Message-ID: <9824949.1075858927636.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2001 02:02:00 -0700 (PDT) From: wsmith@wordsmith.org To: linguaphile@wordsmith.org Subject: A.Word.A.Day--prad Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-From: Wordsmith X-To: linguaphile X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \SSCOTT5 (Non-Privileged)\Scott, Susan M.\Wordsmith X-Origin: Scott-S X-FileName: SSCOTT5 (Non-Privileged).pst prad (prad) noun Horse. [By metathesis from Dutch paard, horse.] "`Just send somebody out to relieve my mate, will you, young man?' said the officer; `he's in the gig, a-minding the prad. Have you got a coach 'us here, that you could put it up in, for five or ten minutes?'" Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist, 1838. This week's theme: words formed by metathesis or transposing letters. ............................................................................ There is no agony like bearing an untold story inside of you. -Maya Angelou, poet (1928- ) What to give to those who have everything? Give the gift of words. Here is a gift that keeps on giving. To enter a gift subscription of A.Word.A.Day, please visit http://wordsmith.org/awad/gift.html or ask them to subscribe themselves at http://wordsmith.org/awad/subscribe.html Pronunciation: http://wordsmith.org/words/prad.wav http://wordsmith.org/words/prad.ram