9. _Derrick._--A spar arranged to form an extempore crane. I think
Derrick was the name of an executioner.
10. _Mece_, A.-S., a knife. The word is found in the Sclavonic and
Tartar dialects. I thinly I remember some years ago reading in a
newspaper of rioters armed with "pea makes." I do not remember any other
instance of its use in English.