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Re: International Help Needed [message #76385 is a reply to message #76261]

Tue, 31 May 2011 10:02

pgrigis
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On May 31, 1:01 pm, Paolo <pgri...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On May 31, 12:54 pm, David Fanning <n...@idlcoyote.com> wrote:
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>> Paolo writes:
>>> The OED (Oxford English dictionary) says:
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>>> fussock v. Obs. (intr.) to roll about in an unwieldy way
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>>> That fits?
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>>> They also mention
>>> " English regional (midland and southern) fussock (also fussick,
>>> fursick)
>>> to bustle about, make a fuss, to fidget, to rub, to potter over one's
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>> Well, "to rub" is getting uncomfortably close to
>> Coyote's definition, but I'm pretty sure that's
>> not what the author had in mind. :-(
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>> Any ideas about "yorking". That could be a made-up
>> word, I guess. But if it is, it's a good one.
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> Well that is a bit more speculative but it could be
> a variant spelling of "yerking/yarking" and in the
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> "To move (some part of the body) with a jerk or twitch;
> esp. to lash out with (the legs), as a horse."

There's a quotation supporting this theory:
1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 158
b,
He [sc. the horse] chaufeth & champeth vpon the bridle,
commeth a loft, yorketh out with his heeles behinde.

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> Ciao,
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>> Cheers,
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>> David
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>> --
>> David Fanning, Ph.D.
>> Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
>> Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming:http://www.idlcoyote.com/
>> Sepore ma de ni thui. ("Perhaps thou speakest truth.")

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		International Help Needed By: David Fanning on Sun, 29 May 2011 23:49
		Re: International Help Needed By: pgrigis on Wed, 01 June 2011 11:15
		Re: International Help Needed By: David Fanning on Tue, 31 May 2011 10:14
		Re: International Help Needed By: pgrigis on Tue, 31 May 2011 10:02
		Re: International Help Needed By: pgrigis on Tue, 31 May 2011 10:01
		Re: International Help Needed By: David Fanning on Tue, 31 May 2011 09:54
		Re: International Help Needed By: pgrigis on Tue, 31 May 2011 09:51

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