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“It was upbraided to Demosthenes by an envious surly knave, that his Orations did smell like the sarpler or wrapper of a foul and filthy oil-vessel.”
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel
“Item, sir, your wool is awarded by the sarpler that I cast out last, etc. Item, sir, this same day your mastership is elected and appointed here by the”
“Sir, I cannot have your wool yet awarded, for I have do cast out a sarpler, the which is [ap] pointed by the lieutenant to be casten out toward the sort by, as the ordinance now is made that the lieutenant shall [ap] point the [a] warding sarplers of every man's wool, the which sarpler that I have casten out is No. 24, and therein is found by”
“William Smith, packer, a 60 middle fleeces and it is a very gruff wool; and so I have caused William Smith privily to cast out another sarpler”
“Orations did smell like the sarpler or wrapper of a foul and filthy oil-vessel.”
“No. 8, and packed up the wool of the first sarpler in the sarpler of No. 8, for this last sarpler is fair wool enough, and therefore I must understand how many be of that sort and the number of the [m], for they must be packed again '(12 Sept.,”
“Staple ordained that foreign buyers must take one sarpler of old wool with every three of new; and although the Flemings grumbled and wanted to take one of old to five of new, they had to put up with the regulation. [”
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Rabelation
Words and phrases from Urquhart and Motteaux's matchless translation of Rabelais' "Gargantua and Pantagruel" (available here).
Make bold with suggestions down in the comment box.bum-gut, torchecul, septembral juice, turdy, linkie pinkie, neat's tongues, variorum, fanfreluches, well-mouthed wench, the close buttock..., rataconniculation, beeves and 300 more...
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The Measure of Man
Unusual, arcane, or obscure units of measure
cable, cabot, bushel, cade, caliper, callipic cycle, metonic cycle, cunit, air watt, ale gallon, allergy unit, amber and 228 more...
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Ancient Literature
things i've read in class
sedulous, refection, paragon, avouch, sarpler, billevezees, jolthead, viedazes
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yarb 80 tods to a sarpler, eh. Worth knowing. May 1, 2009
reesetee Thanks, madmouth--added to my "Measurements" list. :-)
Here's the precise definition I found: a bale of wool weighing 2240 lb. (1016 kg) or 80 tods. May 1, 2009
madmouth a large coarse bag, also a Scotch unit of measurement.
It was upbraided to Demosthenes...that his Orations did smell like the sarpler or wrapper of a foul and filthy oil-vessel
-Urquhart via Rabelais
madmouth's variant: "your MOM smells like the sarpler of a foul and filthy oil-vessel" Apr 28, 2009