_Canvass_ > "examine, pore over, search"

[Dan Goncharoff]

My dictionary has this as a standard definition. What is your issue?

DanG


On Mon, Apr 14, 2014 at 4:45 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:

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