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Minor Notes.
_The Word "Party."_--Our facetious friend _Punch_ has recently made merry
with the modern use of the word "party," as applied to any absent person
concerned in any pending negotiation. It was used thus, however, by William
Salmon, professor of physic, in his _Family Dictionary_, 1705:
"Let the party, if it can be agreeable, rub frequently his teeth with
the ashes that remain in a pipe after it is smoaked."--P. 315.
"Having cooled it, rub the party's mouth with a little of it," &c.--P.
321.