted among the general class of words, and was therefore written at the top of the page, and wherever this name should occur in a sentence, the mark here specified was put as a reference to it. The form still remains, but the usage is degraded into a mere compliment: for in all petitions, or letters from inferiors to their superiors, the name of the person addressed is now put at the top, and this sign of reference occupies the place in the body of the letter, where the name should regularly have been inserted.
“[#] Sree properly signifies prosperity, and is prefixed to every name which they mean to mention with respect; as sree sree Raam, sree sree Gonash.
“One or more of these titles of Hindoo deities is first written on every piece of paper, as an amulet or charm, before any letter, petition or other writing whatever, is committed to it. In the same manner the Mahometans universally apply their Bismillah (or, In the name of God.) as we formerly wrote Emanuel at the top of letters, and still continue to commence a ledger with Laus Deo.
“The denominations of the cardinal numbers are so irregular in Bengalese, that I find it will be necessary to exhibit them as far as one hundred. And it must be observed as a particularity, that the ninth numeral of every series of ten, is not specified by the term of nine in the common order of progression, but takes its appellation from the series immediately above; as for instance the number twenty nine is not expressed by nobeesh, which should seem the proper denomination, but is called oonteesh, or one less than thirty. So thirty nine is oonchaa-leesh, or one less than forty.
| ১ | 1 | ২১ | 21 | ৪১ | 41 | ৬১ | 61 | ৮১ | 81 |
| ২ | 2 | ২২ | 22 | ৪২ | 42 | ৬২ | 62 | ৮২ | 82 |
| ৩ | 3 | ২৩ | 23 | ৪৩ | 43 | ৬৩ | 63 | ৮৩ | 83 |
| ৪ | 4 | ২৪ | 24 | ৪৪ | 44 | ৬৪ | 64 | ৮৪ | 84 |
| ৫ | 5 | ২৫ | 25 | ৪৫ | 45 | ৬৫ | 65 | ৮৫ | 85 |
| ৬ | 6 | ২৬ | 26 | ৪৬ | 46 | ৬৬ | 66 | ৮৬ | 86 |
| ৭ | 7 | ২৭ | 27 | ৪৭ | 47 | ৬৭ | 67 | ৮৭ | 87 |
| ৮ | 8 | ২৮ | 28 | ৪৮ | 48 | ৬৮ | 68 | ৮৮ | 88 |
| ৯ | 9 | ২৯ | 29 | ৪৯ | 49 | ৬৯ | 69 | ৮৯ | 89 |
| ১০ | 10 | ৩০ | 30 | ৫০ | 50 | ৭০ | 70 | ৯০ | 90 |
| ১১ | 11 | ৩১ | 31 | ৫১ | 51 | ৭১ | 71 | ৯১ | 91 |
| ১২ | 12 | ৩২ | 32 | ৫২ | 52 | ৭২ | 72 | ৯২ | 92 |
| ১৩ | 13 | ৩৩ | 33 | ৫৩ | 53 | ৭৩ | 73 | ৯৩ | 93 |
| ১৪ | 14 | ৩৪ | 34 | ৫৪ | 54 | ৭৪ | 74 | ৯৪ | 94 |
| ১৫ | 15 | ৩৫ | 35 | ৫৫ | 55 | ৭৫ | 75 | ৯৫ | 95 |
| ১৬ | 16 | ৩৬ | 36 | ৫৬ | 56 | ৭৬ | 76 | ৯৬ | 96 |
| ১৭ | 17 | ৩৭ | 37 | ৫৭ | 57 | ৭৭ | 77 | ৯৭ | 97 |
| ১৮ | 18 | ৩৮ | 38 | ৫৮ | 58 | ৭৮ | 78 | ৯৮ | 98 |
| ১৯ | 19 | ৩৯ | 39 | ৫৯ | 59 | ৭৯ | 79 | ৯৯ | 99 |
| ২০ | 20 | ৪০ | 40 | ৬০ | 60 | ৮০ | 80 | ১০০ | 100” |
In respect to the Bengalese types with which Halhed’s grammar is printed, he thus observes, “The public curiosity must be strongly excited by the beautiful characters which are displayed in the following work: and although my attempt may be deemed incompleat or unworthy of notice, the book itself will always bear an intrinsic value, from its containing as extraordinary an instance of mechanic abilities as has perhaps ever appeared. That the Bengal letter is very difficult to be imitated in steel will readily be allowed by every person who shall examine the intricacies of the strokes, the unequal length and size of the characters, and the variety of their positions and combinations. It was no easy task to procure a writer accurate enough to prepare an alphabet of a similar and proportionate body throughout, and with that symmetrical exactness which is necessary to the regularity and neatness of a fount. Mr. Bolts (who is supposed to be well versed in this language) attempted to fabricate a set of types for it, with the assistance of the ablest artists in London. But as he egregiously failed in executing even the easiest part, or primary alphabet, of which he has published a specimen, there is no reason to suppose that his project, when compleated, would have advanced beyond the usual state of imperfection to which new inventions are constantly exposed.
“The advice and even sollicitation of the Governor General prevailed upon Mr. Wilkins, a gentleman who has been some years in the India Company’s civil service in Bengal, to undertake a set of Bengal types. He did, and his success has exceeded every expectation. In a country so remote from all connexion with European artists, he has been obliged to charge himself with all the various occupations of the Metallurgist, the Engraver, the Founder, and the Printer. To the merit of invention he was compelled to add the application of personal labour. With a rapidity unknown in Europe, he surmounted all the obstacles which necessarily clog the first rudiments of a difficult art, as well as the disadvantages of solitary experiment; and has thus singly on the first effort exhibited his work in a state of perfection which in every part of the world has appeared to require the united improvements of different projectors, and the gradual polish of successive ages.”
The gentleman here spoken of was Charles Wilkins, Esq., a descendant of the learned Bishop Wilkins, and one of the founders of the Asiatic Society. He was afterwards created Doctor of Laws, and appointed Librarian to the East-India Company at their establishment in Leadenhall Street. He was reputed to be the best Shanscrit scholar in Europe.
BENVENUE.
Half a crown paid by a new workman to the Chapel when he commences, which is always spent. If a journeyman wrought formerly in the same printing house, and comes again to work in it, he pays but half a benvenue. If a journeyman smout more or less on another printing house, he pays half a benvenue.—M. See Ancient Customs.
This custom is still retained in printing offices, and the amount generally paid is the same as it was in the seventeenth century, though the value of half a crown then was considerably more than it is now. Under particular circumstances the Chapel sometimes takes less; and the workmen always add something each, so as to be able to provide bread and cheese and a draught of porter to welcome the new comer. The word is now pronounced Bevénue; it is evidently a corruption of the Fr. bien venu or welcome.
BIBLE ORTHOGRAPHY.
Many religious works are printed with numerous extracts from the Holy Scriptures without any reference to the Book, Chapter, or Verse, and as they are frequently made from memory, they are generally inaccurate. I am clearly of opinion that wherever a quotation is made, it should be given literally as it appears in the work from which it is taken, otherwise it is worse than useless,—for it misleads. With regard to extracts from the Bible, I hold it indispensable that they should be given without the slightest variation from the original; but as many words in the Bible vary in their orthography from Johnson’s Dictionary, which is the book of reference generally in use, and as the authorized editions of the Scriptures differ in this respect from each other in many instances, I have collated the King’s Printers, the Oxford, the Cambridge, and the Edinburgh editions with Johnson’s Dictionary and with each other, for the purpose of enabling the printer to preserve uniformity in orthography with little trouble to himself in reprints of the Bible, and in extracts occurring in religious works, according as the author may prefer any of these editions.
These variations from each other do not extend to words but are confined to the orthography, and to the difference of the same expression being given in one word, in two words, or in being made a compound word; thus in the Cambridge and the Edinburgh Bibles there are a great number of compound words, while in the King’s Printers and Oxford Bibles the same words are given either joined together as one word or made into two words; and we find very few compound words, except proper names. I have also given the Bible orthography where Johnson gives two ways of spelling a word. The result will be seen in the following Table; which also shows the variations, to a certain degree, that have taken place in the language during the last two hundred years.
The late Mr. Thomas Bensley, who was printer to the University of Oxford, told me, about the year 1805, that they had a sealed copy there, as a standard to read from; if this be the case, it is difficult to account for their copies of late years having numerous variations from the earlier editions. I think it very desirable that there should be a standard edition that we could refer to, as a pure text; and it would also be desirable to know on what authority these variations are made in the holy Scriptures, for every word, every point, nay every capital letter, I believe, was carefully considered before it was adopted in the first edition of the authorized version in 1611, and this too by a considerable number of the most learned men of the kingdom, who had the direction of the work.
With regard to the words in the Bible printed in Italic characters, Dr. Myles Smyth, one of the two appointed Revisers of the authorized version, in the Preface to the first edition, published in 1611, gives the following reason for their use:—
“Moreouer, whereas the necessitie of the sentence required any thing to be added (for such is the grace and proprietie of the Ebrewe and Greeke tongues that it cannot, but either by circumlocution, or by adding the verbe or some word, be vnderstood of them that are not well practised therein), wee haue put it in the text with an other kinde of letter, that it may easily bee discerned from the common letter.”
The Preface was written and affixed by the King’s command. The first Edition of the Bible was printed in Black Letter, and the “other kinde of letter” was roman; when the Black Letter was disused, and the Roman character substituted, the “other kinde of letter” was changed to Italic. Dr. Smyth was afterwards Bishop of Gloucester.
| King’s Printers. | Oxford. | Cambridge. | Edinburgh. | Reference. |
| Adoram | Hadoram | Hadoram | Hadoram | Gen. x. 27. |
| Agar } | Agar | Agar | Agar | Gal. iv. 24. |
| Hagar} | Hagar | Hagar | Hagar | Gen. xvi. 1. |
| alabaster box | alabaster box | alabaster-box | alabaster-box | Matt. xxvi. 7. |
| algum trees | algum trees | algum-trees | algum-trees | 2 Chr. ii. 8. |
| alledgeth | alledgeth | alledgeth | alledgeth | Job viii. Head. |
| alledging | alledging | alledging | alledging | Acts xvii. 3. |
| Alleluia | Alleluia | Alleluia | Alleluia | Rev. xix. 1. |
| almond tree | almond tree | almond-tree | almond-tree | Eccl. xii. 5. |
| almug trees | almug trees | almug-trees | almug-trees | 1 Kings x. 11. |
| Alpheus | Alphæus | Alpheus | Alpheus | Acts i. 13. |
| ambassage | ambassage | ambassage | ambassage | Luke xiv. 32. |
| ancle | ancle | ancle | ancle | Acts iii. 7. |
| any wise | any wise | any wise | any wise | Mark xiv. 31. |
| apple tree | apple tree | apple-tree | apple-tree | Joel i. 12. |
| Arimathea | Arimathæa | Arimathea | Arimathea | Mark xv. 43. |
| armourbearer | armourbearer | armour-bearer | armour-bearer | 1 Sam. xiv. 7. |
| Aser } | Aser | Aser | Aser | Rev. vii. 6. |
| Asher} | Asher | Asher | Asher | Gen. xxx. 13. |
| ass colts | ass colts | ass colts | ass-colts | Judg. x. 4. |
| asswaged | asswaged | asswaged | asswaged | Gen. viii. 1. |
| aul | aul | awl | awl | Exod. xxi. 6. |
| ax | ax | axe | axe | 1 Sam. xiii. 20. |
| axe | axe | axe | axe | Luke iii. 9. |
| axletrees | axletrees | axle-trees | axle-trees | 1 Kings vii. 32. |
| bakemeats | bakemeats | bake-meats | bake-meats | Gen. xl. 17. |
| Balac } | Balac | Balac | Balac | Rev. ii. 14. |
| Balak } | Balak | Balak | Balak | Num. xxii. 2. |
| banqueting house | banquetting house | banquetting-house | banqueting-house | So. of Sol. ii. 4. |
| barley bread | barley bread | barley-bread | barley-bread | Judg. vii. 13. |
| barley cakes | barley cakes | barley-cakes | barley cakes | Ezek. iv. 12. |
| barley harvest | barley harvest | barley-harvest | barley-harvest | Ruth ii. 23. |
| barley loaves | barley loaves | barley-loaves | barley-loaves | John vi. 9. |
| barley meal | barley meal | barley-meal | barley meal | Num. v. 15. |
| barley seed | barley seed | barley-seed | barley-seed | Lev. xxvii. 16. |
| Bartimeus | Bartimæus | Bartimeus | Bartimeus | Mark x. 46. |
| bason | bason | bason | bason | Exod. xii. 22. |
| battle ax | battle ax | battle-axe | battle-axe | Jer. li. 20. |
| battle bow | battle bow | battle-bow | battle-bow | Zech. x. 4. |
| beastiality | beastiality | beastiality | beastiality | Exod. xxii. Head. |
| Beautiful gate | Beautiful gate | Beautiful gate | Beautiful gate | Acts iii. 10. |
| bedchamber | bedchamber | bed-chamber | bed-chamber | 2 Sam. iv. 7. |
| befall | befall | befal | befall | Deut. xxxi. 17. |
| befel | befell | befell | befell | Mark v. 16. |
| beforetime | beforetime | before-time | beforetime | Jos. xx. 5. |
| Beor } | Beor | Beor | Beor | Num. xxii. 5. |
| Bosor} | Bosor | Bosor | Bosor | 2 Pet. ii. 15. |
| beryl stone | beryl stone | beryl-stone | beryl stone | Ezek. x. 9. |
| birthday | birthday | birth-day | birth-day | Gen. xl. 20. |
| birthright | birthright | birth-right | birthright | Gen. xxv. 31. |
| Bloodguiltiness | bloodguiltiness | blood-guiltiness | blood-guiltiness | Ps. li. 14. |
| bloodthirsty | bloodthirsty | blood-thirsty | blood-thirsty | Prov. xxix. 10. |
| bondmaid | bondmaid | bond-maid | bond maid | Gal. iv. 22. |
| bondman | bondman | bond-man | bond man | Rev. vi. 15. |
| bondservant | bondservant | bond-servant | bond-servant | Lev. xxv. 39. |
| bondservice | bondservice | bond-service | bond-service | 1 Kings ix. 21. |
| bondwoman | bondwoman | bond-woman | bond-woman | Gen. xxi. 10. |
| Bosor} | Bosor | Bosor | Bosor | 2 Pet. ii. 15. |
| Beor } | Beor | Beor | Beor | Num. xxii. 5. |
| bowshot | bowshot | bowshot | bow-shot | Gen. xxi. 16. |
| box tree | box tree | box-tree | box-tree | Isa. xli. 19. |
| bramble bush | bramble bush | bramble-bush | bramble-bush | cLuke vi. 44. |
| brasen | brasen | brasen | brasen | Exod. xxxviii. 4. |
| bread corn | bread corn | bread-corn | bread-corn | Isa. xxviii. 28. |
| breastplate | breastplate | breast-plate | breastplate | Exod. xxv. 7. |
| briars | briers | briers | briers | Heb. vi. 8. |
| briers | briers | briers | briers | Isa. xxvii. 4. |
| brickkiln | brickkiln | brick-kiln | brick-kiln | 2 Sam. xii. 31. |
| bridechamber | bridechamber | bride-chamber | bride-chamber | Matt. ix. 15. |
| brokenfooted | brokenfooted | broken-footed | broken-footed | Lev. xxi. 19. |
| brokenhanded | brokenbanded | broken-handed | broken-handed | Lev. xxi. 19. |
| brokenhearted | brokenhearted | broken-hearted | broken-hearted | Luke iv. 18. |
| burdens | burdens | burdens | burdens | Exod. v. 4. |
| burnt offerings | burnt offerings | burnt-offerings | burnt-offerings | Gen. viii. 20. |
| burnt sacrifice | burnt sacrifice | burnt-sacrifice | burnt-sacrifice | Exod. xxx. 9. |
| buryingplace | buryingplace | burying-place | burying-place | cGen. xxiii. 4. |
| busybody | busybody | busy-body | busy-body | 1 Pet. iv. 15. |
| byword | byword | by-word | by-word | Deut. xxviii. 37. |
| daughter in law | daughter in law | daughter-in-law | daughter-in-law | Gen. xi. 31. |
| daysman | daysman | days-man | day’s-man | Job ix. 33. |
| dayspring | dayspring | day-spring | day-spring | Luke i. 78. |
| day star | day star | day-star | day-star | 2 Pet. i. 19. |
| day time | day time | day-time | day-time | Num. xiv. 14. |
| daytime | daytime | day-time | day-time | Job v. 14. |
| desert | desert | desert | desert | Isa. xliii. 20. |
| destroying weapon | destroying weapon | destroying-weapon | destroying weapon | Ezek. ix. 1. |
| diddest | diddest | diddest | diddest | Acts vii. 28. |
| dispatch | dispatch | dispatch | dispatch | Ezek. xxiii. 47. |
| door post | door post | door-post | door-post | Exod. xxi. 6. |
| double minded | double minded | double-minded | double-minded | Jam. i. 8. |
| doubletongued | doubletongued | double-tongued | double-tongued | 1 Tim. iii. 8. |
| downsitting | downsitting | down-sitting | down-sitting | Ps. cxxxix. 2. |
| dragon well | dragon well | dragon-well | dragon-well | Neb. ii. 13. |
| draught | draught | draught | draught | Matt. xv. 17. |
| drawnet | drawnet | drawnet | drawnet | Matt. xiii. Head. |
| drink offering | drink offering | drink-offering | drink-offering | Gen. xxxv. 14. |
| dung gate | dung gate | dung-gate | dung-gate | Neh. iii. 14. |
| dunghil | dunghill | dunghill | dunghill | 1 Sam ii. 8. |
| dunghill | dunghill | dunghill | dunghill | Dan. iii. 29. |
| dung port | dung port | dung-port | dung-port | Neh. II. 13. |
| dureth | dureth | dureth | dureth | Matt. xiii. 21. |
| dwelling house | dwelling house | dwelling-house | dwelling-house | Lev. xxv. 29. |
| dwelling place | dwelling place | dwelling-place | dwelling-place | 1 Kings viii. 30. |
| dwellingplaces | dwellingplaces | dwelling-places | dwelling-places | Ezek. vi. 6. |
| dyed | dyed | dyed | dyed | Exod. xxxix. 34. |
| fainthearted | fainthearted | faint-hearted | faint-hearted | Isa. vii. 4. |
| fallow deer | fallow deer | fallow-deer | fallow-deer | Deut. xiv. 5. |
| farewel | farewell | farewell | farewell | Acts xviii. 21. |
| farther | farther | farther | farther | Eccles. viii. 17. |
| fatfleshed | fatfleshed | fat-fleshed | fat-fleshed | Gen. xii. 18. |
| father in law | father in law | father-in-law | father-in-law | Gen. xxxviii. 13. |
| fats | fats | fats | fats | Joel iii. 13. |
| feast days | feast days | feast-days | feast-days | Hos. ii. 11. |
| feedingplace | feedingplace | feeding-place | feeding-place | Nah. ii. 11. |
| felloes | felloes | felloes | felloes | 1 Kings vii. 33. |
| fellowcitizens | fellowcitizens | fellow-citizens | fellow-citizens | Eph. ii. 19. |
| fellowdisciples | fellowdisciples | fellow disciples | fellow-disciples | John xi. 16. |
| fellowheirs | fellowheirs | fellow-heirs | fellow-heirs | Eph. iii. 6. |
| fellowhelper | fellowhelper | fellow-helper | fellow-helper | 2 Cor. viii. 23. |
| fellowlabourers | fellowlabourers | fellow-labourers | fellow-labourers | Philip. iv. 3. |
| fellowprisoner | fellowprisoner | fellow-prisoner | fellow-prisoner | Col. iv. 10. |
| fellowservant | fellowservant | fellow-servant | fellow-servant | Matt. xviii. 29. |
| fellow servants | fellowservants | fellow-servants | fellow-servants | Matt. xviii. 31. |
| fellowsoldier | fellowsoldier | fellow-soldier | fellow-soldier | Philip. ii. 25. |
| fellowworkers | fellowworkers | fellow-workers | fellow-workers | Col. iv. 11. |
| ferry boat | ferry boat | ferry-boat | ferry-boat | 2 Sam. xix. 18. |
| fetcht | fetcht | fetcht | fetched | Gen. xviii. 7. |
| fiery flying | fiery flying | fiery-flying | fiery flying | Isa. xxx. 6. |
| fig leaves | fig leaves | fig-leaves | fig-leaves | Gen. iii. 7. |
| fig tree | fig tree | fig-tree | fig-tree | 1 Kings iv. 25. |
| fir trees | fir trees | fir-trees | fir-trees | 1 Kings v. 10. |
| fir wood | fir wood | fir-wood | fir-wood | 2 Sam. vi. 6. |
| firebrands | firebrands | fire-brands | firebrands | Judg. xv. 4. |
| firepans | firepans | fire-pans | fire-pans | Exod. xxvii. 3. |
| first begotten | first begotten | first-begotten | first-begotten | Rev. i. 5. |
| firstborn | firstborn | first-born | first-born | Gen. x. 15. |
| firstfruits | firstfruits | first-fruits | first-fruits | Exod. xxiii. 16. |
| firstripe | firstripe | first ripe | first-ripe | Num. xiii. 20. |
| firstripe figs | firstripe-figs | first-ripe-figs | first ripe figs | Nah. iii. 12. |
| fish gate | fish gate | fish-gate | fish-gate | 2 Chr. xxxiii. 14. |
| fishhooks | fishhooks | fish-hooks | fish-hooks | Amos iv. 2. |
| fishpools | fishpools | fish-pools | fish-pools | So. of Sol. vii. 4. |
| fish spears | fish spears | fish-spears | fish spears | Job xli. 7. |
| fitches | fitches | fitches | fitches | Isa. xxviii. 25. |
| five and twentieth | five and twentieth | five-and-twentieth | five and twentieth | Jer. iii. 31. |
| fleshhooks | fleshhooks | flesh-hooks | flesh-hooks | Exod. xxvii. 3. |
| flesh pots | flesh pots | flesh-pots | flesh-pots | Exod. xvi. 3. |
| fleshy | fleshly | fleshly | fleshly | 2 Cor. iii. 3. |
| flotes | flotes | floats | floats | 2 Chr. ii. 16. |
| foal | foal | foal | foal | Matt. xxi. 5. |
| foles | foles | foals | foals | Gen. xxxii. 15. |
| foolish talking | foolish talking | foolish talking | foolish talking | Eph. v. 4. |
| forefront | forefront | fore-front | fore-front | Exod. xxviii. 37. |
| forepart | forepart | fore-part | fore-part | 1 Kings vi. 20. |
| foreprophesied | foreprophesied | fore-prophesied | fore-prophesied | 2 Kings xxiii. Head. |
| foretel | foretell | foretel | foretell | 2 Cor. xiii. 2. |
| forty five | forty five | forty-five | forty-five | 1 Kings vii. 3. |
| fountain gate | fountain gate | fountain-gate | fountain-gate | Neb. xii. 37. |
| fourfooted | fourfooted | four-footed | four-footed | Acts xl. 6. |
| freeman | free man | free-man | free man | Rev. vi. 15. |
| free offerings | free offerings | free-offerings | free-offerings | Exod. xxxvi. 3. |
| freewill offering | freewill offering | freewill-offering | free-will-offering | Num. xv. 3. |
| freewill offerings | freewill offerings | free-will-offerings | free-will-offerings | Lev. xxii. 18. |
| freewoman | freewoman | free-woman | free woman | Gal. iv. 22. |
| fruit tree | fruit tree | fruit-tree | fruit-tree | Gen. i. 11. |
| fryingpan | fryingpan | frying-pan | frying-pan | Lev. vii. 9. |
| Adoram | Hadoram | Hadoram | Hadoram | Gen. x. 27. |
| Hagar} | Hagar | Hagar | Hagar | Gen. xvi. 1. |
| Agar } | Agar | Agar | Agar | Gal. iv. 24. |
| hail stones | hail stones | hail-stones | hail-stones | Ps. xviii. 12. |
| hair breadth | hair breadth | hair-breadth | hair-breadth | Judges xx. 16. |
| hand breadth | hand breadth | hand-breadth | handbreadth | Exod. xxxvii. 12. |
| handful | handful | handful | handful | Lev. ii. 2. |
| handmaid | handmaid | hand-maid | handmaid | Gen. xvi. 1. |
| handstaves | handstaves | hand-staves | hand-staves | Ezek. xxxix. 9. |
| handwriting | handwriting | hand-writing | hand-writing | Col. ii. 14. |
| handywork | handywork | handywork | handywork | Ps. xix. 1. |
| hardhearted | hardhearted | hard-hearted | hard-hearted | Ezek. iii. 7. |
| harvestman | harvestman | harvest-man | harvest-man | Isa. xvii. 5. |
| hasel | hazel | hazel | hazel | Gen. xxx. 37. |
| headbands | headbands | head-bands | head-bands | Isa. iii. 20. |
| heave offering | heave offering | heave-offering | heave-offering | Exod. xxix. 27. |
| heave shoulder | heave shoulder | heave-shoulder | heave-shoulder | Lev. x. 14. |
| he goats | he goats | he-goats | he-goats | Gen. xxxii. 14. |
| he lambs | he lambs | he-lambs | he-lambs | Lev. xiv. 10. |
| help meet | help meet | help meet | help meet | Gen. ii. 18. |
| hiding place | hiding place | hiding-place | hiding-place | Ps. xxxii. 7. |
| highminded | highminded | high-minded | high-minded | Rom. xi. 20. |
| high way | high way | high-way | high-way | Num. xx. 19. |
| hill country | hill country | hill-country | hill-country | Luke i. 39. |
| hill top | hill top | hill-top | hill-top | Num. xiv. 44. |
| Hiram } | Hiram | Hiram | Hiram | 1 Kings v. 1. |
| Huram } | Huram | Huram | Huram | 2 Chr. ii. 3. |
| hoar frost | hoarfrost | hoar-frost | hoar-frost | Ps. cxlvii. 16. |
| hoised | hoised | hoised | hoised | Acts xxvii. 40. |
| holyday | holyday | holy-day | holy-day | Ps. xiii. 4. |
| honeycomb | honeycomb | honey-comb | honey-comb | Prov. xxiv. 13. |
| honour | honour | honour | honour | Num. xxii. 17. |
| horse bridles | horse bridles | horse-bridles | horse bridles | Rev. xiv. 20. |
| horse gate | horse gate | horse-gate | horse-gate | Neh. iii. 28. |
| horsehoofs | horsehoofs | horse-hoofs | horse-hoofs | Judges v. 22. |
| horseleach | horseleach | horse-leach | horse-leach | Prov. xxx. 15. |
| Hosea} | Hosea | Hosea | Hosea | Hosea i. 1. |
| Osee } | Osee | Osee | Osee | Rom. ix. 25. |
| houshold | houshold | household | household | Gen. xiv. 11. |
| house top | house top | house-top | house top | Ps. cii. 7. |
| housetop | housetop | house-top | house-top | Prov. xxi. 9. |
| hundredfold | hundredfold | hundred-fold | hundred-fold | Gen. xxvi. 12. |
| hungerbitten | hungerbitten | hunger-bitten | hunger-bitten | Job. xviii. 12. |
| hungered | hungered | hungered | hungered | Matt. xxi. 18. |
| hungred | hungred | hungred | hungered | Matt. xxv. 35. |
| hungred | hungred | hungred | hungered | Mark ii. 25. |
| Hymeneus | Hymenæus | Hymeneus | Hymeneus | 1 Tim. i. 20. |
| jailor | jailor | jailor | jailer | Acts xvi. 23. |
| jasper stone | jasper stone | jasper-stone | jasper-stone | Rev. xxi. 11. |
| jawbone | jawbone | jaw-bone | jaw-bone | Judges xv. 15. |
| jaw teeth | jaw teeth | jaw-teeth | jaw-teeth | Prov. xxx. 14. |
| jealousy offering | jealousy offering | jealousy-offering | jealousy-offering | Num. v. 18. |
| Jephthae } | Jephthae | Jephthae | Jephthae | Heb. xi. 32. |
| Jephthah } | Jephthah | Jephthah | Jephthah | Judges xi. 1. |
| Jeremiah} | Jeremiah | Jeremiah | Jeremiah | Jer. i. 1. |
| Jeremias} | Jeremias | Jeremias | Jeremias | Matt. xvi. 14. |
| Jeremy } | Jeremy | Jeremy | Jeremy | Matt. xxvii. 9. |
| Jeshua} | Jeshua | Jeshua | Jeshua | Neh. viii. 17. |
| Joshua} | Joshua | Joshua | Joshua | Josh. i. 1. |
| jointheirs | joint-heirs | joint-heirs | joint-heirs | Rom. viii. 17. |
| Jonah } | Jonah | Jonah | Jonah | Jonah i. 1. |
| Jonas } | Jonas | Jonas | Jonas | Matt. xii. 39. |
| jubile | jubile | jubile | jubilee | Lev. xxv. 9. |
| jubilee | jubile | jubile | jubilee | Lev. xxv. 28. |
| Juda } | Juda | Juda | Judah | Heb. vii. 14. |
| Judah} | Judah | Judah | Judah | Gen. xxix. 35. |
| Judea | Judæa | Judea | Judea | Matt. ii. 1. |
| judgment hall | judgement hall | judgement-hall | judgment hall | Acts xxiii. 35. |
| judgments | judgments | judgements | judgments | Exod. xxi. 1. |
| judgment seat | judgment seat | judgement-seat | judgment-seat | Matt. xxvii. 19. |
| juniper roots | juniper roots | juniper-roots | juniper-roots | Job xxx. 4. |
| juniper tree | juniper tree | juniper-tree | juniper-tree | 1 Kings xix. 4. |
| justle | justle | justle | justle | Nah. ii. 4. |
| Kish } | Kish | Kish | Kish | 1 Sam. ix. 1. |
| Cis } | Cis | Cis | Cis | Acts xiii. 21. |
| kneading troughs | kneadingtroughs | kneading-troughs | kneading-troughs | Exod. xii. 34. |
| kneadingtroughs | kneadingtroughs | kneading-troughs | kneading-troughs | Exod. viii. 3. |
| laded | laded | laded | laded | Acts xxviii. 10. |
| landmarks | landmarks | land-marks | land-marks | Job xxiv. 2. |
| launched | launched | launched | launched | Luke viii. 22. |
| lawgiver | lawgiver | law-giver | lawgiver | Num. xxi. 18. |
| leanfleshed | leanfleshed | lean-fleshed | lean-fleshed | Gen. xii. 3. |
| lefthanded | lefthanded | left-handed | left-handed | Judg. xx. 16. |
| lentiles | lentiles | lentiles | lentiles | Gen. xxv. 34. |
| lest | lest | lest | lest | 2 Sam. xv. 14. |
| life time | life time | life-time | life-time | Lev. xviii. 18. |
| lign aloes | lign aloes | lign aloes | lign-aloes | Num. xxiv. 6. |
| likeminded | likeminded | like-minded | like-minded | Rom. xv. 5. |
| like wise | like wise | likewise | like wise | Matt. xxi. 24. |
| lily work | lily work | lily-work | lily-work | 1 Kings vii. 19. |
| lion like | lionlike | lion-like | lion-like | 2 Sam. xxiii. 20. |
| longsuffering | longsuffering | long-suffering | long-suffering | Exod. xxxiv. 6. |
| long winged | longwinged | long-winged | long-winged | Ezek. xvii. 3. |
| looking glass | looking glass | looking-glass | looking-glass | Job xxxvii. 18. |
| lookingglasses | lookingglasses | looking-glasses | looking-glasses | Exod. xxxviii. 8. |
| lothe | lothe | loathe | loathe | Ezek. xx. 43. |
| lovingkindness | lovingkindness | loving-kindness | loving-kindness | Jer. ix. 24. |
| lowring | lowring | lowring | lowring | Matt. xvi. 3. |
| lunatick | lunatick | lunatic | lunatick | Matt. iv. 24. |
| lurking places | lurking places | lurking-places | lurking-places | 1 Sam. xxiii. 23. |
| Naphtali } | Naphtali | Naphtali | Naphtali | Gen. xxx. 8. |
| Nepthalim} | Nepthalim | Nephthalim | Nephthalim | Rev. vii. 6. |
| needlework | needlework | needle-work | needle-work | Exod. xxvi. 36. |
| network | network | net-work | net-work | Exod. xxxviii. 4. |
| newborn | newborn | new-born | new-born | 1 Pet. ii. 2. |
| night hawk | night hawk | night-hawk | night hawk | Lev. xi. 16. |
| night season | night season | night-season | night-season | Job xxx. 17. |
| night visions | night visions | night-visions | night-visions | Dan. vii. 13. |
| night watches | night watches | night-watches | night-watches | Ps. cxix. 148. |
| Nineve } | Nineve | Nineve | Nineveh | Luke xi. 32. |
| Nineveh} | Nineveh | Nineveh | Nineveh | Jonah i. 2. |
| Noah} | Noah | Noah | Noah | Gen. v. 29. |
| Noe } | Noe | Noe | Noe | Matt. xxiv. 37. |
| noonday | noonday | noon-day | noon-day | Ps. xxxvii. 6. |
| nose jewels | nose jewels | nose-jewels | nose-jewels | Isa. iii. 21. |
| nought | nought | nought | nought | Gen. xxix. 15. |
| nursing mothers | nursing mothers | nursing-mothers | nursing-mothers | Isa. xlix. 23. |
| oil olive | oil olive | oil-olive | oil-olive | Exod. xxx. 24. |
| oil tree | oil tree | oil-tree | oil-tree | Isa. xli. 19. |
| oil vessels | oil vessels | oil-vessels | oil-vessels | Num. iv. 9. |
| olive berries | olive berries | olive-berries | olive-berries | James iii. 12. |
| olive branches | olive branches | olive-branches | olive-branches | Neh. viii. 15. |
| olive plants | olive plants | olive-plants | olive plants | Ps. cxxviii. 3. |
| olive trees | olive trees | olive-trees | olive-trees | Deut. vi. 11. |
| oliveyards | oliveyards | olive-yards | oliveyards | Jos. xxiv. 13. |
| only begotten | only begotten | only-begotten | only-begotten | John i. 14. |
| only begotten | only begotten | only begotten | only begotten | John i. 18. |
| onyx stone | onyx stone | onyx-stone | onyx-stone | Gen. ii. 12. |
| Osee } | Osee | Osee | Osee | Rom. ix. 25. |
| Hosea} | Hosea | Hosea | Hosea | Hos. i. 1. |
| ought | ought | ought | ought | Matt. v. 23. |
| outgoings | outgoings | out-goings | outgoings | Ps. lxv. 8. |
| outer | outer | outer | outer | Matt. xxv. 30. |
| outstretched | outstretched | out-stretched | outstretched | Deut. xxvi. 8. |
| overrunning | overrunning | over-running | over-running | Nah. i. 8. |
| Rachel} | Rachel | Rachel | Rachel | Matt. ii. 18. |
| Rahel } | Rahel | Rahel | Rachel | Jer. xxxi. 15. |
| rasor | razor | razor | razor | Num. vi. 5. |
| recompence, n.s. | recompense | recompence | recompence | Deut. xxxii. 35. |
| recompense, v.a. | recompense | recompense | recompense | Hosea xii. 2. |
| Red sea | Red sea | Red Sea | Red sea | Exod. x. 19. |
| repayed | repayed | repaid | repaid | Prov. xiii. 21. |
| rereward | rereward | rereward | rere-ward | Jos. vi. 9. |
| restingplace | restingplace | resting-place | resting-place | Jer. l. 6. |
| resting place | resting place | resting-place | resting-place | Prov. xxiv. 15. |
| ribband | ribband | ribband | ribband | Num. xv. 38. |
| rie | rie | rye | rye | Exod. ix. 32. |
| right hand | right hand | right hand | right hand | Exod. xiv. 22. |
| ringstraked | ringstraked | ring-straked | ring-straked | Gen. xxx. 35. |
| rudder bands | rudder bands | rudder-bands | rudder-bands | Acts xxvii. 40. |
| tabering | tabering | tabering | tabering | Nah. ii. 7. |
| tabernacle door | tabernacle door | tabernacle-door | tabernacle-door | Exod. xxxiii. 10. |
| talebearer | talebearer | tale-bearer | tale-bearer | Lev. xix. 16. |
| taskmasters | taskmasters | task-masters | taskmasters | Exod. iii. 7. |
| teil tree | teil tree | teil-tree | teil-tree | Isa. vi. 13. |
| tender eyed | tender eyed | tender-eyed | tender-eyed | Gen. xxix. 17. |
| tenderhearted | tenderhearted | tender-hearted | tender-hearted | 2 Chr. xiii. 7. |
| tent door | tent door | tent-door | tent-door | Gen. xviii. 1. |
| tenth deal | tenth deal | tenth-deal | tenth-deal | Exod. xxix. 40. |
| thank offerings | thank offerings | thank-offerings | thank-offerings | 2 Chr. xxix. 31. |
| thankworthy | thankworthy | thank-worthy | thank-worthy | 1 Pet. ii. 19. |
| thee-ward | thee-ward | thee-ward | thee-ward | 1 Sam. xix. 4. |
| thirtyfold | thirtyfold | thirty-fold | thirty-fold | Matt. xiii. 8. |
| thirtyfold | thirtyfold | thirty-fold | thirty-fold | Mark iv. 20. |
| thirty two | thirty two | thirty-two | thirty-two | 1 Kings xx. 15. |
| thoroughly | thoroughly | thoroughly | thoroughly | 2 Kings xi. 18. |
| threefold | threefold | three-fold | threefold | Eccl. iv. 12. |
| threshing | threshing | threshing | thrashing | Lev. xxvi. 5. |
| threshingfloor | threshingfloor | threshing-floor | thrashing-floor | Num. xviii. 27. |
| throughly | throughly | throughly | throughly | Gen. xi. 3. |
| Timeus | Timæus | Timeus | Timeus | Mark x. 46. |
| to day | to day | to-day | to-day | Exod. ii. 18. |
| to morrow | to morrow | to-morrow | to-morrow | Exod. ix. 5. |
| to night | to night | to-night | to-night | Jos. ii. 2. |
| town clerk | townclerk | town-clerk | town-clerk | Acts xix. 35. |
| traffick | traffick | traffick | traffick | Gen. xlii. 34. |
| treasure cities | treasure cities | treasure-cities | treasure-cities | Exod. i. 11. |
| treasure house | treasure house | treasure-house | treasure-house | Ezra v. 17. |
| trespass money | trespass money | trespass-money | trespass-money | 2 Kings xii. 16. |
| trespass offering | trespass offering | trespass-offering | trespass-offering | Lev. v. 6. |
| tribute money | tribute money | tribute-money | tribute-money | Matt. xvii. 24. |
| trucebreakers | trucebreakers | trucebreakers | truce-breakers | 2 Tim. iii. 3. |
| turtledove | turtledove | turtle-dove | turtle-dove | Gen. xv. 9. |
| twoedged | twoedged | two-edged | two-edged | Heb. iv. 12. |
| two edged | twoedged | two-edged | two-edged | Rev. i. 16. |
| twofold | twofold | two-fold | two-fold | Matt. xxiii. 15. |
| two leaved | two leaved | two-leaved | two-leaved | Isa. xlv. 1. |
| unblameable | unblameable | unblameable | unblameable | Col. i. 22. |
| unblameably | unblameably | unblameably | unblameably | 1 Thes. ii. 10. |
| unmoveable | unmoveable | unmoveable | unmoveable | 1 Cor. xv. 58. |
| unrebukeable | unrebukeable | unrebukeable | unrebukeable | 1 Tim. vi. 14. |
| unreproveable | unreproveable | unreproveable | unreproveable | Col. i. 22. |
| unsatiableness | unsatiableness | unsatiableness | unsatiableness | Hab. ii. Head. |
| uprising | uprising | up-rising | up-rising | Ps. cxxxix. 2. |
| us-ward | us-ward | us-ward | us-ward | Ps. xl. 5. |
| utter | utter | utter | outer | Ezek. xl. 31. |
| wagons | wagons | waggons | waggons | Gen. xlv. 19. |
| ware | ware | ware | ware | 2 Tim. iv. 15. |
| washpot | washpot | wash-pot | wash-pot | Ps. lx. 8. |
| washpot | washpot | washpot | wash-pot | Ps. cviii. 9. |
| watchtower | watchtower | watch-tower | watch-tower | Isa. xxi. 8. |
| watch tower | watch tower | watch-tower | watch-tower | 2 Chr. xx. 24. |
| water brooks | water brooks | water-brooks | water-brooks | Ps. xlii. 1. |
| watercourse | watercourse | water-course | watercourse | Job xxxviii. 25. |
| waterflood | waterflood | water-flood | water-flood | Ps. lxix. 15. |
| water gate | water gate | water-gate | water-gate | Neh. iii. 26. |
| watering troughs | watering troughs | watering-trouoghs | watering-troughs | Gen. xxx. 38. |
| waterpot | waterpot | water-pot | water-pot | John iv. 28. |
| waterspouts | waterspouts | water-spouts | water-spouts | Ps. xlii. 7. |
| watersprings | watersprings | water-springs | water-springs | Ps. cvii. 35. |
| wave breast | wave breast | wave-breast | wave-breast | Lev. vii. 34. |
| wave loaves | wave loaves | wave-loaves | wave-loaves | Lev. xxiii. 17. |
| wave offering | wave offering | wave-offering | wave-offering | Exod. xxix. 24. |
| wayfaring | wayfaring | way-faring | way-faring | Judg. xix. 17. |
| waymarks | waymarks | way-marks | way-marks | Jer. xxxi. 21. |
| wayside | way side | way-side | way-side | Luke viii. 5. |
| way side | wayside | way-side | way-side | 1 Sam. iv. 13. |
| weak handed | weak handed | weak-handed | weak-handed | 2 Sam. xvii. 2. |
| wedding garment | wedding garment | wedding-garment | wedding-garment | Matt. xxii. 12. |
| well advised | well advised | well-advised | well-advised | Prov. xiii. 10. |
| well beloved | wellbeloved | well-beloved | well-beloved | Mark xii. 6. |
| well favoured | well favoured | well-favoured | well-favoured | Gen. xii. 18. |
| well nigh | well nigh | well-nigh | well nigh | Ps. lxxiii. 2. |
| wellpleasing | well pleasing | well-pleasing | well-pleasing | Heb. xiii. 21. |
| well set | well set | well-set | well-set | Isa. iii. 24. |
| wellspring | wellspring | well-spring | well-spring | Prov. xvi. 22. |
| wheat harvest | wheat harvest | wheat-harvest | wheat harvest | Judg. xv. 1. |
| willing hearted | willing hearted | willing-hearted | willing-hearted | Exod. xxxv. 22. |
| winebibber | winebibber | wine-bibber | wine-bibber | Matt. xi. 19. |
| wine cellars | wine cellars | wine-cellars | wine-cellars | 1 Chr. xxvii. 27. |
| winefat | winefat | wine-fat | wine fat | Mark xii. 1. |
| wine offerings | wine offerings | wine-offerings | wine-offerings | Hos. ix. 4. |
| winepresses | winepresses | wine-presses | wine-presses | Jer. xlviii. 33. |
| winter house | winter house | winter-house | winter-house | Amos iii. 15. |
| winterhouse | winterhouse | winter-house | winter-house | Jer. xxxvi. 22. |
| wise hearted | wise hearted | wise-hearted | wise-hearted | Exod. xxxv. 10. |
| Woe | Woe | Woe | Woe | Num. xxi. 29. |
| womenservants | womenservants | women-servants | women-servants | Gen. xx. 14. |
| women singers | women singers | women-singers | women-singers | Eccl. ii. 8. |
| wonderously | wonderously | wonderously | wondrously | Judges xiii. 19. |
| wondrous | wondrous | wondrous | wondrous | Ps. lxxii. 18. |
| wood offering | wood offering | wood-offering | wood-offering | Neh. x. 34. |
| workfellow | workfellow | work-fellow | work-fellow | Rom. xvi. 21. |
| you-ward | you-ward | you-ward | you-ward | 2 Cor. xiii. 3. |
| Zabulon } | Zabulon | Zabulon | Zabulon | Rev. vii. 8. |
| Zebulun } | Zebulun | Zebulun | Zebulun | Gen. xxx. 20. |
| Zacharias } | Zacharias | Zacharias | Zacharias | Luke i. 5. |
| Zecharias } | Zacharias | Zacharias | Zacharias | Luke xi. 51. |
| Zion } | Zion | Zion | Zion | Ps. lxix. 35. |
| Sion } | Sion | Sion | Sion | Ps. lxv. 1. |