05 April 2010

Crypt

What's the best vault to bury someone's words? I would say log, but others prefer twit, it's more cryptic.


Log, n. [Icel. l[=a]g A record and tabulated statement of the
 person(s) operating, operations performed, resources
 consumed, and the work done by any machine, device, or
 system.

Twit, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Twitted; p. pr. & vb. n.
 Twitting.] [OE. atwiten, AS. [ae]tw[imac]tan to reproach,
 blame; aet at + w[imac]tan to reproach, blame; originally, to
 observe, see, hence, to observe what is wrong (cf. the
 meanings of E. animadvert; akin to G. verweisen to censure,
 OHG. firw[imac]zan, Goth. fraweitan to avenge, L. videre to
 see. See Vision, Wit.]
 To vex by bringing to notice, or reminding of, a fault,
 defect, misfortune, or the like; to revile; to reproach; to
 upbraid; to taunt; as, he twitted his friend of falsehood.

Crypt (kr[i^]pt), n. [L. crypta vault, crypt, Gr.
 kry`pth, fr. kry`ptein to hide. See Grot, Grotto.]
 1. A vault wholly or partly under ground; especially, a vault
 under a church, whether used for burial purposes or for a
 subterranean chapel or oratory.


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