Fwd: "book-pad, v." - Word of the Day from the OED

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Your word for today is: book-pad, v.

† book-pad, v.
[‘ trans. To steal matter from (a book), to plagiarize.’]
Etymology: <  book n. + pad v.1 (compare sense 5 at that entry).
 Obs. rare.
  trans. To steal matter from (a book), to plagiarize.
1685  F. Spence tr. A. Varillas Άνεκδοτα Ὲτερουιακα 281 He book-padded [Fr.
pilla] the ancient panegyricks of the noblest thoughts that suited with his
subject.
Derivatives

 book-padding n. the action of plagiarizing a book.
1723  S. Mather Vindic. Holy Bible Pref. 3 He charges Dr. Lightfoot with
book-padding out of Aynsworth.

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