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User talk:Hintha

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Pali
Hi! Pali inherits from Sanskrit, it does not borrow, so for Pali etymologies you should use. And when adding Burmese descendants to Pali entries, you should mark them as borrowed, since Burmese borrows from Pali: my. Thanks for the entries! —AryamanA (मुझसे बात करें • योगदान) 22:25, 22 April 2018 (UTC)

gas station / petrol station
Hi,

Could you kindly break up into components the term, please? Thanks for your Burmese edits!--Anatoli T. (обсудить/вклад) 02:26, 23 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Thanks for adding these. I have more requests, please: I can't find translations for perfume (substance providing a pleasant smell) and please verify supermarket, when you have time. Thank you. --Anatoli T. (обсудить/вклад) 10:15, 24 April 2018 (UTC)

ဂလင်း
Hi,

Could you please check - the etymology and the pronunciation? It's not in Sealang dictionary. ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါတယ်. --Anatoli T. (обсудить/вклад) 00:56, 10 May 2018 (UTC)

Verifying voice recordings
A new editor, Special:Contributions/Dudewing, has added some audio pronunciations which are a bit questionable into some entries, like, and. It's probably a good idea to check these in case the pronunciations are completely wrong. Thank you in advance. — surjection ⟨?⟩ 23:05, 16 March 2019 (UTC)

 * Thanks for notifying me. I went through the pronunciations. The recordings appear be good faith edits, but I can detect a strong Thai accent.

 * The following are near native: ဘူး, နွား,
 * The following are OK, but should be re-recorded by a native speaker: အမိန့်ရှိပါ
 * The following are not accurate:
 * Incorrect consonant usage: ခေါက်ဆွဲ, ထမင်း, ဆိတ်
 * Incorrect tone: ဆန်, ကျွဲ, မြန်မာ
 * Incorrect vowel: တယ်

 * Google Translate can also be used to sense-check audio recordings. Their voice algorithm for Burmese is quite accurate. Hope this helps. Hintha (talk) 03:33, 18 March 2019 (UTC)

Burmese edits
Hi,

Sorry to annoy you. Thanks for your contributions! I have noticed that you are not very thorough with pronunciations and some other things, though. I have been pinging you but you never responded to my messages. If you're not 100% sure how to use correctly, just give me or User:Mahagaja a yell, the template doesn't always produce the right results without some additional information. The pronunciation is very important and your native speaker's input is crucial. --Anatoli T. (обсудить/вклад) 01:18, 2 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Noted. I'll bear this in mind as I verify the pronunciations. I do have a question. For entries like ဆွမ်း, where multiple standard pronunciations exist (e.g., /sʰʊ́ɴ/ and /sʰwáɴ), what's the best way to reflect these? --Hintha (talk) 01:40, 2 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Multiple pronunciations can be separated by a pipe "|" (not accelerated with, only manual edit).
 * In the section Template:my-IPA, it says: "The combinations listed in Wiktionary:Burmese transliteration#ကွတ်, ဝတ်, etc. (i.e. ွ or ဝ followed by တ်, န်, ပ်, မ် or ံ) will be interpreted intelligently by the module. If the unchanged pronunciation is desired, a slash / can be placed between the initial and final (e.g. ကွ/တ်).", so I used "ဆွ/မ်း" in the alternative phonetic respelling. --Anatoli T. (обсудить/вклад) 01:50, 2 April 2019 (UTC)

သျှင် and အသျှင်
Hi, the MED at SEAlang spells these words and  instead of  and. Which spelling would you say is more common? —Mahāgaja · talk 20:26, 3 April 2019 (UTC)
 * The former spellings (ရှ-) are definitely more common today, although the latter forms are still encountered, especially in certain regions and in texts predating the 1960s. I believe there was spelling reform done during the socialist era, to more consistently spell various consonants (ဖ vs. ဘ; သျှ vs ရှ, etc.), which also why သျှမ်း (as in the Shan people) is now officially spelt ရှမ်း. As I come across additional documentation, I'll be sure to keep you posted.--Hintha (talk) 03:37, 4 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Hi. Please comment on Module_talk:my-pron. We need to fix this. --Anatoli T. (обсудить/вклад) 21:46, 4 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Hintha, would superseded spelling of be a good choice for spellings like and ? —Mahāgaja · talk 06:58, 6 April 2019 (UTC)
 * That would be an appropriate choice! I found a 2003 PDF of MLC's orthography guide (link), which as I suspected, no longer recognizes the spellings and . That is not to say that these spellings are no longer used, especially in reference to historic / regional figures. For instance, government publications commonly reference  as .--Hintha (talk) 06:19, 8 April 2019 (UTC)

 * Thank you for your response. I have added two categories to your user talk page: Category:User Mymr and Category:User my, since your user page doesn't allow editing without breaking the links. --Anatoli T. (обсудить/вклад) 06:25, 8 April 2019 (UTC)

mail and prophet
Hi,

Are you able to check my translation of mail (postal delivery system) - (I also asked at Tea_room/2019/April) and could you also add a Burmese translation for (religious) prophet - it's not in any dictionary, as far as I can see. --Anatoli T. (обсудить/вклад) 23:55, 14 April 2019 (UTC)

trans-mid
Don't forget to include the template. --Lo Ximiendo (talk) 05:25, 17 April 2019 (UTC)

Devanagari
Hi,

What's the Burmese spelling of Devanagari? --Anatoli T. (обсудить/вклад) 04:40, 6 May 2019 (UTC)
 * I've added the definitions - and . Cheers. --Hintha (talk) 06:49, 6 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Thank you! --Anatoli T. (обсудить/вклад) 08:05, 6 May 2019 (UTC)

Your Khmer edits, e.g. ទសបារមី, ទសជាតក
Hello,

Khmer requires phonetic re-spellings to produce correct transliterations and IPA. Some letters are silent, consonant use a different from the nominal class, words required syllabification or they can be completely irregular. Please refrain from using if you can't get the right result. Sealang Khmer dictionary] produces transliterations, so you can aim to get the same.

You can study this document: WT:KM TR, if you want to learn - but it wasn't easy for me. Otherwise, just use the manual transliteration with "tr=". Please note my changes to and, which now produce completely different transliterations and IPA! --Anatoli T. (обсудить/вклад) 07:28, 25 May 2019 (UTC)

description
Hi,

What's the Burmese word for description? I can't find it in dictionaries. --Anatoli T. (обсудить/вклад) 12:05, 16 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Also, friendship needs a Burmese translation. (I am just looking at basic words, which don't have Burmese and are not in Sealang dictionary, please don't feel overwhelmed, and take your time). --Anatoli T. (обсудить/вклад) 07:15, 17 June 2019 (UTC)

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Affix template lang parameters
Hi Hintha, when you use af or a similar template, you don't need to use the langn parameters unless a component is from a different language. For example on ဗြဲတိုက်, you would use the langn parameter for the Mon part, but not the Burmese part. Otherwise it adds the page into Category:Burmese twice-borrowed terms, which we don't want. Julia ☺ ☆ 17:11, 7 May 2020 (UTC)

A Consultation for translating a book title
Hello, I have a question for you: how would you translate the book title How the Specter of Communism Is Ruling Our World into Burmese?

(The original Chinese version is titled 《魔鬼在統治著我們的世界》, or móguǐ zài tǒngzhì zhe wǒmen de shìjiè in Pinyin.) Thanks for considering and answering. --Apisite (talk) 07:36, 9 May 2020 (UTC)

 * As I asked at Ninjastrikers' talk-page, what's the literary equivalent of the phrase "ကွန်မြူနစ်တစ္ဆေဟာ ကမ္ဘာကို ဘယ်လိုအုပ်စိုးခဲ့သလဲ"? In particular, what is the literary equivalent of သလဲ? --Apisite (talk) 23:57, 14 May 2020 (UTC)

Jingpho altforms
Hi. I'm very glad you're taking the time to work with Jingpho. I just wanted to bring up the question of the alternative forms: perhaps it would be more fitting to choose a major form and list all others as alternatives? That is, for such words as, and , which share both the etymology and meaning. Same goes for and. See for reference what was done with, and.

By the way, the categories are created by a bot every few days, so you don't have to do it by hand :) Thadh (talk) 08:43, 1 December 2020 (UTC)

About the recent Vietnamese entries
You are welcomed to add these entries about these religious figures (some of which I haven't heard of, granted, I'm not religious in any sense), just remember to keep the typical format for Vietnamese entries. A long-time anonymous editor has consistently omitted the pronunciation section; his/her entries are good but I have to constantly keep track of them in order to add the omitted part. In your case, just remember to add a period in the etymology section. Anyway, have fun.PhanAnh123 (talk) 02:25, 30 December 2020 (UTC)

Vietnamese compounds
It seems that you are using this site to help fill the derived terms section of Sino-Vietnamese entries. I just want let you know that not every compounds listed here are actually used in Vietnamese, sometimes they just are in a Chinese language poem of an author (not necessarily Vietnamese). So be cautious of adding them.PhanAnh123 (talk) 11:06, 2 January 2021 (UTC)

သိက္ခာ and သိက္ခါ
I've broken the redirect from သိက္ခာ and သိက္ခါ, as I have found good verification evidence for the Pali word. You may want to add a link for the Burmese word to replace the redirect. RichardW57 (talk) 21:10, 3 May 2021 (UTC)

ဢၢင်းၵတေႇ
Hi, there's an error at this page. Would you be able to fix it? — justin(r)leung { (t...) 21:09, 7 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Sure thing, done! - Hintha (talk) 22:07, 7 February 2022 (UTC)

ၵျွႃး
ၵျွႃး is still broken. Vininn126 (talk) 14:07, 9 February 2022 (UTC)

ပြန့်
Hi, could you please tidy up ပြန့် which was created by another user a bit? Thanks! Are the two etymologies related? RcAlex36 (talk) 08:30, 3 August 2022 (UTC)

Rhetorical request
Hello, I don't know what race you are, but there are things I need to warn you about. I request that you immediately stop copying Mon vocabulary from the Sealang website without understanding Mon vocabulary, so the reason is that the Sealang website has Mon vocabulary errors, so I have explained this to Polski Wiktionary, you can take a look at my user talk from Polski Wiktionary, so it's not good for me to keep editing your mistakes, I still have a lot of work to do elsewhere in Mon vocabulary, so now your work on Mon vocabulary seems to bother me so I want you to immediately stop copying Mon vocabulary from Sealang website, so if you are interested in the Mon language, you want to learn it with your own brain, thanks.-- 𝓓𝓻.𝓘𝓷𝓽𝓸𝓫𝓮𝓼𝓪 |𝒯𝒶𝓁𝓀 17:43, 8 October 2022 (UTC)
 * - I really don't appreciate your condescending tone whatsoever. I highly encourage you to read Civility and Don’t be a jerk so we can have a productive discussion. We can discuss the merits of using particular sources on a case-by-case basis, but I will not engage with any further hostility from you. We are all trying to make Wiktionary a better place, and more inclusive of underrepresented languages, be it Burmese or Mon. If you feel that a particular source has specific issues, please use the Discussion page of said entry. Appreciate it. -Hintha (talk) 02:38, 11 October 2022 (UTC)
 * , okay, let me ask you, please answer honestly, I would like to ask if you are being honest when you say that many of the Mon vocabulary were borrowed from the Burmese language, so it is clear that your actions are completely dishonest, if your actions were truly honest, provide strong evidence.-- 𝓓𝓻.𝓘𝓷𝓽𝓸𝓫𝓮𝓼𝓪 |𝒯𝒶𝓁𝓀 11:49, 11 October 2022 (UTC)
 * For, I've rephrased the connection as 'Compare with...', pending the provision of 'strong evidence'. --RichardW57m (talk) 10:53, 12 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Can you please alert me to any such discussion. I've placed an order for Shorto's "Dictionary of Spoken Mon", but alas it will apparently take 5 or 6 weeks more to arrive.  I've ordered it because I would like to see what it actually says.  Having been published in 1962, it couldn't actually distinguish between encodings such as  and ; Unicode didn't exist then.  Has either of you seen the actual dictionary?  From the introduction to the SEALang page, I get the impression it only contains the native script in transliteration.  --RichardW57m (talk) 11:34, 12 October 2022 (UTC)
 * , The use of Unicode Mon letter has been implemented since 2010 under the leadership of Anonta, currently, many Mon still use Mon Unicode, there is a typo, you can also learn the video explained by ဝိညာဏ်ထဝ် မန်ထေန်, Note: do not ask him about this matter and he cannot understand the English language to reply.-- 𝓓𝓻.𝓘𝓷𝓽𝓸𝓫𝓮𝓼𝓪 |𝒯𝒶𝓁𝓀 10:37, 13 October 2022 (UTC)

title: User talk:Hintha


text: hjernevasket

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cryptofax

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 * 1) A fax machine that transmits the electronic data in an encrypted form

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cyberdéfense

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 * 1) cyberdefence / cyberdefense

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plaukas

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 * kirpti / plaukus - to cut / to plait hairs

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cyberespionnage

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cyberstratégie

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 * 1) cyberstrategy

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géolocation

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 * 1) geolocation (coordinates)

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hacktiviste

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 * 1) hacktivist

title: hacktiviste


text: Category:Italian terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *werǵ-


text: hébergeant

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スクショ

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implémentation

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indiscriminé

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text: infiltrée

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 * 2)  fish
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bisaïeule

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焚毀

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 * 1) to burn down

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餐桌墊子

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餐具墊

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romandebutera

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 * 1) (of an author) to make one's debut as a novelist, to publish one's first novel

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Haat

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 * 1) heart

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水力學

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tế bào quang điện

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 * 1)  photoelectric cell

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Citations:across

 * 1719 — Daniel Defoe. Robinson Crusoe.
 * Accordingly, I let myself down into the water, and swam across the channel, which lay between the ship and the sands, and even that with difficulty enough, partly with the weight of the things I had about me, and partly the roughness of the water; for the wind rose very hastily, and before it was quite high water it blew a storm.
 * Dec. 11.—This day I went to work with it accordingly, and got two shores or posts pitched upright to the top, with two pieces of boards across over each post; this I finished the next day; and setting more posts up with boards, in about a week more I had the roof secured, and the posts, standing in rows, served me for partitions to part off the house.
 * I mentioned before that I had a great mind to see the whole island, and that I had travelled up the brook, and so on to where I built my bower, and where I had an opening quite to the sea, on the other side of the island. I now resolved to travel quite across to the sea-shore on that side; so, taking my gun, a hatchet, and my dog, and a larger quantity of powder and shot than usual, with two biscuit-cakes and a great bunch of raisins in my pouch for my store, I began my journey.

 * 1843 — Charles Dickens. A Christmas Carol.
 * He had not gone far, when coming on towards him he beheld the portly gentleman, who had walked into his counting-house the day before, and said, "Scrooge and Marley's, I believe?" It sent a pang across his heart to think how this old gentleman would look upon him when they met; but he knew what path lay straight before him, and he took it.

 * 1851 — Herman Melville. Moby Dick.
 * He paused a little; then kneeling in the pulpit's bows, folded his large brown hands across his chest, uplifted his closed eyes, and offered a prayer so deeply devout that he seemed kneeling and praying at the bottom of the sea.
 * You see him? well, spose him one whale eye, well, den!" and taking sharp aim at it, he darted the iron right over old Bildad's broad brim, clean across the ship's decks, and struck the glistening tar spot out of sight.
 * "Hear him, hear him now," cried Peleg, marching across the cabin, and thrusting his hands far down into his pockets, — "hear him, all of ye.

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Citations:adjoining

 * 1719 — Daniel Defoe. Robinson Crusoe.
 * Near this dwelling of mine, but a little farther within the land, and upon lower ground, lay my two pieces of corn land, which I kept duly cultivated and sowed, and which duly yielded me their harvest in its season; and whenever I had occasion for more corn, I had more land adjoining as fit as that.

 * 1843 — Charles Dickens. A Christmas Carol.
 * At last, however, he began to think — as you or I would have thought at first; for it is always the person not in the predicament who knows what ought to have been done in it, and would unquestionably have done it too — at last, I say, he began to think that the source and secret of this ghostly light might be in the adjoining room, from whence, on further tracing it, it seemed to shine.

 * 1851 — Herman Melville. Moby Dick.
 * Commonly, after seeing the harpooneers furnished with all things they demanded, he would escape from their clutches into his little pantry adjoining, and fearfully peep out at them through the blinds of its door, till all was over.

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Citations:administered

 * 1678 — John Bunyan. The Pilgrim's Progress.
 * In all that country where he was robbed, his jewels were not accounted of; nor did he want that relief which could from thence be administered to him.
 * When he was come up to the gate, he looked up to the writing that was above, and then began to knock, supposing that entrance should have been quickly administered to him; but he was asked by the men that looked over the top of the gate, Whence came you, and what would you have?

 * 1843 — Charles Dickens. A Christmas Carol.
 * Here he produced a decanter of curiously light wine, and a block of curiously heavy cake, and administered instalments of those dainties to the young people: at the same time, sending out a meagre servant to offer a glass of "something" to the postboy, who answered that he thanked the gentleman, but if it was the same tap as he had tasted before, he had rather not.

 * 1851 — Herman Melville. Moby Dick.
 * "At sunrise he summoned all hands; and separating those who had rebelled from those who had taken no part in the mutiny, he told the former that he had a good mind to flog them all round — thought, upon the whole, he would do so — he ought to — justice demanded it; but for the present, considering their timely surrender, he would let them go with a reprimand, which he accordingly administered in the vernacular.

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Citations:aldermen

 * 1843 — Charles Dickens. A Christmas Carol.
 * It is also a fact, that Scrooge had seen it, night and morning, during his whole residence in that place; also that Scrooge had as little of what is called fancy about him as any man in the city of London, even including — which is a bold word — the corporation, aldermen, and livery.

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Citations:announcement

 * 1843 — Charles Dickens. A Christmas Carol.
 * The terrible announcement that the baby had been taken in the act of putting a doll's frying-pan into his mouth, and was more than suspected of having swallowed a fictitious turkey, glued on a wooden platter!

 * 1851 — Herman Melville. Moby Dick.
 * For however eagerly and impetuously the savage crew had hailed the announcement of his quest; yet all sailors of all sorts are more or less capricious and unreliable — they live in the varying outer weather, and they inhale its fickleness — and when retained for any object remote and blank in the pursuit, however promissory of life and passion in the end, it is above all things requisite that temporary interests and employments should intervene and hold them healthily suspended for the final dash.
 * "There go flukes!" was the cry, an announcement immediately followed by Stubb's producing his match and igniting his pipe, for now a respite was granted.
 * And though all hands commonly disdained the capture of those inferior creatures; and though the Pequod was not commissioned to cruise for them at all, and though she had passed numbers of them near the Crozetts without lowering a boat; yet now that a Sperm Whale had been brought alongside and beheaded, to the surprise of all, the announcement was made that a Right Whale should be captured that day, if opportunity offered.

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Citations:apple-sauce

 * 1843 — Charles Dickens. A Christmas Carol.
 * Cratchit made the gravy (ready beforehand in a little saucepan) hissing hot; Master Peter mashed the potatoes with incredible vigour; Miss Belinda sweetened up the apple-sauce; Martha dusted the hot plates; Bob took Tiny Tim beside him in a tiny corner at the table; the two young Cratchits set chairs for everybody, not forgetting themselves, and mounting guard upon their posts, crammed spoons into their mouths, lest they should shriek for goose before their turn came to be helped.

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Citations:apprentice

 * 1843 — Charles Dickens. A Christmas Carol.
 * Martha, who was a poor apprentice at a milliner's, then told them what kind of work she had to do, and how many hours she worked at a stretch, and how she meant to lie abed to-morrow morning for a good long rest; to-morrow being a holiday she passed at home.

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Citations:basking

 * 1843 — Charles Dickens. A Christmas Carol.
 * And now two smaller Cratchits, boy and girl, came tearing in, screaming that outside the baker's they had smelt the goose, and known it for their own; and basking in luxurious thoughts of sage and onion, these young Cratchits danced about the table, and exalted Master Peter Cratchit to the skies, while he (not proud, although his collars nearly choked him) blew the fire, until the slow potatoes bubbling up, knocked loudly at the saucepan-lid to be let out and peeled.

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щкъэн

Verb

 * 1) to know
 * Сэщкъэ ар — I know that.
 * Урысыбзэ сыщкъэрэп — I don't know the Russian language.
 * Сэщкъэ къысэпӏуагъэ — I know what you told me.
 * Сымыщкъэрэ а кӏалэм къуиӏуагъэхэр — I don't know the thing that boy told you.

Synonyms

 * (Standard Adyghe)
 * (Kabardian)
 * (Kabardian)

title: щкъэн


text: mùlù

title: mùlù


text: dìxiong

title: dìxiong


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tupoarã

Etymology
Borrowed from a Common toporŭ, ultimately of  origin. Compare 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) axe

title: tupoarã


text:
bomb calorimeter

Noun

 * 1)  A type of constant-volume calorimeter in which material is burned to measure its heat content.

Translations

 * Danish: bombekalorimeter
 * Finnish: pommikalorimetri

title: bomb calorimeter


text: bomb calorimeters

title: bomb calorimeters


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nattkjole

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) a nightdress or nightgown

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) a nightdress or nightgown

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pressure bomb

Etymology
From the tendency of these instruments to explode due to the introduced pressures that they are to hold.

Noun

 * 1) A type of pressure chamber used to build up and hold extreme pressures, pressurizing samples with high-pressure fluids.

title: pressure bomb


text: pressure bombs

title: pressure bombs


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чакар

Etymology
From a Turkic language, ultimately from. Compare 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) sugar

title: чакар


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Tectona

Hyponyms

 * - type species;, - species

title: Tectona


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User talk:Anrza

Opposite
Hello. It looks like the translation editor spat out an error for you on your recent edit to opposite. You had entered the language code 'ge' which the module did not recognize. To which language were you providing a translation? - TheDaveRoss 13:45, 14 January 2016 (UTC)

 * Hello, TheDaveRoss! I hope this is the proper way of responding. I tried to add it to German, which I afterwards succeeded in when I wrote "German" instead of "ge". I realise now that "de" might've been the right language code. Anrza (talk) 22:44, 14 January 2016 (UTC)

 * This is a great place to respond. Chuck Entz cleaned up the error and recognized that it was German.  We will work on fixing that translations tool to catch those kinds of errors rather than posting them to the page.  Thanks for your contributions! - TheDaveRoss 00:05, 15 January 2016 (UTC)

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text: Wiktionary:Foreign Word of the Day/2016/January 15


text: Orphean warblers

title: Orphean warblers


text: Category:Icelandic female given names from Old Norse


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Talk:wormwood

Moroccan word "afsantin"
(translating woodworm)

Found in "Abdlelhaï Sijilmassi, Les plantes médicinales du Maroc, Le Fennec, Cazablanca, 2005, ISBN 9981-838-02-0" p. 29, as "أفْسَنْتِين", this word seems to have a berberic structure, and is clearly cognate of latin "absinthium". But it is not known by my-self or my informers, nor in Moroccan Arabic, nor in Tachelheyt. It could be :
 * a very old berberic name, maybe in relation (parent or descent) with latin "absinthium", and still present in Northern or Eastern Morocco;
 * a latin word which introduced in Moroccan Arabic with Old european migrations following reconquista;
 * a scientifically-built neologism.

--Lucyin (talk) 14:00, 14 January 2016 (UTC)

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Sceloporus

Hyponyms

 * For the numerous species see

title: Sceloporus


text: Sunnyvale

title: Sunnyvale


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Mountain View

Proper noun

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 * 1) The,.
 * 1) The,.
 * 1) The,.
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Translations

 * Japanese: マウンテン・ビュー

title: Mountain View


text: Milpitas

title: Milpitas


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Palo Alto

Etymology
From, named after , a more than 1000-year-old  tree near the city.

title: Palo Alto


text: nattkjolen

title: nattkjolen


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Template:Phrynosomatidae Hypernyms

 * Iguania - order; Pleurodonta - suborder; Phrynosomatidae - family

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Template:Phrynosomatidae Hypernyms/documentation

This is a typing shortcut intended for use under the Hypernyms header of taxa under family Phrynosomatidae. It can also be used with subst:.


text: nattkjoler

title: nattkjoler


text: nattkjolene

title: nattkjolene


text: nattkjolar

title: nattkjolar


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Thread:User talk:TheDaveRoss/Module errors in translations

To answer the question in your edit comment: the translation adder apparently doesn't know about module errors, so it adds whatever text has been given it by the language-code-conversion routines, even if it's garbage. I'll have to ask at the Grease Pit whether there's something we can do about that


text: herpetofaunas

title: herpetofaunas


text:
vestre

Etymology
From.

Adjective

 * 1) west, western

Etymology
From.

Adjective

 * 1) west, western

title: vestre


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Thread:User talk:TheDaveRoss/Module errors in translations/reply

I figured as much. I left a message with the person who added the translation to see what language they intended, maybe Georgian?


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Thread:User talk:TheDaveRoss/Module errors in translations/reply (2)

No, German (look at the "alt="). It was redundant to one already there, so I removed it


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Thread:User talk:TheDaveRoss/Module errors in translations/reply (3)

Ah, they added German as well, they must have just tried twice then saved. Thanks for cleaning it up!


text:
ληθαργία

Etymology
Derived from.

Noun

 * 1) drowsiness, sleepiness

title: ληθαργία


text:
ปฐมยาม

Etymology
Possibly from, compare 🇨🇬 + ; literally "the first period".

Noun

 * 1)  the first part of the night, lasting from 18:00–21:00 hours.

title: ปฐมยาม


text: Category:Ancient Greek terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *leh₂-


text: jīngmì

title: jīngmì


text: Category:de:Amaryllis family plants

title: Category:de:Amaryllis family plants


text: Category:de:Asparagales order plants

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Citations:after

 * 1678 — John Bunyan. The Pilgrim's Progress.
 * He answered, Sir, I perceive by the book in my hand, that I am condemned to die, and after that to come to judgement [Heb. 9:27]; and I find that I am not willing to do the first [Job 16:21], nor able to do the second. [Ezek. 22:14]
 * Now, he had not run far from his own door, but his wife and children, perceiving it, began to cry after him to return; but the man put his fingers in his ears, and ran on, crying, Life! life! eternal life! [Luke 14:26] So he looked not behind him, but fled towards the middle of the plain. [Gen. 19:17]
 * The neighbours also came out to see him run [Jer. 20:10]; and, as he ran, some mocked, others threatened, and some cried after him to return; and, among those that did so, there were two that resolved to fetch him back by force.

 * 1719 — Daniel Defoe. Robinson Crusoe.
 * But alas! a few days wore it all off; and, in short, to prevent any of my father’s further importunities, in a few weeks after I resolved to run quite away from him.
 * Though my mother refused to move it to my father, yet I heard afterwards that she reported all the discourse to him, and that my father, after showing a great concern at it, said to her, with a sigh, “That boy might be happy if he would stay at home; but if he goes abroad, he will be the most miserable wretch that ever was born: I can give no consent to it.”
 * It was not till almost a year after this that I broke loose, though, in the meantime, I continued obstinately deaf to all proposals of settling to business, and frequently expostulated with my father and mother about their being so positively determined against what they knew my inclinations prompted me to.

 * 1843 — Charles Dickens. A Christmas Carol.
 * If we were not perfectly convinced that Hamlet's Father died before the play began, there would be nothing more remarkable in his taking a stroll at night, in an easterly wind, upon his own ramparts, than there would be in any other middle-aged gentleman rashly turning out after dark in a breezy spot — say Saint Paul's Churchyard for instance — literally to astonish his son's weak mind.
 * "It is required of every man," the Ghost returned, "that the spirit within him should walk abroad among his fellowmen, and travel far and wide; and if that spirit goes not forth in life, it is condemned to do so after death.
 * Every time he resolved within himself, after mature inquiry, that it was all a dream, his mind flew back again, like a strong spring released, to its first position, and presented the same problem to be worked all through, "Was it a dream or not?"

 * 1851 — Herman Melville. Moby Dick.
 * "On one occasion I saw two of these monsters (whales) probably male and female, slowly swimming, one after the other, within less than a stone's throw of the shore" (Terra Del Fuego), "over which the beech tree extended its branches." — DARWIN'S VOYAGE OF A NATURALIST.
 * But wherefore it was that after having repeatedly smelt the sea as a merchant sailor, I should now take it into my head to go on a whaling voyage; this the invisible police officer of the Fates, who has the constant surveillance of me, and secretly dogs me, and influences me in some unaccountable way — he can better answer than any one else.
 * It was now about nine o'clock, and the room seeming almost supernaturally quiet after these orgies, I began to congratulate myself upon a little plan that had occurred to me just previous to the entrance of the seamen.

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Citations:against

 * 1678 — John Bunyan. The Pilgrim's Progress.
 * True, there are, by the direction of the Law-giver, certain good and substantial steps, placed even through the very midst of this slough; but at such time as this place doth much spew out its filth, as it doth against change of weather, these steps are hardly seen; or, if they be, men, through the dizziness of their heads, step beside, and then they are bemired to purpose, notwithstanding the steps be there; but the ground is good when they are once got in at the gate. [1 Sam. 12:23]
 * So he commanded his man to light the candle, and bid Christian follow him: so he had him into a private room, and bid his man open a door; the which when he had done, Christian saw the picture of a very grave person hang up against the wall; and this was the fashion of it.
 * Then I saw in my dream that the Interpreter took Christian by the hand, and led him into a place where was a fire burning against a wall, and one standing by it, always casting much water upon it, to quench it; yet did the fire burn higher and hotter.

 * 1719 — Daniel Defoe. Robinson Crusoe.
 * I had two elder brothers, one of whom was lieutenant-colonel to an English regiment of foot in Flanders, formerly commanded by the famous Colonel Lockhart, and was killed at the battle near Dunkirk against the Spaniards.
 * It was not till almost a year after this that I broke loose, though, in the meantime, I continued obstinately deaf to all proposals of settling to business, and frequently expostulated with my father and mother about their being so positively determined against what they knew my inclinations prompted me to.
 * Certainly, nothing but some such decreed unavoidable misery, which it was impossible for me to escape, could have pushed me forward against the calm reasonings and persuasions of my most retired thoughts, and against two such visible instructions as I had met with in my first attempt.

 * 1843 — Charles Dickens. A Christmas Carol.
 * What's Christmas time to you but a time for paying bills without money; a time for finding yourself a year older, but not an hour richer; a time for balancing your books and having every item in 'em through a round dozen of months presented dead against you?
 * Nobody under the bed; nobody in the closet; nobody in his dressing-gown, which was hanging up in a suspicious attitude against the wall.
 * Thus secured against surprise, he took off his cravat; put on his dressing-gown and slippers, and his nightcap; and sat down before the fire to take his gruel.

 * 1851 — Herman Melville. Moby Dick.
 * But gulp down your tears and hie aloft to the royal-mast with your hearts; for your friends who have gone before are clearing out the seven-storied heavens, and making refugees of long-pampered Gabriel, Michael, and Raphael, against your coming.
 * Some leaning against the spiles; some seated upon the pier-heads; some looking over the bulwarks of ships from China; some high aloft in the rigging, as if striving to get a still better seaward peep.
 * Further on, from the bright red windows of the "Sword-Fish Inn," there came such fervent rays, that it seemed to have melted the packed snow and ice from before the house, for everywhere else the congealed frost lay ten inches thick in a hard, asphaltic pavement, — rather weary for me, when I struck my foot against the flinty projections, because from hard, remorseless service the soles of my boots were in a most miserable plight.

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Citations:air

 * 1678 — John Bunyan. The Pilgrim's Progress.
 * I saw then in my dream, that they went till they came into a certain country, whose air naturally tended to make one drowsy, if he came a stranger into it.
 * Now I saw in my dream, that by this time the Pilgrims were got over the Enchanted Ground, and entering into the country of Beulah, whose air was very sweet and pleasant, the way lying directly through it, they solaced themselves there for a season.
 * They therefore went up through the regions of the air, sweetly talking as they went, being comforted, because they safely got over the river, and had such glorious companions to attend them.

 * 1719 — Daniel Defoe. Robinson Crusoe.
 * When he stepped upon the ground with his feet, I thought the earth trembled, just as it had done before in the earthquake, and all the air looked, to my apprehension, as if it had been filled with flashes of fire.
 * The reason why I could not go naked was, I could not bear the heat of the sun so well when quite naked as with some clothes on; nay, the very heat frequently blistered my skin: whereas, with a shirt on, the air itself made some motion, and whistling under the shirt, was twofold cooler than without it.
 * And no doubt they did; for as soon as ever my fire blazed up, I heard another gun, and after that several others, all from the same quarter. I plied my fire all night long, till daybreak: and when it was broad day, and the air cleared up, I saw something at a great distance at sea, full east of the island, whether a sail or a hull I could not distinguish—no, not with my glass: the distance was so great, and the weather still something hazy also; at least, it was so out at sea.

 * 1843 — Charles Dickens. A Christmas Carol.
 * The city clocks had only just gone three, but it was quite dark already — it had not been light all day — and candles were flaring in the windows of the neighbouring offices, like ruddy smears upon the palpable brown air.
 * The hair was curiously stirred, as if by breath or hot air; and, though the eyes were wide open, they were perfectly motionless.
 * There were Cains and Abels, Pharaoh's daughters; Queens of Sheba, Angelic messengers descending through the air on clouds like feather-beds, Abrahams, Belshazzars, Apostles putting off to sea in butter-boats, hundreds of figures to attract his thoughts; and yet that face of Marley, seven years dead, came like the ancient Prophet's rod, and swallowed up the whole.

 * 1851 — Herman Melville. Moby Dick.
 * It was even so; in their headlong eagerness, the men had mistaken some other thing for the whale-spout, as the event itself soon proved; for hardly had Ahab reached his perch; hardly was the rope belayed to its pin on deck, when he struck the key-note to an orchestra, that made the air vibrate as with the combined discharges of rifles.
 * Rising with his utmost velocity from the furthest depths, the Sperm Whale thus booms his entire bulk into the pure element of air, and piling up a mountain of dazzling foam, shows his place to the distance of seven miles and more.
 * Shrouded in a thin drooping veil of mist, it hovered for a moment in the rainbowed air; and then fell swamping back into the deep.

 * "sga"
 * "sga"

- Fomnid-si, a phopul núíednissi, ar ce dud·rónath ní di maith fri maccu Israhél…

 * "sga"
 * "sga"

- Cía thés hí loc bes ardu, ní ardu de; ní samlid són dúnni, air ⟨im⟩mi ardu-ni de tri dul isna lucu arda.

 * "sga"
 * "sga"

- Amal du·berad nech hi ceist do Dauid: “Húare is móir sléb fírinne Dǽ, cid ara fodmai-siu, ⟨a⟩ Dauid, didiu a ndu imnedaib ⁊ frithoircnib fo·daimi? Air it fírián-⟨s⟩u.” Ícaid-som didiu anísin, a n-as·mbeir iudicia Domini abisus multa .i. ataat mesai Dǽ nephchomtetarrachti amal abis ⁊ amal fudumain. Is ed in sin fod·era in n-erígim, cid ara fodaim int aís fírián inna fochaidi, ⁊ cid ara mbiat in pecthaig isnaib soinmechaib.

 * "sga"
 * "sga"

- Ar chuingid inna sóinmech i mbïat ind ingoir, as·berat-som nád ndignet inna degnímu, húare is hi fochaidib bíthir hi suidib, ⁊ du·ngénat immurgu inna du⟨á⟩lchi, air is sóinmige ad·chotar tri sui{i}dib.

 * "sga"
 * "sga"

- Air du·roimnibetar mo popuil-se a rrecht dia n‑uilemarbae-siu a náimtea .i. mani bé nech fris·chomarr doibsom ⁊ ⟨du⟩da·imchomarr dia chomalnad tri fochaidi ⁊ ingraimmen.

 * "sga"
 * "sga"

- Air mad nammá du·berad-som ⁊ ní taibred, ro·bad dund ṡásad dïant ainm no·regad; húare immurgu du·n-uic, is ar chech ṡásad da·uic-som amal sodin.

 * "sga"
 * "sga"

- Air in tan no·labrither in cétni persin ꝉ in tánaisi do·adbit ainm hi suidiu.

 * "sga"
 * "sga"

- Is airi ní táet comsuidigud fri rangabáil, húare as coibnesta do bréthir: ar is lour comsuidigud fri suidi, air bid comsuidigud etarscartha comsuidigud rangabálae.

 * "sga"
 * "sga"

- arna derṅmis ; air dïa ndénmis, do·génmis dano

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Citations:alone

 * 1678 — John Bunyan. The Pilgrim's Progress.
 * Wherefore Christian was left to tumble in the Slough of Despond alone: but still he endeavoured to struggle to that side of the slough that was still further from his own house, and next to the wicket-gate; the which he did, but could not get out, because of the burden that was upon his back: but I beheld in my dream, that a man came to him, whose name was Help, and asked him, What he did there?
 * Wherefore, getting out again on that side next to his own house, he told me I should possess the brave country alone for him; so he went his way, and I came mine — he after Obstinate, and I to this gate.
 * Why, my wife was afraid of losing this world, and my children were given to the foolish delights of youth: so what by one thing, and what by another, they left me to wander in this manner alone.

 * 1719 — Daniel Defoe. Robinson Crusoe.
 * Even the earthquake, though nothing could be more terrible in its nature, or more immediately directing to the invisible Power which alone directs such things, yet no sooner was the first fright over, but the impression it had made went off also. I had no more sense of God or His judgments—much less of the present affliction of my circumstances being from His hand—than if I had been in the most prosperous condition of life.
 * Any one may judge the labour of my hands in such a piece of work; but labour and patience carried me through that, and many other things. I only observe this in particular, to show the reason why so much of my time went away with so little work—viz. that what might be a little to be done with help and tools, was a vast labour and required a prodigious time to do alone, and by hand.
 * There were also, indeed, several thick watch-coats of the seamen’s which were left, but they were too hot to wear; and though it is true that the weather was so violently hot that there was no need of clothes, yet I could not go quite naked—no, though I had been inclined to it, which I was not—nor could I abide the thought of it, though I was alone.

 * 1843 — Charles Dickens. A Christmas Carol.
 * He only knew that it was quite correct; that everything had happened so; that there he was, alone again, when all the other boys had gone home for the jolly holidays.
 * He was not alone, but sat by the side of a fair young girl in a mourning-dress: in whose eyes there were tears, which sparkled in the light that shone out of the Ghost of Christmas Past.
 * If he had been, he'd have had somebody to look after him when he was struck with Death, instead of lying gasping out his last there, alone by himself."

 * 1851 — Herman Melville. Moby Dick.
 * "While you take in hand to school others, and to teach them by what name a whale-fish is to be called in our tongue leaving out, through ignorance, the letter H, which almost alone maketh the signification of the word, you deliver that which is not true." — HACKLUYT
 * The picture represents a Cape-Horner in a great hurricane; the half-foundered ship weltering there with its three dismantled masts alone visible; and an exasperated whale, purposing to spring clean over the craft, is in the enormous act of impaling himself upon the three mast-heads.
 * He said no more, but slowly waving a benediction, covered his face with his hands, and so remained kneeling, till all the people had departed, and he was left alone in the place.

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 * 1678 — John Bunyan. The Pilgrim's Progress.
 * This book it chalketh out before thine eyes The man that seeks the everlasting prize; It shews you whence he comes, whither he goes; What he leaves undone, also what he does; It also shows you how he runs and runs, Till he unto the gate of glory comes.
 * It shows, too, who set out for life amain, As if the lasting crown they would obtain; Here also you may see the reason why They lose their labour, and like fools do die.
 * This book will make a traveller of thee, If by its counsel thou wilt ruled be; It will direct thee to the Holy Land, If thou wilt its directions understand: Yea, it will make the slothful active be; The blind also delightful things to see.

 * 1719 — Daniel Defoe. Robinson Crusoe.
 * Towards evening the mate and boatswain begged the master of our ship to let them cut away the fore-mast, which he was very unwilling to do; but the boatswain protesting to him that if he did not the ship would founder, he consented; and when they had cut away the fore-mast, the main-mast stood so loose, and shook the ship so much, they were obliged to cut that away also, and make a clear deck.
 * We crowded also as much canvas as our yards would spread, or our masts carry, to get clear; but finding the pirate gained upon us, and would certainly come up with us in a few hours, we prepared to fight; our ship having twelve guns, and the rogue eighteen.
 * About three in the afternoon he came up with us, and bringing to, by mistake, just athwart our quarter, instead of athwart our stern, as he intended, we brought eight of our guns to bear on that side, and poured in a broadside upon him, which made him sheer off again, after returning our fire, and pouring in also his small shot from near two hundred men which he had on board.

 * 1843 — Charles Dickens. A Christmas Carol.
 * It is also a fact, that Scrooge had seen it, night and morning, during his whole residence in that place; also that Scrooge had as little of what is called fancy about him as any man in the city of London, even including — which is a bold word — the corporation, aldermen, and livery.
 * Let it also be borne in mind that Scrooge had not bestowed one thought on Marley, since his last mention of his seven years' dead partner that afternoon.
 * Its feet, observable beneath the ample folds of the garment, were also bare; and on its head it wore no other covering than a holly wreath, set here and there with shining icicles.

 * 1851 — Herman Melville. Moby Dick.
 * "He visited this country also with a view of catching horse-whales, which had bones of very great value for their teeth, of which he brought some to the king....
 * "We saw also abundance of large whales, there being more in those southern seas, as I may say, by a hundred to one; than we have to the northward of us." — CAPTAIN COWLEY'S VOYAGE ROUND THE GLOBE, A.D. 1729.
 * "The Cachalot" (Sperm Whale) "is not only better armed than the True Whale" (Greenland or Right Whale) "in possessing a formidable weapon at either extremity of its body, but also more frequently displays a disposition to employ these weapons offensively and in manner at once so artful, bold, and mischievous, as to lead to its being regarded as the most dangerous to attack of all the known species of the whale tribe." — FREDERICK DEBELL BENNETT'S WHALING VOYAGE ROUND THE GLOBE, 1840.

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 * 1678 — John Bunyan. The Pilgrim's Progress.
 * Come, truth, although in swaddling clouts, I find, Informs the judgement, rectifies the mind; Pleases the understanding, makes the will Submit; the memory too it doth fill With what doth our imaginations please; Likewise it tends our troubles to appease.
 * FAITH. I told him, that although all these that he named might claim kindred of me, and that rightly, for indeed they were my relations according to the flesh; yet since I became a pilgrim, they have disowned me, as I also have rejected them; and therefore they were to me now no more than if they had never been of my lineage.
 * God forbid that I should jest (although I smiled) in this matter, or that I should accuse any falsely! I will give you a further discovery of him.

 * 1843 — Charles Dickens. A Christmas Carol.
 * The fog came pouring in at every chink and keyhole, and was so dense without, that although the court was of the narrowest, the houses opposite were mere phantoms.
 * And now two smaller Cratchits, boy and girl, came tearing in, screaming that outside the baker's they had smelt the goose, and known it for their own; and basking in luxurious thoughts of sage and onion, these young Cratchits danced about the table, and exalted Master Peter Cratchit to the skies, while he (not proud, although his collars nearly choked him) blew the fire, until the slow potatoes bubbling up, knocked loudly at the saucepan-lid to be let out and peeled.
 * They left the busy scene, and went into an obscure part of the town, where Scrooge had never penetrated before, although he recognised its situation, and its bad repute.

 * 1851 — Herman Melville. Moby Dick.
 * So that overawed by the rumors and portents concerning him, not a few of the fishermen recalled, in reference to Moby Dick, the earlier days of the Sperm Whale fishery, when it was oftentimes hard to induce long practised Right whalemen to embark in the perils of this new and daring warfare; such men protesting that although other leviathans might be hopefully pursued, yet to chase and point lance at such an apparition as the Sperm Whale was not for mortal man.

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 * 1678 — John Bunyan. The Pilgrim's Progress.
 * The neighbours also came out to see him run [Jer. 20:10]; and, as he ran, some mocked, others threatened, and some cried after him to return; and, among those that did so, there were two that resolved to fetch him back by force.
 * He hath, since his going back, been had greatly in derision, and that among all sorts of people; some do mock and despise him; and scarce will any set him on work.
 * But at last I began to consider, that "that which is highly esteemed among men, is had in abomination with God." [Luke 16:15] And I thought again, this Shame tells me what men are; but it tells me nothing what God or the Word of God is.

 * 1719 — Daniel Defoe. Robinson Crusoe.
 * But I was to have another trial for it still; and Providence, as in such cases generally it does, resolved to leave me entirely without excuse; for if I would not take this for a deliverance, the next was to be such a one as the worst and most hardened wretch among us would confess both the danger and the mercy of.
 * The merchant in London, vesting this hundred pounds in English goods, such as the captain had written for, sent them directly to him at Lisbon, and he brought them all safe to me to the Brazils; among which, without my direction (for I was too young in my business to think of them), he had taken care to have all sorts of tools, ironwork, and utensils necessary for my plantation, and which were of great use to me.
 * You may suppose, that having now lived almost four years in the Brazils, and beginning to thrive and prosper very well upon my plantation, I had not only learned the language, but had contracted acquaintance and friendship among my fellow-planters, as well as among the merchants at St.

 * 1843 — Charles Dickens. A Christmas Carol.
 * "It is required of every man," the Ghost returned, "that the spirit within him should walk abroad among his fellowmen, and travel far and wide; and if that spirit goes not forth in life, it is condemned to do so after death.
 * Not a latent echo in the house, not a squeak and scuffle from the mice behind the panelling, not a drip from the half-thawed water-spout in the dull yard behind, not a sigh among the leafless boughs of one despondent poplar, not the idle swinging of an empty store-house door, no, not a clicking in the fire, but fell upon the heart of Scrooge with a softening influence, and gave a freer passage to his tears.
 * The very gold and silver fish, set forth among these choice fruits in a bowl, though members of a dull and stagnant-blooded race, appeared to know that there was something going on; and, to a fish, went gasping round and round their little world in slow and passionless excitement.

 * 1851 — Herman Melville. Moby Dick.
 * "The Indian Sea breedeth the most and the biggest fishes that are: among which the Whales and Whirlpooles called Balaene, take up as much in length as four acres or arpens of land." — HOLLAND'S PLINY.
 * It is a matter of great astonishment that the consideration of the habits of so interesting, and, in a commercial point of view, so important an animal (as the Sperm Whale) should have been so entirely neglected, or should have excited so little curiosity among the numerous, and many of them competent observers, that of late years, must have possessed the most abundant and the most convenient opportunities of witnessing their habitudes." — THOMAS BEALE'S HISTORY OF THE SPERM WHALE, 1839.
 * "It was not till the boats returned from the pursuit of these whales, that the whites saw their ship in bloody possession of the savages enrolled among the crew." — NEWSPAPER ACCOUNT OF THE TAKING AND RETAKING OF THE WHALE-SHIP HOBOMACK.

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 * 1678 — John Bunyan. The Pilgrim's Progress.
 * Here also were several other histories of many other famous things, of all which Christian had a view; as of things both ancient and modern; together with prophecies and predictions of things that have their certain accomplishment, both to the dread and amazement of enemies, and the comfort and solace of pilgrims.
 * Welcome, welcome, my good Evangelist, the sight of thy countenance brings to my remembrance thy ancient kindness and unwearied labouring for my eternal good.

 * 1719 — Daniel Defoe. Robinson Crusoe.
 * I fancied myself now like one of the ancient giants who were said to live in caves and holes in the rocks, where none could come at them; for I persuaded myself, while I was here, that if five hundred savages were to hunt me, they could never find me out—or if they did, they would not venture to attack me here.
 * My principal guide and privy-counsellor was my good ancient widow, who, in gratitude for the money I had sent her, thought no pains too much nor care too great to employ for me; and I trusted her so entirely that I was perfectly easy as to the security of my effects; and, indeed, I was very happy from the beginning, and now to the end, in the unspotted integrity of this good gentlewoman.

 * 1843 — Charles Dickens. A Christmas Carol.
 * The ancient tower of a church, whose gruff old bell was always peeping slily down at Scrooge out of a Gothic window in the wall, became invisible, and struck the hours and quarters in the clouds, with tremulous vibrations afterwards as if its teeth were chattering in its frozen head up there.
 * There were Cains and Abels, Pharaoh's daughters; Queens of Sheba, Angelic messengers descending through the air on clouds like feather-beds, Abrahams, Belshazzars, Apostles putting off to sea in butter-boats, hundreds of figures to attract his thoughts; and yet that face of Marley, seven years dead, came like the ancient Prophet's rod, and swallowed up the whole.
 * Nor was it more retentive of its ancient state, within; for entering the dreary hall, and glancing through the open doors of many rooms, they found them poorly furnished, cold, and vast.

 * 1851 — Herman Melville. Moby Dick.
 * As touching the ancient authors generally, as well as the poets here appearing, these extracts are solely valuable or entertaining, as affording a glancing bird's eye view of what has been promiscuously said, thought, fancied, and sung of Leviathan, by many nations and generations, including our own.
 * Cadiz is in Spain; as far by water, from Joppa, as Jonah could possibly have sailed in those ancient days, when the Atlantic was an almost unknown sea.
 * DEVIL-DAM, I do not know the origin of; TIT-BIT is obvious; PEQUOD, you will no doubt remember, was the name of a celebrated tribe of Massachusetts Indians; now extinct as the ancient Medes.

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 * 1678 — John Bunyan. The Pilgrim's Progress.
 * What dost thou here, Christian? said he: at which words Christian knew not what to answer; wherefore at present he stood speechless before him.
 * He also told them, If he that "goeth about like a roaring lion" comes by, you will certainly become a prey to his teeth. [1 Pet. 5:8] With that they looked upon him, and began to reply in this sort: Simple said, "I see no danger"; Sloth said, "Yet a little more sleep"; and Presumption said, "Every fat must stand upon its own bottom; what is the answer else that I should give thee?" And so they lay down to sleep again, and Christian went on his way.
 * Pray, if you incline to answer me in this, say no more than you know the God above will say Amen to; and also nothing but what your conscience can justify you in; for not he that commendeth himself is approved, but whom the Lord commendeth.

 * 1719 — Daniel Defoe. Robinson Crusoe.
 * Dost thou ask, what have I done?” I was struck dumb with these reflections, as one astonished, and had not a word to say—no, not to answer to myself, but rose up pensive and sad, walked back to my retreat, and went up over my wall, as if I had been going to bed; but my thoughts were sadly disturbed, and I had no inclination to sleep; so I sat down in my chair, and lighted my lamp, for it began to be dark.
 * But all this would not answer my end, which was to get an earthen pot to hold what was liquid, and bear the fire, which none of these could do.
 * I went to work upon this boat the most like a fool that ever man did who had any of his senses awake. I pleased myself with the design, without determining whether I was ever able to undertake it; not but that the difficulty of launching my boat came often into my head; but I put a stop to my inquiries into it by this foolish answer which I gave myself—“Let me first make it; I warrant I will find some way or other to get it along when it is done.”

 * 1843 — Charles Dickens. A Christmas Carol.
 * Admiration was the universal sentiment, though some objected that the reply to "Is it a bear?" ought to have been "Yes;" inasmuch as an answer in the negative was sufficient to have diverted their thoughts from Mr.
 * He sat down to the dinner that had been hoarding for him by the fire; and when she asked him faintly what news (which was not until after a long silence), he appeared embarrassed how to answer.

 * 1851 — Herman Melville. Moby Dick.
 * But wherefore it was that after having repeatedly smelt the sea as a merchant sailor, I should now take it into my head to go on a whaling voyage; this the invisible police officer of the Fates, who has the constant surveillance of me, and secretly dogs me, and influences me in some unaccountable way — he can better answer than any one else.
 * I sought the landlord, and telling him I desired to be accommodated with a room, received for answer that his house was full — not a bed unoccupied. "But avast," he added, tapping his forehead, "you haint no objections to sharing a harpooneer's blanket, have ye?
 * In fact, I was so afraid of him that I was not game enough just then to address him, and demand a satisfactory answer concerning what seemed inexplicable in him.

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 * 1678 — John Bunyan. The Pilgrim's Progress.
 * Come, let my carper to his life now look, And find there darker lines than in my book He findeth any; yea, and let him know, That in his best things there are worse lines too.
 * Nay, I have leave (Example too, and that from them that have God better pleased, by their words or ways, Than any man that breatheth now-a-days) Thus to express my mind, thus to declare Things unto thee that excellentest are.
 * That is that which I seek for, even to be rid of this heavy burden; but get it off myself, I cannot; nor is there any man in our country that can take it off my shoulders; therefore am I going this way, as I told you, that I may be rid of my burden.

 * 1719 — Daniel Defoe. Robinson Crusoe.
 * I was sincerely affected with this discourse, and, indeed, who could be otherwise? and I resolved not to think of going abroad any more, but to settle at home according to my father’s desire.
 * But alas! a few days wore it all off; and, in short, to prevent any of my father’s further importunities, in a few weeks after I resolved to run quite away from him.
 * We worked on; but the water increasing in the hold, it was apparent that the ship would founder; and though the storm began to abate a little, yet it was not possible she could swim till we might run into any port; so the master continued firing guns for help; and a light ship, who had rid it out just ahead of us, ventured a boat out to help us.

 * 1843 — Charles Dickens. A Christmas Carol.
 * If we were not perfectly convinced that Hamlet's Father died before the play began, there would be nothing more remarkable in his taking a stroll at night, in an easterly wind, upon his own ramparts, than there would be in any other middle-aged gentleman rashly turning out after dark in a breezy spot — say Saint Paul's Churchyard for instance — literally to astonish his son's weak mind.
 * It is also a fact, that Scrooge had seen it, night and morning, during his whole residence in that place; also that Scrooge had as little of what is called fancy about him as any man in the city of London, even including — which is a bold word — the corporation, aldermen, and livery.
 * And then let any man explain to me, if he can, how it happened that Scrooge, having his key in the lock of the door, saw in the knocker, without its undergoing any intermediate process of change — not a knocker, but Marley's face.

 * 1851 — Herman Melville. Moby Dick.
 * It will be seen that this mere painstaking burrower and grub-worm of a poor devil of a Sub-Sub appears to have gone through the long Vaticans and street-stalls of the earth, picking up whatever random allusions to whales he could anyways find in any book whatsoever, sacred or profane.
 * "Myself have agreed to try whether I can master and kill this Sperma-ceti whale, for I could never hear of any of that sort that was killed by any man, such is his fierceness and swiftness." — RICHARD STRAFFORD'S LETTER FROM THE BERMUDAS.
 * "In 40 degrees south, we saw Spermacetti Whales, but did not take any till the first of May, the sea being then covered with them." — COLNETT'S VOYAGE FOR THE PURPOSE OF EXTENDING THE SPERMACETI WHALE FISHERY.

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 * 1719 — Daniel Defoe. Robinson Crusoe.
 * Again, I considered also that I could by no means tell for certain where I had trod, and where I had not; and that if, at last, this was only the print of my own foot, I had played the part of those fools who try to make stories of spectres and apparitions, and then are frightened at them more than anybody.
 * She had, no doubt, a great treasure in her, but of no use, at that time, to anybody; and what became of the crew I then knew not.

 * 1843 — Charles Dickens. A Christmas Carol.
 * Perhaps, Scrooge could not have told anybody why, if anybody could have asked him; but he had a special desire to see the Spirit in his cap; and begged him to be covered.

 * 1851 — Herman Melville. Moby Dick.
 * Nor was there any earthly reason why I as a sailor should sleep two in a bed, more than anybody else; for sailors no more sleep two in a bed at sea, than bachelor Kings do ashore.
 * So, if any one man, in his own proper person, afford stuff for a good joke to anybody, let him not be backward, but let him cheerfully allow himself to spend and be spent in that way.
 * In this one matter, Ahab seemed no exception to most American whale captains, who, as a set, rather incline to the opinion that by rights the ship's cabin belongs to them; and that it is by courtesy alone that anybody else is, at any time, permitted there.

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 * 1843 — Charles Dickens. A Christmas Carol.
 * In they all came, one after another; some shyly, some boldly, some gracefully, some awkwardly, some pushing, some pulling; in they all came, anyhow and everyhow.

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 * 1843 — Charles Dickens. A Christmas Carol.
 * Some people laughed to see the alteration in him, but he let them laugh, and little heeded them; for he was wise enough to know that nothing ever happened on this globe, for good, at which some people did not have their fill of laughter in the outset; and knowing that such as these would be blind anyway, he thought it quite as well that they should wrinkle up their eyes in grins, as have the malady in less attractive forms.

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 * 1719 — Daniel Defoe. Robinson Crusoe.
 * When I was on the desperate expedition on the desert shores of Africa, I never had so much as one thought of what would become of me, or one wish to God to direct me whither I should go, or to keep me from the danger which apparently surrounded me, as well from voracious creatures as cruel savages.

 * 1843 — Charles Dickens. A Christmas Carol.
 * Scrooge was at first inclined to be surprised that the Spirit should attach importance to conversations apparently so trivial; but feeling assured that they must have some hidden purpose, he set himself to consider what it was likely to be.

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 * 1)  of Scottish origin.

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 * 1678 — John Bunyan. The Pilgrim's Progress.
 * Besides, he brings up his sons to follow his steps; and if he findeth in any of them a foolish timorousness, (for so he calls the first appearance of a tender conscience,) he calls them fools and blockheads, and by no means will employ them in much, or speak to their commendations before others.
 * Suppose a man, a minister, or a tradesman, &c., should have an advantage lie before him, to get the good blessings of this life, yet so as that he can by no means come by them except, in appearance at least, he becomes extraordinarily zealous in some points of religion that he meddled not with before, may he not use these means to attain his end, and yet be a right honest man?
 * Besides, had his jewels been missing at the gate of the Celestial City, he had (and that he knew well enough) been excluded from an inheritance there; and that would have been worse to him than the appearance and villainy of ten thousand thieves.

 * 1719 — Daniel Defoe. Robinson Crusoe.
 * My ink, as I observed, had been gone some time, all but a very little, which I eked out with water, a little and a little, till it was so pale, it scarce left any appearance of black upon the paper.
 * As for my wall, made, as before, with long stakes or piles, those piles grew all like trees, and were by this time grown so big, and spread so very much, that there was not the least appearance, to any one’s view, of any habitation behind them.
 * With my boat I carried away everything that I had left there belonging to her, though not necessary for the bare going thither—viz. a mast and sail which I had made for her, and a thing like an anchor, but which, indeed, could not be called either anchor or grapnel; however, it was the best I could make of its kind: all these I removed, that there might not be the least shadow for discovery, or appearance of any boat, or of any human habitation upon the island.

 * 1843 — Charles Dickens. A Christmas Carol.
 * It was a strange figure — like a child: yet not so like a child as like an old man, viewed through some supernatural medium, which gave him the appearance of having receded from the view, and being diminished to a child's proportions.
 * For he wished to challenge the Spirit on the moment of its appearance, and did not wish to be taken by surprise, and made nervous.

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 * 1678 — John Bunyan. The Pilgrim's Progress.
 * True, they have often fled, both they and their master, when Great-grace hath but appeared; and no marvel; for he is the King's champion.

 * 1719 — Daniel Defoe. Robinson Crusoe.
 * But there was nothing like this appeared; but as we made nearer and nearer the shore, the land looked more frightful than the sea.
 * There appeared before me a little opening of the land, and I found a strong current of the tide set into it; so I guided my raft as well as I could, to keep in the middle of the stream.
 * Then I called a council—that is to say in my thoughts—whether I should take back the raft; but this appeared impracticable: so I resolved to go as before, when the tide was down; and I did so, only that I stripped before I went from my hut, having nothing on but my chequered shirt, a pair of linen drawers, and a pair of pumps on my feet.

 * 1843 — Charles Dickens. A Christmas Carol.
 * Even the blind men's dogs appeared to know him; and when they saw him coming on, would tug their owners into doorways and up courts; and then would wag their tails as though they said, "No eye at all is better than an evil eye, dark master!"
 * They walked along the road, Scrooge recognising every gate, and post, and tree; until a little market-town appeared in the distance, with its bridge, its church, and winding river.
 * A terrible voice in the hall cried, "Bring down Master Scrooge's box, there!" and in the hall appeared the schoolmaster himself, who glared on Master Scrooge with a ferocious condescension, and threw him into a dreadful state of mind by shaking hands with him.

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 * 1719 — Daniel Defoe. Robinson Crusoe.
 * However, the Roads being reckoned as good as a harbour, the anchorage good, and our ground-tackle very strong, our men were unconcerned, and not in the least apprehensive of danger, but spent the time in rest and mirth, after the manner of the sea; but the eighth day, in the morning, the wind increased, and we had all hands at work to strike our topmasts, and make everything snug and close, that the ship might ride as easy as possible.
 * Sometimes I went out in her to divert myself, but no more hazardous voyages would I go, scarcely ever above a stone’s cast or two from the shore, I was so apprehensive of being hurried out of my knowledge again by the currents or winds, or any other accident.
 * In the next place I went in to fetch my perspective glass to see what I could make of them; and having taken the ladder out, I climbed up to the top of the hill, as I used to do when I was apprehensive of anything, and to take my view the plainer without being discovered. I had scarce set my foot upon the hill when my eye plainly discovered a ship lying at anchor, at about two leagues and a half distance from me, SSE., but not above a league and a half from the shore.

 * 1843 — Charles Dickens. A Christmas Carol.
 * All this time, he lay upon his bed, the very core and centre of a blaze of ruddy light, which streamed upon it when the clock proclaimed the hour; and which, being only light, was more alarming than a dozen ghosts, as he was powerless to make out what it meant, or would be at; and was sometimes apprehensive that he might be at that very moment an interesting case of spontaneous combustion, without having the consolation of knowing it.

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 * 1678 — John Bunyan. The Pilgrim's Progress.
 * Now you must note that the city stood upon a mighty hill, but the Pilgrims went up that hill with ease, because they had these two men to lead them up by the arms; also, they had left their mortal garments behind them in the river, for though they went in with them, they came out without them.

 * 1719 — Daniel Defoe. Robinson Crusoe.
 * Says he, “If wild mans come, they eat me, you go wey.” “Well, Xury,” said I, “we will both go and if the wild mans come, we will kill them, they shall eat neither of us.” So I gave Xury a piece of rusk bread to eat, and a dram out of our patron’s case of bottles which I mentioned before; and we hauled the boat in as near the shore as we thought was proper, and so waded on shore, carrying nothing but our arms and two jars for water.
 * I was sadly put to it for a scythe or sickle to cut it down, and all I could do was to make one, as well as I could, out of one of the broadswords, or cutlasses, which I saved among the arms out of the ship.
 * When I considered this a little, it followed necessarily that I was certainly in the wrong; that these people were not murderers, in the sense that I had before condemned them in my thoughts, any more than those Christians were murderers who often put to death the prisoners taken in battle; or more frequently, upon many occasions, put whole troops of men to the sword, without giving quarter, though they threw down their arms and submitted.

 * 1843 — Charles Dickens. A Christmas Carol.
 * It opened; and a little girl, much younger than the boy, came darting in, and putting her arms about his neck, and often kissing him, addressed him as her "Dear, dear brother."
 * Martha didn't like to see him disappointed, if it were only in joke; so she came out prematurely from behind the closet door, and ran into his arms, while the two young Cratchits hustled Tiny Tim, and bore him off into the wash-house, that he might hear the pudding singing in the copper.

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 * 1678 — John Bunyan. The Pilgrim's Progress.
 * And whereas you ask me, Whither away? I tell you, Sir, I am going to yonder wicket-gate before me; for there, as I am informed, I shall be put into a way to be rid of my heavy burden.
 * Yea, he did hold me to it at that rate also, about a great many more things than here I relate; as, that it was a shame to sit whining and mourning under a sermon, and a shame to come sighing and groaning home: that it was a shame to ask my neighbour forgiveness for petty faults, or to make restitution where I have taken from any.
 * Why, go to him, and enter into some serious discourse about the power of religion; and ask him plainly (when he has approved of it, for that he will) whether this thing be set up in his heart, house, or conversation.

 * 1719 — Daniel Defoe. Robinson Crusoe.
 * My conscience presently checked me in that inquiry, as if I had blasphemed, and methought it spoke to me like a voice: “Wretch! dost thou ask what thou hast done?
 * Dost thou ask, what have I done?” I was struck dumb with these reflections, as one astonished, and had not a word to say—no, not to answer to myself, but rose up pensive and sad, walked back to my retreat, and went up over my wall, as if I had been going to bed; but my thoughts were sadly disturbed, and I had no inclination to sleep; so I sat down in my chair, and lighted my lamp, for it began to be dark.
 * While I was thus gathering strength, my thoughts ran exceedingly upon this Scripture, “I will deliver thee”; and the impossibility of my deliverance lay much upon my mind, in bar of my ever expecting it; but as I was discouraging myself with such thoughts, it occurred to my mind that I pored so much upon my deliverance from the main affliction, that I disregarded the deliverance I had received, and I was as it were made to ask myself such questions as these—viz.

 * 1843 — Charles Dickens. A Christmas Carol.
 * He spoke so gently to me one dear night when I was going to bed, that I was not afraid to ask him once more if you might come home; and he said Yes, you should; and sent me in a coach to bring you.
 * "Forgive me if I am not justified in what I ask," said Scrooge, looking intently at the Spirit's robe, "but I see something strange, and not belonging to yourself, protruding from your skirts.

Noun: request

 * 2014, Raffaella Barker, From a Distance, A&C Black (ISBN 9781408833735)
 * The car had been going like a dream, but eight hours was a big ask for a thirty-year-old engine.
 * 2015, Guy Kawasaki, The Art of the Start 2.0, Penguin (ISBN 9780698193635), page 48:
 * You're probably making a big ask because innovation requires a change in behavior and defiance of the status quo.
 * 2015, Meghan Daum, Selfish, Shallow, and Self-Absorbed, Picador (ISBN 9781250052940), page 28:
 * For as long as he chooses to be here with me, it will be the latter. I want him to stay, but it is, as they say, a big ask.

Noun: "(Internet) a message sent to a blog on social networking platform Tumblr"

 * 2011, Thord Daniel Hedengren, Tackling Tumblr: Web Publishing Made Simple, page 122:
 * Asks are general question boxes that your readers can use to send you a question about whatever is on their minds, just as they would via any contact form on a website.
 * 2017, Abigail Oakley, "Supporting one another: Nonbinary community building on Tumblr", in Sex in the Digital Age (eds. Isabel K. Düsterhöft & Paul G. Nixon), unnumbered page:
 * Answering 'asks ' like this is one common way that Tumblr bloggers interact with their followers, so it is in the act of publicly answering these asks that I examine community building practices.
 * 2018, Lynette Kvasny & Fay Cobb Payton, "African American Youth Tumbling Toward Mental Health Support-Seeking and Positive Academic Outcomes", in Diversifying Digital Learning: Online Literacy and Educational Opportunity (eds. Amanda Ochsner, William G. Tierney, & Zoë B. Corwin), page 168:
 * The following example from Black Mental Health illustrates an ask from an anonymous follower seeking social support:
 * 2020, Lee Brown, "Behind the Scenes of a Popular Trans Youth Resources Tumblr", in A Tumblr Book: Platforms and Cultures (eds. Alexander Cho, Allison McCracken, Indira N. Hoch, & Louisa Stein), page 265:
 * Once the number of unanswered Asks in the inbox was over eight thousand, despite us deleting everything accumulated in the inbox once a year.
 * 2021, "falsteloj", quoted in Brit Kelley, Loving Fanfiction: Exploring the Role of Emotion in Online Fandoms, unnumbered page:
 * I write most of my fics to kink meme prompts, exchange letters, or Tumblr asks. I like the challenge of it and the guaranteed audience of at least one!
 * 2021, Katrin Tiidenberg, Natalie Ann Hendry, & Crystal Abidin, Tumblr, unnumbered page:
 * At times, anonymous asks are used by those who read and follow tumblr blogs via a browser and do not have an account themselves.

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 * 1678 — John Bunyan. The Pilgrim's Progress.
 * I saw also that he looked this way and that way, as if he would run; yet he stood still, because, as I perceived, he could not tell which way to go. I looked then, and saw a man named Evangelist coming to him and asked, Wherefore dost thou cry? [Job 33:23]
 * Wherefore Christian was left to tumble in the Slough of Despond alone: but still he endeavoured to struggle to that side of the slough that was still further from his own house, and next to the wicket-gate; the which he did, but could not get out, because of the burden that was upon his back: but I beheld in my dream, that a man came to him, whose name was Help, and asked him, What he did there?
 * At last there came a grave person to the gate, named Good-will, who asked who was there? and whence he came? and what he would have?

 * 1719 — Daniel Defoe. Robinson Crusoe.
 * He asked me what reasons, more than a mere wandering inclination, I had for leaving father’s house and my native country, where I might be well introduced, and had a prospect of raising my fortune by application and industry, with a life of ease and pleasure.
 * Xury said, if I would let him go on shore with one of the jars, he would find if there was any water, and bring some to me. I asked him why he would go? why I should not go, and he stay in the boat?
 * However, Xury said he would have some of him; so he comes on board, and asked me to give him the hatchet. “For what, Xury?” said I. “Me cut off his head,” said he.

 * 1843 — Charles Dickens. A Christmas Carol.
 * When will you come to see me?" No beggars implored him to bestow a trifle, no children asked him what it was o'clock, no man or woman ever once in all his life inquired the way to such and such a place, of Scrooge.
 * Scrooge asked the question, because he didn't know whether a ghost so transparent might find himself in a condition to take a chair; and felt that in the event of its being impossible, it might involve the necessity of an embarrassing explanation.
 * Perhaps, Scrooge could not have told anybody why, if anybody could have asked him; but he had a special desire to see the Spirit in his cap; and begged him to be covered.

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 * 1843 — Charles Dickens. A Christmas Carol.
 * Here, again, were shadows on the window-blind of guests assembling; and there a group of handsome girls, all hooded and fur-booted, and all chattering at once, tripped lightly off to some near neighbour's house; where, woe upon the single man who saw them enter — artful witches, well they knew it — in a glow!

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 * 1719 — Daniel Defoe. Robinson Crusoe.
 * He assured me they lived still there; that they had been there about four years; that the savages left them alone, and gave them victuals to live on. I asked him how it came to pass they did not kill them and eat them.
 * In a little time, however, no more canoes appearing, the fear of their coming wore off; and I began to take my former thoughts of a voyage to the main into consideration; being likewise assured by Friday’s father that I might depend upon good usage from their nation, on his account, if I would go.
 * Two of them, of whom the captain was less assured than ordinary, I sent with Friday, and one of the three delivered men, to my cave, where they were remote enough, and out of danger of being heard or discovered, or of finding their way out of the woods if they could have delivered themselves.

 * 1843 — Charles Dickens. A Christmas Carol.
 * Scrooge was at first inclined to be surprised that the Spirit should attach importance to conversations apparently so trivial; but feeling assured that they must have some hidden purpose, he set himself to consider what it was likely to be.

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lethargia

Etymology
Borrowed from, from.

Noun

 * 1) Lethargy, drowsiness.

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 * 1678 — John Bunyan. The Pilgrim's Progress.
 * When at the first I took my pen in hand Thus for to write, I did not understand That I at all should make a little book In such a mode; nay, I had undertook To make another; which, when almost done, Before I was aware, I this begun.
 * Nay, then, thought I, if that you breed so fast, I'll put you by yourselves, lest you at last Should prove ad infinitum, and eat out The book that I already am about.
 * For, having now my method by the end, Still as I pulled, it came; and so I penned It down: until it came at last to be, For length and breadth, the bigness which you see.

 * 1719 — Daniel Defoe. Robinson Crusoe.
 * I was born in the year 1632, in the city of York, of a good family, though not of that country, my father being a foreigner of Bremen, who settled first at Hull.
 * He got a good estate by merchandise, and leaving off his trade, lived afterwards at York, from whence he had married my mother, whose relations were named Robinson, a very good family in that country, and from whom I was called Robinson Kreutznaer; but, by the usual corruption of words in England, we are now called—nay we call ourselves and write our name—Crusoe; and so my companions always called me.
 * I had two elder brothers, one of whom was lieutenant-colonel to an English regiment of foot in Flanders, formerly commanded by the famous Colonel Lockhart, and was killed at the battle near Dunkirk against the Spaniards.

 * 1843 — Charles Dickens. A Christmas Carol.
 * If we were not perfectly convinced that Hamlet's Father died before the play began, there would be nothing more remarkable in his taking a stroll at night, in an easterly wind, upon his own ramparts, than there would be in any other middle-aged gentleman rashly turning out after dark in a breezy spot — say Saint Paul's Churchyard for instance — literally to astonish his son's weak mind.
 * He carried his own low temperature always about with him; he iced his office in the dog-days; and didn't thaw it one degree at Christmas.
 * Even the blind men's dogs appeared to know him; and when they saw him coming on, would tug their owners into doorways and up courts; and then would wag their tails as though they said, "No eye at all is better than an evil eye, dark master!"

 * 1375, Barb.:
 * [i. 248] to do that at hys hart hym drawis to [[xv. 5] thai armyt thame, all at thar war
 * 1400, Maxwell Mem. I., 140:
 * the fourty schylyne worth of land at remaynys
 * c 1420, Wynt. v. 509:
 * he suld pay at he awcht
 * 1490, Irland Mir. I. 31/22:
 * I am at I am
 * a 1500, Rauf C., 268:
 * to serue him all at thay mocht
 * 1503, Lanark B. Rec., 13:
 * to the colyair at socht the collhewcht
 * 1530, Edinb. B. Rec. II. 36:
 * doand at was in him till haif infekkit all the toune
 * 1547, Reg. Cupar A., II. 45:
 * the gait at passis to the Cawsayend
 * 1559, St. A. Kirk S., 17:
 * ony sanctis at are departet
 * 1579, Black Bk. Taymouth, 142:
 * ne warks at is begun in ony of thir dais
 * 1579, Black Bk. Taymouth, 142:
 * ne warks at is begun in ony of thir dais

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 * 1678 — John Bunyan. The Pilgrim's Progress.
 * So he said that he would shew me a better way, and short, not so attended with difficulties as the way, Sir, that you set me in; which way, said he, will direct you to a gentleman's house that hath skill to take off these burdens, so I believed him, and turned out of that way into this, if haply I might be soon eased of my burden.
 * For there is a knowledge that is not attended with doing: He that knoweth his masters will, and doeth it not. A man may know like an angel, and yet be no Christian, therefore your sign of it is not true.
 * So when morning was come, he goes to them in a surly manner as before, and perceiving them to be very sore with the stripes that he had given them the day before, he told them, that since they were never like to come out of that place, their only way would be forthwith to make an end of themselves, either with knife, halter, or poison, for why, said he, should you choose life, seeing it is attended with so much bitterness?

 * 1719 — Daniel Defoe. Robinson Crusoe.
 * Had I used half as much prudence to have looked into my own interest, and have made a judgment of what I ought to have done and not to have done, I had certainly never gone away from so prosperous an undertaking, leaving all the probable views of a thriving circumstance, and gone upon a voyage to sea, attended with all its common hazards, to say nothing of the reasons I had to expect particular misfortunes to myself.
 * These reflections oppressed me for the second or third day of my distemper; and in the violence, as well of the fever as of the dreadful reproaches of my conscience, extorted some words from me like praying to God, though I cannot say they were either a prayer attended with desires or with hopes: it was rather the voice of mere fright and distress.
 * I had terrible reflections upon my mind for many months, as I have already observed, on account of my wicked and hardened life past; and when I looked about me, and considered what particular providences had attended me since my coming into this place, and how God had dealt bountifully with me—had not only punished me less than my iniquity had deserved, but had so plentifully provided for me—this gave me great hopes that my repentance was accepted, and that God had yet mercy in store for me.

 * 1843 — Charles Dickens. A Christmas Carol.
 * But now a knocking at the door was heard, and such a rush immediately ensued that she with laughing face and plundered dress was borne towards it the centre of a flushed and boisterous group, just in time to greet the father, who came home attended by a man laden with Christmas toys and presents.

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 * 1843, Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol:
 * The Lord Mayor, in the stronghold of the mighty Mansion House, gave orders to his fifty cooks and butlers to keep Christmas as a Lord Mayor's household should; and even the little tailor, whom he had fined five shillings on the previous Monday for being drunk and bloodthirsty in the streets, stirred up to-morrow's pudding in his garret, while his lean wife and the baby sallied out to buy the beef.
 * The terrible announcement that the baby had been taken in the act of putting a doll's frying-pan into his mouth, and was more than suspected of having swallowed a fictitious turkey, glued on a wooden platter!
 * Without venturing for Scrooge quite as hardily as this, I don't mind calling on you to believe that he was ready for a good broad field of strange appearances, and that nothing between a baby and rhinoceros would have astonished him very much.

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litargia

Etymology
From 🇨🇬, borrowed from, from.

Noun

 * 1) lethargy

title: litargia