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#61052 03/16/02 02:26 PM
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Dear WW: Remember not to confuse "flare" with "flair".


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This old Kaintuk Long Rifle that the old man left laying around had been shot so many times during its 'hey day' that the end of the barrel had begun to flare out (ie. tapper to a wider than original opening). Could this be 'glass blower speak'?

Also, an end piece that screws onto threaded pipe which enables the pipe to be mounted perpendicular onto a flat surface is called a flange. Same root, perhaps?


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Dear musick: my dictionary says your "flange" is related to words meaning "side" such as "flank".


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If I remember correctly (and I've just checked and I do), Gore Vidal's first novel was called Williwaw. I haven't read it, so all I know about it is that it's about the Second World War.

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Faldage, is there some hidden meaning in the inclusion in the same post of "Bean" and "flatus"?


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