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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 1 of 4 1 2 3 4 cheminations #35042 07/09/01 03:17 PM A Anonymous Unregistered Anonymous Unregistered A is anyone familiar with this word? google comes up empty. it sounds like it's an architectural feature of some kind hi, Sparteye!; i found it in a novel, in this context: "He stood, fumbling with a cigarette, blinking and pale... viewing the looming gables and mad cheminations of Pawtaw with unconcealed mistrust" TIA Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: chimenations #35043 07/09/01 04:36 PM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 M maverick Carpal Tunnel maverick Carpal Tunnel M Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 I think it refers to a gothic proliferation of chimneys on the roof line..? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: chimenations #35044 07/09/01 04:44 PM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 M maverick Carpal Tunnel maverick Carpal Tunnel M Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 otoh, cheminate (which spelling did the original have?) comes up with a black oxide, so I'll stop burbling now... http://search.metacrawler.com/crawler?general=cheminate&method=2&rpp=20&hpe=10®ion=0&sort=0&format=beta99 Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: chimenations #35045 07/09/01 05:07 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 proliferation of chimneys Or chimeneys. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: chimenations #35046 07/10/01 07:21 AM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 1,055 Berlin B belligerentyouth old hand belligerentyouth old hand B Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 1,055 Berlin >>Chimneys >Or chimeneys. I've even heard the malapropism chimleys before too :-) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: chimenations #35047 07/10/01 09:24 AM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 M maverick Carpal Tunnel maverick Carpal Tunnel M Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 chimleys and also chimbleys! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: chimenations #35048 07/10/01 01:01 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 chimleys and also chimbleys! Perfectly normal examples of a standard linguistic process (I forget the name*); the same one that produced the Spanish hombre from the Latin homine. *Would this be more credible if I knew the name? ICLIU. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: chimenations #35049 07/10/01 02:12 PM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 M maverick Carpal Tunnel maverick Carpal Tunnel M Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 a standard linguistic process... Mumbling? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: chimenations #35050 07/10/01 02:41 PM A Anonymous Unregistered Anonymous Unregistered A otoh, cheminate (which spelling did the original have?) argggh i messed up the subject line (it's now been edited). the original was indeed cheminations; i suspect my error was because i, too, thought first of chimneys. tsuwm checked the OED and said it wasn't listed.... odd. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Chimbly Nations #35051 07/10/01 03:20 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Mumbling? No, no, that's not it. Something more high-flautin'. 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