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Singh

• noun - a title or surname adopted by certain warrior castes of northern India, especially by male members of the Sikh Khalsa.

— origin from Punjabi singh ‘lion’, from Sanskrit simha ‘lion’.

Richard Ruck wrote:Singh

• noun - a title or surname adopted by certain warrior castes of northern India, especially by male members of the Sikh Khalsa.

— origin from Punjabi singh ‘lion’, from Sanskrit simha ‘lion’.

and of course Kaur (princess) the female equivalent. (Many years spent as a midwife in southall)

englishangel wrote:

Richard Ruck wrote:Singh

• noun - a title or surname adopted by certain warrior castes of northern India, especially by male members of the Sikh Khalsa.

— origin from Punjabi singh ‘lion’, from Sanskrit simha ‘lion’.

and of course Kaur (princess) the female equivalent. (Many years spent as a midwife in southall)

Never knew that - thanks!

Richard Ruck wrote:Singh

• noun - a title or surname adopted by certain warrior castes of northern India, especially by male members of the Sikh Khalsa.

— origin from Punjabi singh ‘lion’, from Sanskrit simha ‘lion’.

.......... and I thought it was what you did in a Quoir !!

(Boom Boom !!!!)

Back to architecture today:

soffit

• noun - the underside of an architectural structure, such as an arch, a balcony, or overhanging eaves.

— origin early 17th cent.: from French soffite or Italian soffitto, based on Latin suffixus ‘fastened below’.

Richard Ruck wrote:Back to architecture today:

soffit

• noun - the underside of an architectural structure, such as an arch, a balcony, or overhanging eaves.

— origin early 17th cent.: from French soffite or Italian soffitto, based on Latin suffixus ‘fastened below’.

I knew that one, mine are all PVCu, no painting.

A good one today:

thimblerig

• noun [mass noun] - a game involving sleight of hand, in which three inverted thimbles or cups are moved about, contestants having to spot which is the one with a pea or other object underneath.

— derivatives
thimblerigger noun.

— origin early 19th cent.: from thimble + rig in the sense ‘trick, dodge’.

An appropriate epithet for Blair, perhaps.

Easy one today:

G-suit

• noun - a garment with pressurized pouches that are inflatable with air or fluid, worn by fighter pilots and astronauts to enable them to withstand high gravitational forces.

— origin 1940s: from g (symbol of gravity) + suit.

Not to be confused with gimp suit.....

Inflatables with air on the G string? Or maybe the female versions come complete with a G-spot, cleverly hidden away so that men can't find them?

Oh, Lord, I'm going ...

cj wrote:Inflatables with air on the G string? Or maybe the female versions come complete with a G-spot, cleverly hidden away so that men can't find them?

Oh, Lord, I'm going ...

......to get your coat?

englishangel wrote:

cj wrote:Inflatables with air on the G string? Or maybe the female versions come complete with a G-spot, cleverly hidden away so that men can't find them?

Oh, Lord, I'm going ...

......to get your coat?

Yes, I do apologise. I don't know what came over me on a Friday morning ...

Oooo-errr!

Today's word :

fungible

• adjective Law (of goods contracted for without an individual specimen being specified) - replaceable by another identical item; mutually interchangeable.

— derivatives
fungibility noun.

— origin late 17th cent.: from medieval Latin fungibilis, from fungi ‘perform, enjoy’, with the same sense as fungi vice ‘serve in place of’

.....and yesterday's (sorry, didn't get around to it before) :

falchion

• noun historical - a broad, slightly curved sword with the cutting edge on the convex side.

— origin Middle English fauchon, from Old French, based on Latin falx, falc- ‘sickle’.

Richard Ruck wrote:Today's word :

fungible

• adjective Law (of goods contracted for without an individual specimen being specified) - replaceable by another identical item; mutually interchangeable.

— derivatives
fungibility noun.

— origin late 17th cent.: from medieval Latin fungibilis, from fungi ‘perform, enjoy’, with the same sense as fungi vice ‘serve in place of’

Nothing to do with mushrooms or toadstools, then ??????