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<br><span class="red_cr"><!--Start_Part-->━</span> noun (<b>mesas</b>)<br><i>geol </i>an isolated, flat-topped hill with at least one steep side or cliff<br><div id="Blank_10"></div><img src="http://image.hanmail.net/hanmail/fireball/dic/2005/b_history.gif" width="27" height="18" align="absmiddle"> 18c: Spanish, meaning ‘table’, from Latin <i>mensa</i>.

<br><span class="red_cr"><!--Start_Part-->━</span> noun <br>unshaved hair growing across the top of the upper lip. Compare MUSTACHIO, BEARD¹<br><div id="Blank_10"></div><img src="http://image.hanmail.net/hanmail/fireball/dic/2005/b_history.gif" width="27" height="18" align="absmiddle"> 16c: French, from Italian <i>mostaccio</i>.

<br><span class="red_cr"><!--Start_Part-->━</span> noun <br>a restatement of something using different words, especially in order to clarify; a re-wording or re-phrasing<br><span class="red_cr"><!--Start_Part-->━</span> verb (<b>paraphrased</b>, <b>paraphrasing</b>)<br>to express something in other words<br><div id="Blank_10"></div><img src="http://image.hanmail.net/hanmail/fireball/dic/2005/b_history.gif" width="27" height="18" align="absmiddle"> 16c: French, from Greek <i>paraphrasis</i>, from <i>para-</i> alongside + <i>phrasis</i> speaking.

<br><span class="red_cr"><!--Start_Part-->━</span> noun (<b>parkas</b>)<br><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">1 </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b>a hooded jacket made of skins, worn by the Inuit and Aleut people of the Arctic.<br><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">2 </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b>a windproof jacket, especially a quilted one with a fur-trimmed hood; an anorak.<br><div id="Blank_10"></div><img src="http://image.hanmail.net/hanmail/fireball/dic/2005/b_history.gif" width="27" height="18" align="absmiddle"> 18c: Aleut, meaning ‘skin or coat’, from Russian, meaning ‘pelt’ or ‘skin jacket’.

<br><span class="red_cr"><!--Start_Part-->━</span> noun (<b>patios</b>)<br><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">1 </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b>an open paved area beside a house.<br><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">2 </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b>an inner courtyard in a Spanish or Spanish-American house.<br><div id="Blank_10"></div><img src="http://image.hanmail.net/hanmail/fireball/dic/2005/b_history.gif" width="27" height="18" align="absmiddle"> Early 19c: Spanish.

<br><span class="red_cr"><!--Start_Part-->━</span> verb (<b>persisted</b>, <b>persisting</b>)<br><i>intrans </i><br><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">1 </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b>(<i>also </i><b>persist in </b>or <b>with something</b>) to continue with it in spite of resistance, difficulty, discouragement, etc.<br><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">2 </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b>said of rain, etc: to continue steadily.<br><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">3 </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b>said eg of a mistaken idea: to remain current.<br><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">4 </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b>to continue to exist.<br><div id="Blank_10"></div><img src="http://image.hanmail.net/hanmail/fireball/dic/2005/b_history.gif" width="27" height="18" align="absmiddle"> 16c: from Latin <i>persistere</i> to stand firm.

<br><span class="red_cr"><!--Start_Part-->━</span> noun <br><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">1 </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b>rash haste.<br><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">2 </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b><i>meteorol </i>water that falls from clouds in the atmosphere to the Earth’s surface in the form of rain, snow, etc.<br><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">3 </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b>the act of precipitating or process of being precipitated.<br><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">4 </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b><i>chem </i>the formation of a precipitate.<br>

<span class="red_cr"><!--Start_Part-->━</span> verb (<b>revised</b>, <b>revising</b>)<br><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">1 </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b>to examine something again in order to identify and correct faults, improve it or to take new circumstances into account, etc.<br><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">2 </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b>to correct faults and make improvements in, or bring up to date (a previously printed book), usually in preparing a new edition.<br><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">3 </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b><i>tr & intr </i>to study or look at (a subject or one’s notes on it) again, especially in preparation for an examination.<br><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">4 </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b>to reconsider or amend (eg an opinion, etc).<br><div id="Blank_10"></div><img src="http://image.hanmail.net/hanmail/fireball/dic/2005/b_history.gif" width="27" height="18" align="absmiddle"> 16c: from French <i>reviser</i>, from Latin <i>visere</i> to look at or examine.

<br><span class="red_cr"><!--Start_Part-->━</span> noun (<b>safaris</b>)<br><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">1 </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b>an expedition or tour to hunt or observe wild animals, especially in Africa<br><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">2 </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b>the people, vehicles, equipment, etc that go on safari.<br><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">3 </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b>a long expedition involving difficulty and requiring planning, usually in tropical regions.<br><div id="Blank_10"></div><img src="http://image.hanmail.net/hanmail/fireball/dic/2005/b_history.gif" width="27" height="18" align="absmiddle"> 19c: Swahili, from Arabic <i>safar</i> journey.