Doctors, et al.

DOC'TOR, n. [L. from doceo, to teach.]

1. A teacher.

There stood up one in the council, a Pharisee, named Gamaliel, a doctor of the law. – Acts v.

2. One who has passed all the degrees of a faculty, and is empowered to practice and teach it; as, a doctor in divinity, in physic, in law; or according to modern usage, a person who has received the highest degree in a faculty. The degree of doctor is conferred by universities and colleges, as an honorary mark of literary distinction. It is also conferred on physicians, as a professional degree.

3. A learned man; a man skilled in a profession; a man of erudition. – Dryden. Digby.

4. A physician; one whose occupation is to cure diseases.

5. The title, doctor, is given to certain fathers of the church whose opinions are received as authorities, and in the Greek church, it is given to a particular officer who interprets the Scriptures. – Encyc.

Doctor’s Commons, the college of civilians in London.

DOC'TOR, v. t. To apply medicines for the cure of diseases. [A popular use of this word, but not elegant.]

DOC'TOR, v. i. To practice physic. [Not elegant.]

DOC'TOR-AL, a. Relating to the degree of a doctor. – Johnson.

DOC'TOR-AL-LY, adv. In the manner of a doctor. – Hakewill.

DOC'TOR-ATE, n. The degree of a doctor. – Encyc.

DOC'TOR-ATE, v. t. To make a doctor by conferring a degree. – Warton.

DOC'TOR-ED, pp. Administered to by a physician; cured.

DOC'TOR-ING, ppr. Applying medicines; curing.

DOC'TOR-LY, a. Like a learned man. – Bp. Hall.

DOC'TOR-SHIP, n. The degree or rank of doctor. – Clarendon.

[Doctorate is now generally used.]

DOC'TRESS, or DOC'TOR-ESS, n. A female physician

Parse = Government & Binding diagram!

PARSE, v. t. [pàrs; from L. pars, part, or one of the Shemitic roots, פרס, to divide, or פרש to spread.] In grammar, to resolve a sentence into its elements, or to show the several parts of speech composing a sentence, and their relation to each other by government or agreement.

SHOCK, v.t.

“Avoid every thing that can shock the feelings of delicacy.” (Noah Webster 1844 ADEL)

CRAMBO = Andre and Inigo Rhyme

CRAM'BO, n. A rhyme; a play in which one person gives a word to which another finds a rhyme. – Swift.

Closet

CLOS'ET-SIN, n. [cloz'et-sin.] Sin committed in privacy. – Bp. Hall.

ONOMASTICS TERM: Gentilitious

CHRIS´TIAN-NAME, n. The name given in baptism, as distinct from the gentilitious or surname.

STEP- implies "orphan"

STEP'-CHILD, n. [step and child.] A son-in-law or daughter-in-law, [a child deprived of its parent.]
STEP'-DAME, n. A mother by marriage, [the mother of an orphan or one deprived.]
STEP'-DAUGH-TER, n. A daughter by marriage [an orphan daughter.]
STEP'-FA-THER, n. A father-in-law; a father by marriage only; [the father of an orphan.]
STEP'-MOTH-ER, n. A mother by marriage only; a mother-in-law; [the mother of an orphan.]
STEP'-SIS-TER, n. A sister-in-law, or by marriage, [an orphan sister.]

STATION < STANDING TO PRAY

STA´TION, n. [Fr. from L. statio, from sto, status; It. stazione; Sp. estacion.]
‎1. The act of standing.
Their manner was to stand at prayer … on which their meetings for that purpose received the name of stations. [Obs.] – Hooker.

Female spinner

SPIN'STER, n. [spin and ster.]
1. A woman who spins, or whose occupation is to spin. Hence,
2. In law, the common title by which a woman without rank or distinction is designated.
If a gentlewoman is termed a spinster, she may abate the writ. – Coxe.

Spelling as manners from NW the spelling reformer

SPELL'ING, n. ...
2. Orthography: the manner of forming words with letters. Bad spelling is disreputable to a gentleman.

Folk Etymology

SPAR'ROW-GRASS, n. A corruption of Asparagus.

Academics in Agriculture Metaphor

SOW, v. t. [pret. sowed; pp. sowed or sown. Sax. sawan; G. säen; D. zaajen; Sw. så; Dan. saaer; Russ. siyu; perhaps L. sevi. This word is probably contracted.]

4. To supply or stock with seed.
The intellectual faculty is a goodly field, and it is the worst husbandry in the world to sow it with trifles. – Hale.

HAP'PY, a.

HAP'PY, a. [from hap; W. hapus, properly lucky, fortunate, receiving good from something that falls or comes to one unexpectedly, or by an event that is not within control. See Hour.]

2. Being in the enjoyment of agreeable sensations from the possession of good; enjoying pleasure from the gratification of appetites or desires. The pleasurable sensations derived from the gratification of sensual appetites render a person temporarily happy; but he only can be esteemed really and permanently happy, who enjoys peace of mind in the favor of God. To be in any degree happy, we must be free from pain both of body and of mind; to be very happy, we must be in the enjoyment of lively sensations of pleasure, either of body or mind.

Happy am I, for the daughters will call me blessed. Gen. xxx.

He found himself happiest, In communicating happiness to others. Wirt.

CUR'FEW, n.

CUR'FEW, n. [Fr. couvre-feu, cover-fire.]

1. The ringing of a bell or bells at night, as a signal to the inhabitants to rake up their fires and retire to rest. This practice originated in England from an order of William the Conqueror, who directed that at the ringing of the bell, at eight o'clock, every one should put out his light and go to bed. This word is not used in America; although the practice of ringing a bell, at nine o'clock, continues in many places, and is considered in New England, as a signal for people to retire from company to their own abodes; and in general, the signal is obeyed.
2. A cover for a fire; a fire-plate. [Not used.] Bacon.

DIS-MEM'BER-MENT, n.

He pointed out the danger of a dismemberment of the republic. Hist. of Poland. Encyc.

SIMPLICITY citation

Simplicity in writing is the first of excellencies.
( from SIMPLICITY, n. Noah Webster, 1844)

SANCTIFY, et al.

SANC-TIF-IC-A'TION, n. [Fr. from Low L. sanctificatio, from sanctifico. See Sanctify.]
1. The act of making holy. In an evangelical sense, the act of God’s grace by which the affections of men are purified or alienated from sin and the world, and exalted to a supreme love to God.
God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth. 2 Thess. ii. 1 Pet. i.
2. The act of consecrating or of setting apart for a sacred purpose; consecration. Stillingfleet.
SANC'TI-FI-ED, pp.
1. Made holy; consecrated; set apart for sacred services.
2. Affectedly holy. Hume.
SANC'TI-FI-ER, n. He that sanctifies or makes holy. In theology, the Holy Spirit is, by way of eminence, denominated the Sanctifier.
SANC'TI-FY, v. t. [Fr. sanctifier; It. santificare; Sp. santificar; Low L. sanctifico; from sanctus, holy, and facio, to make.]
1. In a general sense, to cleanse, purify or make holy. Addison.
2. To separate, set apart or appoint to a holy, sacred or religious use.
God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it. Gen. ii.
So under the Jewish dispensation, to sanctify the altar, the temple, the priests, &c.
3. To purify, to prepare for divine service, and for partaking of holy things. Exod. xix.
4. To separate, ordain and appoint to the work of redemption and the government of the church. John x.
5. To cleanse from corruption; to purify from sin; to make holy by detaching the affections from the world and its defilements, and exalting them to a supreme love to God.
Sanctify them through thy truth; thy word is truth. John xvii. Eph. v.
6. To make the means of holiness; to render productive of holiness or piety.
Those judgments of God are the more welcome, as a means which his mercy hath sanctified so to me, as to make me repent of that unjust act. K. Charles.
7. To make free from guilt.
That holy man, amaz’d at what he saw, / Made haste to sanctify the bliss by law. Dryden.
8. To secure from violation.
Truth guards the poet, sanctifies the line. Pope.
To sanctify God, to praise and celebrate him as a holy being; to acknowledge and honor his holy majesty, and to reverence his character and laws. Isa. viii.
God sanctifies himself or his name, by vindicating his honor from the reproaches of the wicked, and manifesting his glory. Ezek. xxxvi.
SANC'TI-FY-ING, ppr.
1. Making holy; purifying from the defilements of sin; separating to a holy use.
2. adj. Tending to sanctify; adapted to increase holiness.

Odious vulgarisms

"19. Ink, uncle, concord, concourse, concubine; are pronounced by Walker, ingk, ungkl, kongkord, kongkorse, kongkubine; and these odious vulgarisms are offered for our adoption. There can be no apology for such attempts to corrupt our language." Introduction, pg. lvii.

Jehovah

JE-HO'VAH, n.

The Scripture name of the Supreme Being, Heb {}. If, as is supposed, this name is from the Hebrew substantive verb, the word denotes the PERMANENT BEING, as the primary sense of the substantive verb in all languages, is to be fixed, to stand, to remain or abide. This is a name peculiarly appropriate to the eternal Spirit, the unchangeable God, who describes himself thus, I AM THAT I AM. Ex. iii.

I like the capitalization in this entry.

Jejune

JE-JUNE', a. [L. jejunus, empty, dry.]

1. Wanting; empty; vacant. Bacon.
2. Hungry; not saturated.
3. Dry barren; wanting interesting matter; as, a jejune narrative.

My dad has always said this word. I have never thought to look it up before! It made me laugh to find it.