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Indiarubber A substance made from the sap of various tropical plants, and used for erasing pencil marks, and many other purposes. Pronounce Indirubber.
This was written over a hundred years ago. Little did the author suspect the future of rubber.
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I have been unable to find definition of "notarica"
try here:
http://takeourword.com/TOW130/page2.html (third one down)
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Thanks, etaoin. Joke on me. I think I have seen every TOW issue except that one. They went on vacation, and when they came back, somehow I missed that one. That guy must have looked at the same Dictionary of Phrase and Fable that I am taking these posts from. I am doing it mostly so board won't look so empty until the oldtimers come back.
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Ichthus for l e'sous, CH ristos, TH eou U ios, S oterFascinating. Doesn't Christian mysticism depict Christ as a fish in any case? I remember hearing there is also an astrological connection, in that the birth of Christ marked the "Age of Pisces". As everyone knows we're in the Age of Aquarius now (maan ![](/board/images/icons/cool.gif) ).
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But not a Fish on a bike.
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hobnobs are the best biscuits in the world, i never thought about the origin of the name but i suppose for biscuits it makes sense. and who would have thought that hob nobbing is just basically being the shy/socially inept/minging one in the kitchen at a party
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I have a hazy recollection that the fish symbol for Christ was created at a time when Christians were being persecuted, and needed a sort of secret mutual recognition symbol.
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Innis Fodhla [Island of Destiny ], an old name of Ireland.
"Long before the westerr districts of Innis Fodhla had any settled name ... a powerful king reigned over this part of the sacred island. [The king referred to was Connedda, who gave his name to the province of Connacht]." - W. B. Yeats: Fairy Tales and Folk-Lore, pp. 306, 318.
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Innuendo An implied or covert hint of blame. It is a law term, meaning the person nodded to or indirectly referred to (Latin, in-nuo).
"Implying or suggesting, instead of stating plainly, often increases the effect of what is intended to give pain or pleasure. This is `innuendo.' " - Bain: Composition, etc. (Innuendo), part i. p. 212.
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Inoculate (4 syl.) is to put in an eye (Latin, in oculus). The allusion is to a plan adopted by gardeners who insert the "eye" or small bud of a superior plant into the stock of an inferior one, in order to produce flowers or fruits of better quality.
How this word has changed in a hundred years!
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