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Vermont Posted 21 years ago
Vocabulary

Dark of the moon, etc.










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1. What does 'in the dark of the moon' mean? (--he sould figure up exactly what effect next year's Canada wheat crop woul have on potatoes planted in the dark of the moon.)

2. What does 'straw sailor' mean? (--and she had left the chaplet there, and walked back to the house swinging her straw sailor in her hands.)

3. What does 'skies drifting' mean? (In them there were no considerations of Mediterranen cruises, of soporofic Southern skies drifting in the Vesuvian Bay.)

4. What does 'loafed along' mean? (Sopay, with disgust in his heart, loafed along, twice unsuccessful.)

5. What does 'rule opens' mean? (He arouse, joint by joint, as a carpenter's rule opens, and beat the dust from his clothes.)
  

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Hi Vermont, 1. What does 'in the dark of the moon' mean? ) I'd say it means 'at night'.

— Clive

  • Hi Vermont, 1.
  • What does 'in the dark of the moon' mean?
  • ) I'd say it means 'at night'.
  • The usual expression is 'in the dark'.
  • More poetically, you might say 'by the light of the moon'.
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Hi Vermont,

1. What does 'in the dark of the moon' mean? (--he sould figure up exactly what effect next year's Canada wheat crop woul have on potatoes planted in the dark of the moon.)I'd say it means 'at night'. The usual expression is 'in the dark'. More poetically, you might say 'by the light of the moon'.

2. What does 'straw
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A picture of a carpenter's rule: http://www.unicahome.com/catalog/item.asp?id=9873

and a straw sailor:
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...What does 'in the dark of the moon' mean? (--he sould figure up exactly what effect next year's Canada wheat crop woul have on potatoes planted in the dark of the moon.)...
I have a dim recollection that 'in the dark of the moon' is to 'in the light of the moon' = as 'new moon' is to 'full moon'.

I once read that those with thinning hair should get their hair c
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3-- perhaps the reflection of the clouds on the surface of the water?
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I don't see much reason for puzzling over ' skies drifting in the Vesuvian Bay'. When there are clouds in the sky, it doesn't matter whether the viewer is stationary or in motion, whether the viewer is cruising on a boat in the Vesuvian Bay or sitting on the front porch of a house in Philadelphia--the Earth is always rotating, and clouds are always in motion. 'In the Bay' or 'over the Bay' would
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...Not to want the last word in the thread.

Of course not, Dave.
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