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Fwd: 'spatule', Ada, Chap 9
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I've never come across this spelling and use of 'spatule'. Does it have
an ornithological meaning?
From Ada, (58.4)
'Her teeth were fairly white, but not very even.
Her poor pretty handsone could not help cooing with pity
over themrosy in comparison to the translucent skin of the
arm, rosier even than the elbow that seemed to be blushing for
the state of her nails: she bit them so thoroughly that all vestige
of free margin was replaced by a groove cutting into the flesh
with the tightness of wire and lending an additional spatule of
length to her naked fingertips.'
Brian Howell
http://www.windriverpress.com/titles/studyofsleep.html
http://www.tobypress.com/books/dance_geometry.htm
http://www.elasticpress.com/sound_of_white_ants.htm
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EDNOTE. SPATULE is a technical term meaning "spoon-shaped" and is widely applies
to such structures in insects, birds (spoonbills) and botany. In VN's usage
above, I suppose the "free margins" refer to the nail tips that usually
conceal the back tips of fingers. In Ada's bitten nails the backs of the finger
tips are exposed, leaving the grooved area exposed with that additional spatule.
an ornithological meaning?
From Ada, (58.4)
'Her teeth were fairly white, but not very even.
Her poor pretty handsone could not help cooing with pity
over themrosy in comparison to the translucent skin of the
arm, rosier even than the elbow that seemed to be blushing for
the state of her nails: she bit them so thoroughly that all vestige
of free margin was replaced by a groove cutting into the flesh
with the tightness of wire and lending an additional spatule of
length to her naked fingertips.'
Brian Howell
http://www.windriverpress.com/titles/studyofsleep.html
http://www.tobypress.com/books/dance_geometry.htm
http://www.elasticpress.com/sound_of_white_ants.htm
----- End forwarded message -----
EDNOTE. SPATULE is a technical term meaning "spoon-shaped" and is widely applies
to such structures in insects, birds (spoonbills) and botany. In VN's usage
above, I suppose the "free margins" refer to the nail tips that usually
conceal the back tips of fingers. In Ada's bitten nails the backs of the finger
tips are exposed, leaving the grooved area exposed with that additional spatule.