segunda-feira, 23 de dezembro de 2013

An old popular name for mica or talc

An old popular name for mica or talc



Cat-silver. An old popular name for mica or talc.

Cat-sleep. A light doze, a watchful sleep, like that of a hare or of a cat who sits in front of a mouse-hole, a dozy or a sleeping wakefulness.

Cat's-paw. Any one used by another for getting them out of a difficulty, and for no other reason, is made a cat's-paw of. The simile is from the fable of the monkey using the cat's paw to take his chestnuts out of the fire. A light breeze just ruffling the water in a calm is called a cat's-paw. Also a particular kind of turn in the bight of a rope made to hook tackle on.



Fonte: Cats

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