A New English Dictionary. Edited by Dr. James A. H.
Murray. " Outyet-Ozat." (Clarendon Press. 2s. 6d.)—This section concludes the letter " 0," leaving " P " to complete Vol. VII. of the great work. It makes the customary contribution of matters more or less curious and important. The word "outrigger" may be cited. The Dictionary is as copious on the subject as befits the place of its publication, the writer of the article having had the help, we are told, of a distinguished " Blue." (1) Refers to ships ; (2) to Pacific canoes ; (3) to rowing boats. The outrigger was used on the Tyne in the " thirties." Both the University crews rowed in outrigged boats in 1846. The Oriel Four in 1844 rowed in an outrigged boat. In 1848, as the writer of this notice remembers, the" Torpids" were mostly rowed in the old-fashioned boats, and one at least of the racing boats—a six-oar, by the way—was outrigged only at the bow and stroke oars.
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