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“Some sources claim that “bbl” originated as a symbol for “blue barrels” delivered by Standard Oil in its early days;”
—Barrels
“After the dope has been spun into lyocell fibers, it is washed and the chemicals are retrieved from the water, purified, and recycled.”
—Lyocell
Peruse
“USAGE The verb peruse means ‘read thoroughly and carefully.’ It is sometimes mistakenly taken to mean ‘read through quickly, glance over,’ as in: later documents will be perused rather than analyzed thoroughly, a sentence that technically makes no sense.”
-the apple dictionary
capon
capon |ˈkāˌpän; -pən|
noun
a castrated domestic cock fattened for eating.
“Uris attended schools in Norfolk, Virginia and Baltimore, but never graduated from high school, having failed English three times.”
—Leon Uris
