On 3 Oct 2006 07:00:01 -0700, "Cat(h)" wrote and
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On 3 Oct 2006 06:23:23 -0700, "Cat(h)" wrote and
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La Puce wrote:
Cat(h) wrote:
It is a damn pity, because I was looking forward to a week end of
secateur wielding, ending with a tidy garden and a pile of shredded
bits to add to my compost heap :-(

Why don't you do a spot of whitling?

And what's that when it's at home?

It's probably whittling during a tea shortage.

I'll only do that if ceanothus tea has interesting hallucinogenic or
aphrodisiac effects, or some other worthwhile nutritional value.
Meanwhile, what is whittling with two ts when it's at home? Plucking
the tips, as in "whittling away"?

Meriam-Webster

Main Entry: 2whittle
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): whit·tled; whit·tling /'hwit-li[ng], 'wit-;
'hwi-t&l-i[ng], 'wi-/
transitive verb
1 a : to pare or cut off chips from the surface of (wood) with a knife
b : to shape or form by so paring or cutting
2 : to reduce, remove, or destroy gradually as if by cutting off bits
with a knife : PARE whittle down expenses
intransitive verb
1 : to cut or shape something (as wood) by or as if by paring it with
a knife
2 : to wear oneself or another out with fretting
- whit·tler /'hwit-l&r, 'wit-; 'hwi-t&l-&r, 'wi-/ noun 1


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