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Originally appearing in Volume V21, Page 610 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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LIGHT

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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

saddle without See also:

POMMEL (through O. Fr. pomel, from a diminutive pomellus of Lat. pomum, fruit, apple)

pommel or See also:

BOW (pronounced " bo ")

bow, especially a See also:

PAD

pad fastened to the back of an See also:

ORDINARY (med. Lat. ordinarius, Fr. ordinaire)

ordinary saddle, as a seat for another See also:

PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person, generally a woman. Pillions were also used to support baggage. They were in See also:

COMMON

common use from the 16th to the 18th centuries. The word appears to have been adapted into See also:

ENGLISH

English from the Irish pillin, See also:

CUSHION (from O. Fr. coisson, coussin; according to the New English Dict., from Lat. coxa, a hip; others say from Lat. culcita, a quilt)

cushion, formed from See also:

LAT

Lat. pellis, skin. In the sense of a See also:

HAT

hat worn by a See also:

PRIEST (Ger. Priester, Fr. pretre)

priest or See also:

DOCTOR (Lat. for " teacher ")

doctor of divinity, " pillon " or " pylion " occurs in the 15th and 16th centuries. This is probably from Lat. pileus, a conical See also:

FELT (cognate with Ger. Filz, Du. vilt, Swed. and Dan. fill; the root is unknown; the word has given Med. Lat. filtrum, " filter ")

felt hat or cap, Gr. wcaor.

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