Note 3300 — THE PLEASING HISTORY OF ALBINO AND BELLAMA (continued 2)

3329 terse] I do not remember a similarly concrete application of 'terse' as 'elegant', 'well-modelled and outlined'. But, as has been so frequently asked, 'Why not?' Indeed, the plumber's 'wiped' for a 'shaped' joint, though certainly not so intended, is a translation of it.