FATHOM  (a word See also:

• COMMON

common, in various forms, to Scandinavian and See also:

• TEUTONIC
• TEUTONIC (GERMANIC) LANGUAGES

Teutonic See also:

• LANGUAGES

languages; cf . Danish faun, Dutch vaam and Ger . Faden, and meaning " the arms extended "; the ultimate origin is a See also:

• ROOT (late O.E. rot, adopted from Scand., cf. Norw. and Swed. rot, Dan. rod; the true O.E. word was wyrt, plant, represented in Ger. Wurz or Wurzel; the ultimate root is the same in both words, and is seen in Lat. radix)
• ROOT, ELIHU (1845– )

root pet, seen in the Gr. sreraevbeat, to spread), a measure of length, being the distance from the tip of one See also:

• MIDDLE

middle See also:

• FINGER

finger to the tip of the other, when the arms are stretched out to their widest extent . This length has been standardized to a measure of 6 ft., and as such is used mainly in soundings as a unit for measuring the See also:

• DEPTH

depth of the See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea . " Fathom " is also used in the measurement of See also:

• TIMBER

timber, when it is See also:

• EQUIVALENT

equivalent to 6 it. sq.; similarly, in See also:

• MINING

mining, a fathom is a portion of ground See also:

• RUNNING

running the whole thickness of the vein of ore, and is 6 ft. in breadth and thickness . The verb " to fathom," i.e. to See also:

• SOUND
• SOUND, THE (Danish Oresund)

sound or measure with a fathom-See also:

• LINE

line, is used figuratively, meaning to go into a subject deeply, to penetrate, or to explore thoroughly . See J . J . See also:

• BLUNT, JOHN HENRY (1823–1884)
• BLUNT, JOHN JAMES (1794–1855)
• BLUNT, WILFRID SCAWEN (184o— )

Blunt, Right Use of the . Fathers, p . 15 if . See See also:

• STANTON, EDWIN
• STANTON, ELIZABETH CADY (1815-1902)

Stanton, See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

Place of Authority in See also:

• RELIGION
• RELIGION, FOLKLORE, CUSTOM

Religion, p .

165 f . Corpus scriptorum ecclesiasticorum Latinorum . Griechischen christlichen Schriftsteliern der ersten drei Jahrhunderte .