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originally abstract, denoting

 
about ery
another y
 
art ery
is ery
 
cloud ery
could ery
 
would ery
should ery
 
come ry
gone ry
 
found ery
lost ery
 
last ery
lest ery
list ery
 
lust ery
mist ery
 
most ery
must ery
 
new ery
old ery
 
one ry
two ery
 
perhaps ery
maybe ry
 
now ery
then ery
 
same ry
some ry
 
this ery
that ery
 
in ery
out ery
 
memory
orrery
 
tomorrow y   *
 
when ery
where ery
 
word ery
thing ery

 

Extrapolations from a dream, whose key word evaporated upon waking. Attempts to bring it back led nowhere, save the above. Not words, but might’ve been.
And not all of them (quite) nonsense —

on -ery, see entry in the Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia (1903), including this —
Originally abstract, denoting the collective qualities of the subject, it has also or only a concrete sense, as in finery, greenery, etc. ... denotes a business... hence it came to refer to wares, etc., collectively... and to the place where such wares are made or sold, or to any place of business... or to any place where the things represented by the subject are collected... especially to places where animals are collected, or to the animals collectively, as in hennery, goosery, rookery, piggery, hoggery.
 

5 July 2017

tags:
dreams; rêves; found; lastery; lost; telegraphic codes