...everything Scottish, or Scotch as he would have spelt it, in his famous Dictionary defined oats as "a grain, which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people." Probably this was " wrote sarkastic," though it was, after all, only partially correct; it awoke, however,...

...are generally substituted for it. Hence the definition of oats given by the great lexicographer : " A grain, which in England is generally given to horses; but in Scotland supports the people." One reason why wheat does not succeed well in these localities is the great vigor of the grasses in...

...shun." — Francis. 198. Hit joke on the article of oats. The definition of oats in his Dictionary: "A grain which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people." 300. Leandro Alberts s Description of Italy. See Life, iii. 206. 301. Aforeri's Dictionary. The Grand...

...structure and function, through successive differentiations and integrations (Spencer). (n) Oats is a grain which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people. 7. Give examples of terms which are indefinable, and explain why this is the case. What is the distinction...

...Anything reticulated or decussated at equal distances, with interstices between the intersections. — Oats. A grain which in England is generally given to horses, but which in Scotland supports the people." Sir Walter Scott related the happy retort by Lord Elibank,...

...however, a painful ' basis of fact for their coarse descriptions. After Dr. Johnson had defined in his Dictionary, " Oats, a grain which in England is generally...given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people," Lord Elibank triumphantly retorted, "But where will you find such men and such horses ? " We may admire...

...capitals, — an educated John Bull, — not immediately likable, but companionable, inimitable. ' Oats, — a grain which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people ' — who could express his aversion like that except Dr. Johnson ? " I thought Ismene, who had her...

...understood to mean pay given to a state hireling fortreason to his country." Oats he described as "» grain which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people." These eccentric lapses of his genius were due in some degree to the embarrassments of his struggle...

...Anything reticulated or decussated at equal distance with interstices between the intersections. ' ' Oats : A grain which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people. ' ' Pensioner : A slave of State hired by a stipend to obey his master." His dictionary was the result...

...wastefulness, and paid so high a compliment to Scotch economy, by the famous definition of oats as " a grain, which in England is generally given to horses but in Scotland supports the people," we find him defining cant as " a corrupt dialect used by beggars and vagabonds," as " a particuliar...