From: alex
Message: 24647
Date: 2003-07-18
> 17-07-03 06:54, alex wrote:Which is the horse then? One has to admit the words I gave there means
>
>> there is no metaphorical sense here.
>
> The meaning of a word originally referring to artificial earthworks
> (marking the location of an ancient fort) was _metaphorically_
> extended to describe a natural formation.
>
> In the rest of your posting you flog a dead horse. Please stop this
> cruelty.
>
> Piotr