Re: [PLUG] Re: mutt/gpg/procmail question (Walt Mankowski)

[Walt Mankowski <waltman@pobox.com>]

On Fri, Aug 13, 2004 at 09:52:44AM -0400, Mike Chirico wrote:
> Apparently, he did write loose.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:

  Loose \Loose\, v. n. [imp. & p. p. {Loosed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Loosing}.] [From {Loose}, a.]
     1. To untie or unbind; to free from any fastening; to remove
        the shackles or fastenings of; to set free; to relieve.

              Canst thou . . . loose the bands of Orion ? --Job.
                                                    xxxviii. 31.

              Ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her;
              loose them, and bring them unto me.   --Matt. xxi.
                                                    2.

     2. To release from anything obligatory or burdensome; to
        disengage; hence, to absolve; to remit.

              Art thou loosed from a wife ? seek not a wife. --1
                                                    Cor. vii. 27.

              Whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed
              in heaven.                            --Matt. xvi.
                                                    19.

     3. To relax; to loosen; to make less strict.

              The joints of his loins were loosed.  --Dan. v. 6.

     4. To solve; to interpret. [Obs.] --Spenser.

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