reveal, n.

[Arnold Zwicky]

On Nov 9, 2011, at 3:45 PM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
>
> English archaeologist on a National Geographic Channel show about the
> recently uncovered Anglo-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 cleaned of debris."

section 2 of:

http://arnoldzwicky.wordpress.com/2009/11/30/on-the-noun-watch/

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