single word requests - What is the name of the area of skin …
Apr 29, 2014 · @Doorknob - Elliot has named it correctly. The upper lip is skin-covered, skin-colored, and hairy. The pink parts are called the upper and lower vermilion, the border …
"periphery" and "perimeter" — are they the same? [closed]
May 8, 2011 · The conceptual "periphery" of a city center may lie within or outside of the city's state border, or perimeter. The NY Metro area, for example, includes peripheral suburbs in NJ …
word choice - “In the outskirts” versus “on the outskirts” - English ...
"outer border," 1590s, from out + skirt (q.v.). Now only in plural. Originally in Spenser. and in this instance skirt means a border or edge. If you live on the outskirts you live on the outer edge. …
phrases - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
Aug 4, 2012 · Based on what I understand of the words, verge seems to suggest the border between two things or a line between two spaces. Think of the word converge. That means …
"did shoot" vs "shot" - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
Aug 20, 2010 · This would make more sense if you excerpted the previous paragraph from the story: "Egypt’s security forces seem unable to block what are presumably jihadist infiltrators …
Origin of the idiom "go south" - English Language & Usage Stack …
Sep 19, 2011 · go south (also head south, take a turn south) 1 v phr by 1940s To disappear; fail by or as if by vanishing [examples omitted] 2 v phr by 1925 To abscond with money loot, etc. …
meaning - What does it mean to "walk the wall?" - English …
May 27, 2013 · From the same people who brought us "ask" as a noun comes a new idiom that I haven't heard of before: to "walk the wall." I haven't heard this myself, but my sister (who is an …
etymology - Why is the origin of “threshold” uncertain? - English ...
Apr 28, 2019 · Yet, there's no entry for the suffix so I can't tell whether it has a laudable pedigree or was based on folk etymology. Meanwhile I noticed that Ger. Grenze "border" from late Lat., …
is it a rule - Is more than one "nor" after a "neither" correct ...
Feb 6, 2013 · But there is neither East nor West, Border, nor Breed, nor Birth, When two strong men stand face to face, though they come from the ends of the earth! It might be a bit too …
What age ranges constitute a "tender-age child?"
Sep 10, 2018 · Border Patrol officials said children under 5 fall under the definition of "tender age." Border Patrol chiefs in the field have generally referred to children "of less than 5 being …