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That will preserve this month's archive, leaving the entries in the "Recycled" monthly pages to be (optionally) reused next year. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="1" data-mw-thread-id="h-1"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-1"></span>1<span data-mw-comment-end="h-1"></span></h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r82552755">.mw-parser-output .wotd-container{background:var(--wikt-palette-lighterblue,#ebf4ff);border:3px solid var(--wikt-palette-dulllightblue,#aabbdd)}.mw-parser-output .wotd-header{border-bottom:1px solid var(--wikt-palette-grey,#9e9e9e)}</style><div id="mf-wotd" title="word of the day"> <p><span style="position:relative;left:-10px;top:-10px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/roil#English" title="roil"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Writing_star.svg/62px-Writing_star.svg.png" decoding="async" width="62" height="50" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Writing_star.svg/93px-Writing_star.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Writing_star.svg/124px-Writing_star.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="580" data-file-height="470"/></a></span></span> </p> <table class="wotd-container" style="border-spacing:0; width:100%; padding:10px; margin-top:-47px;"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="2"><div style="float:right;" class="plainlinks"><small class="editlink"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Wiktionary:Word_of_the_day/2010/August_1&action=edit">edit</a></small><small class="editlink"> · <a class="external text" href="https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Wiktionary:Word_of_the_day/Archive/2010/August&action=purge">refresh</a> · <a href="/w/index.php?title=Wiktionary:Word_of_the_day/2010/August_1&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Wiktionary:Word of the day/2010/August 1 (page does not exist)">view</a></small></div><div class="wotd-header" style="font-size:150%; padding-left:40px; line-height:22px">Word of the day<span style="font-size:small;"><br/>for <span id="WOTD-rss-date">August 1</span></span></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/roil#English" title="roil"><span id="WOTD-rss-title">roil</span></a></b> <i>v</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="float:right"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><audio id="mwe_player_0" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="220" style="width:220px;" data-durationhint="2" data-mwtitle="En-au-roil.ogg" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cb/En-au-roil.ogg" type="audio/ogg; 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codecs="vorbis"" data-width="0" data-height="0"/><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/8a/En-au-ochre.ogg/En-au-ochre.ogg.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0"/></audio></span></span></div><div id="WOTD-rss-description"> <ol><li>An earth pigment containing silica, aluminum and ferric oxide.</li> <li>A somewhat yellowish orange colour</li></ol> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="font-size:80%; text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wiktionary:Word_of_the_day/2010/August_2&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Wiktionary:Word of the day/2010/August 2 (page does not exist)">← yesterday</a> | <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:Word_of_the_day" title="Wiktionary:Word of the day">About Word of the Day</a> • <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:Word_of_the_day/Nominations" title="Wiktionary:Word of the day/Nominations">Nominate a word</a> • <span class="plainlinks" title="Wiktionary:Feedback"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Wiktionary:Feedback&action=edit&section=new&preload=Wiktionary:Feedback%2Fpreload&editintro=Wiktionary:Feedback%2Fintro&preloadtitle=Word%20of%20the%20day%3A%20%5B%5Bochre%5D%5D">Leave feedback</a></span> | <a href="/w/index.php?title=Wiktionary:Word_of_the_day/2010/August_4&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Wiktionary:Word of the day/2010/August 4 (page does not exist)">tomorrow →</a> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="4" data-mw-thread-id="h-4"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-4"></span>4<span data-mw-comment-end="h-4"></span></h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r82552755"><div id="mf-wotd" title="word of the day"> <p><span style="position:relative;left:-10px;top:-10px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/tangential#English" title="tangential"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Writing_star.svg/62px-Writing_star.svg.png" decoding="async" width="62" height="50" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Writing_star.svg/93px-Writing_star.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Writing_star.svg/124px-Writing_star.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="580" data-file-height="470"/></a></span></span> </p> <table class="wotd-container" style="border-spacing:0; 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width:100%; padding:10px; margin-top:-47px;"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="2"><div style="float:right;" class="plainlinks"><small class="editlink"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Wiktionary:Word_of_the_day/2010/August_6&action=edit">edit</a></small><small class="editlink"> · <a class="external text" href="https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Wiktionary:Word_of_the_day/Archive/2010/August&action=purge">refresh</a> · <a href="/w/index.php?title=Wiktionary:Word_of_the_day/2010/August_6&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Wiktionary:Word of the day/2010/August 6 (page does not exist)">view</a></small></div><div class="wotd-header" style="font-size:150%; padding-left:40px; line-height:22px">Word of the day<span style="font-size:small;"><br/>for <span id="WOTD-rss-date">August 6</span></span></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/harridan#English" title="harridan"><span id="WOTD-rss-title">harridan</span></a></b> <i>n</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="float:right"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><audio id="mwe_player_5" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="220" style="width:220px;" data-durationhint="2" data-mwtitle="En-us-harridan.ogg" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/31/En-us-harridan.ogg" type="audio/ogg; 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the small thin bone that forms part of the septum between the nostrils</li></ol> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="font-size:80%; text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wiktionary:Word_of_the_day/2010/August_8&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Wiktionary:Word of the day/2010/August 8 (page does not exist)">← yesterday</a> | <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:Word_of_the_day" title="Wiktionary:Word of the day">About Word of the Day</a> • <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:Word_of_the_day/Nominations" title="Wiktionary:Word of the day/Nominations">Nominate a word</a> • <span class="plainlinks" title="Wiktionary:Feedback"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Wiktionary:Feedback&action=edit&section=new&preload=Wiktionary:Feedback%2Fpreload&editintro=Wiktionary:Feedback%2Fintro&preloadtitle=Word%20of%20the%20day%3A%20%5B%5Bvomer%5D%5D">Leave feedback</a></span> | <a href="/w/index.php?title=Wiktionary:Word_of_the_day/2010/August_10&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Wiktionary:Word of the day/2010/August 10 (page does not exist)">tomorrow →</a> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="10" data-mw-thread-id="h-10"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-10"></span>10<span data-mw-comment-end="h-10"></span></h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r82552755"><div id="mf-wotd" title="word of the day"> <p><span style="position:relative;left:-10px;top:-10px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/collage#English" title="collage"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Writing_star.svg/62px-Writing_star.svg.png" decoding="async" width="62" height="50" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Writing_star.svg/93px-Writing_star.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Writing_star.svg/124px-Writing_star.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="580" data-file-height="470"/></a></span></span> </p> <table class="wotd-container" style="border-spacing:0; 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