[PW] Idle query
Bob Hurley
bobh at cclib.org
Thu Aug 2 07:23:49 PDT 2007
The legal term alluded to is shephardizing
God puts something good and loveable in every man His hands create.
Mark Twain
Bob Hurley
Reference Librarian
Citrus County Library System
425 W Roosevelt Blvd.
Beverly Hills, FL 34465
Phone 352.746.6622
Fax 352.746.4170
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[mailto:project-wombat-bounces at lists.project-wombat.org] On Behalf Of Sylvia
Milne
Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2007 10:00 AM
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Subject: Re: [PW] Idle query
Grangerism
Gran"ger*ism (?), n. [So called from the Rev. James Granger, whose
Biographical History of England" (1769) was a favorite book for illustration
in this manner.] The practice of illustrating a particular book by
engravings collected from other books.
Source: 1913 Webster's
Revised Unabridged Dictionary at
http://humanities.uchicago.edu/orgs/ARTFL/forms_unrest/webster.form.html
or http://tinyurl.com/36ony
Sylvia Milne
Please visit me at
http://www.sylviamilne.co.uk
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