Upon entering the little country store, the stranger noticed a sign saying "DANGER! BEWARE OF DOG!" posted on the glass door.
Inside he noticed a harmless old hound dog asleep on the floor beside the cash register.
He asked the store manager,
"Is that the dog folks are supposed to beware of?"
"Yep, that"s him," he replied.
The stranger couldn"t help but be amused.
"That certainly doesn"t look like a dangerous dog to me. Why in the world would you post that sign?"
"Because," the owner replied, "before I posted that sign, people kept tripping over him."
adj. Tiresomely long; wearisome. tediously adv. Tediousness n. [latin: related to *tedium]
TEENAGE
attrib. Adj. Of or characteristic of teenagers. teenaged adj.
TELEFAX
n. = *fax. [abbreviation of telefacsimile]
TELLING
adj. Having a marked effect; striking; impressive. tellingly adv.
TEMPERA
n. - method of painting using an emulsion, e.g. Of pigment with egg-yolk and water, esp. On canvas.
- this emulsion. [italian]
TEMPEST
n. Violent storm. [latin tempus time]
TEMPURA
n. Japanese dish of fish, shellfish, etc., fried in batter. [japanese]
TENABLE
adj. - maintainable or defensible against attack or objection (tenable position).
- (foll. By for, by) (of an office etc.) That can be held for (a specified period) or by (a specified class of person). tenability n. [french tenir hold]
TENANCY
n. (pl. -ies) 1 status of or possession as a tenant.
- duration of this.
TENDRIL
n. Slender leafless shoot by which some climbing plants cling. [probably from french tendrillon]
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