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From: wcs@ho95b.UUCP (Bill Stewart)
Newsgroups: net.nlang
Subject: Re: On "orphaned" words.
Message-ID: <358@ho95b.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 8-Apr-85 12:04:23 EST
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Posted: Mon Apr  8 12:04:23 1985
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fwb@siemens.UUCP suggests that "wreak",  as in " to wreak havoc",
is orphaned.  The word also shows up in the several other forms:

	wrought	- past tense, e.g. wrought iron
	-wright - one who wreaks things, e.g. shipwright, wheelwright