Capricorn 20: A hidden choir singing

T h e w o r d h i dd en de s c e n d s f r o m t h e I n d o - E u r op e a n ( IE ) r o o t ( s )k eu - , t o c ov e r , c o n c e a l a n d f r o m w h i c h a l s o d e s c e n d s ki m, o bs cu re , c u t,

c u t i c l e , re c oi l , h o se , c u st o dy , h i de , h u t, a n d h u ddl e . 1
T h e w o r d c hoi r d e sc e n d s f r o m t h e I E r o ot g he r -1 m e a n i n g t o g r a s p , e n c l o se . 2 P a r o n y ms i n c l u d e i n c l u d e ya rd, c a ro l,

c h o i r, c h o ra l, c h o ru s , c o h o rt, c o u rt, co u rt e o u s , c o u rt e san , c u rt s y, ga rde n, gi rt h , gi rdl e, h an gar , a n d o rc h a rd .

T h e w o r d s i ngi ng d e s c e n d s f r o m t h e IE r o o t se ngw - w hi ch m e a n s t o s i n g , ma k e a n i n c a n t a t i o n . 3 P a r on y m s i n c l u d e t he w o r d so n g , a s w e l l a s t h r e e c o mp o u n d wo r d s M e is t e rsi n ge r , m in n es i n ge r , a n d s i n gs pi e l e a c h o f w h i c h i s o f Ge r m a n o r i g i n . TH EMES : T he f i r s t t h e m e c on c e r n s S TRUCT URES o r BU I LDI NGS . A m on g t h e p a r o n y m s o f hi d de n i s h u t w h i c h m e a n s a s m a l l si mp l e s h e l t e r. 4 I n c o n t r a s t , t h e p a r o n y m s o f c hoi r i n c l u d e h a n ga r w h i c h i s a v e r y l a r g e b u i l d i n g w h e r e a i rp l a n e s a r e k e p t , b ui l t , o r r e p a i r e d. 5 A s e c o n d t he m e c on c e r n s CONF INEM ENT o r RE ST RAI NT . R e c a l l t ha t o n e o f t he p a r o n ym s o f c hoi r i s gi rdl e w h i c h m e a n s a b e l t o r s a s h w o r n a r o u n d t h e w a i s t 6 o r m o r e g e n e r a l l y a n y t hi n g t ha t e n c i r c l e s , c on f i n e s, o r l i m i t s. 7 A m o n g t h e p a r on y m s o f hi dd e n i s t h e w o r d c us t o dy w h i c h

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m e a n s i mp r i s on me n t ; l e g a l r e s t r a i n t a n d t he s t a t e o f b e i n g h e l d b y t he police; arrest.
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F i n a l l y , a t l e a s t on e c o m p o un d c a n b e f o r m e d f r o m p a r on y m s o f hi d de n a n d choi r ga rde n h o s e , w h i c h i s a h o se u s e d f o r w a t e r i n g a lawn or garden.9

8 http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/custody 9 http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/garden+hose Starling Hunter 2011 2