;Posted on 04/16/2014 5:12:50 AM PDT by TruthShallSetYouFree
Word For The Day, Wednesday, April 16, 2014-- dreadnought
;In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of "Word for the Day".
dreadnought [ dred-nawt]
noun
1. a type of battleship armed with heavy-caliber guns in turrets.
2. an outer garment of heavy woolen cloth.
3. a thick cloth with a long pile.
4. (slang) a heavyweight boxer
5. a person who fears nothing
Origin: From the British battleship Dreadnought, launched in 1906, the first of its type.
1800–10; dread + nought (fear nothing)
Related forms
dreadnaught
Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the Word for the Day in a sentence.
The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day.
A+++
As with insider trading, messing with IRS refunds can be quite lucrative, but there is usually a paper trail left behind.
A+++
Very interesting. I had no idea there was a Dreadnought guitar.
Dreadnought is a poster at FRee Republic and at Lucianne. He is one of the good ones! He posts the most interesting articles.
It snowed on me (lightly) when I filed my taxes yesterday! Grrrr. And I’d gone out without a coat! Brrrr. But it is all gone today.
As you wish.
A++
My 2 1/2 year-old granddaughter has seen The Princess Bride a few dozen times, as her older siblings love the movie. When I prompt her by saying “I am Inigo Montaya,” she responds (with a slight Spanish accent) “You killed my father. Prepare to die!”
A+++
We should send a few of those babies to Ukraine.
Good job pinging him.
They ought to announce it with, I dunno, an Emancipation Proclamation!
It was strange to behold the grass and cars still covered this morning. It was 80 degrees two days ago. Someone get Al Gore on the courtesy phone.
Mandy Patinkin is doing some sort of concert at the fancy hall in town. Singing, I guess.
I wonder if he does the line at some time during the show.
I mean, he’d have to, right?
So, they close the garage? Why aren’t they open for all the holiday revelers?
nice!
Been onboard the BB Texas many times: It started me on my love of engineering and big steam things. (Well, it is impressive for a 7-year old to look at a steam engine, see the top of the open piston and realize “I could stand in that thing and ride up and down all day ...” )
It is an ironic - or iconic? - reflection of the 1890’s - 1912’s dreadnought Navy buildup before WWI that the British were far ahead of all the world’s Navies measured by the 1880-1890-1900 type less-than-dreadnought big ships.
Then they “invented” the Dreadnought - all big gun, very highly armored, very large, long-range fast (for its time) single ship. So, all at once, all of the world’s “old” ships were suddenly obsolete.
including all of the existing big British ships!
OOpsie.
Now, in just one year, all the Germans had to do was launch three dreadnoughts (instead of 20 or 30 big older ships) and the Germans would have caught up with the British and passed them. So, because of the fundamental and massive improvements in the Dreadnought-style battleship, the British made it suddenly possible for the Germans to “win” the very naval buildup they had previously been far, far behind in, and the naval arms race to WWI was accelerated!
A+++
A rare grade for an outstanding analysis using today’s word!
My Oooopsie—the grade is so rare, I left out a +.
A++++
the garage is mostly used by District employees and there are contract parkers on the one floor. so i guess they figure with them being off, it isn’t worth it. They don’t open on weekends, so it’s not a concern for making $, they are only interested in serving their tenants, i guess.
8<)
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.