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#63304
04/02/2002 12:25 AM
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SYLLABICATION: fil·o·plume
NOUN: A hairlike feather having few or no barbs, usually located between contour feathers.
ETYMOLOGY: Latin flum, thread; see gwh- in Appendix I + plume.
As per Dr. Bill, I found this word in a book I am reading and thought I'd pop it in here and see if it flies.
The phrase, for context, is as follows:
"Lowering her filoplume lashes until they almost swept the blush from her cheeks..."
-Tom Robbins Fierce Invalids Home From Hot Climates
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#63305
04/02/2002 12:56 AM
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Dear consuelo: remember of troy suggested this way of making posts. I wish many others would do likewise, as they easily could since they can read so much more than I can.
In this instance I find it hard to applaud the author's choice. I doubt that filoplumes are sturdy enough to give the vital protection to the cornea that eyelashes do. Undoubtedly it was intended as a poetic evaluation of her eyes, which also fails to please me. The beauty men see in women's eyes has very little to do with eye make-up. I have no talent for describing it.
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#63306
04/02/2002 1:23 AM
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It wasn't the make-up he was commenting on, Dr. Bill, but the featheriness of the lashes as they touched her cheek. I should have started with a different example from this book. Darn! http://books.guardian.co.uk/firstchaptersScroll down a little more than halfway. When you encounter a picture of the front cover of The Paymaster, look to the bottom left and click on the link to this book. Or, for that matter, any that catch your fancy 
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#63307
04/02/2002 1:44 AM
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Dear connie: I am sure your lashes are prettier than hers. I can't imagine "feathery" lashes. I have had many anxious moments trying to remove "ingrown" lashes. Feathery ones would be hazardous.
The first girl I ever dated, I met by hitting her in the eye with a wild drive playing tennis. When I looked at her eye to see if there were any injury, I saw something else. Alas, after a couple years she told me she had decided she did not want to be a doctor's wife. I never saw her again.
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#63308
04/02/2002 2:06 AM
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Been there, done that. Guess she was smarter than me  But maybe with you, it would have been a different story. I'll bet it was.[smooch-e] Her loss.
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#63309
04/02/2002 2:42 AM
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When I looked at her eye to see if there were any injury, I saw something else.
Oh, what a romantic way of putting it! You are truly a joy, Dr. Bill. [batting my eyelashes at you-e]
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04/02/2002 2:22 PM
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.[smooch-e] ...Dr. Bill. [batting my eyelashes at you-e]Hey, now--paws off, girls! At least give me a chance first!  Consuelo--I like your "see if your feathery post flies." Good one!
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