Word: bitting
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...changes have taken place, first, in 1846, to the North Grove street building, which is still used for medical purposes ; and second, in 1883, just one hundred years after the introduction of the study at Harvard, to the present commodious building. On the wall opposite that which contains this bit of history, is a plain white marble tablet, with black lettering. It commemorates the medical students and alumni, twenty-one in number, who gave their lives in defence of the Union, and was presented to the school by the class...
From the 'Varsity we take the following explanation of the origin of the term "plucked," which first came into vogue at Oxford. The choice bit of college slang was, at first, of a very different significance from that which now attaches to it. Its present meaning is very nearly equivalent to that of our own term, "dropped," a term which. in all probability, will never require any very elaborate explanation. Speaking of the functions of an Oxford proctor, the 'Varsity says...
...never disgraced foot ball by brutality, that she has never by any of her acts brought discredit upon the game, that she has never yielded to any one the first place as a promoter of beneficial legislation, we can feel only admiration for the author of this particular bit of fancy...
...modifications in English orthography have been the result of a desire to expunge useless letters. The Englishman replies that in these cases we destroy all trace of the origin of the word. But "favor," "labor" and "honor" are pure Latin, and the insertion of the letter "u" is a bit of spurious orthography, while "check" certainly comes near the French source (echec) than when spelt "cheque...
...come favorably to one's notice. When the interest has been aroused by an allusion to an author whom one knows only by name, do not be satisfied with the account of a cyclopedia, nor with selected extracts, but get access to the author's complete works, read a bit here and a bit there, get some idea of what he has written. By this process the reader will be attracted by what best pleases him, and will at length learn to appreciate the qualities which attracted...