DEPEDITATE
\dɪpˈɛdɪtˌe͡ɪt], \dɪpˈɛdɪtˌeɪt], \d_ɪ_p_ˈɛ_d_ɪ_t_ˌeɪ_t]\
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/dee-ped'*-tayt/ [by (faulty) analogy with "decapitate"]Humorously, to cut off the feet of. When one is using somecomputer-aided typesetting tools, careless placement of textblocks within a page or above a rule can result in chopped-offletter descenders. Such letters are said to have beendepeditated.
By Denis Howe
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Snake's-head
- Guinea-hen flower; -- so called in England because its spotted petals resemble the scales of a snake's head.