minstrelsy
101Music — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Music >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 music music Sgm: N 1 concert concert Sgm: N 1 strain strain tune air Sgm: N 1 melody melody &c. 413 Sgm: N 1 aria aria …
102Scott, Sir Walter — (1771 1832) Poet, novelist, and biographer, s. of Walter S., a Writer to the Signet in Edinburgh, and Margaret Rutherford, dau. of one of the Prof. of Medicine in the Univ. there. Through both parents he was connected with several old Border… …
103min|strel|sy — «MIHN struhl see», noun, plural sies. 1. the art or practice of a minstrel: »From minstrelsy to ragtime and jazz was only a short hop, skip and jump for the banjo (Wall Street Journal). 2. a collection of songs and ballads. 3. a company of… …
104Glee — (gl[=e]), n. [OE. gle, gleo, AS. gle[ o]w, gle[ o], akin to Icel. gl[=y]: cf. Gr. ? joke, jest.] [1913 Webster] 1. Music; minstrelsy; entertainment. [Obs.] Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 2. Joy; merriment; mirth; gayety; paricularly, the mirth enjoyed… …
105To lay wait — Wait Wait, n. [OF. waite, guaite, gaite, F. guet watch, watching, guard, from OHG. wahta. See {Wait}, v. i.] [1913 Webster] 1. The act of waiting; a delay; a halt. [1913 Webster] There is a wait of three hours at the border Mexican town of El… …
106To lie in wait — Wait Wait, n. [OF. waite, guaite, gaite, F. guet watch, watching, guard, from OHG. wahta. See {Wait}, v. i.] [1913 Webster] 1. The act of waiting; a delay; a halt. [1913 Webster] There is a wait of three hours at the border Mexican town of El… …
107Tofore — To*fore , Toforn To*forn , prep. & adv. [AS. t[=o]foran. See {To}, prep., {Fore}.] Before. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Toforn him goeth the loud minstrelsy. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] Would thou wert as thou tofore hast been! Shak. [1913 Webster] …
108Toforn — Tofore To*fore , Toforn To*forn , prep. & adv. [AS. t[=o]foran. See {To}, prep., {Fore}.] Before. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Toforn him goeth the loud minstrelsy. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] Would thou wert as thou tofore hast been! Shak. [1913 Webster] …
109Wait — Wait, n. [OF. waite, guaite, gaite, F. guet watch, watching, guard, from OHG. wahta. See {Wait}, v. i.] [1913 Webster] 1. The act of waiting; a delay; a halt. [1913 Webster] There is a wait of three hours at the border Mexican town of El Paso. S …
110wayghtes — Wait Wait, n. [OF. waite, guaite, gaite, F. guet watch, watching, guard, from OHG. wahta. See {Wait}, v. i.] [1913 Webster] 1. The act of waiting; a delay; a halt. [1913 Webster] There is a wait of three hours at the border Mexican town of El… …
