SC -gelatinous properties, was chessboards

[Philip & Susan Troy]

LrdRas at aol.com wrote:
> 
> In a message dated 5/7/99 9:17:10 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> phlip at morganco.net writes:
> 
> << but the only reference to flummery I
>  have  >>
> 
> Here's another for you:
> 
> flum*mery (noun), plural -mer*ies
> 
> [Welsh llymru]
> 
> First appeared 1623
> 
>  1 a : a soft jelly or porridge made with flour or meal
> 
>    b : any of several sweet desserts

Bzzzzttt. It also appears in Gervase Markham's "The English Hus-Wife",
1615, based on various of Markham's previously published works, so may
be earlier. Also see, IIRC, Elinor Fettiplace, whose receipt book is
dated ~1605 or so.

One might try to check sources dating from around that time, or somewhat
earlier, and also located, geographically, in the West Country.

Not to pick nits; I have a vested interest in proving the OED, normally
considered the Ultimate Authority on such matters, occasionally, um,
less than accurate.
 
Adamantius
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Phil & Susan Troy

troy at asan.com
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