chainmail

I came across the word chainmail while reading  Google: the chainmail version blog post in the following sentence:

I have been working with chainmail, and metal working in general, for nearly 5 years now.

The word chainmail refers to a type of armor that consists of small metal rings linked together in a pattern to form a mesh.

It seems that Google is eying the growing mesh trend in the Web same as Yahoo! did with its pipes, yet as usual, Google is just hinting upon this in an indirect way claiming the blog post to be among the “non-work interests and pastimes of individual Googlers.”

provenance

The word provenance appeared at the Mars starts using animal products BBC article in the following sentence:

“At a time when more and more consumers are concerned about the provenance of their food, Masterfoods’ decision to use non-vegetarian whey is a backward step,” it said in a statement.

The word provenance means the place of origin of something.

whey

The word whey appeard at the Mars starts using animal products article on the BBC website in the following sentence:

Rennet, a chemical sourced from calves’ stomachs, is used in the production of whey.

The word whey means the watery part that separates from milk while making cheese.

rennet

The word rennet appeared at Mars starts using animal products article on the BBC website in the following sentence:

Also affecting brands such as Snickers and Maltesers, owner Masterfoods said it had started to use animal product rennet to make its chocolate products.

The word rennet refers to the inner lining of the fourth stomach of calves used in making cheese.

paramount

I came across the word paramount in the Whodunit Wikipedia article in the following sentence:

A whodunit or whodunnit … is a complex, plot-driven variety of the detective story in which the puzzle is paramount.

The word paramount means highly important.

symposiums

The word symposiums appeared in Now the search for subtext will truly begin in the following sentence:

Already symposiums are held in universities around the world to debate issues such as “Moral alignment and meta-narrative in the works of J K Rowling”; and “Comrade Potter: A Marxist Reading of Harry Potter”.

The word symposiums means meetings in which participants discuss a topic and make presentations.

subtext

I came across the word subtext while reading  Now the search for subtext will truly begin published in the Telegraph.

The word subtext appeared in the title of the article itself:

Now the search for subtext will truly begin

The word subtext means the implicit meaning of a literary work.

glamour

I cam across the word glamour (glamor) while reading in The Novelist’s Workshop.

The word glamour appeared in the following sentence:

That’s a glamour shot of me, by the way–a book jacket photo.

The word glamour means charm.

paroled

I came across the word paroled while reading a review of the R is for Ricochet novel at Amazon.com.

The word paroled appeared in the following sentence:

When wealthy octogenarian Nord Lafferty hires Kinsey Millhone to help his newly paroled daughter find her way back to the straight and narrow after doing time for embezzlement, the Santa Teresa P.I. has no idea what she’s getting into.

The word paroled means to be released early from prison.

ricochet

I came across the word ricochet while reading a review of the S is for Silence novel at Amazon.com.

The word ricochet appeared in the following sentence:

This 19th entry (after 2004’s R Is for Ricochet) adopts a new convention:

The word ricochet means to bounce off a surface.