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Word watching: February 10, 2006

Philip Howard
The Times
Philip Howard
The Times

STUBBARD

a. Thrawn

b. Foot armour

c. A codling

URTICATE

a. To growl like a bear

b. To cut like a saw

c. To sting like a nettle

STASIARCH

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a. A ringleader

b. The crown of an arch

c. A spymaster

TABINET

a. A mole

b. A watered fabric

c. A tallboy