APRON (a corruption arising from a wr...
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Originally appearing in Volume
V02,
Page 231
of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
See also:APRON (a corruption arising from a wrong See also:division of " a napron " into " an apron," from the Fr. naperon, napperon, a diminutive of nappe, See also:Lat. mappa, a napkin)
, an See also:article of See also:costume used to protect the front of the clothes
.
It forms See also:part of the ceremonial See also:dress of Freemasons
.
The " See also:apron " worn by See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church dignitaries is a shortened See also:cassock (q.v.)
.
The word has many technical uses, as for the protecting slope in front of the See also:- SILL
- SILL (O.Eng. syl, Mid. E. sylle, selle; the word appears in Icel. syll, svill, Swed. syll, and Dan. syld, and in German, as Schwelle; Skeat refers to the Teutonic root swal-, swell, the word meaning the rise or swell formed by a beam at a threshold; the L
- SILL, EDWARD ROWLAND (1841-1887)
sill of See also:dock-See also:gates, or at the See also:foot of weirs
.
End of Article: APRON (a corruption arising from a wrong division of " a napron " into " an apron," from the Fr. naperon, napperon, a diminutive of nappe, Lat. mappa, a napkin)
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