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Ever circulated this word?
It would be possible to have circulating sarculation.
Def: Weeding with a hoe or rake.
I've lived among farmers and have never heard anyone refer to sarculation. In fact, 'laughed out of Dodge' comes to mind if I were to use the term.
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What's its origin, WW? I can't think of anything it might have come from, unless it is a corruption of circulate (the dirt).
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there is no indication in OED that the similarity to circulation is other than happenstance. sarculate [f. ppl. stem of late L. sarculre, f. sarculum (see SARCLE).]
trans. To hoe. So sarculation rare, hoeing. 1623 COCKERAM, Sarculate, to weed. Sarculation, a weeding. 1733 TULL Horse-Hoeing Husb. vii. 62 Their Sarculation was used but amongst small Quantities of sown Corn.
speaking of happenstance, the wwftd theme this week appears to be words that sound like something that they really aren't; but on second thought... http://home.mn.rr.com/wwftd/btw, sarcle is a hoe; to sarcle is to weed with a hoe, or sarculate. where did you dig this one up, Wordgrub?
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Where did I dig this one up, tsumw? Why, reading a dictionary, of course!
I'm delighted you and Jackie responded to my post because I had thought no one on earth here was interested in agrarian words. Thanks to both of you! Doctor Bill, too, PM'd me, so thanks to Bill.
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A few years ago I worked for a woman who also had a love for words. As we were waiting for one of the old style dot matrix printers to finish printing, she mentioned this word. Boustrophedon (from Greek for ox-turning) is writing that proceeds in one direction in one line (such as from left to right) and then in the reverse direction in the next line (such as from right to left). Some ancient languages, including one form of ancient Greek (650 BC), were written this way. The term derives from the way one would plow land with an ox, turning the ox back in the other direction at the end of a row. (It could be argued that boustrophedon is a more efficient way to both write and read, especially if your lines are very long.) Some types of printers and their software print in this fashion (although the results, of course, are lines that are read in only one direction). I never forgot it, (unusual in itself). I Googled the word and found the above - and how to meet hot singles, but I only pursued the former.
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I like reading that way...
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strange new words I relish like nectar or tonic I now know my line printer is boustrophedonic
David P. Stern Science magazine
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Oh, thank you thank you thank you! I LOVE that little poem!! I was going to LIU, but you saved me the trouble. [blowing kiss] Um--what's oxine, please?
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guess: meant to be like bovine, porcine, equine, etc.
but I don't think that's quite right for oxen..
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No, no, that would be oxalic...
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that would be oxalic
acid, found in the canes of the Dieffenbachia --a common house plant--also known as dumb cane and Mother-in Law plant.
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...and voilà--we're back to sarculating! Dumb cane--yeah, that's one that small children should never be around.
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Wood sorrel is an Oxalis as is the Shamrock (not the cow-craved, bovine-beloved clover). They also contain Oxalic acid. (Perhaps that's obvious) Oddly enough I've just finished making up a batch of Oxalic acid reagent!!? No house plants were harmed in the process. (A batch of dandelion wine might have been more fun though)
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This site http://traevoli.com/boust/select_file.php allows you to choose one of your files by browsing and then it converts it to boustrophedon style as a pdf file. Bingley
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this has been masticating at my brain..
bovine :: cow as ?? :: ox
bovine [LL bovinus, fr. L bov-, bos ox, cow more at cow] (1817) 1 : of, relating to, or resembling bovines and esp. the ox or cow 2 : having qualities (as placidity or dullness) characteristic of oxen or cows bovinely adverb bovinity \bo-vi-ne-te\ noun
(C) 1996 Zane Publishing, Inc. and Merriam-Webster, Incorporated
D'oh!
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"Why Rhett, you dance bovinely!" "Julia, can you teach us how to make that bovinity candy?"
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In a form of the ancient Greek tongue Hung-well were reverse in men Young You must follow them neatly (Effetely Completely,) To come from behind, as begun!
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Awesome limerick. The first two lines are exquisite.
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that one gets my vote. awesome, Mav.
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sarculate, sarculate, mulch to the music and the limerick: I love you guys!
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