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At school we had a large noisy machine like a mincer from hell, which ground up old clay and relaxed it with slip water and new clay to form a reusable pug – I am fairly sure it was called a (sp?) Malaxor. I was still half inclined to think malaxate is the product, not the process – a noun, not a verb.
Yet from the Dictionary of Difficult Words I get this:
malax
v.t. soften by kneading or diluting. malaxage, n. such softening of clay. malaxate, v.t. malaxation, malaxator, n.
http://www.lineone.net/dictionaryof/difficultwords/d0007887
So I guess that this is another ‘love it or ~ate it’ word – how disorientating!
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Malaxate - the results Sparteye 06/08/01 12:23 AM Re: Malaxate - the results maverick 06/08/01 11:02 AM Re: Malaxate - the results tsuwm 06/08/01 01:47 PM Re: Malaxate - the results maverick 06/08/01 02:44 PM Re: Malaxate - the results tsuwm 06/09/01 01:45 PM Re: Malaxate - the results Bingley 06/10/01 08:12 AM Re: Malaxate - the results Sparteye 06/11/01 10:55 AM Re: Malaxate - the results rodward 06/11/01 12:19 PM
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