REDD, finally!

[Jennifer L Smith]

> redd, v: to disentangle by means of vigorous shaking
>
> -- MyS: 7 (2 for correct guess)

[snip]

> Linda: A novel way of grooming the hair!

I know what Linda's alluding to!  (And maybe Melissa, too?)
Recognizing that quote was my excuse for not playing this round.[*]

When I first ran across the line in question (in _Jane Eyre_), I
couldn't quite believe that a verb in its past-participle form
could end with two <d>s.  It made me think the thing was an
adjective.

--Jen, long-term lurker
       (probably last seen here as jlsmith at linguist.umass.edu)

[*] Now, I just need an excuse for not playing approximately 999
of the rounds before this one.


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  Jennifer Smith / Carrboro, NC, USA / jlsmith at unc.edu
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