Notices by Algot (algot@mastodon.art), page 21

Maybe it's finished but my eyes are tired.
Full res soon.
Goodnight.

#art #krita #dog

#WordOfTheDay

gallipot

/ˈɡalɪpɒt/
noun
historical
A small pot made from glazed earthenware or metal, used by pharmacists to hold medicines or ointments.

Origin
Late Middle English: probably from galley + pot (because gallipots were brought from the Mediterranean in galleys).

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The drugs stored in gallipots, old and new, are prescribed through apothecaries "just for you".

A backup of my data
Best done now not later,
Before the disk drive grater
Makes me a computer hater.

#SmallPoems

#WordOfTheDay

ocellus

/əˈsɛləs/
noun
Zoology
1 another term for simple eye
2 another term for eyespot (sense 1, ocellus sense 2)

Origin
Early 19th century: from Latin, diminutive of oculus ‘eye’.

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Butterflies protect themselves with ocellus spots, a form of mimicry.

It says something about human intelligence that they can ascribe "intelligence" to a 4-wheel drive mechanism.

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jackpot

/ˈdʒakpɒt/
noun
A large cash prize in a game or lottery, especially one that accumulates until it is won.

Origin
Late 19th century: from jack + pot. The term was originally used in a form of poker, where the pool or pot accumulated until a player could open the bidding with two jacks or better.

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Frank preferred poker over those state-run jackpot lotteries. The odds were better and skill actually played a role.

clothes in the washer
soft rain drizzling outside now
typical spring day

#CLMOOC
#SundayHaiku
#SmallPoems

What did the sweet potato say?

I am what I yam.

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replete

/rɪˈpliːt/
adjective
1 predicative Filled or well-supplied with something.
1.1 Very full of or sated by food.

Origin
Late Middle English: from Old French replet(e) or Latin repletus ‘filled up’, past participle of replere, from re- ‘back, again’ + plere ‘fill’.

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At the start I'm incomplete.
But correction will be fleet.
Soon dinner I shall eat.
With food I'll be replete.

#WordOfTheDay

acuate

/ˈakjʊət/
verb
historical
with object To make sharp, to sharpen.

Origin
Late Middle English - From post-classical Latin acuat-, past participial stem of acuare to make pungent, to whet, sharpen from classical Latin acus needle; compare classical Latin acuere to sharpen.

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Eric acuated his pencil. He may not have been the sharpest tack in the bulletin board, but tried to point himself in the right direction.

Weed/Wildflower Wednesday (on Thursday)

Weed/Wildflower Wednesday (on Thursday)

Thistles are generally unwanted (weeds). Fortunately for the homeowner, they are easy to identify in the lawn long before the flowers show. Use caution. Wear gloves...or use a shovel.

#weeds
#wildflower