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Originally appearing in Volume V13, Page 619 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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HOLSTER , a

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LEATHER (a word which appears in all Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Leder, Dutch leer or leder, Swed. leder, and in such Celtic forms as Welsh llader)
LEATHER, ARTIFICIAL

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case to hold a

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PISTOL

pistol, used by a horseman and properly fastened to the

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SADDLE (a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Sattel, Dut. zadel, also in Russ. siedlo and Lat. sella, for sedla; it is not derived directly from Lat. sedile, which means a chair, but all the words are to be referred to the root sad-, which gives

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BOW (pronounced " bo ")

bow, but sometimes worn in the

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belt . The same word appears in Dutch, from which the

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ENGLISH

English word probably directly derives . The

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root is het- or hulto

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COVER (from the Fr. convert, from couvrir, to cover, Lat. cooperire)

cover, and is seen in the O . Eng. heolster, a

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

place of shelter or concealment, and in "

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hull " a sheath or covering . The

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German word for the same

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OBJECT

object, holfter, is, according to the New English

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DICTIONARY

Dictionary, from a different root .

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