1. truncheon — broken off piece; fragment of spear or lance
I must have the aid of a leech, for this truncheon causes me more pain that all the other blows I have suffered in this tourney.
2. sago — starch made from the pith of the trunks of several palms and cycads, used particularly in preparation of puddings
Your stout-hearted Scotsman prefers the homely pleasures of oatmeal to such modern innovations as sago or tapioca.
3. bunting — open worsted fabric used for making flags; thus, a flag or flags
The privateers never dared sail under their own bunting, preferring both the anonymity and potential surprise from their false flags.
4. tylectomy — removal of tumor or cyst by surgery, esp. from the breast; lumpectomy
Personally I had little hope that the tylectomy would completely solve the problem, though this may have been prejudice based upon my own painful experiences.
5. integument — covering; natural covering of a body, animal, plant; skin, husk, shell
Though once required, the artificial integument of stylish men’s headwear has fallen from favor, with only boring baseball caps seen on the pates of most men.
6. lappet — flap or loose fold of garment
The toga for daily use usually included a lappet which the wearer could use as a rude umbrella when it rained.
7. sward — surface of earth, usu. covered with herbage; grassy turf
Fans of the Teletubbies were disheartened to learn that the original hilly sward of the Warwickshire farm used as a set for the beloved children’s show was flooded and turned into a pond by the owner who was tired of trespassing fans.
8. rutilated — (of minerals) having tiny needle-shaped crystals of titanium dioxide (rutile) embedded within
Prominent upon his desk was a carved obelisk of rutilated quartz, which he had said held especial meaning that he had always promised to tell me one day, but would now never reveal, unless he were to speak to me from beyond the grave.
9. Uniate — member of one of the Christian churches in eastern Europe or the Middle East which acknowledges papal supremacy but retains its own liturgy
The Maronites dispute that they were ever monothelites, though obviously this important Uniate church, still one of the most important in Lebanon, firmly eschews that 7th-century heresy today.
10. volatile salts — smelling salts
A physician of the Victorian Age would be careful to have volatile salts always at hand, for ladies fainted then at the slightest provocation.