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Posted: 07 October 2009 08:34 PM
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Discuss cork here.
noun
1) A small stopper for a bottle or cask
2) The float used by anglers.
3) A cant term for an overseer, a steward.
4) A name given by operative weavers to the agents of manufacturers.
5) The outer layer of bark of the Cork Oak (Quercus Suber). It is a very elastic tissue consisting of thin walled nearly cubical cells. It does not peel off, but often contains long clefts. It forms a protection to the subjacent cells from injurious influences.
6) The suberous layer of the bark of other trees when greatly developed.
[Spanish corcho; Dutch kurk; Danish and Swedish kork = cork, from Latin cortex = bark]
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Posted: 08 October 2009 08:20 AM
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Discuss corkt here.
Corkt so early. Vilkki?
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Posted: 08 October 2009 08:26 AM
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Afterism (n) - A concise, clever statement you don’t think of until too late. “John Alexander Thom”
All meanings, we know, depend on the key of interpretation. “George Eliot”
Posted: 08 October 2009 08:35 AM
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ay ay ay…bad day for me and spelling…eubical should have been cubical. So sorry.
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All meanings, we know, depend on the key of interpretation. “George Eliot”
Posted: 08 October 2009 08:39 AM
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Move you fingers over about a half inch and you’ll be on the home keys.
(It’s nice to know that someone else has typing issues.)
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Posted: 08 October 2009 08:45 AM
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To answer your question about linoleum and (hopefully I’ve spelled everything correctly this time):
Linoleum
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1) A preparation of linseed oil, rendered solid by admixture with chloride of sulphur. It is rolled into sheets, and used as a substitute for india-rubber or gutta-percha. Vulcanized, it is carved into moldings and polished; and, mixed with brown cork and pressed upon canvas, it forms a kind of floor cloth. Dissolved, it is used as a varnish for water proof fabrics, or as a paint for iron or wood, ships’ bottoms and etc.
2) The floor cloth so prepared.
[Latin linum = flax, and oleum = oil.]
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Posted: 08 October 2009 08:47 AM
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eubical - a euphemism for a cellular structure of any size and shape other than fulsome.
For fulsome cells, see “gogularity”.
Posted: 08 October 2009 09:11 AM
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Not to be confused with eubiquitous, which refers to all cellular structures throughout the world, including those in Deubai.
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Posted: 08 October 2009 09:20 AM
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Would the shape of the parts be the shape of the whole, or is that asking teu much ?
Posted: 08 October 2009 09:34 AM
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You’ll have to ask Annabeul, but I doeubt that she will reply.
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Posted: 08 October 2009 09:38 AM
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p.s. Look under your avatar. The GOGs are apparently re-ranking us today.
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Posted: 08 October 2009 10:56 AM
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Re-ranking ranks.
And that is not the only problem the site is having today.
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Posted: 08 October 2009 10:57 AM
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However, we were discussing some new terms, beyond SR. MEMBER, remember???
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Posted: 08 October 2009 11:15 AM
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Hadn’t noticed - what was our rank previously, and where’s my bus-pass?
Posted: 08 October 2009 11:19 AM
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Actually it was saparris and I who were discussing it. bus pass? You turned it in at the Principal’s office instead of your hall pass.
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Posted: 08 October 2009 11:22 AM
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Doug is always talking about passing things. He’s a gas!
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