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Xxvi ETYMOLOGICAL GLOSSARY OF

A name given to who,
which, &c. when thev do
not, carry one forward (as
they do whlen used Interrogatively), but carry one back
to the 'Antecedent.1
Retained (Object). The
nanse given to one of the
Objects of a Transitive
Verb when retained ais the
Object of the same Verb in
the Passive (123). 6
Rhyme fA S. rusm, nsumber "], identity of sound
(fromt the vowvel. to the end)
btentwo syllables at
the end of twvo lines.2
The Anglo-Saxon Poetry
was not based on rhyme but
on alliteration.
Rhythm [Gr. rhythmos,I
t lowving motion '']' the
folainq regrular motion of
verse aiid of periodic prose.
Root. Thsat form. f rom
wh~ich another word springs,
as a tree springs fromt its
root.
Semicolon [L. semi, half;
(Gr. colon, "Ulmb"']. Half
of the colon, i.e. of the stop
that marks off a separate
hisb or member of a sentence.
"Sensuous" [L. senset-,
sense "]. Appealing to the
senses. Milton says that
Poetry should be " simple,
senseunms, and passionate."
Sentence [L. 8ententia, a
"usmeanin,,r"]. A. group of
words of a meaning so far
complete as to express a

statement, question, cornnmand (2.39).
Sharp (consonants): k,1 p, t,
so called from their sharp
sound.
Sibilant [L. sibila-, hiss].
Hissing letters:, 7z, sh.
Simile. A sentence expressing
the sintilarity of relations,
e. gy. between " plough
and " land," " ship" and
"~sea."l 3
Solecism [Gr. soloikismos;
"speaking like the men of
Soloi "14]. Inaccuracy of
expression.
Spirants [L. spire-,
" breathe ". Letters in
the pronunciation of whose
sounds the breath is not
wholly stopped, as it is
in th~e pronunciation of
" 4mutes."7
Stanza [It. stanza, a
4 stop "]. A division of a
pocus containing every
variation of measure in th e
poem, arid generally furnishing a stopp~ing pl1ace at
its termination.
Strong ('Verbs). Verbs that
make their Past Tenses, arid
Passive I'articiples, not by
adding -edi, -t, but by vowel
changes.
Style [L. stiles, " an instrument for writing"] A
manner of expressing
thought in lanu~rage.
Subject [L. stibject-, " placed
under"] That whicls is
placed Under oine's thoughts,
as the mnaterial or topic for

1 See flowv to Tell the Parts of `Speech, p. 124.
2 Syllables altogether identical dlo not rlivnie.
Sen Eijt:1 ish Lessonssfiw Emmgtish Peopte. prige 1206.
The derivation usually given, but probably inaccurate.