the new word

[fictioneric at cluemail.com]

First off, thanks to Harvard Extension, for teaching me some geology 
and letting me win that last round.  Mafic!  Isn't that a great word?

This round's word is . . .

    hurds

Definitions are due in a week, by close of business Monday, 10 
September 2007.  Or, if you know the word, let me know in the next 
two days.  Don't be shy, I have a backup.

All entrants are requested to submit, along with their definition, a 
haiku exemplifying that def.

    Air cools, brows furrow,
    Leaves fall and blow, hurds skip at
    Edges of our thoughts.

(That is not a clue.)

Enjoy!

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-- Eric   |   fictioneric at cluemail.com