Tor-Mohun.
[Skinner suggests the following etymology: "BALDERDASH, _potus mixtus_,
credo ab A.-S. _bald_, audax, _balder_, audacior vel audacius, et
nostro _dash_; _miscere_, q.d. _potus temere mixtus_." Dr. Jamieson
explains it as "foolish and noisy talk. Islandic, _bulldur_, stultorum
balbuties." Dr. Ogilvie, however, has queried its derivation from the
"Spanish _balda_, a trifle, or _baldonar_, to insult with abusive
language; Welsh, _baldorz_, to prattle. Mean, senseless prate; a jargon
of words; ribaldry; anything jumbled together without judgment."]
_Lovell, Sculptor._--What is known of this artist? That he was in advance
of the age he flourished in is evinced by his beautifully executed
engravings in _Love's Sacrifice_ (fol. Lond. 1652), which for delicacy of
work are far beyond anything of the period.