The preacher laid out his subject under a great many heads, firstly, secondly, thirdly, up to tenthly. From Wordnik.com. [The Little Manx Nation - 1891] Reference
For tenthly he goes in quest of food. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-10-01] Reference
For "firstly, secondly", etc., "- e" is added to the number, as "unue", firstly; "kvine", fifthly; "deke", tenthly. From Wordnik.com. [The Esperanto Teacher A Simple Course for Non-Grammarians] Reference
"As thus: -- first, a shield of brawn with mustard; secondly, a boyl'd capon; thirdly, a boyl'd piece of beef; fourthly, a chine of beef rosted; fifthly, a neat's tongue rosted; sixthly, a pig rosted; seventhly chewits baked; eighthly, a goose rosted; ninthly, a swan rosted; tenthly, a turkey rosted; eleventh, a haunch of venison rosted; twelfth, a pasty of venison; thirteenth, a kid with a pudding in the belly; fourteenth, an olive pye; the fifteenth, a couple of capons; the sixteenth, a custard or dowsets.". From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 70, August, 1863] Reference
"sixteen full dishes, that is, dishes of meat that are of substance, and not empty, or for shew -- as thus, for example: first, a shield of brawn with mustard; secondly, a boyl'd capon; thirdly, a boyl'd piece of beef; fourthly, a chine of beef rosted; fifthly, a neat's tongue rosted; sixthly, a pig rosted; seventhly, chewets bak'd; eighthly, a goose rosted; ninthly, a swan rosted; tenthly, a turkey rosted; the eleventh, a haunch of venison rosted; the twelfth, a pasty of venison; the thirteenth, a kid with a pudding in the belly; the fourteenth, an olive-pye; the fifteenth, a couple of capons; the sixteenth, a custard or dowsets. From Wordnik.com. [For Whom Shakespeare Wrote] Reference
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