Tuesday, May 02, 2006

DEAD WORD OF THE DAY

hurple: to shrug or stick up the back as an animal does in inclement weather when standing under a hedge; to shrug up the neck and creep along the streets with a shivering sensation of cold, as an ill-clad person may do on a winter's morning.

(from: _The Word Museum_ by Jeffrey Kacirk)

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