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Pastimes : Don't Ask Rambi
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To: ZinMaster who wrote (3230)9/30/1997 3:12:00 PM
From: Jacques Chitte   of 71178
 
>>fully densified fused quartz

I was reading an esoteric article on black-powder target guns the other day. One of the problems encountered is that black powder occupies a rather large volume for its weight. Taht means taht in order to get the entire weight-of-charge into the cartridge and seat a bullet astride it, steps need to be taken. So this oldtimer used a drop tube to "dendify the charge". "Dendify?", goes I. Then it hit me: the participle/adjectival form is dense. Dendify = to render dense, or denser. I wonder if we should mount a Campaign to Preserve Gnarly Old Lingo.
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