Colony Bay TV » Vocabulary http://colonybay.tv Great story. Just a click away. Sat, 13 Apr 2019 06:46:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Bide with me here, for a Time http://colonybay.tv/bide-with-me-here-for-a-time/ http://colonybay.tv/bide-with-me-here-for-a-time/#comments Fri, 27 May 2011 02:19:08 +0000 http://www.colonybay.net/w/?p=328 If you spend any time reading 18th century literature, you’ll stumble upon some odd units of measure: “Sennight” A space of seven days and nights, a week.   New Hampshire Gazette, April 27,1770: “..Advices from the Robbinhood (sic) Society. The last time I was at the club was on Tuesday sennight.” “Ultimo” of or occurring in […]

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