Ghost word from 1934 Webster's dictionary. Meaning was "Density."
Kinda an unword.
Dord
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Re: Dord
Johnson said lexicographers were harmless drudges. Some drudge working on the 1934 Webster's dictionary got confused. The explanation is that he/she was thinking about the abbreviation for density being D or d, and sort-of accidentally put it in the definition section instead of the abbreviation section. The proofreaders who let it go to press were also drudges.
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Re: Dord
So you're saying, "hi ho hi ho it's off to drudge we go!"
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whine less, breathe more;
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Fear less, hope more;
eat less, chew more;
whine less, breathe more;
talk less, say more,
and all good things will be yours.
--R. Burns
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