#91200
01/06/2003 6:41 PM
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darn
vt., vi.
5< MFr dial. darner, to piece together, mend < Bret darn, a piece < IE base *der3, to pull off, split apart > TEAR16 to mend (cloth) or repair (a hole or tear in cloth) by sewing a network of stitches across the gap
n.
a darned place in fabric
—SYN MEND
darn$er
n.
Today, very few people mend clothing, and so use "darn" only as euphemism for "damn?.
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#91201
01/06/2003 7:05 PM
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Diligent search did not disclose dictionary definition. But I remember hearing the word
in relation to automobile shock absorbers, and found this much corroboration:
"A well-designed dashpot 'shock absorber' creates an opposing force
[ proportional to the velocity. That's tricky to do with hydraulics,
[ and nigh impossible with an air cylinder. -- Robbie"
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#91202
01/06/2003 7:10 PM
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Botanical epitheth meaning having hairy leaves.
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#91203
01/06/2003 7:13 PM
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dasyure 7das4c y-r#8
n.
5ModL dasyurus < Gr dasys, thick, hairy + oura, tail: see URO326 any of a family (Dasyuridae) of small, mostly Australian marsupials that feed on flesh or insects
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#91204
01/06/2003 7:14 PM
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daube .
5Fr6 a stew of meat, usually beef, braised with red wine, vegetables, and herbs
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#91205
01/06/2003 7:20 PM
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Dauerlauf*
- continuous run
- sustained running
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#91206
01/06/2003 7:27 PM
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"There is also a similar debabelization technique in use for the Plagiarist
Guestbook http://plagiarist.org/debab/guestbook.html "(As a service to our
international community of visitors, comments will be automatically
"debabelized" via Babelfish Translation Services.)"
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#91207
01/06/2003 8:31 PM
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"1. Until very recently, the punishment of war crimes was a task entrusted to domestic tribunals.
Nuremberg and Tokyo were exceptions only in part, since the winner, which occupied the whole
territory of the loser, established the two Tribunals. The winner was able to exercise its jurisdiction
after the complete debellatio of the enemy. National jurisdictions are often accused of partiality:
they do not indict their own nationals for war crimes or, if they do, inflict only lenient penalties;
conversely, national tribunals are more severe towards crimes committed by nationals belonging
to the enemy State. One of the reasons why international tribunals have been established is that
war crimes, and international crimes in general, should not go unpunished. Belligerents should be equal before the law and if their nationals commit war crimes they should be punished, whether they
belong to the winning or the losing side. Equality and not partiality should be the characteristic
of the international tribunals."
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#91208
01/06/2003 8:36 PM
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déboucheé
n.
5Fr, pp.: see prec.6 an outlet, as for troops to debouch through
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#91209
01/06/2003 8:39 PM
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Decameron
n.
5It Decamerone < Gr deka, TEN + hcmera, day6 a collection of a hundred tales by Boccaccio (published 1353), presented as stories told by a group of Florentines to while away ten days during a plague
with a small "d" = ten days
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#91210
01/06/2003 8:44 PM
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stere 8
n.
5Fr st\re < Gr stereos, solid, cubic: see STEREO36 a cubic meter
decastere = ten cubic meters
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#91211
01/06/2003 8:46 PM
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stich
n.
5Gr stichos: see STILE16 Prosody a line of prose or, esp., of verse
decastich = ten lines of verse
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#91212
01/07/2003 9:26 AM
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#91213
01/07/2003 1:39 PM
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Sounds like converting the babelfish output into something that, at the very least, makes sense.
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