a few brain cells still work.

i remember sinter--it came up as a word 2 or 3 years ago--Oliver Sach's used it in his book "Uncle Tungsten" (his uncle tugnsten sintered fine tungsten wire for incandesent lamps)

several interesting words were gleaned from that book.

(and to total go off topic, i can't ever hear/use the word glean--with out thinking of glebe, another word in scant use.)



my other obsession