Wednesday, June 07, 2006

DEAD WORD OF THE DAY

elflocks: knots of hair twisted by elves. It was supposed to be a spiteful amusement of Queen Mab and her subjects to twist the hair of human creatures, or manes and tails of horses, into hard knots which it was not fortunate to untangle.

(from The Word Museum by Jeffrey Kacirk)

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