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Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2006 11:22 pm
by darthmaul
nestle

Posted: Thu Apr 27, 2006 6:59 am
by englishangel
boycott

Posted: Thu Apr 27, 2006 8:30 am
by Katharine
boring
(as in slow batting)

Posted: Thu Apr 27, 2006 8:51 am
by jhopgood
Aphrodite

Posted: Thu Apr 27, 2006 10:21 am
by J.R.
drilling

Posted: Thu Apr 27, 2006 10:23 am
by Richard Ruck
shaft

Posted: Thu Apr 27, 2006 10:40 am
by Katharine
adit

Posted: Thu Apr 27, 2006 10:47 am
by Richard Ruck
Katharine wrote:adit
One for 'Word of the day', Katharine!

So........

Dynamite

Posted: Thu Apr 27, 2006 11:14 am
by Katharine
Blast
Richard Ruck wrote:
Katharine wrote:adit
One for 'Word of the day', Katharine!
So........
Dynamite

Sorry, remember I live in an area renowned for its slate quarries and that was what came to mind - Chambers has it an opening or passage esp into a mine. As I understand it, adits are basically horizontal and shafts vertical but I'm open to correction.

Posted: Thu Apr 27, 2006 11:18 am
by Richard Ruck
Katharine wrote:Blast
Richard Ruck wrote:
Katharine wrote:adit
One for 'Word of the day', Katharine!
So........
Dynamite

Sorry, remember I live in an area renowned for its slate quarries and that was what came to mind - Chambers has it an opening or passage esp into a mine. As I understand it, adits are basically horizontal and shafts vertical but I'm open to correction.
Don't apologise - nothing wrong with learning a new word, as far as I'm concerned!

Next word, then -

rocket

Posted: Thu Apr 27, 2006 11:27 am
by jhopgood
O'Sullivan

Posted: Thu Apr 27, 2006 11:33 am
by Mid A 15
Peter

(Peter O'Sullivan voice of racing or is it O'Sullevan?)

Posted: Thu Apr 27, 2006 12:10 pm
by darthmaul
pepper

Posted: Thu Apr 27, 2006 12:15 pm
by jhopgood
Paul

Posted: Thu Apr 27, 2006 12:17 pm
by Mid A 15
Damascus