TODAY’S QUESTION
What verb is the subject of the longest entry in the second edition of the Oxford English Dictionary?
Definitions include “to cause (a bird) to perch,” “of a rabbit: to be resting,” “to put (singers) at the proper pitch,” “to put into the oven or furnace” in baking or glass-making, and “to play first” in dominoes.
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