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[Ranjit Bhatnagar]

> >xerclod - n. - A trapezoidal piece of spruce or hard balsa on the pod
> >section of a model rocket boost-glider that serves as a hook for
> >attaching the glider section.  [back-formation from the label "piece X"
> >found on early plan diagrams]
> 
> I couldn't find this in the dictionary or on the Web, except on Jed's site. Did
> someone sebaggle us?

I managed to find one more reference, from the usenet group
rec.model.rockets exactly one year ago (using groups.google.com):

http://groups.google.com/groups?q=xerclod&hl=en&lr=&safe=off&rnum=1&ic=1&selm=390cab8d.4087064%40enews.newsguy.com

From: Scott D. Orr (sdorr at ix.netcom.com)
Subject: Re: Questions about Boost Glider Boosts [Again--Someone answer, please!] 
Newsgroups: rec.models.rockets
Date: 2000/04/30 
 
[...]

There could be some side-to-side movement, because the piece the
glider fuselage was cut from is actually a bit narrower than the piece
the pod pylon was cut from (and I think the xerclod is a bit narrower
than the fuselage, though I've built that part up with tape).