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Amendment
Amendment A*mend"ment, n. [F. amendement, LL. amendamentum.]
1. An alteration or change for the better; correction of a
fault or of faults; reformation of life by quitting vices.
2. In public bodies; Any alternation made or proposed to be
made in a bill or motion by adding, changing,
substituting, or omitting.
3. (Law) Correction of an error in a writ or process.
Syn: Improvement; reformation; emendation.
Attendment
Attendment At*tend"ment, n. [Cf. OF. atendement.]
An attendant circumstance. [Obs.]
The uncomfortable attendments of hell. --Sir T.
Browne.
Befriendment
Befriendment Be*friend"ment, n.
Act of befriending. [R.]
IntendmentIntendment In*tend"ment, n. [OE. entendement understanding,
insight, F. entendement, fr. LL. intendimentum. See
Intend.]
1. Charge; oversight. [Obs.] --Ford.
2. Intention; design; purpose.
The intendment of God and nature. --Jer. Taylor.
3. (Law) The true meaning, understanding, or intention of a
law, or of any legal instrument. Mendment
Mendment Mend"ment, n.
Amendment. [Obs.]
Tendment
Tendment Tend"ment, n.
Attendance; care. [Obs.]
Meaning of Endmen from wikipedia
- Haverly's
Mastodons in 1877, they did away with
blackface for all but the
endmen and
dressed themselves in
lavish finery and
powdered wigs. They decorated...
- semicircle, with one
member on each end
playing the
tambourine or the bones. The
endmen were
named Brother Tambo and
Brother Bones, and they
engaged in an exchange...
- "colored"
troupes violated this
convention for a time: the comedy-oriented
endmen "corked up", but the
other performers "astonished"
commentators by the diversity...
- sing and play
challenging roles such as the minstrel-show
interlocutor or
endmen. However, he was most
interested in the
business side of minstrelsy. Over...
-
minstrel show's
second act. The
stump speaker,
typically one of the
buffoonish endmen known as
Tambo and Bones,
mounted some sort of
platform and
delivered the...
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European powdered wigs and eveningwear. Only the (sometimes)
blackfaced endmen kept the new
troupe from
severing its ties to
minstrelsy completely. George...
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Pelham and
Frank Brower, who pla**** the bones, were the
first minstrel endmen, and
greatly influenced the stereotype. Pelham's
stage demeanor involved...
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country and had many old
timers in
their troupe. In the
overture they had the
endmen Hughey Dougherty,
singing "It's Nice to be a Father" and Lew
Benedict "Hot...
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stressed their musical abilities and
their refined costumes and sets. Only the
endmen wore blackface, and the
troupe did no base comedy.
George Primrose and William...
- put on a full
minstrel show.
Brower took the role of one of the
minstrel endmen and pla**** the bones. His
performance style was
characterized by wild poses...
