PICNIC  , a fcrin of entertainment in which the guests are invited to join an excursion to some See also:

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

place where a See also:

• MEAL

meal can be taken in the open See also:

• AIR (from an Indo-European root meaning " breathe," " blow ")
• AIR, or ASBEN

air . During the first See also:

• HALF

half of the 19th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century the essential of a picnic was that the guests should each bring with them a contribution of provisions . At the beginning of the 19th century a society was formed in See also:

• LONDON

London called the " Picnic Society," the members of which supped at the See also:

• PANTHEON (Lat. pantheum or pantheon; Gr. srav& ov, all-holy, from re, s, all, and Oeor god)

Pantheon in See also:

• OXFORD
• OXFORD, EARLS OF
• OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
• OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
• OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
• OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
• OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST

Oxford See also:

• STREET
• STREET, GEORGE EDMUND (1824-1881)

Street, and See also:

• DREW
• DREW, SAMUEL (1765-1833)

drew lots as to what See also:

• PART

part of the meal each should See also:

• SUPPLY (through Fr. from Lat. supplere, to fill up)

supply (see L . See also:

• MELVILLE, ANDREW (1545-1622)
• MELVILLE, ARTHUR (1858-1904)
• MELVILLE, JAMES (1556-1614)
• MELVILLE, SIR JAMES (1535-1617)

Melville, The See also:

• BEAUX, CECILIA (1863– )

Beaux of the Regency, 1908, i . 222) . The See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form pique-nique is said to be of See also:

• RECENT

recent introduction in 1692 (See also:

• MENAGE, GILLES (1613-1692)

Menage, See also:

• DIET

Diet. etym.) . It is doubtful whether picnic is merely a rhyming word, or can be referred to pique, pick, and nique, small See also:

• COIN
• COIN (older forms of the word are coyne, quoin and coign, all derived through the O. Fr. coing, and cuigne from Lat. cuneus, a wedge)

coin .