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* <span style="color:#095;">chore</span>, <span style="color:#509;">char(coal)</span>  & <span style="color:#059;">ajar</span> are three or four words that come from the Old English verb "to turn": ''[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cierran#Old_English cierran]''
  
*puny -- comes from Fr. <i>puisné</i> meaning later-born.  The original borrowing "puisne" is still in use in the British judiciary to indicate untitled judges on the Supreme Court for example:  "The court is composed of the President and Deputy President and 10 <u>puisne</u> Justices of the Supreme Court."
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*puny -- comes from Fr. <i>puisné</i> meaning later-born.  The original borrowing "puisne" is still in use in the British judiciary to indicate untitled judges on the Supreme Court for example:  "The court is composed of the President and Deputy President and 10 <u>puisne</u> Justices of the Supreme Court." {{citation needed}}

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  • chore, char(coal) & ajar are three or four words that come from the Old English verb "to turn": cierran


  • puny -- comes from Fr. puisné meaning later-born. The original borrowing "puisne" is still in use in the British judiciary to indicate untitled judges on the Supreme Court for example: "The court is composed of the President and Deputy President and 10 puisne Justices of the Supreme Court." Template:Citation needed