Definition: Embrangle

Embrangle: \Em*bran''gle\, v. t. [Mid-17th Cent.: em- (L. "in") + brangle (obs. "to shake, squabble" > Fr. branler "to shake"]
(past em bran gled
p. part. em bran gled
pres. part. em bran gling
pres. sing. em bran gles
noun em bran gle ment

v. t.1 arch. make more complicated or confused through entanglements; confuse or entangle
v. t.2 arch. confuse, perplex, or entangle somebody or something

Webster's Second New International Dictionary (1913) cites:

I am lost and embrangled in inextricable difficulties. —Berkeley.

(That is quite an artistic way to use the word. Even as a word heretofore unfamiliar to me, it doesn't sound in the least out of place . . .)

   I hate MSN, I hate Encarta, I hate Microsoft, but for some odd reason, I found this list of 10 Words You Simply Must Know on Google. Tenth on the list, after the leader, "defenestrate", and following "cullet", "pellucid", and others, lay a beautiful archaic word: "embrangle". Needless to say, I quickly looked up the etymology (I refuse to use "Google" as a verb) online, and made a long-pondered decision in a moment's time to expose this word from one more (albeit small) venue to the minds of the world.
Public, educate thyself.

Crosspost: Scraps and Academic Musings

Link: PCC Printshop Installs 6 Stahl B30 Folders

I have a slight weakness towards bragging on my school. You may notice it as time goes on . . .

Print on Demand:

Pensacola Christian College, world's largest publisher of Christian and private school curriculum upgrades bindery with Heidelberg equipment.

KENNESAW, GA, July 15, 2004 - Heidelberg announced today that Pensacola Christian College's (PCC) printshop, the largest printer of Christian and private school textbooks in the country, has installed six Stahl B30 buckle plate folders to increase productivity and improve the reliability of its bindery department.

17 Million Books Per year from PCC Printshop Pensacola Christian College, located in Pensacola, Fla., is one of America�s largest and most respected Christian day schools and home of A Beka Book Publishing, is the largest publisher of full-curriculum Christian text books in the country. Its printshop prints approximately 17 million books a year for more than 162 different countries out of a 100,000 square foot state-of-the-art facility on the college's campus.

The same story is featured on WhatTheyThink.com - Print's Home Page.

Link: The Crowne Centre Audio and Acoustics

   One of the things which I love about PCC is its fabulous facilities. The Crowne Centre is our new auditorium. It's . . . well . . . let me just quote from the Turbosound website:

Not every educational establishment puts as much budget and effort into its audio capabilities as a large-scale Broadway production, but Pensacola Christian College recently completed a comparable top-level facility at its Florida location.

   Do you want to hear more?

 . . . a large, 6,035-seat auditorium . . . below-balcony area that can be divided into three separate 600-seat seminar areas . . . 33-metre (110') two-storey stage includes a rotatable section, and has a frontal area that can be configured in four different formats . . . two 200-seat wedding chapels, hospitality areas and classrooms, plus orchestra and choir rehearsal areas.

   Not exactly what you'd expect from a student body of under five thousand, eh? But it's the old saw about quality and quantity, I suppose . . . <grin>