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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread eclogue #124884 03/09/2004 2:13 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 From the Ecloque Wordsmith cited what does "yeaned" mean? "She dropped her new-yeaned twins on the bare flint, " Joke on me.I thought it was a typo, but: Webster's 1913 Dictionary Definition: \Yean\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Yeaned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Yeaning}.] [AS. e['a]nian, or gee['a]nian; perhaps akin to E. ewe, or perhaps to L. agnus, Gr. ?. Cf. {Ean}.] To bring forth young, as a goat or a sheep; to ean. --Shak. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: eclogue #124885 03/09/2004 2:18 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 But I wonder how Tityrus can be comfortable resting on a "slender oat". Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: eclogue #124886 03/09/2004 2:31 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Thanks for the def., Dr. Bill--I thought your sentence was a typo, too. Don't think I'll go look at the eclogue, though--that one line is depressingly ominous. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: eclogue #124887 03/12/2004 12:20 AM Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada Zed Pooh-Bah Zed Pooh-Bah Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada resting on a "slender oat". must be a super model Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter 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 Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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