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#75056 07/07/02 08:46 PM
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Indiarubber A substance made from the sap of various tropical plants, and used for erasing pencil marks,
and many other purposes. Pronounce Indirubber.

This was written over a hundred years ago. Little did the author suspect the future of rubber.


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In reply to:

I have been unable to find definition of "notarica"


try here:

http://takeourword.com/TOW130/page2.html
(third one down)



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Thanks, etaoin. Joke on me. I think I have seen every TOW issue except that one.
They went on vacation, and when they came back, somehow I missed that one.
That guy must have looked at the same Dictionary of Phrase and Fable that I am
taking these posts from. I am doing it mostly so board won't look so empty until
the oldtimers come back.


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Ichthus for l e'sous, CH ristos, TH eou U ios, S oter

Fascinating.

Doesn't Christian mysticism depict Christ as a fish in any case? I remember hearing there is also an astrological connection, in that the birth of Christ marked the "Age of Pisces". As everyone knows we're in the Age of Aquarius now (maan ).


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But not a Fish on a bike.


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hobnobs are the best biscuits in the world, i never thought about the origin of the name but i suppose for biscuits it makes sense. and who would have thought that hob nobbing is just basically being the shy/socially inept/minging one in the kitchen at a party


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I have a hazy recollection that the fish symbol for Christ was created at a time
when Christians were being persecuted, and needed a sort of secret mutual
recognition symbol.


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Innis Fodhla [Island of Destiny ], an old name of Ireland.

"Long before the westerr districts of Innis Fodhla had any settled name ... a powerful king
reigned over this part of the sacred island. [The king referred to was Connedda, who gave his
name to the province of Connacht]." - W. B. Yeats: Fairy Tales and Folk-Lore, pp. 306, 318.


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Innuendo An implied or covert hint of blame. It is a law term, meaning the person nodded to or indirectly
referred to (Latin, in-nuo).

"Implying or suggesting, instead of stating plainly, often increases the effect of what is intended
to give pain or pleasure. This is `innuendo.' " - Bain: Composition, etc. (Innuendo), part i. p.
212.


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Inoculate (4 syl.) is to put in an eye (Latin, in oculus). The allusion is to a plan adopted by gardeners
who insert the "eye" or small bud of a superior plant into the stock of an inferior one, in order to produce
flowers or fruits of better quality.

How this word has changed in a hundred years!



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