This week's theme: Whose what? Pele's hair (PAY-lays hair) noun
Thin strands of volcanic glass, formed when lava is thrown into the air by the explosion of a volcano. [After Pele, the Hawaiian goddess of fire and volcanoes.] A picture of Pele's hair: http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/Imgs/Jpg/Tephra/30410914_030_caption.html -Anu Garg (words at wordsmith.org) "'Look, Pele's hair,' he said. A long glassy filament of lava lay on his palm." Anne Chalfant; Blown Away; Contra Costa Times (Walnut Creek, California); Jan 1, 2007. Sponsors' messages: Why's "Think Better" becoming a best seller? Because those who read it say it actually helps them think more creatively. http://tenkaizen.com See a map of your word in the Visual Thesaurus. Wordsmith readers save 10%. Try it free! http://www.visualthesaurus.com/?ad=aw&code=h7q Have you seen the shadow of the waxwing slain? http://nthposition.com/thewaxwingslain.php ............................................................................ A child's education should begin at least one hundred years before he is born. -Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., US Supreme Court Justice (1841-1935) 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/peles_hair.wav http://wordsmith.org/words/peles_hair.ram Permalink: http://wordsmith.org/words/peles_hair.html This message was sent to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]".
