[tlhIngan Hol] lawn mower

[Steven Boozer]

> On 26 July 2016 at 21:30, SuStel <sustel at trimboli.name> wrote:
> > (military term). chIp cut, trim (hair) is doing the same thing,
> > telling us that this refers to hair-cutting and not other kinds of
> cutting or trimming.
> 
> I interpret it as meaning "this refers to the kind of 'trim' that you
> might do with a hair, i.e. cut it, as opposed to, say 'trim a uniform with
> fur' or 'trim the control surfaces of a flyer' " -- along the lines of the
> "fire (torpedo, rocket, missile)" versus "fire (employee)": just an example 
> object to clarify the action of the verb.
> 
> Ph.


For the sailors on the list:   to trim one's sails.


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