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VOCAB 3/97
lee (n) -- place sheltered from wind / side of ship away from wind
ruck -- a multitude of people mixed together / (v) to crease or fold
plication -- act or process of folding / condition of being folded
rimple -- a fold or wrinkle
pinchbeck -- any cheap imitation / zinc and copper alloy used as fake gold
scored -- scarred or marked in parallel lines
bolo -- long heavy Phillipine machete
wrack (n) -- damage from devastation, volence / ruin
neap (adj.) -- from NEAP TIDE, lowest possible tide
flitch -- longitudinal cut in tree; a bunch of long planks bound together to make a beam
abrogate (adj.) -- abolished or annulled by authority
detinue -- act of unlawfully detaining personal property OR a legal action to recover property wrongfully detained
murenger -- wallmaker
maugre -- in spite of, notwithstanding
laciniate -- fringed
antipodal -- situated on opposite sides of the world
antipode -- direct or diametrical opposite
primipara -- woman who's pregnant for the first time
minim -- tiny or insignificant portion
aquarelle -- drawing in transparent watercolor
belvedere -- open, roofed structure built to command a view, like a PRESS BOX
celadon -- pale to very pale green
Guttate -- In the form of drops / spotted as if from drops
Trochar / Trocar -- Sharp device used by mortician to remove blood for embalming
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gastine -- ?? ghost??
***SCILICET -- adverb, Latin for 'that is to say,' 'namely' (like "viz."?) -- abbreviations are sc., scil., ss, ss.
scissile -- adj. for cut or split easily; "a scissile mineral," "a scissile peptide bond."
satyromaniac -- male version of nymphomaniac
sciolism -- pretentious air of scholarship; superficial knowledgability
descry -- to discern, catch sight of something hard to see
excursus -- long intellectual digression in a speech or piece of writing
confute (v) -- like refute, show to be false or contradictory / or to prevent, forestall
tardive (adj) -- having symptoms that develop slowly or appear long after inception -- used of disease
tarantism -- disorder where you have uncontrollable need to dance
parol (adj) -- spoken, not written
pareve (adj.) -- prepared w/o meat or milk or derivatives and so OK for orthodox Jews to eat w/ meat & dairy; kosher
parfleche -- untanned animal hide soaked in lye to get hair off and then dried on a stretcher / a shield made of this material
flambeau -- lit torch / a decorative candlestick
flake (n) -- a frame or platform for drying produce
recto -- right-hand page of book
verso -- left-hand page of book
rectilinear -- moving in or bounded by straight lines -- "rectilinear pattern in wallpaper"
recrudence -- to break out anew after period of quiescence
palmette -- stylized palm leaf used as decoration in classical moldings, reliefs, vase paintings
Maltese cross -- 4 arrowheads joined at point; looks like ragged tear; dictionary 1089
malocclusion -- faulty contact between upper & lower teeth when jaw is closed