Weekly Vocab #2.1.19 (repost #1)

Last posted: August 23rd, 2003

> From: Christopher Wright <faceloran@...>
>
> Didn't go for storied interconnectedness this time. I was being lazy.
> 1. thread (n.)
> A thread hangs from my shirt.
>
> 2. to sort
> I sort my clothing by condition and style.
>
> 3. boy
> There's a grubby boy staring through the window.
>
> 4. sandwich
> If I paid him, perhaps he would make me a sandwich.
>
> 5. shadow
> "The barriers between us have collapsed, and we have become...our own
> shadows."
>
> 6. to burst
> When will this boil burst?
>
> 7. dwarf
> A one-armed dwarf throws dice along the wharf.
>
> 8. to sail
> The SS Sycophant is sailing to the other side of the world.
>
> 9. cattle
> Cattle clutter its decks.
>
> 10. to twist
> The strong man at the circus twists iron bars every night to the applause
> of his audience.
>
>
> ~wright
Bonus Vocab from WordNet:
This is randomly selected automatically, so in case it offends you
or you disagree, please either ignore or be inspired to make up
different words and/or phrases:

  - juice, n.
    any of several liquids of the body; "digestive juices"

  - play, v.
    perform music on (a musical instrument); "He plays the flute"; "Can you play on
    this old recorder?"

Fiant verba!

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