MDDM Ch.78 "On Entering Mason's Rooms...
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Bandwraith at aol.com
Tue Sep 24 05:52:26 CDT 2002
[760.20]
...Franklin is greeted by an Odor he knows and would rather
not have found."
Main Entry: 1in·con·ti·nent
Pronunciation: (")in-'kän-t&n-&nt
Function: adjective
Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French or Latin;
Middle French, from Latin incontinent-, incontinens,
from in- + continent-, continens continent
Date: 14th century
: not continent: as a (1) : lacking self-restraint (2) : not
being under control b : unable to retain a bodily discharge
voluntarily
cf
"'Tis a Construction,"..."a great single Engine, the size of a
Continent." [772.17]
Follow your nose.
regards
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