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OT word of the day
Since it's election season, how about canvass? As in "to canvass the
vote." http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/canvass The sources all say it comes from "to toss in a canvas sheet," but that is not helpful. Toss the ballots? Toss the voters? Just two voters, mixed gender, tossing (hmmm)? (Or, these days, same gender?) Does the length of the tossing-time affect the outcome of the vote? How big was the sheet used for tossing -- sail-sized? bed-sized? apron-sized? handkerchief- sized? Nann On Oct 14, 6:36*pm, (NightMist) wrote: Dunno how long I'll keep it up, or if I will last even a week, but I thought it might be fun to toss out a word a day and try to keep it to textile terms. They may not be new words for everybody, but hey it doesn't cost anything. (G) Today because I used the term once and puzzled people here, and because it was near the front of the dictionary: CALENDER. To smooth woollen cloths, and give them a gloss. NightMist -- Nothing has been the same since that house fell on my sister. |
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