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Posted By: zugy <zug_man@yahoo.com> | Date: 4/8/04 9:44 p.m. |
In Response To: threshing floor (Wado SG) Skip, unless interested, to the bold sections ha·lo ( P ) Pronunciation Key (hl)
A circular band of colored light around a light source, as around the sun or moon, caused by the refraction and reflection of light by ice particles suspended in the intervening atmosphere.
tr.v. ha·loed, ha·lo·ing, ha·loes
halo- or hal-
( P ) halo: log in for this definition of halo and other entries in Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary, available only to Dictionary.com Premium members. Source: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc. halo \Ha"lo\, n.; pl. Halos(?). [L. halos, acc. halo, Gr. ? a thrashing floor, also (from its round shape) the disk of the sun or moon, and later a halo round it; cf. Gr. ? to enfold, ? to roll round, L. volvere, and E. voluble.] 1. A luminous circle, usually prismatically colored, round the sun or moon, and supposed to be caused by the refraction of light through crystals of ice in the atmosphere. Connected with halos there are often white bands, crosses, or arches, resulting from the same atmospheric conditions. 2. A circle of light; especially, the bright ring represented in painting as surrounding the heads of saints and other holy persons; a glory; a nimbus. 3. An ideal glory investing, or affecting one's perception of, an object. 4. A colored circle around a nipple; an areola. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. halo \Ha"lo\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Haloed; p. pr. & vb. n. Haloing.] To form, or surround with, a halo; to encircle with, or as with, a halo. The fire That haloed round his saintly brow. --Sothey. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. halo n 1: an indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint [syn: aura, nimbus, glory] 2: a toroidal shape; "a ring of ships in the harbor"; "a halo of smoke" [syn: ring, annulus, anulus, doughnut, anchor ring] 3: a circle of light around the sun or moon Source: www.dictionary.com Now as for the wheat thing...
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threshing floor | Wado SG | 4/8/04 8:53 p.m. |
Re: threshing floor | Wado SG | 4/8/04 8:53 p.m. |
Re: threshing floor | meleeman | 4/8/04 9:12 p.m. |
Re: threshing floor | Daryl | 5/3/04 9:49 p.m. |
Other definitions | zugy | 4/8/04 9:44 p.m. |
Re: Other definitions | Red Loser | 4/9/04 5:32 p.m. |
Re: threshing floor | WhatTheDilly-O | 4/8/04 10:46 p.m. |
Re: threshing floor | Wado SG | 4/9/04 1:20 a.m. |
Re: threshing floor | Narcogen | 4/9/04 1:18 a.m. |
Re: threshing floor | Hedgemony | 4/9/04 2:10 a.m. |
Re: threshing floor | nocturnal02 | 4/9/04 4:00 a.m. |
Re: threshing floor | Hedgemony | 4/9/04 4:09 a.m. |
Re: threshing floor | Wado SG | 4/9/04 5:03 a.m. |
Re: threshing floor | Hedgemony | 4/9/04 5:13 a.m. |
Re: threshing floor | aznthunder | 4/12/04 10:49 p.m. |
Re: threshing floor | bubba | 4/21/04 7:38 p.m. |
Wheat from the chaff, chaff to the wind... | Finn | 4/9/04 12:46 p.m. |
Re: gah! | Wado SG | 4/9/04 2:02 p.m. |
Re: threshing floor | skraeling | 4/9/04 1:33 p.m. |
Re: threshing floor | Red Loser | 4/9/04 5:34 p.m. |
Re: threshing floor | Wado SG | 4/10/04 2:17 a.m. |
Re: threshing floor | desmodus78 | 4/12/04 10:20 a.m. |
Re: threshing floor | Reiginko | 4/12/04 11:02 a.m. |
Re: threshing floor | Mind_Affecting_Parasite | 4/12/04 1:47 p.m. |
Re: threshing floor | waahooo | 4/19/04 12:33 a.m. |
Re: threshing floor | Smokey | 4/12/04 12:03 p.m. |
Interesting indeed! | Mind_Affecting_Parasite | 4/12/04 12:31 p.m. |
Re: threshing floor | Wado SG | 4/13/04 2:36 a.m. |
Re: threshing floor | Aiya Kido aka Page24 | 4/14/04 11:51 a.m. |
Re: threshing floor | Zeta-7 | 4/19/04 2:26 a.m. |
Re: threshing floor | penguin | 5/3/04 6:17 p.m. |
Re: threshing floor | Hikaru-119 | 5/3/04 6:19 p.m. |
J/K :-) *NM* | 343winks | 5/4/04 12:36 a.m. |
Wow that's weird. Please read the message above^^^ | 343winks | 5/4/04 12:38 a.m. |
Re: threshing floor | SonofMeaning | 5/16/04 3:46 p.m. |
Re: threshing floor | Wado SG | 5/16/04 5:17 p.m. |
Re: threshing floor | Death shadow/ Batosai | 5/31/04 1:28 p.m. |
Re: threshing floor | DragonReborn | 5/31/04 3:27 p.m. |
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