Words of the Day 8/7/10

Fellowfeel 

to crawl inside the other guy's skin, empathy

Fel"low*feel"\, v. t. To share through sympathy; to participate in. [R.] --D. Rodgers.

Origin and History ? (need help on this one and on fleshspade)

Answers to Which Words 030

Shoat (a)a young weaned pig
Thraldom (a)slavery
Vair (c)a fur used in the 13th and 14th centuries for lining garments
 
Which Words 031

Ashlar (a)a yoga community (b)a catheral squared stone block (c)a Scottish meat platter
Bisque (a)a smooth, creamy soup (b)a brown pigment (c)a keen, dry north wind in Switzerland
Cantle (a)part of a cathedral choir (b)the hind part of a saddle (c)a non-metrical hymn

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These are getting hard... a,b,c? (It's 1 chance in 27 afterall, and only 8/27 that they're all wrong...)