10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SUPERNACULUM»
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Observations on Popular Antiquities: Chiefly Illustrating ...
To drink Supernaculum was an antient custom not only in England, but also in
several other parts of Europe, of emptying the Cup or Glass, and then pouring the
drop or two that remained at the bottom upon the person's Nail that drank it, ...
Geeraert Brandt, Henry Ellis,
1813
Supernaculum 3. Sup, Simon. .SVcquots. 1607: The Puntan,\\\ v, Sup, Simon,
now! eat porridge for a month. 1639: Clarke, 46, Sup Simon 'tis best i' th' bottome [
or] here's good broth. 1670: Ray, 217, Sup Simon, the best is at the bottom.
George Latimer Apperson, Martin H. Manser, Stephen J. Curtis,
2005
NOTES TO SUPERNACULUM. BUZZA, TO BUZZA ONE.(i) NOTES TO BUZZA.
UNDER THE ROSE. memory of King William the Third. But instead of cooling, he
only inflamed the rage for the toast, to which they afterwards tacked the following
...
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Observations on the Popular Antiquities of Great Britain: ...
To drink supernaculum -was an ancient custom not only in England, but also in
several other parts of Europe, of emptying the cup or glass, and then pouring the
drop or two that remained at the bottom upon the person's nail that drank it, ...
John Brand, Sir Henry Ellis, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps,
1854
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Observations on the Popular Antiquities of Great Britain: ...
SUPERNACULUM. Gaoss has defined this odd word to signify “good liquor, of
which there is not even a drop left sufficient to wet one's nail.” To drink
supernaculum was an ancient custom not only in England, but also in several
other parts of ...
John Brand, Henry Ellis, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps,
1854
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A Glossary; Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and ...
Bacchus, the god of brew'd wine and sugar, grand palrun of rob- pots, upsyfreeze
tiplcrs, and supernaculum takers. Massing. Virg. Marl , it, 1. The whole school (I
mean schola bibendi) and their uiseclse bibaculorum, madidorum, and ...
Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright,
1867
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There's a Word for It (Revised Edition): A Grandiloquent ...
Supernaculum (SOO-pur-NAK-yoo-lum) has an interesting history. The word
comes from Latin and means literally to drink upon (super) the nail (naculum)—in
today's lingo, to drink to the last drop. Brand's Popular Antiquity (1813) offers this
...
Charles Harrington Elster,
2005
a loud ,cry of “ Supernaculum l” The Baron smiled with great contempt as he
tossed, with a careless hand, the great horn upside downwards, and was unable
to shed upon his nail even the one excusable pearl. He handed the refilled horn
to ...
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Observations on Popular Antiquities Chiefly Illustrating the ...
297. is another allusion to Supernaculum ; " Then Phillip began her Health, And
turn'd a Beer-Glass on his Thumb; But Jenkin was reckon'd for drinking The best
in Christendom. b I have a little pleasant Dissertation in Latin entitled " De ...
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The Routledge Dictionary of Historical Slang
supernacular . (Of liquor) excellent: 1848, Thackeray; ob. Ex: supernaculum . A
liquor to be drained to the last drop; excellent liquor; excellent anything: C.17–20;
ob. W.King, 1704, 'Theirjests were Supernaculum': Grose, 1st ed. ('Good liquor').
Eric Partridge, Jacqueline Simpson,
1973
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