Definitions
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- noun A form of
delamination , orseparation in alaminate material , resulting in aspotty appearance.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Now she dusts the board with a goose's wing, now sits, broad-lapped, with whitened nails and measling shins: here is a space again, the scone rising to the tick of two clocks.
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Of course, Granny isn't able to travel and Aunt Margery couldn't come because the kiddies have been measling, but Ted is here, and Uncle Phil -- bless him!
Wild Wings A Romance of Youth Margaret Rebecca Piper
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He keeps me on deck mostly all the time, crutch and all; and he leaves you measling in the hold, where nobody can't see you, nor wants to, and you may lay to that!
Fables Robert Louis Stevenson 1872
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He keeps me on deck mostly all the time, crutch and all; and he leaves you measling in the hold, where nobody can't see you, nor wants to, and you may lay to that!
Robert Louis Stevenson: a record, an estimate, and a memorial 1871
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