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#118386 - 12/27/03 11:18 AM abnodate
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When you get tired of combing your hair, abnodate it.
Abnodate
(Ab"no*date) v. t. [L. abnodatus, p. p. of abnodare; ab + nodus knot.] To clear (tress) from knots. [R.] Blount.




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#118387 - 01/19/04 02:44 PM Re: abnodate
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We could abnodate that four-in-hand knot we've be writing about today...

Or is this unknotting reserved strictly for tresses as you've noted?


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