while some were born heroes

"Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life,
or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show."
-David Copperfield, Charles Dickens

7/21/2010

Lunules and Tittles


In case you were wondering about how to refer to the crescent-shaped body part you discovered while looking in the mirror (from Merriam-Webster's "Words For Things You Didn't Even Know Had Names")

glabella : the smooth prominence of the forehead between the eyebrows

tittle : the dot over i or j

lunule : a crescent-shaped body part or marking (such as the whitish mark at the base of a fingernail)

muntin : a strip separating panes of glass in a window sash

fourchette : the strip or shaped piece used for the sides of the fingers of a glove

aglet : the tag covering the ends of a lace or point – e.g., the reinforcement at the end of a shoelace

ferrule : the protective point or knob on the far end of an umbrella

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