GAELIC ETYMOLOGY OF THE Languages of estern Europe AND MORE ESPECIALLY OF THE ENGLISH AND LOWLAND SCOTCH, AND OF THEIR SLANG, CANT, AND COLLOQUIAL DIALECTS. BY CHARLES MACKAY, LL.D. FELLOW OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES OF DENMARK. 66 Every word in human language has its pedigree."-THE DUKE OF SOMERSET. "Without a considerable knowledge of Gaelic, no person can make any proficiency whatever in philology." ,C LONDON: PUBLISHED FOR THE AUTHOR BY N. TRÜBNER AND CO., LUDGATE HILL. RABYARD COLLEGE LIBRARY 1878, July 29. Minot Sunal. LONDON: GILBERT AND RIVINGTON, PRINTERS, LIST OF SUBSCRIBERS. The Names marked with (*) are those of Gentlemen deceased since the commencement of this Work. H.R.H. THE PRINCE OF WALES. H.R.H. THE Duke of Edinburgh. H.R.H. PRINCE LEOPOLD. THE HIGHLAND SOCIETY OF LONDON. Argyll, His Grace the Duke of (5 copies). Buccleuch, His Grace the Duke of (2 copies). Brown, James B., Esq., Selkirk. Brown, Colin Rae, Esq., Oakleigh Park. Brown, Charles Herbert, Esq., Leach House, Colne, Lancashire. *Burns, William, Esq., Glasgow. Burton, Walter, Esq. Caird, J. F., Esq., Greenock. Cameron, Donald, Esq., of Lochiel, M.P. Derby, the Right Hon. the Earl of. Dufferin, Right Hon. the Earl of, Gov.-Gen. of Canada. Dunmore, the Right Hon. the Earl of. Dallas, A. Graut, Esq., Dunain, Inver ness. Davies, D. P., Esq., Liverpool. Dewar, Captain James, Glasgow. Doyle, Andrew, Esq. Edmonston and Co., Messrs., Edinburgh. Ellis, Joseph, Esq., Monks, Balcombe, Evelyn, W. J., Esq., Wotton, Surrey. Fellowes, F. P., Esq., Reform Club. Fleming, John, Esq. Forbes, Dr. George, Delfur, Fochabers. Fraser, Thomas, Esq., Sheriff, Skye. Fraser, Donald, Esq., Reform Club. Gallenga, Antonio, Esq., Athenæum Club. Gilbert, William, Esq., Reform Club. Gillies, William, Esq., of Ardconnell, Oban. Godwin, George, Esq., F.S.A. Grain, John Henry, Esq., Lewisham Hill. Grant, John, Esq., Cardiff. Grant, Donald, Esq., Pencoed, South Wales. |