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Under fetch:
{To fetch a compass} (Naut.), to make a sircuit; to take a
circuitious route going to a place.
To PJC 3/31/01
Experiential divan??
Pigpecker Figpecker
To PJC 2/25/01
Under pick- 8. (Weawing) should be weaving
To PJC 02 Mar 2001
Under Church n.
Note: Church is often used in composition to denote something
^^^^^^^^^^^ combination
To PJC 10 Mar 2001 Pat says composition is correct
Under master n. :
{Past master}, one who has held the office of master in a
lodge of Freemasons or in a society similarly organized.
Also, by extension, one who is particularly skilled in some field.
Usually, Past master of
To PJC 10 Mar 2001
Errata \Er*ra"ta\, n. pl. [L.]
See {Erratum}. [1913 Webster]
Erratum \Er*ra"tum\, n.; pl. {Errata}. [L., fr. errare, erratum,
to wander, err. See {Err}.]
An error or mistake in writing or printing. [1913 Webster]
Errata is also used (in the singular) as the name of a list of
known errors and their corrections, printed on a separate page or slip
of paper. I suggest this sense be added to the definition in cide.
To PJC 31 Mar 2001
From long:
{To be}, or
{go},
{long of the market},
In cide.l:
<mcol><col><b>To be long of the market</b></col>, <it>or<
/it> <col><b>To go long of the market</b></col>, <col><b>To be on the
long side of the market</b></col>, etc.</mcol> <fld>(Stock
Exchange)</fld>, <cd>to hold stock for a rise in price, or to have a
contract under which one can demand stock on or before a certain day
at a stipulated price
Did I fix this without a record, or did Pat do it?
To PJC 2/23/02
Under what:
{What of this}?
{that?}
{it?}
<mcol><c
ol><b>What of this</b></col>? <col><b>that?</b></col> <col><b>it?</b></col> etc.
</mcol>, <cd>what follows from this, that, it, etc., often with the implication
that it is of no consequence.</cd>
To PJC 2/23/02
{Master of the rolls}, in England, an officer who has charge
of the rolls and patents that pass the great seal, and of
^^^^ ??
To PJC 2/23/02
Under tax
Note: Taxes are {annual} or {perpetual}, {direct} or
{indirect}, etc.
Shouldn't be {}.
To PJC 23 Dec 2001
To be on all fours
To PJC 15 Jun 2001
Words to be added:
Higher National Diploma" {HND}
To PJC 16 Oct 2001
volunteer (flower)
To PJC 23 Dec 2001
portmanteau word
apotropaic
gigolo
Under Spile - need another sense that is equal to Spill 2(d)
To PJC 2/23/02
Under anchor:
{The anchor is apeak}, when the cable is drawn in do tight as
to bring to ship directly over it. ^^ -- so
From the note under What:
``Some dead puppy, or log, orwhat not.'' --C. Kingsley.
^ needs space
To PJC 2/23/02
Under table:
<p><sn>8.</sn> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>To make board hems in the
^^^ should be broad
skirts and bottoms of (sails) in order to strengthen them in the part
attached to the boltrope.
To PJC 2/23/02
Under Turn (v.t.) 6:
I had rather hear a brazen canstick turned. --Shak.
^^^^^^^^ candlestick
To PJC 2/23/02
LORAN - final [acronym]
To PJC 2/23/02
Under high - lose all after:
<p><sd>(e)</sd> <def>Very abstract; difficult to comprehend or surmount; grand;noble.</def><br/
This was an original page number comment.
Check formatting of Chancellor for ideas.
Under what, n.:
And gave him for to feed,
Such homely what as serves the simple ?lown. --Spenser.
<p><q>And gave him for to feed,<br/
Such homely <qex>what</qex> as serves the simple <?/lown.</q> <rj><qau>Spenser.</qau></rj><br/
FORMATTER:
Accept nested tags
Accept empty tags
<note> tag should permit comments or new paragraphs within a note.
Add circa
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