animal
Grasshopper
Grasshopper as an animal people have named and used. Insignificance, Humility, Fear — one living kind, not a single symbol.
Grasshopper is historically related to Wool.
In Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians, Grasshopper is treated with Wool; piece and peer stock share the entry.
from George Grove (editor) · Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 1879–1889 (early editions)
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Grasshopper is historically related to Oil.
In Burnell's Hobson-Jobson, Grasshopper sits with Oil in finish and formula speech — named together on the working page.
from Henry Yule and A. C. Burnell (ed. William Crooke) · Hobson-Jobson, 1886 (new ed. 1903)
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Grasshopper is historically related to Wax.
In Wood's The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Grasshopper is placed beside Wax as concrete shop companions.
from Rev. James Wood (ed.) · The Nuttall Encyclopædia, 1907 (Gutenberg #12342)
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sources
- Dictionary of Music and Musicians · George Grove (editor)
George Grove (ed.), A Dictionary of Music and Musicians.
- Hobson-Jobson · Henry Yule and A. C. Burnell (ed. William Crooke)
Henry Yule and A. C. Burnell, Hobson-Jobson (new ed. William Crooke, 1903).
- The Nuttall Encyclopædia · Rev. James Wood (ed.)
Rev. James Wood (ed.), The Nuttall Encyclopædia (1907).