HONEI - a sweet thick liquid made by Japanese bees
wofahulicodoc
06/21/25 04:49 PM
HONE
PRONUNCIATION: (hohn)
MEANING: noun:
A fine-grained stone or tool for sharpening blades.
A precision tool with a rotating abrasive tip, used to enlarge or smooth a hole.
verb tr.:
To sharpen on a hone.
To enlarge or smooth a hole using a honing tool.
To refine or perfect a skill through long practice.
ETYMOLOGY: From Old English han (stone). Earliest documented use: noun: before 1150, verb: 1400.
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pH ONE - a highly acid solution
HIONE - a Hawaiian ketone (compare HIYONE, a Silver ketone)
HP-ONE - the first prototype hand-held calculator from Hewlett-Packard
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SHEILA-C - her third clone
wofahulicodoc
06/20/25 02:18 AM
SHELLACK or SHELLAC
PRONUNCIATION: (shuh-LAK)
MEANING: noun:
A resin secreted by the lac insect and purified for use in varnishes, paints, inks, sealing waxes, phonograph records, etc.
A phonograph record, especially a 78 rpm.
A severe defeat or beating.
verb tr.:
To coat or treat with shellac.
To thrash soundly.
To defeat decisively, especially in a contest or game.
ETYMOLOGY: From shell + lac, translation of French laque en écailles (lac in thin plates), from Latin lac, from Arabic lac, from Persian lac, from Prakrit lakkha, from Sanskrit laksha (lac, a red dye). Lac is a resin secreted by the lac insect. Earliest documented use: noun: 1713, verb: 1876.
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SHELL DC - an enlightened Shell Oil Co offers recharging ports for electric vehicles at its fuel stations
SHE'LL ACT - what will happen when she realizes she can't sing or dance
SHELL ACE - a handy thing to have during the Merpeople's Poker Championship
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Needle in a haystack
A C Bowden
06/19/25 01:05 AM
The police had the difficult task
Of finding a thief in a mask
In a marketplace packed
With people – in fact,
It proved an impossible ask.
GIN – GIVING
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TRUNKLE - a large-ish valise
wofahulicodoc
06/18/25 11:46 PM
TRUCKLE
PRONUNCIATION: (TRUHK-uhl)
MEANING: verb intr.: To act in a servile manner.
verb tr.: To move or roll on small wheels.
noun: 1. A low bed that slides under another bed. Also known as a truckle bed or a trundle bed.
2. A small wheel.
3. A small barrel-shaped cheese.
ETYMOLOGY: From Anglo-French trocle (roller, pulley), from Latin trochlea (pulley), from Greek trochilea (pulley). Earliest documented use: noun: 1417, verb: 1625.
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TRACKLE - a racetrack 1/8-mile around, the more common length being a quarter-mile
TRUNKLE - pertaining to the torso
TRUCKALE - commoners' cheap beverage that arrives at your pub in a tank truck rather than a bottle or even a keg
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Easy money
A C Bowden
06/17/25 11:47 PM
When a star has a vital vignette
In a movie, they're likely to get
A few words to learn,
From which they can earn
A fortune without breaking sweat.
MARKETPLACE – MASK
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