reveal, n.

[Jonathan Lighter]

English archaeologist on a National Geographic Channel show about the
recently uncovered Anhglo-Saxon gold hoard:

"When you're working on [cleaning] an object, it's amazing when you
get the reveal."

I.e., "the first clear sight of something that is being
microscopically cleane of debris."

JL

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"If the truth is half as bad as I think it is, you can't handle the truth."

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