This week's theme: short words. tor (tor) noun
1. A rocky heap on the top of a hill. 2. A peak of a bared hill. [From Middle English, from Old English torr. Of uncertain origin: probably from Celtic.] Today's word in Visual Thesaurus: http://visualthesaurus.com/?w1=tor -Anu Garg (gargATwordsmith.org) "Felicity Jones is in England with her mother, who is on sabbatical to pursue intensive research into the Arthurian legend. There is speculation that Glastonbury Tor might really be Avalon, where Arthur was taken to die." Renee Steinberg; The Last Grail Keeper; School Library Journal (New York); Dec 2001. This newsletter is made possible in part by these sponsors: A cure for brain flab! One brain-building, at-a-glance email a day helps keep unsightly ignorance away. http://knowledgenews.net/s?s=aw052506 Perfect your French, German, Spanish or Italian with Champs-Elysees audio magazines on foreign life & culture. http://ads.champs-elysees.com/wsmith3 ............................................................................ The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong. -Mohandas K. Gandhi (1869-1948) Our privacy policy: AWAD mailing list addresses are never sold, rented, leased, traded, swapped, exchanged, or bartered. We hate junk mail. Remove, change address, gift subs: http://wordsmith.org/awad/subscriber.html Pronunciation: http://wordsmith.org/words/tor.wav http://wordsmith.org/words/tor.ram Permalink: http://wordsmith.org/words/tor.html This message was sent to "[email protected]".
