2003-11-07
the scoop on poop!
from my page-a-day of Forgotten English, for Nov.3, 2003.
In earlier times the indelicate subject of animal excrement apparently was discussed with far more precision, as the following group of archaic terms for the leavings of particular creatures suggests. John Kersey's New English Dictionary (1772) includes trettles ("the dung of a rabbet or coney") and lesses ("the dung of a boar, bear, or wolf"), while B. E.'s Dictionary of the Canting Crew (1699) gives billeting ("foxes' excrement") as well as spraints or spraintings, which came from otters. Halliwell's dictionary furthers our knowledge of this topics, contriubuting the general term ging along with fuants, "the dung of the wolf, fox, marten or badger . . . crotels, the ordure of hare, rabbit or goat, also called croteys and crotising; of the hart . . . fewmets, the dung of deer, also called fewmishings . . . [and] werdrobe, the ordure of the badger."
In earlier times the indelicate subject of animal excrement apparently was discussed with far more precision, as the following group of archaic terms for the leavings of particular creatures suggests. John Kersey's New English Dictionary (1772) includes trettles ("the dung of a rabbet or coney") and lesses ("the dung of a boar, bear, or wolf"), while B. E.'s Dictionary of the Canting Crew (1699) gives billeting ("foxes' excrement") as well as spraints or spraintings, which came from otters. Halliwell's dictionary furthers our knowledge of this topics, contriubuting the general term ging along with fuants, "the dung of the wolf, fox, marten or badger . . . crotels, the ordure of hare, rabbit or goat, also called croteys and crotising; of the hart . . . fewmets, the dung of deer, also called fewmishings . . . [and] werdrobe, the ordure of the badger."
Weight loss, week 14
Well, I've succeeded in hitting a snag. My weight gain of last week (due to snarfing out repeatedly while in Salt Lake City) has left me in a slump. 236 pounds. Must get a treadmill! My number of weeks and number of pounds lost is now equal! Eek!
Super Java!
Who is it that combats sleepiness with a mug to die for?
Who is it that induces the shakes in all his enemies?
Who is it that faces tribulations with a perky attitude?
Wearing coffee-colored tights, and a cape like whipped milk, SuperJava is here to protect us all from the evil Sandman. Thanks a latte, SJ!
Who is it that induces the shakes in all his enemies?
Who is it that faces tribulations with a perky attitude?
Wearing coffee-colored tights, and a cape like whipped milk, SuperJava is here to protect us all from the evil Sandman. Thanks a latte, SJ!