Nov 30, 2016 · The word schoolmaster can be a synonym of teacher and principal. But which meaning dominates in the context of school? If it does? In the song “The Trials” by Roger Waters, the lyrics …

Feb 12, 2014 · About the word headmaster or schoolmaster specifically, Wikipedia states that: "The word schoolmaster, or simply master, formerly referred to a male school teacher.

A schoolmaster I had in the 1950s, who taught Latin together with Religious Instruction and was himself an ordained priest of Anglo-Catholic persuasion, would always insist on writing the abbreviation for …

Apr 23, 2022 · Yes it is meaningful. A moment is correctly used of a very short period of time, so a few moments would still be a short time, but longer than a moment. Unfortunately some processes on a …

May 25, 2015 · A deerstalker is a soft cap, most commonly associated with Sherlock Holmes. Neither Oxford nor Etymonline lists the word's origin. Does anyone know when and how this word originated?

Jan 1, 2011 · Does anyone know why a judge or magistrate is referred to in less reverent circles as "the beak", especially in the phrase "up in front of the beak"?

Sep 8, 2019 · But I glanced at the schoolmaster's wife, and I watched her as she first saw what was happening; and then my heart leaped up in a fashion most absurd for a man of seventy, whose heart …

General Reference. Scotch = Scottish = the dialect spoken in Scotland. Beak is an old (slang?) word for a magistrate (or schoolmaster).

Jul 4, 2011 · The name derived from the fact that the rubber soles of the shoes made them noiseless. The term "sneaker" was also used in 1887 by Boston Journal of Education: “It is only the harassed …

Aug 18, 2019 · 3: scool pastime for children, 5: the Countrey schoolmaster — John Newton, The Compleat Arithmetician, 1691. EEBO So say I, he might be better employed in teaching scool, or any …