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#1

13-Feb-2008, 15:02

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caking up

Hi, could you please explain the meaning of the following sentence:

She slowly dug her thumbnail along a plank of the seat, provoking a splinter but caking up mold and disintegration instead.

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13-Feb-2008, 15:12

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Re: caking up

What I think it is saying is that she wants to get [provoke] a splinter of wood from the seat, but that all she gets is a cake of mould under her nail.

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