Born today,
A quadrennial,
Festival
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
February 29th, '12 Word
1.
Occurring every four years.
2.
Of or lasting for four years.
1.
An event occurring every four years, as an anniversary or its celebration.
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Monday, February 27, 2012
Sunday, February 26, 2012
February 26th, '12 Word
Saturday, February 25, 2012
February 25th, '12 Word
1.
To pass from one to another or back and forth; give and take.
2.
To throw or strike to and fro or from side to side, as a ball in tennis.
3.
To circulate freely.
1.
(Of legs) having a bend or crook outward; bowed.
1.
An early form of tennis.
2.
Chiefly British. (Formerly) hockey or shinny.
3.
Obsolete. A hockey or shinny stick.
Friday, February 24, 2012
Thursday, February 23, 2012
February 23th, '12 Word
1.
A full assembly, as a joint legislative assembly.
2.
The state or a space in which a gas, usually air, is contained at a pressure greater than atmospheric pressure.
3.
A space, usually above a ceiling or below a floor, that can serve as a receiving chamber for air that has been heated or cooled to be distributed to inhabited areas.
4.
The whole of space regarded as being filled with matter (opposed to vacuum
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
February 22nd, '12 Word
1.
Without digressing; in a straightforward manner.
1.
Relevant; pertinent
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Monday, February 20, 2012
February 19th, '12 Word
spruce
\sproos\ , verb:
1. To make neat or dapper (often followed by up).
2. To make oneself spruce (usually followed by up).
adjective:
1. Trim in dress or appearance; neat; smart; dapper.
\sproos\ , verb:
1. To make neat or dapper (often followed by up).
2. To make oneself spruce (usually followed by up).
adjective:
1. Trim in dress or appearance; neat; smart; dapper.
Saturday, February 18, 2012
February 18th, '12 Word
1.
A person who is not sensitive to criticism, ridicule, etc.
2.
Any of the thick-skinned, nonruminant ungulates, as the elephant, hippopotamus, and rhinoceros.
3.
An elephant
Friday, February 17, 2012
February 17th, '12 Word
1.
Being or situated beyond the mountains.
2.
Beyond the Alps as viewed from Italy; transalpine.
3.
Of, pertaining to, or coming from the other side of the mountains.
4.
Foreign; barbarous.
1.
A person who lives beyond the mountains: formerly applied by the Italians to the peoples beyond the Alps, and by the latter to the Italians.
2.
A foreigner; outlander; barbarian.
3.
A violent, polar wind from the northwest that blows in southern France
February 15th, '12 Word
vilipend
\vil-UH-pend\ , verb:
1. To regard or treat as of little value or account.
2. To vilify; depreciate
\vil-UH-pend\ , verb:
1. To regard or treat as of little value or account.
2. To vilify; depreciate
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Monday, February 13, 2012
Sunday, February 12, 2012
February 11, '12 Word
burled
\burld\ , adjective:
Having small knots that produce a distorted grain in wood.
\burld\ , adjective:
Having small knots that produce a distorted grain in wood.
Saturday, February 11, 2012
Friday, February 10, 2012
Thursday, February 9, 2012
February 09, '12 Word
1.
A long discourse or essay, especially a diatribe.
2.
An informal letter, account, or other piece of writing.
3.
Building Trades. A. A strip of plaster or wood applied to a surface to be plastered to serve as a guide for making a true surface. B. A wooden strip serving as a guide for making a true level surface on a concrete pavement or the like. C. A board or metal strip dragged across a freshly poured concrete slab to give it its proper level.
4.
British Dialect. A fragment or shred, as of cloth.
5.
Scot. A. A tear or rip, especially in cloth. B. A drinking bout.
1.
Scot. To tear, rip, or shred, as cloth.
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
February 07, '12 Word
1.
To pilfer or steal, especially to plagiarize.
2.
To confine in or as if in a crib.
3.
To provide with a crib or cribs.
4.
To line with timber or planking.
5.
Informal. A. To use a crib in examinations, homework, translating, etc. B. To steal; plagiarize.
6.
(Of a horse) to practice cribbing.
1.
A child's bed with enclosed sides.
2.
A stall or pen for cattle.
3.
A rack or manger for fodder, as in a stable or barn.
4.
A bin for storing grain, salt, etc.
5.
Informal. A. A translation, list of correct answers, or other illicit aid used by students while reciting, taking exams, or the like; pony. B. Plagiarism. C. A petty theft.
6.
A room, closet, etc., in a factory or the like, in which tools are kept and issued to workers.
7.
A shallow, separate section of a bathing area, reserved for small children.
8.
Any confined space.
9.
Slang. A house, shop, etc., frequented by thieves or regarded by thieves as a likely place for burglarizing.
10.
Building Trades, Civil Engineering . Any of various cellular frameworks of logs, squared timbers, or steel or concrete objects of similar form assembled in layers at right angles, often filled with earth and stones and used in the construction of foundations, dams, retaining walls, etc.
11.
A barrier projecting part of the way into a river and then upward, acting to reduce the flow of water and as a storage place for logs being floated downstream.
12.
A lining for a well or other shaft.
13.
Slang. One's home; pad.
14.
Cribbage . A set of cards made up by equal contributions from each player's hand, and belonging to the dealer.
15.
A cheap, ill-kept brothel.
16.
A wicker basket.
17.
British, Australian. Lunch, especially a cold lunch carried from home to work and eaten by a laborer on the job; snack.
Monday, February 6, 2012
Feb 5th '12 word
pied \pahyd\ , adjective:
1. Having patches of two or more colors, as various birds and other animals.
2. Wearing pied clothing
1. Having patches of two or more colors, as various birds and other animals.
2. Wearing pied clothing
Saturday, February 4, 2012
Greetings to all
Just a quick intro to this blog ... pretty self explanitory really.
I'm going to design a haiku around the word of the day from the dictionary.com website.
Im going to attempt to do this every day for at least a year ... I did say attempt right. While they may not be any good (although they might be awesome) I absolutley promise they will be all original ( rest easy everyone)
That being said lets begin with Superbowl's Sunday's word which is ........
I'm going to design a haiku around the word of the day from the dictionary.com website.
Im going to attempt to do this every day for at least a year ... I did say attempt right. While they may not be any good (although they might be awesome) I absolutley promise they will be all original ( rest easy everyone)
That being said lets begin with Superbowl's Sunday's word which is ........
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