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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Widow's Peak sudz #177817 06/27/08 04:57 PM Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague BranShea Carpal Tunnel BranShea Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague ETYMOLOGY: In the 18th and 19th centuries sailors' wives used such platforms to look for signs of their husbands returning home. Hello and welcome since I happen to pass here. About the hazards of sailors; could it not be so that since you understand why it is called widow's rail without further context, everybody else does? (the devil's advocate ) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Widow's Peak sudz 06/27/08 04:39 PM Re: Widow's Peak BranShea 06/27/08 04:57 PM Re: Widow's Peak morphememedley 06/28/08 05:08 AM Re: Widow's Peak BranShea 06/28/08 09:13 AM Re: Widow's Peak twosleepy 06/27/08 07:02 PM Re: Widow's Peak Faldage 06/28/08 10:51 AM Re: Widow's Peak The Pook 06/28/08 03:34 PM Re: Widow's Peak BranShea 06/29/08 05:56 AM Re: Widow's Peak LukeJavan8 07/02/08 06:05 PM Re: Widow's Peak The Pook 07/03/08 01:16 AM Re: Widow's Peak BranShea 07/03/08 09:37 AM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,383 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 234 guests, and 0 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 35 A C Bowden 25 LukeJavan8 3 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,570 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,919 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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