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#155727 02/15/06 01:29 PM
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Could this have been a misspelling of friction? It sure sounds like a synonym:
Onelook

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once again an error in the 1913 Webster's get propagated across the web.

#155729 02/15/06 04:45 PM
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Was the error in the print version of the 1913 Webster's, or was it a scanning error?


Ceci n'est pas un seing.
#155730 02/15/06 05:55 PM
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Quote:

Was the error in the print version of the 1913 Webster's, or was it a scanning error?




actually, this word seems to generate many scan errors .

#155731 02/15/06 06:22 PM
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You mean I found a Dord?

#155732 02/15/06 06:41 PM
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dord? sord of; dord was a human scanning error.

#155733 02/16/06 01:55 AM
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sord of Em...I thought it was Dord, though...

#155734 02/16/06 03:43 AM
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>I thought it was Dord, though..

surely, you don't expect me to start Capitalizing at this late Date?!

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S'never too late; and don't call me surely. [lame joke icon]

#155736 02/16/06 04:37 PM
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Erm ... Mike, what does a person who is a scanning error look like, exactly? Just askin' ...

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A lot like their dad but with hair.

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