This week's theme: words for odds and ends.
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finial (FIN-ee-ehl, FI-nee-) noun
1. An ornamental object on top of an architectural structure or a piece
of furniture.
2. A curve at the end of the main stroke of a character in some italic
fonts.
[From Middle English finial (final), from Latin finis (end).]
Today's word in Visual Thesaurus: http://visualthesaurus.com/?w1=finial
-Anu Garg (words at wordsmith.org)
"Just ahead, rolling lawns and a canopy of pecan, willow, oak and English
walnut trees frame an imposing multitiered manor house complete with
portico exterior, dormer windows and a welcoming 3 1/2-foot pineapple
finial crowning its mansard roof."
Suzanne Murphy-Larronde; Mind Your Manors; The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette;
Mar 18, 2001.
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