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|Text=<p>"BASE. A game of ball much played in America, so called from the three <i>bases</i> or stations used in it. That the game and its name are both English is evident from . . . Halliwell's <u>Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words</u>: '<i>Base-ball.</i> A country game mentioned in <u>Moor's Suffolk Words</u>, p. 238'." [See #1823.2 - Moor - and #1847.6 - Halliwell above.]</p> | |Text=<p>"BASE. A game of ball much played in America, so called from the three <i>bases</i> or stations used in it. That the game and its name are both English is evident from . . . Halliwell's <u>Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words</u>: '<i>Base-ball.</i> A country game mentioned in <u>Moor's Suffolk Words</u>, p. 238'." [See #1823.2 - Moor - and #1847.6 - Halliwell above.]</p> | ||
<p>From John Russell Bartlett, <u>Dictionary of Americanisms: A Glossary of Words and Phrases Usually Regarded as Peculiar to the United States</u>, (second edition; Little, Brown and Company; Boston, 1859), page 24. Provided by David Block, email of 2/27/2008. David adds: "This attestation of baseball's English roots predates by one year Chadwick's assertion of same, and carries the added significance of coming from a distinguished American lexicographer."</p> | <p>From John Russell Bartlett, <u>Dictionary of Americanisms: A Glossary of Words and Phrases Usually Regarded as Peculiar to the United States</u>, (second edition; Little, Brown and Company; Boston, 1859), page 24. Provided by David Block, email of 2/27/2008. David adds: "This attestation of baseball's English roots predates by one year Chadwick's assertion of same, and carries the added significance of coming from a distinguished American lexicographer."</p> | ||
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| Text | "BASE. A game of ball much played in America, so called from the three bases or stations used in it. That the game and its name are both English is evident from . . . Halliwell's Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words: 'Base-ball. A country game mentioned in Moor's Suffolk Words, p. 238'." [See #1823.2 - Moor - and #1847.6 - Halliwell above.] From John Russell Bartlett, Dictionary of Americanisms: A Glossary of Words and Phrases Usually Regarded as Peculiar to the United States, (second edition; Little, Brown and Company; Boston, 1859), page 24. Provided by David Block, email of 2/27/2008. David adds: "This attestation of baseball's English roots predates by one year Chadwick's assertion of same, and carries the added significance of coming from a distinguished American lexicographer." |
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