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WHITE. gvit, to be white; gvetas, white. Cfr. goth. hveits; g. weiss; d. wit; ags. hwit.

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Whore. dja'ras, a paramour; va rasvi', a harlot.

Why. v. What.

Wick, Wich. v. Eco-.

Wicked. v. Vac-.

WIDE, WIDOW. vid, to divide; vidhava', a widow. Cfr. 7 to separate; di-vido, viduus, vidua; goth. vidwo; ags. wid, widew; g. weit, wittwe; d. wijd, weduwe; it. vedova.

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WIS, Wise, WIT, Witch. vid, (vetti,) to know, to dwell, to be fixed or steady; vig, to enter, to pervade, (in composition,—to dwell, to place, to rest;) vicefas, sort, kind, manner. Cfr. εἴδω; video; goth; vitan; ags. wis, witan; g. weise, wissen; d. wijs, weeten; sp. it. guisa; fr. guise.

Wish. if, va'cf, va',tsh, vag, to desire. Cfr. goth. vens; g. wünschen; d. wenschen; dan. önsker; sw. önska; ags. wiscan. With, Withe. vitas, a branch and its shoot; vat, to surround, to tie. Cfr. vitis, vitex; goth. gavithan; g. wider, weide; ags. with, withig. v. Meta-.

Wither. vit, to perish, to decay.

Wizard. v. Wis.

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Work. v. Org-.

Worm. crmis, a worm, an insect. Cfr. vermis; ags. wyrm; g.

wurm; d. worm.

Worse, Worth. v. Vers-.

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Wound. vu,dh, to hurt or injure. Cfr. g. wunde; d. wond; ags.

wund.

Wrath. v. Irate.

Wreath. v. Vert-.

Wreck. v. Bray.

Wrench, Wretch, Wriggle, Wrinkle. vrt, vrdy, to quit, to shun;

vrdjanas, crooked, wicked.

Wrestle, Write, Writhe, Wry. v. Vers-.

Wright. v. Work.

Wurzel. v. Orchard.

Yacht, Yager. ya', to go.

Yak. v. Ox.

Yard. V. Garden.

Yawn. v. Chasm.

Ye. v. You.

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Year. i'r, to go; va'ra, a time. Cfr. zend. yâre; g. jahr; d.

jaar; ags. gear.

Yearn. v. Earnest.

Yeast. (ags. gist.) v. Gas.

Yell. (ags. gyllan.) v. Call.

Yelk, Yellow. djval, to shine, to flame; gaura,, white, pale red, yellow, gold. Cfr. gilvus, helvus; ags. gealew; g. gelb; d. geel; nor. jaulne; fr. jaune; it. giallo; sp. jalde.

Yelp. djalp, to speak, to prattle. Cfr. ags. gealpan; dan. gylper.
Yeoman.
V. Common.

Yes, Yea.

v. Aye.

YESTER- hyas, yesterday. Cfr. 795; hesternus; goth. gistra; g. gestern; d. gisteren; ags. gystern.

YET. yat, since, wherefore.

YOKE. yudj, (yuctas,) to join; yugas, a yoke. Cfr. Cʊyóv, Cɛúɣ-;

jugum, jung-, jux-; goth. juk; g. joch; d. juk; ags. geoc; it. giogo; sp. yugo; fr. joug.

Yolk. v. Yellow.

You. yu'ya, you.

YOUNG, Youth. yuvan, yu'ni', young. Cfr. juvenis, junior; goth. juggs; g.jung; d. jong; ags. geong; fr. jeune.

Zeal. gal, to run.

Zeugma, Zygo-. v. Yoke.

Zocco. v. Sock.

ERRATA.

For f and j, wherever they may occur, read s, J.

In the Greek font, the character used for a final sigma, is 5.
In the Hebrew font, the following letters are somewhat pied: 71;

.ס ס נ ג ;יי

The dots in r, r', and other letters, are sometimes omitted.

Page 13, line 26, for wax, read N.

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65, 29, insert hi,d, to go, to move.
(6 8, for miracalum, read miraculum.
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Another exactly similar retort-house, standing within ninety feet of the one destroyed, as well as several smaller buildings around, was left comparatively uninjured. The conjecture was ventured that the waves of the gust may have corresponded in time with the normal vibrations of a roof of that particular shape and area. Upon this possibility, when the building is reconstructed, such isochronous vibrations will be guarded against by a lattice-work of horizontal braces from wall to wall, at an angle of forty-five degrees from end to end of the building, stiffened by girders. In attempting to escape, two of the workmen were killed; the rest, paralyzed by terror, crouched on the floor, and were all saved. The building fell forward, in the direction of the wind, the roof falling partly outside of the fallen walls. Professor Cresson contrasted those narrow, vortical, undulatory meteors which prove so destructive when they traverse the American forest. Mr. Lesley described the Medford (Mass.) storm of 1851, in which the undulation of the tornado was rendered visible from each side of its track by the column of mud which it absorbed and held suspended in the air.

The minutes of the Board of Officers and Members of Council were read; and, on motion of Prof. Cresson, the resolution, recommended for the adoption of the Society, was discussed, and, on motion of Judge King, postponed to the next meeting.

Pending nomination, No. 397, was read.

The chairman of the Committee on the Hall reported the selection and purchase of a carpet, and moved that the committee have authority granted them to renovate the principal room of the Society and the Librarian's room, which was granted.

On motion of Mr. Fraley, the Librarian was authorized to comply with the request of the Librarian of the Toronto University, and furnish Nos. of the Proceedings from No. 59 onward, and place the Toronto University upon the list of Corresponding Societies.

And the Society adjourned.

Stated Meeting, March 2, 1860.

Present, twenty members.

Professor CRESSON, Vice-President, in the Chair.

Mr. Aubrey H. Smith, a newly-elected member, was presented, and took his seat.

Letters were read from the Public Library at Boston, acknowledging the reception of Part 2, Vol. xi of the Transactions, and from W. Polman, of the University of New York, which was referred to the Librarian, with power to take order.

The following donations for the Library were announced:

Ann. Rep. (8th) Free Pub. Lib. New Bedford.-From the Trustees.
African Repository, xxxvi, No. 2.-From Amer. Col. Soc.
Proc. Acad. N. S. Philada. 1860. Sig. 1.-From the Academy.
Monthly Notices R. Astron. Soc. xx, No. 3.-From the Society.
Astronomical Journal, Cambridge, Mass. vi, xi.—From the Editor.
Hayes's Arctic Boat Journey. Boston, 1860. 8vo.-From the Author.
Report Supt. U. S. Coast Survey for 1858. 4to.-From the Supt.

HALLOWELL (EDWARD). Mr. Foulke announced the death of Dr. Edward Hallowell, a member of the Society, who died. February 20, 1860, æt. 51; and, on motion of Judge Sharswood, Mr. Foulke was appointed to prepare an obituary notice of the deceased.

Mr. Lesley drew the attention of the members present to the geological account of the Arctic Archipelago, affixed by the Rev. Samuel Haughton, President of the Geological Society of Dublin, to Capt. McClintock's Narrative. The coal measures of the extreme north land of America are therein described as older than the carboniferous formation; as succeeding the upper silurian limestones; containing numerous beds of highly bituminous coal, with one fossil shell,-the Atrypa fallax of the carboniferous shale of Ireland; finally, as overlaid by a series of blue limestone beds full of characteristic carboniferous marine shells, among which occurs the

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