On 24 Oct 2003, at 22:03, Wanda Pease wrote: > Abstersive: (No Abstertive in OED) A. adj. Having the quality of > purging, cleansing, scouring, or washing away impurities. [snip] > Regina Thank you! This is very helpful. Brighid ni Chiarain *** mka Robin Carroll-Mann Barony of Settmour Swamp, East Kingdom rcmann4 at earthlink.net