It was the spelling that -- although we know W. Keyse to be no cold orthographist -- occasionally gave him pause as he perused and re-perused the greasy but passionate page. From Wordnik.com. [The Dop Doctor] Reference
The lady thinks (or wishes) that her father is a bad orthographist, and corrects his spelling by omitting the final m, so that the letter reads "Give him Visha," with results more satisfactory to the young lady than to her father. From Wordnik.com. [Old French Romances] Reference
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