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<pre>In Hebrew there is a specific word for harveting olives for oil. ÷ñéî. In
English it is pronounced "moseek" with the "o" pronounced like in the word
"bottle".

At 06:59 AM 1/25/01 +1100, you wrote:
>Dear all
>
>In the Hunter Valley this years vintage has just begun. My dictionary has
>several definitions for vintage, one of them being, 'the gathering of
>grapes for winemaking'.
>
>I would be interested to know if there a similar word for 'the gathering
>of olives for oil making'.
>I am not aware of a word in the English language, perhaps there is one or
>perhaps there is in one or all of the Arabic, Italian, Greek or Spanish
>languages.
>
>Thank you
>
>Liane
>
>
>
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