Another thesaurus entry.
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valis2For those of you who haven't seen this before...I have a bargain-bin thesaurus, a reprinting of a mid to late 1800's Roget's. It's delicious.
Smoothness
Adj. polish, gloss; lubricity, lubrication.
down, velvet, silk, satin; slide; glass, ice.
iron, flat-iron, tailor's goose, burnisher.
V. smooth, plane, file, shave; level; macadamize; polish, burnish, planish, levigate, glaze; iron, hot-press; lubricate.
Adj. smooth; polished; even; sleek, glossy; silken, silky; lanate, downy, velvety; glabrous, slippery, glassy, lubricous, oily, soft; unwrinkled; smooth as glass, smooth as ice, smooth as velvet, smooth as oil; slippery as an eel.
Smoothness
Adj. polish, gloss; lubricity, lubrication.
down, velvet, silk, satin; slide; glass, ice.
iron, flat-iron, tailor's goose, burnisher.
V. smooth, plane, file, shave; level; macadamize; polish, burnish, planish, levigate, glaze; iron, hot-press; lubricate.
Adj. smooth; polished; even; sleek, glossy; silken, silky; lanate, downy, velvety; glabrous, slippery, glassy, lubricous, oily, soft; unwrinkled; smooth as glass, smooth as ice, smooth as velvet, smooth as oil; slippery as an eel.
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Date: 2007-07-09 05:19 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2007-07-09 04:15 pm (UTC)One university I attended had a professor who had a degree in Psychology and Linguistics. He was fascinating!
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Date: 2007-07-09 04:25 pm (UTC)It would be wonderful to get hands on the original.
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Date: 2007-07-09 05:18 pm (UTC)