David: You can consult the expert on these things. Not me, John Ward. I referenced a few of his articles in our two blog posts written as a tribute to Ward. Here [1]http://mignarda.wordpress.com/2012/02/17/saturday-morning-quotes-39- more-john-ward/ And here [2]http://mignarda.wordpress.com/2012/01/21/john-ward/ RA > Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2012 14:33:01 +0200 > To: [email protected] > From: [email protected] > Subject: [LUTE] A Toy: meaning? > > I found my looking glass, sorely needed for the 'compact' edition of > the OED (nothing compact about that except the size of the letters > ..), and am bedazzled with the many meanings of the word 'toy'. Any > meaning in particular that I should think of when talking about the > frivolous, diminutive, caressing lute compositions from the English > Renaissance? > > David > > -- > ******************************* > David van Ooijen > [email protected] > www.davidvanooijen.nl > ******************************* > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
-- References 1. http://mignarda.wordpress.com/2012/02/17/saturday-morning-quotes-39-more-john-ward/ 2. http://mignarda.wordpress.com/2012/01/21/john-ward/
