When the hydrophore is to be used, the cylinder is lowered to the required depth by the pole which is fixed to its side; or if the depth be greater than the range of the pole, it is loaded with weights, and let down by means of a rope so attached as to keep it in a vertical position.

The college system protects you, but it is very unfair to say that people at Oxbridge are not living in the real world. They do have some odd slang. ‘I'll p-hole you in the plodge’ meaning ‘I will leave a note for you in the porter’s lodge’ is just one example.

She is looking for a way to delete Chatter Posts (only textposts), and she also wants to define a date (to delete all textposts created before this date).

The Anglo-Saxons called February several names: Sprout-kale, from the sprouting of cabbage or kale, and Fill-dike, when the rain and melting snow fills the ditches to overflowing.]