If you think of an outboard motorboard as a lever, the propeller is the thrust point and the transom is the fulcrum.

Although lacking the tight kinship focus evident in the gentilicial organization of the aristocracy, the settled population did still maintain internal divisions, as evidenced by the curiate system in Rome.

Don’t worry, I’ll kip on the sofabed.

enroll thy memorable name In th’ heart of every honourable dame