Word: libitum
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...that the offender "non est comeatibus in swampo." By 1841 the mock Latin for "will not come out of the swamp" was widely accepted backwoods legal terminology for "unavailable." An Illinois tavern keeper posted notice of a delinquent barfly who disappeared without paying his tab: "Non est inventus ad libitum scape goatum non comeatibus in swampo. Ergo, non catchibus, non prosecutibus, non tryabus, non chastisibus...
Oysters Ad Lib. Few meals today, in a church or out of it, can match the menu of a priestly inauguration that is recorded as having taken place in Jerusalem between 73 and 63 B.C. First course: "Sea urchins, plain oysters ad libitum. Two sorts of mussels, thrush on asparagus, a fatted hen, a ragout of oysters and mussels, black and white chestnuts." Second course: "Udders of sows, a pig head, fricassee of fish and sow's udders, two kinds of ducks, boiled hares, a meal pudding...
...only did Handel introduce many decorative passages, but in many places he supplied a figured bass, leaving the interpretation to the soloist. Then he went still further by putting a pause at a given point in the music over the rest in the accompaniment, with the words, "Organun ad Libitum" which meant that the player was free to improvise. This was one of the first attempts at the development of the cadenza. Both of Handel's concertos which are to be played on Tuesday night are subtitled, "For organ and harpsichord." This perhaps explains why there seems...
...progressive and essentially moral people will go back to a condition where we will be bone-dry in one State and souse-wet in another, and where churches and schools will elevate one city and gin mills degrade another. States' rights and local option would mean alcohol ad libitum and ad nauseam wherever the whiskey rings held political sway; and that is not a thing to be contemplated in any sort of a sincere temperance program...
...spiritual worries. 4. It is a prayerful life and therefore 'his nerves are at rest.' 5. It is independent ; 'one can rise at any hour one pleases,' fix one's own office hours, take days off ad libitum. 6. It is honored; he and his family are respected and deference is paid to his opinions on all sorts of subjects. 7. It is fairly well paid; minimum net salary about $3,000 in most (Episcopal) dioceses. 8. It has permanence of tenure; clergymen (Episcopal) need not fear losing their appointments except for grave cause...