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02/08/2003 7:50 PM
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today's wwftd (hjta, from Forgotten English®) is:
unray - to divest of clothes; to undress, strip
On this date in 1893, the earliest documented striptease was performed at the Bal des Quatre Arts, held at Paris's notorious Moulin Rouge... offered by woman remembered simply as Mona, who normally earned at least a portion of her living by posing nude for painters and sculptors.
http://home.mn.rr.com/wwftd/
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#94966
02/08/2003 8:31 PM
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Yeahbut®, Unray Poker doesn't quite have the same ring to it!
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#94967
02/08/2003 8:38 PM
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You guys tryin' to liven up the board, or somethin', this dull weekend?
Unrayed sounds like some pale-skinned ninny hitting the beach for the first time in his life...somebody who's been hidden under a rock for a long, long time...
Unrayed also sounds like a comical word for unenlightened...
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#94968
02/08/2003 8:41 PM
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> Unray Poker< You guys tryin' to liven up the board, or somethin', this dull weekend?Sure!...you dealin' the first hand? 
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#94969
02/08/2003 8:44 PM
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Yeah, I'll deal the first hand if you let me stack the deck!
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#94970
02/08/2003 8:55 PM
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just took a peek(!) in OED and unray is marked [(Brit) dial] with the def'n as given above. here are the most recent citations:
1599 Hakluyt Voy. II. ii. 57 One of the Spaniards vnraied himselfe, and lept into the water. 1611 Cotgr., Desabiller, to vncloath, vndresse, vnray. 1825– in s.w. dialect glossaries.
absol. 1867 W. F. Rock Jim an' Nell lxxix, Zum.. chap 'll help thee to unray.
(Zum?)
the etymology simply refers to the prefix un-, so:
4. a. A small number of OE. verbs in un- imply removal or deprivation; these end in -ian, as unhádian to deprive of orders, unhlidian to remove the lid from, uninseglian to unseal, unscógian to unshoe. In ME. the type remains rare, but occurs in unclead, unclothe, unhair. At a later date it becomes more frequent, and is common in modern use.
then, following the trail of discarded aritcles, under the verb ray:
4. To dress (oneself or another). = array v. 8. Also absol. Now dial.
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#94971
02/08/2003 8:55 PM
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Yeah, I'll deal the first hand if you let me stack the deck!Well, sure! If you're deck is really stacked that makes it all the merrier!! 
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#94972
02/08/2003 9:01 PM
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 Read tsuwm's definitions; take a deep breath; read them again; turn all cognitive functions on all the way; take a deep breath; read tsuwm's definitions...
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#94973
02/08/2003 9:07 PM
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Read tsuwm's definitions; take a deep breath; read them again; turn all cognitive functions on all the way; take a deep breath; read tsuwm's definitions...In other words, Wordwind, you have no riposte! that isn't liable to get'cha into deeper trouble here (sigh) Okay, then...just deal the cards... 
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#94974
02/08/2003 9:10 PM
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>If you're deck is really stacked that makes it all the merrier!!
getting pretty careless with the possessive there in you're[sic] rush to riposte, W-O'N.
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#94975
02/08/2003 9:24 PM
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Regrettabley, something about my Puritan ancestry has always prevented my enjoiyment.
of fine raiment.
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#94976
02/08/2003 9:25 PM
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Here's your your, tsuwm...you know what I meant... your deck. their/there/they're...its/it's...etc etc et c e tc e tc e tec ...happens all the time on these boards. Sheesh! When you can't have fun, complain!
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#94977
02/08/2003 10:39 PM
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Actually, as soon as I saw the word I figured it was akin to raiment. Sure enough.
TEd
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#94978
02/09/2003 2:00 AM
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I figured it came from array. Maybe people used to say they arrayed themselves when they dressed, and that they unarrayed themselves when they undressed. It would be an easy step to go from unarray to un'ray.
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#94979
02/09/2003 3:00 AM
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tsuwm> then, following the trail of discarded aritcles, under the verb ray:
4. To dress (oneself or another). = array v. 8. Also absol. Now dial. (E.A.)
-joe paté
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02/09/2003 3:59 AM
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1. arraignment [n.] |ETYM| Cf. Old Fren. <arraynement>, <aresnement>. , A legal document calling someone to court to answer an indictment. --Cambridge Dictionary As I suspected...notice arraynement in the etymology.
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#94981
02/09/2003 11:25 AM
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formerly known as etaoin...
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02/09/2003 5:45 PM
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joe paté-I'd seen your riposted def. I was just adding my 2¢. (You will never be chopped liver to me, Dear; you're the whole slab...
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