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Re: International Help Needed [message #76386 is a reply to message #76261]

Tue, 31 May 2011 10:01

pgrigis
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On May 31, 12:54 pm, David Fanning <n...@idlcoyote.com> wrote:
> Paolo writes:
>> The OED (Oxford English dictionary) says:
>
>> fussock v. Obs. (intr.) to roll about in an unwieldy way
>
>> That fits?
>
>> 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
>> work
>> (1854 or earlier)"
>
> 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. :-(
>
> Any ideas about "yorking". That could be a made-up
> word, I guess. But if it is, it's a good one.

Well that is a bit more speculative but it could be
a variant spelling of "yerking/yarking" and in the
defintion of yerk/yark

"To move (some part of the body) with a jerk or twitch;
esp. to lash out with (the legs), as a horse."

Ciao,
Paolo

>
> Cheers,
>
> David
>
> --
> 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
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