Re: "hewed to"
| From: | Steg Belsky <draqonfayir@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, March 21, 2005, 14:27 |
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On Mar 17, 2005, at 8:09 PM, Roger Mills wrote:
> True; that seems to have become strictly the adjectival form and only
> means
> 'split', as in "cloven hooves" also archaic to me, with
> religious/Biblical
> overtones-- a feature of pigs and other non-Kosher animals (IIRC)
> and....
> Satan.
It's the kosher animals that have cloven hooves. Pigs also have cloven
hoofs, but don't have the other sign of a kosher land animal -
cud-chewing.
-Stephen (Steg)
"your whistling sounds like scary alien bees!"
~ why not to attempt tuvan throat singing in public