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<font size=3>Another disappointment -- Doug is absolutely right, it
should be read "sundry". A few weeks later the same
journal author writes "Stopt at Richardsons where Bought some
Fowles, and Came home in the Even[super]g, which we Spent together at
Weatherheads [a tavern] with Sund[super]y Gentlemen."<br><br>
Joel<br><br>
At 1/1/2007 03:58 PM, you wrote:<br>
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<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">What is a "Desart
Sund[a]y", 1750? (The "y" is a superscript; I
am<br>
presuming the "a".) Ice cream dates from 1744, but sundae
from 1897 (OED2).<br><br>
"... went to Capt. Wendells, where they had not done Dinner Sat down
with<br>
them to a Desart Sundy, Fruit &c. and Drank Glass wine
..."</blockquote><br>
It may not be 100% safe to presume the "a". One might consider
the<br>
possibility of "sund[y]" =
"sundry"/"sunderly"/"sundrily" meaning<br>
"separate[ly]". Extended context or other information may
support or<br>
exclude such a notion.<br><br>
-- Doug Wilson<br><br>
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