字母

(大寫)

1. (棄用，古舊) 字母 ess（S）的一種變體，又稱「長S」

字母

(小寫，大寫，複數)

1. (古舊) 英語字母表的第19個字母，名稱為long s、medial s 或 descending s並以拉丁文字書寫。
   • 1783, Joseph Ritson, Remarks, Critical and Illustrative, on the Text and Notes of the Last Edition of Shakspeare, page 223:

     But he does not ſtab him for his treachery toward hisſelf […]

   • 1785, Vicesimus Knox, Liberal Education: Or, a Practical Treatiſe on the Methods of Acquiring Uſeful and Polite Learning, vol. II, pp. 1 & 3, section XXXI: On the regulation of puerile diverſions:

     Many fanciful methods have been invented by thoſe who wiſhed to render puerile ſports conducive to improvement. I never found that they were ſucceſsful.

     I muſt own myſelf an advocate for puerile liberty*, during the alloted hours of relaxation. Boys have much reſtraint and confinement in the time of ſtudy.

     Thoſe of the effeminate kind ſuperinduce effeminacy; weakneſs of mind, no leſs than imbecility of body. Something ſimilar happens in puerile diverſions. The boy who has been kept in leading-ſtrings too long, and reſtrained from hardy ſports by the fondneſs of his mother, will ſcarcely ever become a man; or poſſeſs that becoming ſpirit which can enable him to act his part with propriety.

   • 1796, John Hatsell, Precedents of Proceedings in the House of Commons: With Observations, page 102:

     75. On the 11th of May, 1759, the Lords amend a turnpike road Bill, by inſerting a clauſe, “That no gate ſhall be erected within a mile of Enſham Ferry”. The conſideration of this amendment is reſolved, nemine contradicente, to be put off for a month.

   • 1892, , English Poems, London: and at ; New York: The Cassell Publishing Company, […]，頁號 [iii]:

     Engliſh Poems / […] / New York: The Caſsell Publiſhing Company, 104, Fourth Aven^e.

     （請為本引文添加中文翻譯）

字母

1. 的印刷變體，通常用在除了字尾以外的所有地方