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I have no idea how often it was employed during the Civil War, but camouflet was a tactic
used by sappers, specialists in tunnelling under enemy defence walls. A tunnel would be
dug to intercept an enemy tunnel. Then an explosive charge would be placed where
enemy sappers extending their tunnel would be killed by it.
"Usually associated with defensive mines a camouflet was a small
explosive charge packed into a hole drilled from a mine defensive gallery
toward a hostile mine gallery. It was designed to fill the hostile mine
gallery with deadly fumes when the charge was exploded, filling the
hostile mine with deadly fumes that would suffocate miners working the
gallery and prevent the gallery from being re-entered by hostile miners.
Its destructive effect on the gallery itself was supposed to be negliable so
that the mine gallery from which the camouflet was exploded would not suffer
serious damage and could continue in use."
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Campanology
n.
5ModL campanologie < LL campana (see prec.) + L 3logia, 3LOGY6
1 the study of bells
2 the art of bell ringing
campanologist
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Not to be confused with cabochon...
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They're awfully close, aren't they? But, more to the point, I looked up 'canard,' and found this on MW:
"Etymology: French, literally, duck; in sense 1, from Middle French vendre des canards à moitié to cheat, literally, to half-sell ducks
Date: circa 1859
1 : a false or unfounded report or story; especially : a fabricated report
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Will someone please tell me how in Sam's Hill does anyone half-sell anything?
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In reply to:
THIS for a
related topic, concrete poetry.
Wonder how many beautiful writings have been written on the subject of concrete? 
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Any relation to calomine lotion?
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As is amber, camber is a pretty word with a lovely meaning.
What differences in driving would positive and negative cambers cause?
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So, off you go a-traveling with your baedeker and cambist...
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the old Volkswagen Beetles had a very noticeable positive camber, especially on the rear tires. it had to do with the suspension system. the tires generally lost that camber when there were passengers in the car.
I miss my old bug...
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