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"root" has FOUR variants I'm aware of - is this a record?(hehehe - can't get my mind away from the gutter)
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stales, the fourth meaning does not go beyond the Antipodes, I don't think, you ol' wombat you 
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bella donna: beautiful woman [italian]
belladonna: A poisonous Eurasian perennial herb, ... also called deadly nightshade.
----- from Italian bella, beautiful + donna, lady
I do not comment; I merely report.
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belladonna: A poisonous Eurasian perennial herb, ... also called deadly nightshade.
When used in carefully controlled quantities it had the effect of dilating a person's pupils. Large pupils are subconsciously associated with increased interest on the part of the pupil owner and therefore make the person seem more attractive to the person to whom the interest appears to be directed.
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But...
Rule:
1) To measure.
2) To mark a page off like a measure.
3) Reign (as a monarch, e.g.).
4) To decide as a court case.
1 and 2 are clearly related.
3 and 4 seem similar.
There is some vague sense in which they are maybe all related. Perhaps something like "To apply some standard to an object or event."
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riddle--OE root rędan-- meaning: puzzling or mystifying.
riddle--OE root hriddel-- a coarse seive.. (or anything like that-- riddled with holes or errors..)
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Poke--ONF -- related to pocket-- a bag or sack (as in a pig in a poke)
Poke--ME-- related to Poken-- to prod, jab, thrust.. (poke in the ribs, or poke in the eye..or even poke fun at..
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Belladonna comments? Where is Ms. Marduk? Would bel add-on a comment here?
And speaking of adding:
adder: one who performs addition
adder: viper (alteration of a naddre, a snake)
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Apology for being obtuse ... the top of my head doesn't seem to be where the synapse for reading lurks.
Tsuwm rightly noted entries should sound alike,(be) spelled alike,
Foiled again in effort to keep a thread going! Ah well, here's a late entry:
Foil:
representation of a leaf in heraldry;
thin sheet of metal or other substance (i.e. plastic etc);
small arcs between the cusps of a Gothic window or arch;
in architecture to ornament with foils;
some thing or person who sets off another by contrast;
setback;
check;
repulse;
defeat;
In wrestling a throw not resulting in a complete fall;
In hunting the track or scent of a hunted animal;
A light, blunt edged fencing sword, button-ended;
also the excercise of fencing with foils;
trample or tread down;
When I finally think of one ya godda admit I can really pound it into the ground!
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foil-- from fouler (from full as in to full cloth..) came to mean trample , defeat, frustrate! (Foiled Again!)
foil from folium (a blade, as in a blade or leave of grass) a thin piece sheet of metal.. (aluminum foil) -- the same under a paste (fake) jewels to make it appear brilliant.. or a person who does the same for a comedian..(a straight man)
foil-- a narrow sword.. origin unknown..
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adder: one who performs addition
adder: viper (alteration of a naddre, a snake)
and
adder: Edmund, Duke of Edinburgh. Baaaaaaa!
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