Mudcat Café message #2078765

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Thread #102428 Message #2078765
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
16-Jun-07 - 02:52 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req/Add: Hopali (recorded by Lomax)
Subject: RE: Req/ADD: Hopali (recorded by Lomax)

Trivia
Range:
1660- Pepys Diary, 1660- "An iron of our new range, which is already broke."
1862- Catal. International Exhibition; "The whole top of the range is a flat iron platform, which may be covered with vessels for boiling, stewing, etc."

Range is one of those words with umpteen meanings, and which sends me to the OED to find out about usages.