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Stroller <stroller <at> stellar.eclipse.co.uk> writes: |
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> On Mon, 8 June 2015, at 2:25 pm, James <wireless <at> tampabay.rr.com> wrote: |
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> > So I just ran across this word "emeried" and I can only find emory. |
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> > I think "emeried" is obscure in both meaning and usage. |
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> My 1970's copy of the 24-volume Oxford English Dictionary says that emery |
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as a verb is to rub with emery (e.g. |
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> emery paper, I guess). |
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> So I guess an example sentence would be "before the panel can be |
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repainted, it must be emeried until all |
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> traces of the paint have been removed." |
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> I agree this is obscure - I had to look it up, and my Mac's Dictionary.app |
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doesn't contain it, either. |
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YES. Emery is common. Emeried, is obsure; it may have several meanings in |
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context, like, YOU need POLISHING, you know one of those 'hi_brow' old |
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english tongue-lashings from an english intellectual (like a snob). |
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The word 'emeried' came across to me; and I hate when I cannot find the |
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exact context meaning of a word (it's a personal quark for a guy that |
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often does not check his own spelling. |
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> Are you trying to fix the dictionary? I have often felt Unix |
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/usr/share/dict contains many words so obscure |
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> (or obsolete) as to be useless, but it seems to me this not only needs to |
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be addressed upstream, but it's also |
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> pretty much a fulltime job for someone. |
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A while back "Q" enquired if anyone would appreciate his efforts to bring |
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us a more robust "english dictionary". So, this is a follow up on that, |
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but I could not find the thread (lazy_parser_is_broken_in_my_brain).... |
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> Stroller. |
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James |
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