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尘别耻苍颈猫谤别
adjective
dipped in flour, saut茅ed in butter, and sprinkled with lemon juice and chopped parsley.
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惭别耻苍颈猫谤别 鈥渄ipped in flour, saut茅ed in butter, and sprinkled with lemon juice鈥� is short for French 脿 la 尘别耻苍颈猫谤别 鈥渋n the manner of a miller鈥檚 wife.鈥� The 脿 la construction in French literally translates as 鈥渢o the鈥� or 鈥渋n the,鈥� as in past 51吃瓜 of the Day 脿 la mode 鈥渋n the fashion,鈥� but is also often used more figuratively to mean 鈥渋n the manner of.鈥� 惭别耻苍颈猫谤别, the feminine form of meunier 鈥渕iller,鈥� comes from Vulgar Latin 尘辞濒墨苍腻谤颈耻蝉, an agent noun form of Late Latin 尘辞濒墨苍补 鈥渕ill,鈥� a variant of 尘辞濒墨苍耻尘. 惭辞濒墨苍耻尘 is the ultimate source of English mill as well as French moulin, which you may recognize as the name of the Moulin Rouge cabaret in Paris, easily recognized for the gigantic red windmill on its roof. 惭别耻苍颈猫谤别 was first recorded in English in the 1840s.
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Fish was crucial to Sarah’s project, for as long as she could coax Daniel and Maxime to eat it, cooking up the flour-dredged sole 尘别耻苍颈猫谤别 in sparkling butter while ignoring their demands for meat, she could serve not only an orange cr猫me or chocolate 茅clair for dessert but also cheese at the end of the meal, picking up a melting piece of the increasingly acceptable Bries available鈥�
There was always that little rich decadent tin of lark p芒t茅 in the cupboard if I grew bored, or we could stroll down past the great ponds under the plane trees to the deft, friendly welcome of the Restaurant Thom茅 and eat a grilled pullet or a trout 尘别耻苍颈猫谤别, and an orange baked 脿 la norvegienne. Or we could stay home and I would try at last the mayonnaise maker I had bought…
尘别耻苍颈猫谤别
victorine
noun
a fur scarf with long tabs at the ends.
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Victorine 鈥渁 fur scarf with long tabs at the ends鈥� is likely a namesake of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom, using the descriptive suffix -ine. The name Victoria is an adaptation of Latin 惫颈肠迟艒谤颈补 鈥渧ictory鈥� and is spelled variously as Victoria, Viktoria, Viktorija, or Wiktoria in most European languages that use the Roman alphabet. Because of regular sound changes, however, the name becomes Victoire in French and Vittoria in Italian. The Latin noun 惫颈肠迟艒谤颈补 derives from the verb vincere 鈥渢o conquer, win,鈥� which has two major stems: vinc-, as in invincible and province, and vict-, as in conviction and evict. Though vincere sounds similar to English win, the two are not related, but you can find a form of vincere in the phrase 惫脓苍墨, 惫墨诲墨, 惫墨肠墨 鈥淚 came, I saw, I conquered.鈥� Victorine was first recorded in English in the 1840s.
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鈥業f you please, my lady,鈥� said Patty, the little maid, putting in her curly head once more; 鈥榠t鈥檚 a gentleman as I never see before. Nayther [sic] the Rector, nor the Curate, nor the General, nor nobody as I know; and he has got fur round his neck鈥�,鈥� said Patty, with a cough which covered a laugh. 鈥業t鈥檚 just like the thing as they call a victorine.鈥�
So Mrs. Murden departed very much cast down, and very insignificant in her cashmere dress and the fur she had thought so handsome鈥攕o it was in her own set; but her eyes had been dwelling upon velvet cloaks and sable victorines the past two hours. Alas! for her last year’s mantle, pretty as it had been; embroidered merinos looked so common鈥攆atal word.
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carapace
noun
a bony or chitinous shield, test, or shell covering some or all of the dorsal part of an animal, as of a turtle.
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Carapace 鈥渁 bony shell covering the back of an animal鈥� is a borrowing by way of French from Spanish carapacho, which is of uncertain origin. One theory is that carapacho is a corruption related to English caparison (from Old Spanish 肠补辫补谤补锄贸苍) 鈥渁 decorative covering for a horse,鈥� which may come from Medieval Latin cappa 鈥渉ooded cloak, cape鈥� or classical Latin caput 鈥渉ead.鈥� Alternative proposals that carapacho shares an origin with English calabash or calabaza, a type of gourd; Spanish 驳补濒谩辫补驳辞 鈥渢ortoise,鈥� the namesake of the Galapagos Islands; or Ancient Greek 办谩谤补产辞蝉 鈥渒ind of beetle,鈥� which is related to scarab, are based only on passing phonetic similarity. Carapace was first recorded in English in the 1830s.
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Gator snappers are surprisingly large turtles, with wild adult males capable of achieving weights of more than 200 pounds …. The carapace, or top shell, can be up to about 30 inches in length, and by the time one were to measure the head, neck, carapace and tail, the total length can approach a whopping 60 inches. However, most adults are quite a bit smaller with the average carapace length of only 24 inches.
Most fish, from minnows to sharks, have pliant bodies, which they undulate to move through the water. But boxfish sport a set of hard, bony plates, called a carapace. The carapace acts like a suit of armor鈥攑rotecting them against predators, but restricting their flexibility 鈥�. It also gives them their strange shapes: other boxfish species look like purses, Frisbees or ottomans.
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