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Word For The Day, Wednesday, August 6, 2003
The Verbivores
| 8/6/03
| Teacher
Posted on 08/06/2003 5:10:14 AM PDT by RikaStrom
In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of word for the day. Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the word of the day; in a sentence. The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day. Practice makes perfect.....post on....
stave \stayve\, noun
staved or stove; staving, stavesverb, intransitive verb
staving, staves intransitive verb
Noun
1. A narrow strip of wood forming part of the sides of a barrel, tub, or similar structure.
2. A rung of a ladder or chair.
3. A staff or cudgel.
4. A set of verses; a stanza
verb, intransitive verb
5. To break in or puncture the staves of.
6. To break or smash a hole in.
7. To crush or smash inward.
8. To furnish with staves.
9. To be or become crushed in.
And answered with such craft as women use, Guilty or guilties, to stave off a chance That breaks upon them perilously. --Tennyson.
All the wine in the city has been staved. --Sandys.
Etymology: [Back-formation from staves, pl. of staff1.]
TOPICS: Education; Humor; Poetry; Word For The Day
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To: Hegewisch Dupa
clever HD!
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posted on
08/06/2003 8:48:39 AM PDT
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xsmommy
To: Hegewisch Dupa; hobbes1
here ya go, HD!
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posted on
08/06/2003 8:52:29 AM PDT
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xsmommy
To: RikaStrom; Eala; hobbes1; xsmommy; MeeknMing
Homework:
The shipwrecked sailers had nothing to eat for days, so they staved a stave in the barrel to avoid staving to death; that way, they staved alive until rescued.
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posted on
08/06/2003 8:53:35 AM PDT
by
Robert A Cook PE
(I can only support FR by donating monthly, but ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
To: xsmommy
omigawd!
To: Hegewisch Dupa
LMAO! your wish is my command, sweetie!
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posted on
08/06/2003 8:57:05 AM PDT
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xsmommy
To: xsmommy
I wish Billy Koch had his 98 mph fastball back
To: Hegewisch Dupa
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz baseball zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Tomorrow xsboy is invited to accompany one of his friends for his bday to an Orioles game up in Baltimore. the kid's mom is taking the boys up early for batting practice and autographs...zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
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posted on
08/06/2003 9:07:07 AM PDT
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xsmommy
To: Hegewisch Dupa
THAT is your wish??? no MLR? sheesh.
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posted on
08/06/2003 9:07:41 AM PDT
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xsmommy
To: xsmommy
went to the game Monday night. Me and my good buddy had to invent betting schemes that included the wives in order to keep them at least occasionly interested with what was going on out in the field. It kinda worked.
To: xsmommy
didn't seem proper to use one babe in order to wish for another babe
To: Hegewisch Dupa
; )
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posted on
08/06/2003 9:16:01 AM PDT
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xsmommy
To: xsmommy
and really, my White Sox are just a killer closer away from post-season play.
To: Hegewisch Dupa
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posted on
08/06/2003 9:19:27 AM PDT
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xsmommy
To: xsmommy
I think your vibe is stuck on the 'on' position again....
To: Hegewisch Dupa
you kill me.
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posted on
08/06/2003 9:20:40 AM PDT
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xsmommy
To: xsmommy
I love how I forgot to change or erase my tagline, but it was equally appropiate anyway!
To: Hegewisch Dupa
i liked it too!
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posted on
08/06/2003 9:22:41 AM PDT
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xsmommy
To: Hegewisch Dupa
in fact i missed it's intended post, and only caught it the second time!
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posted on
08/06/2003 9:23:27 AM PDT
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xsmommy
To: xsmommy
They have the "Kiss Cam" at Sox Park, where in between innings they focus in on couples, put them up on the JumboTron, and if they don't smooch they get booed by the crowd.
I hope the camera finds the section with you and the other mothers.
To: Hegewisch Dupa
hey, i ain't going. this is the bday boy's mom's gig. she is taking the handful of 11 yo's up there. i wouldn't go on a dare!! ; )
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posted on
08/06/2003 9:28:25 AM PDT
by
xsmommy
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