Word: rising
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...upon the finger nail; for what purpose, is not known. "To buzza one," was a term used to a person who hesitated to empty a bottle that was nearly out. "Under the Rose," a term now used for anything said confidentially at a social gathering took its rise from a custom of wearing chaplets of roses at conuivial entertainments, where, as there were many things said which would not bear repetition, everything was considered to be forgotten with the close of the entertainment. A half century ago, in some of the German universities, it was looked upon as a mortal...
COMMITTEE.SHOOTING CLUB. Matches will be opened at the Watertown grounds tomorrow (Thursday) as follows: Match A, 10 clay pigeons, open to all; match B, 10 blackbirds, open to all; match C, 16 clay pigeons, open only to those who have not won prizes. 18 yards rise and five angles in each match. Prizes will be awarded to those having the best aggregates in two out of three matches. The first prizes will be cups, second medals. If there are more than seven entries in an event, a third prize will be given...
...scarcely anything which could be called education except among those who were in college or preparing to enter college. Now, the common school and high school courses open so much more learning to boys, that there is a far larger class out of which literary men are likely to rise. Formerly, at least in New England, any boy who showed an aptitude for books was pretty sure to be encouraged to prepare for college. The educated men were the picked men of the community. This is no longer the case, and many circumstances prevented a boy from taking a college...
...dozen marksmen to the Watertown grounds on Wednesday. The changes made in the arrangement of the shooting shanty and the trap pits have greatly improved the grounds, and the men present seemed well pleased with the accommodations. The first match contested was at 10 clay birds, 18 yards rise, thrown from five angles. The scores were as follows: W. H. Slocum, 9; F. S. Palmer, 8; M. H. Clyde, 6; F. S. Mead, 5. On the conclusion of this match, sides were chosen for a team match. This event was at 20 clay birds, 18 yards, five angles. The shooting...
...they thought the end of the world had come. Their red paint spread all over them like oil on troubled waters. Their faces were scratched and their trousers were torn. They looked sad and goreful. Sophomore Parker performed ground and lofty tumbling. He was occasionally seen to rise in the air and sail horizontally over the outskirts of the cloud. He usually came down on a freshman's head. When he did the freshman fell, 'and, falling, he uttered a groan and darkness covered his eyes.' In one of sophomore Parker's leaps he jumped clear out of his trousers...