This week's theme: archaic words. latchet (LATCH-it) noun
A shoe strap to fasten a shoe on the foot; a shoelace. [From Middle English lachet, from Old French lachet, from lacet.] -Anu Garg (words at wordsmith.org) "Why do I tell you all this, dear? Because it is heavy on my heart. Because I walk the Valley of Humility. Because I am subduing myself to permanent consciousness of my unworthiness to unloose the latchet of Dr. Barritz's shoe." Ambrose Bierce; A Lady From Redhorse; 1891. Sponsored by: Always find the right word with the Visual Thesaurus. Wordsmith readers save 10%. Try it free! http://www.visualthesaurus.com/?ad=aw&code=mx0 Love a good read that will inform & relax? Bonus: improve health & happiness. Guaranteed to finish cover to cover! Excerpts free: http://BernardPreston.com ............................................................................ Do not commit the error, common among the young, of assuming that if you cannot save the whole of mankind, you have failed. -Jan de Hartog, playwright and novelist (1914-2002) Looking for word/quotation archives: http://wordsmith.org/awad/archives.html Unsubscribe, change address, etc: http://wordsmith.org/awad/subscriber.html Pronunciation: http://wordsmith.org/words/latchet.wav http://wordsmith.org/words/latchet.ram Permalink: http://wordsmith.org/words/latchet.html This message was sent to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]".
