by neufer » Wed Feb 13, 2019 3:36 am
MarkBour wrote: ↑Mon Feb 11, 2019 11:33 pm
There are many theories about how these bodies formed.
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https://www.etymonline.com/word/waffle#etymonline_v_4778 wrote:
WAFFLE (v.) 1690s, "to yelp, bark," frequentative of provincial waff "to yelp, to bark like a puppy" (1610); possibly of imitative origin. Figurative sense of "talk foolishly" (c. 1700) led to that of "vacillate, equivocate" (1803), originally a Scottish and northern English usage. Late 17c. Scottish also had waff "act of waving," variant of waft, which might have influenced the sense.
WAFFLE (n.) "kind of batter-cake, baked crisp in irons and served hot," 1744, from Dutch wafel "waffle," from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German wafel, from Proto-Germanic *wabila- "web, honeycomb" (source also of Old High German waba "
honeycomb," German
WABE), related to Old High German weban, Old English wefan "to weave". Sense of "honeycomb" is preserved in some combinations referring to a weave of cloth. Waffle iron is from 1794.
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`Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the WABE;
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.
`That’s enough to begin with,’ Humpty Dumpty interrupted: `there are plenty of hard words there. “Brillig” means four o’clock in the afternoon — the time when you begin broiling things for dinner.’
`That’ll do very well,’ said Alice: and “slithy”?’
`Well, “slithy” means “lithe and slimy.” “Lithe” is the same as “active.” You see it’s like a portmanteau — there are two meanings packed up into one word.’
`I see it now,’ Alice remarked thoughtfully: `and what are “toves”?’
`Well, “toves” are something like badgers — they’re something like lizards — and they’re something like corkscrews.’
`They must be very curious looking creatures.’
`They are that,’ said Humpty Dumpty: `also they make their nests under sun-dials — also they live on cheese.’
`Andy what’s the “gyre” and to “gimble”?’
`To “gyre” is to go round and round like a gyroscope. To “gimble” is to make holes like a gimblet.’
`And “the
WABE” is the grass-plot round a sun-dial, I suppose?’ said Alice, surprised at her own ingenuity.
`Of course it is. It’s called “
WABE,” you know, because it goes a long
WAY BEfore it, and a long
WAY BEhind it — ‘
`And a long way beyond it on each side,’ Alice added.
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There are many theories about how these bodies formed.
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[b][color=#FF4000]WAFFLE[/color][/b] (n.) "kind of batter-cake, baked crisp in irons and served hot," 1744, from Dutch wafel "waffle," from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German wafel, from Proto-Germanic *wabila- "web, honeycomb" (source also of Old High German waba "[b][color=#FF4000]honeycomb[/color][/b]," German [b][color=#FF4000]WABE[/color][/b]), related to Old High German weban, Old English wefan "to weave". Sense of "honeycomb" is preserved in some combinations referring to a weave of cloth. Waffle iron is from 1794.[/quote][list][size=150]-------------------------------------------
[i][color=#0000FF]`Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the[/color] [b][color=#FF4000]WABE[/color][/b][color=#0000FF];
All mimsy were the borogoves,
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`That’s enough to begin with,’ Humpty Dumpty interrupted: `there are plenty of hard words there. “Brillig” means four o’clock in the afternoon — the time when you begin broiling things for dinner.’
`That’ll do very well,’ said Alice: and “slithy”?’
`Well, “slithy” means “lithe and slimy.” “Lithe” is the same as “active.” You see it’s like a portmanteau — there are two meanings packed up into one word.’
`I see it now,’ Alice remarked thoughtfully: `and what are “toves”?’
`Well, “toves” are something like badgers — they’re something like lizards — and they’re something like corkscrews.’
`They must be very curious looking creatures.’
`They are that,’ said Humpty Dumpty: `also they make their nests under sun-dials — also they live on cheese.’
`Andy what’s the “gyre” and to “gimble”?’
`To “gyre” is to go round and round like a gyroscope. To “gimble” is to make holes like a gimblet.’
`And “the [b][color=#FF4000]WABE[/color][/b]” is the grass-plot round a sun-dial, I suppose?’ said Alice, surprised at her own ingenuity.
`Of course it is. It’s called “[b][color=#FF4000]WABE[/color][/b],” you know, because it goes a long [b][color=#FF4000]WAY BE[/color][/b]fore it, and a long [b][color=#FF4000]WAY BE[/color][/b]hind it — ‘
`And a long way beyond it on each side,’ Alice added.
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