tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434602314756730550.post3132321711930625022..comments2024-03-28T05:15:00.483-07:00Comments on Buddies in the Saddle: Glossary of frontier fiction: B(buck ague - "By the Sad Sea Waves")Ron Scheerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15357501069513854664noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434602314756730550.post-42609912913263056342020-01-23T22:07:44.724-08:002020-01-23T22:07:44.724-08:00Great post.
https://500px.com/davidgallagher0001Great post.<br /><a href="https://500px.com/davidgallagher0001" rel="nofollow">https://500px.com/davidgallagher0001</a>alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06002144866318313147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434602314756730550.post-84615815901241382042013-10-04T11:29:26.179-07:002013-10-04T11:29:26.179-07:00A lot of mild oaths. By jing is still used.A lot of mild oaths. By jing is still used.Oscar Casehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10328166606910469945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434602314756730550.post-41839030624027680202013-10-01T09:58:27.629-07:002013-10-01T09:58:27.629-07:00That is the intended meaning in the context of the...That is the intended meaning in the context of the quote. I'll add "wallet" to the definition. I've come across this term several times in reading, and if it goes back to Elizabethan usage, that's a good long time. Thanks.Ron Scheerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15357501069513854664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434602314756730550.post-45858676897055918742013-09-30T20:44:32.476-07:002013-09-30T20:44:32.476-07:00I will have to dig through my Shakespeare to find ...I will have to dig through my Shakespeare to find it, but "budget" was an Elizabethan term for wallet. Shayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16527241089629026268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434602314756730550.post-80693719460270422772013-09-29T16:52:34.870-07:002013-09-29T16:52:34.870-07:00"buck ague" makes some sense as more or ..."buck ague" makes some sense as more or less a "buck fever" as "ague" by itself was a sharp fever. I believe we get the word "acute" from the same Latin root.Richard Proschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08314680709014254183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434602314756730550.post-3468765429190153992013-09-28T08:37:50.909-07:002013-09-28T08:37:50.909-07:00bug hunter, bugged up. Cool stuff. I always enjoy ...bug hunter, bugged up. Cool stuff. I always enjoy perusing your vocab posts.Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434602314756730550.post-74828839145413266932013-09-28T08:02:55.749-07:002013-09-28T08:02:55.749-07:00By ginger I like the bull of Bashan phrase. Will r...By ginger I like the bull of Bashan phrase. Will remember that one.David Cranmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04749857752139212888noreply@blogger.com