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Bruno Morelli — Fri, 13 Oct 2006 20:35:42 -0000

Apple dictionary does not have mining definition of glory-hole. It should be:
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Noun 1. glory hole - a small locker at the stern of a boat or between decks of a ship
Synonyms: lazaretto

By Wordnet Dictionary

Glory hole is a colloquial term for any small room or cupboard, usually containing odds and ends. In glassblowing, a glory hole is an opening in a furnace, or a stand alone furnace, which is used to reheat the molten glass as it is formed.

The phrase originated in mining. In the western states during the Gold Rush days, independent miners who did not have the finances to dig a conventional mine shaft would dig a shaft staight down to try to find a gold seam. These perpendicular shafts became known as "glory holes".

In modern mining, a glory hole is an open-cut or pit mine used to reach and mine out an ore deposit with extraction from the bottom level via an adit or underground markings. In glory-hole mining a steep-sided, funnel-shaped surface excavation is connected to tunnels below it. Rocks blasted off the sides of the excavation fall into the tunnels, from which they are then removed.
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Re: http://laughingsquid.com/blag/

Luke Bosman — Fri, 10 Mar 2006 12:30:32 -0000

On the subject of umlauts, it's not an umlaut at all. It's a diaresis.

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Chris — Sun, 07 Aug 2005 02:14:39 -0000

Ã¤ is not just an German "Umlaut". Other languages use this character
as well. English uses the s-plural. If the word is adapted by English
speakers, umlauts is of course correct. Just like the German word BÃ¼ro
is correct, even though it was originally a misspelled French word.

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Doug — Sat, 06 Aug 2005 21:19:39 -0000

Well, you've already got a job writing potential dictionary examples. Dictionary usage examples usually use real-life examples found in print somewhere, so it's quite possible that something you write will wind up in a dictionary. True etymological dictionaries (ie the full OED) will also give dates and sources so if you were an early user of the word 'blog' (or any other new word) you could be lexicographically immortalised! As I'm still using Panther I can't check if Tiger's dictionary app gives this info.

One more thing, as an Australian I'd prefer not to have to use a dictionary of American English, does anyone know if Tiger provide other options?

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gregor horst — Sat, 06 Aug 2005 16:23:14 -0000

nice text.
please don't write umlauts. umlaut is a german word and the plural is umlaute not umlauts.
your idea to speak the word with the umlaut "Ã¤" is realy nice, but the word blÃ¤g sounds realy awful.

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Scott Beale — Sat, 06 Aug 2005 09:34:35 -0000

Re Scottâ€™s second update: The dictionary applicaiton does indeed give credit to Oxford American Dictionaries. If you donâ€™t want to go as far as looking in the preferences, just start the application by double-clicking.

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CSS — Sat, 06 Aug 2005 09:02:15 -0000

Afaik italic sentences mark exmaples how to use a specific word.

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Dan Bruno — Fri, 05 Aug 2005 21:59:23 -0000

Simone: Too late! I bet the meme is already well on its way. :)

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shut — Fri, 05 Aug 2005 21:20:30 -0000

blog should be stricken from the english language and all words derived from it

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pm — Fri, 05 Aug 2005 19:43:11 -0000

And besides, "A Weblog" is actually a placeholder for the definition. Double clicking "Weblog" brings up the real one, "Web site on which an individual or group of users produces an ongoing narrative."

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Simone Manganelli — Fri, 05 Aug 2005 18:44:17 -0000

Ugh, for the second time, it's not a definition. It's an example of usage!

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john — Fri, 05 Aug 2005 18:39:10 -0000

Regardless of who penned the entry it's a horrible definition. Why do they have to be written by twenty-somethings? Also anyone who uses the internet regularly should know better then to assume anyone's nationality. Unhealthy interest in computers? I'll buy that.

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Simone Manganelli — Fri, 05 Aug 2005 18:34:11 -0000

It also should be noted that anything in italics in Apple's dictionary widget is USAGE, not the definition. Try looking up "overrated" -- it will say the definition in normal print, which is "have a higher opinion of (someone or something) than is deserved". It will then say in italics "dismissing the work as pompous and overrated". This second part surely isn't a definition, but is usage. The same applies to "blog" -- the definition given is simply "a weblog", but the usage is what is quoted.

There's a reason why I chose tho word "overrated". :rolleyes:

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Ed — Fri, 05 Aug 2005 18:14:07 -0000

Before everyone gets up in arms about this, it should be noted that
Apple's dictionary comes from the "New Oxford American
Dictionary, 2nd Edition."