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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread furnicular #1143 04/06/00 02:56 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 5 Dallas, TX S songcookie OP stranger OP songcookie stranger S Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 5 Dallas, TX A volunteer at my school ran across this word in an old story about cable cars set around 1913. We have looked in our school dictionaries, and online on Webster's unabridged and the 1913 dictionary posted by Univ. of Chicago. If anyone can shed light on the meaning and/or origin of this word, you'd make me the hero of the second grade! That's "f u r n i c u l a r" -- Thanks! Debbi Richard Librarian, Lake Highlands Elementary Texas Debbi Richard Assistant Professor, Library Science Dallas Baptist University Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted furnicular songcookie 04/06/00 02:56 PM Re: furnicular tsuwm 04/06/00 03:28 PM Re: furnicular songcookie 04/06/00 04:32 PM Re: furnicular AnnaStrophic 04/06/00 11:40 PM Re: furnicular jmh 04/07/00 05:03 PM Re: furnicular GZini 05/05/00 02:50 PM Re: furnicular kebray 05/05/00 03:31 PM 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 Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,915 Posts229,892 Members9,197 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Bill_L, achz, MAGNVSTALSMA, Burlyfish, Renegade98 9,197 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 586 guests, and 3 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) A C Bowden 29 wofahulicodoc 23 LukeJavan8 3 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,893 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,947 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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