Catchword: drying rock

Filed Under: English, United States, Law, Politics, Jargon

Part of Speech: n.

Quotation: At a stakeholders meeting convened Wednesday by the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative at the Cape Codder Resort in Hyannis, many of the experts heard a new phrase for the first time: “drying rocks.” It was Arthur Pugsley, an environmental analyst with the Massachusetts Environmental Policy Act Office, who described the features as “rocks that poke above mean low water” that are used in determining boundaries under an international treaty.

Article or Document Title:
“Is Cape Wind project on the rocks?” (URL)

Author:
Edward F. Maroney

Article, Document, Publication, Web Site:
Barnstable Patriot

Publishing Location:
Hyannis, Mass.

Date of Publication:
June 4, 2004

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