animated oat

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an oat, Avena sterilis, of the Mediterranean region, having spikelets that twist or move when exposed to sudden moisture, due to the hygroscopic action of the awns.

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Let’s start with some etymology: What are the origins of the typographical word “bracket”?

First appeared around 1750, and is related to the French word “braguette” for the name of codpiece armor.

First appeared in 1610, based on the French word “baguette” for the long loaf of bread.

First appeared in 1555, and is related to the French word “raquette” for a netted bat.

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Example sentences from the Web for animated oat

Jones is a veteran of another beloved-yet-controversial animated series on Adult Swim, The Boondocks.
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Decades ago, the writer-director wrote an episode of the animated comedy that never was.
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After some animated debate at the conference, Lelaie declared, with some frustration, “If you push on the stick, you will fly.”
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One wonders if his subsequent battles with the “Evil Empire” were animated by this belief.
The Evangelical Apocalypse Is All Your Fault|Jay Michaelson|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST

It is the most animated this Downton Abbey fan has ever seen Lady Grantham.
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Longcluse looked animated—smiling; but a stupendous load lay on his heart.
Checkmate|Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
A stronger heart than Michael's might have quailed in his position; yet the pressure from without animated and invigorated him.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
Nothing could be more animated than the scene before me, and which spread to the utmost reach of view.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
We need hardly say that the conversation was animated, and that it bore largely on the life-history of the absent Susy.
The Garret and the Garden|R.M. Ballantyne
It is only the servile adulation of later writers that has pictured Bruce as animated by patriotism.
King Robert the Bruce|A. F. Murison

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