1. orpiment — yellow arsenic sulfide used as pigment
Although most commonly associated with ancient painting, orpiment has many, many uses, and in India and Iran is not infrequently used as a depilatory.
2. bort — low-grade diamonds and fragments of good diamonds, used commonly as abrasive
Though over half of mined diamonds are bort sold to industry, almost 93% of industrial diamonds are manufactured through synthetic processes.
3. fillip — motion made by bending last joint of finger or the nail of the finger against the thumb and then suddenly releasing it; to strike with a nail snapped from the end of the thumb
I started the cunning device off with a fillip against the steel marble placed at the top of the wooden tower, regretting my action immediately as my nail throbbed with pain in reaction to the momentum transmitted to the small but heavy metal orb.
4. springald — young man, stripling
She entertained his attentions with great patience, yet all knew that the flighty springald could have no real claim upon her heart.
5. springald — medieval engine of warfare used for shooting large bolts
The left wing of the Turkish calvary was charging furiously through our last line of pikemen, threatening to overrun our springald and remove the advantage it had given us thus far in the overall battle.
6. gudgeon — small European freshwater baitfish; gullible person, someone who will swallow anything
By flattering his intellect and political acumen I was able to bend that gudgeon to my will, and eventually he signed the contract without demur.
7. tick — cloth cover or case to hold filling (feathers, hair, etc.) used to form a mattress or pillow
It was the simplest of beds, and the straw kept sticking right through the worn tick, usually as I was just falling asleep.
8. austringer (also astringer) — trainer and keeper of goshawks or other short-winged hawks
The austringer has one advantage over other falconers in that his bird can hunt both mammalian and avian prey.
9. pizzle — animal penis; penis of a bull used for flogging
The highlands of Peru are patrolled by vigilantes who administer swift justice with the pizzles they carry as a symbol of their self-appointed office.
10. mesentery — membraneous organ attaching intestines to the rear abdominal wall
It was only as recently as 2012 that researchers were able to prove that the various mesocolons, the mesoappendix, and the mesorectum were a single organ, showing that the mesentery extends from a common point.