TY - JOUR
AU - MAISIE,
AB - JCL T 29, 1039. NOTES AND QUERIES. •which produced the colour ? What were the or other furniture—ancient, or modern—made in China, Japan- or. any:. other Eastern substances commonly used? country ? F. 3. Are springs and knobs commonly used for " TH E SILVER/BRIDGES."—In the far- opening the hiding-place ? • •*• oS days of my youth I remember being 4. Is the device of a shutter, or a false regarded with disapproval for having spoken bottom common ? of a married couple, whom it was suitable for 5i What are the largest and the smallest me to respect, as " the Thompsons." This of these receptacles known? form of speech- now seems usual; one even TEKTON. Tiears it applied to royalty: "the Kents " ; " the Windsors." When did it begin to be " BUREAU " : ORIGIN OF WORD—This usual? My query is prompted by reading in •*-' word is said in the Shorter Oxford Dic- Trollope's ' The Duke's Children '—which tionary to be a form of " burel" (O.F.) was published in 1879-1880—that the wedding which comes from bure a coarse cloth, and of a sister was postponed a little in order that 
TI - THE TYPEWRITER
JF - Notes and Queries
DA - 1939-07-29
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/the-typewriter-XQpzfWMEkC
SP - 83-c
EP - 83
VL - 177
IS - 5
DP - DeepDyve
ER -