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Exacinate
Posted: Wed May 18, 2011 4:41 pm
by Grogie
To remove the kernel from. ''The grains of wheat, rice, barley, millet etc,etc are always exacinated from the plant before being eaten.''
Posted: Wed May 18, 2011 9:04 pm
by Slava
What a great rare word! Wherever did you find it?
Welcome back to the Agora, by the way. Where have you been hiding? I've missed your "left-field" suggestions.
Of course, given our whole-grain society, do we do this anymore?
Posted: Thu May 19, 2011 5:58 am
by MTC
Excellent choice.
Exacinate lends itself to metaphorical extension; to extract the meaning or essence of something, like a proverb. Proverbs are "kernels of wisdom." To interpret a proverb is to extract the kernel of embedded wisdom. For instance, " One swallow does not a summer make" cautions us to avoid jumping to overly-optimistic conclusions based on insufficient evidence. That would be an example of exacination.
Time for some sun flower seeds...