26 Jul
2016
26 Jul
'16
4:48 p.m.
On 26 July 2016 at 21:30, SuStel <sustel@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. -- Voragh tlhIngan ghantoH pIn'a' Ca'Non Master of the Klingons