_Umbrella_ (Vol. iii., pp. 37. 126.).--I find the following passage in
the fourth edition of Blount's _Glossographia_, published as far back as
1674.
"_Umbrello_ (Ital. _Ombrella_), a fashion of round and broad Fans,
wherewith the _Indians_ (and from them our great ones) preserve
themselves from the heat of the sun or fire; and hence any little
shadow, Fan, or other thing, wherewith the women guard their faces
from the sun."