2013-05-24

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2013-05-24 05:58 pm
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learning a new word: miller, fulvid, purpuric, schlimaz(e)l, voile, marquetry, linenfold, coffered

A 'miller' in this sense is a kind of moth with powdery-looking wings and body. (I wouldn't have used it in the phrase 'moths, millers, and gnats' myself because it's already covered by the mention of moths, but that's just me.)
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2013-05-24 08:07 pm
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learning a new word: taproot, tuck-and-roll, faille, bister, maquillage, chinoiserie, parterre

taproot - the main root of a plant

tuck-and-roll - | | | | | (that kind of upholstery on car seats is called tuck-and-roll; didn't know the word for it)
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