[Geysers] They're getting our words!

[thedulcimerlady at juno.com]

I belong to the Word-a-Day listserve, and thought today's word would be
of interest to everyone.  Looks like they got it right!  I'll see what
else they come up with this week.

Lucille

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From: Wordsmith <wsmith at wordsmith.org>
To: linguaphile at wordsmith.org
Date: Tue, 27 Dec 2005 00:05:52 -0500
Subject: A.Word.A.Day--fumarole

This week's theme: words to describe the Earth's features.

fumarole (FYOO-muh-rol) noun

   A hole or vent in a volcanic region from which hot gases and steam are
   emitted.

[Via Italian or French from Latin fumariolum (smoke hole), diminutive
of Latin fumarium (smoke chamber), from fumus (smoke).]

Picture of a fumarole: http://lvo.wr.usgs.gov/cdf_main.htm

-Anu Garg (gargATwordsmith.org)

  "Travel further round to the south to Fumarole and experience a sauna
--
   nature's way."
   Therms of Endearment; Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland); Dec 29, 2001.

  "Pop open a bottle of champagne and pour yourself a glass. Take a sip.
   The elegant surface fizz -- a boiling fumarole of rising and
collapsing
   bubbles -- launches thousands of golden droplets into the air,
conveying
   the wine's enticing flavors and aromas to tongue and nostrils alike."
   Gerard Liger-Belair; The Science of Bubbly; Scientific American (New
York);
   Jan 2003.

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