Help, please

[Dave Monroe]

On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 2:52 PM, David Payne <dpayne1912 at hotmail.com> wrote:
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> Weird, I was just reading this etymology of furrow, which is connected to the etymology of pig:
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> O.E. furh "furrow," from P.Gmc. *furkh- (cf. O.N. for "furrow, drainage ditch;" M.Du. vore, Du. voor; Ger. Furche "furrow"), from PIE *prk- (cf. L. porca "ridge between two furrows," O.Ir. -rech, Welsh rhych "furrow"). "Some scholars connect this word with L. porcus, Eng. FARROW, assigning to the common root the sense 'to root like a swine.' " [OED] The verb meaning "to make wrinkles in one's face, brow, etc." is from 1593.
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> See: http://www.etymonline.com/index.php

I really blew it on this one.  Another excellent find.  Thanks, David!

Meanwhile ...

"... how I've wanted you, she whispered as paternal plow found its way
into filial furrow ..." (GR, Pt. III, p. 420)

"... two adorable schoolgirls, twin sisters in fact, in identical
dresses of flowered voile, with each of the banker's big toes inserted
now into a downy little furrow as they lie forward along his legs
kissing his shaggy stomach ..." (GR, Pt. III, p. 467)