1. Telfordize — to pave a road using Telford principles
The sudden squalls inundated the terrain and flooded the newly constructed roads, damaging them after each reconstruction until the captain decided to Telfordize the roadways, raising them above the surrounding ground with large stones creating a foundation which helped quickly drain the road surface after the torrential rains.
2. cruor (also cruror) — clotted blood; [obsolete] red colored matter within blood
The sickly salty stench of the rear chamber sickened us and I dared not guess what fiendish rituals had taken place at the wooden block in the center, covered with a vile melange of feathers, cruor, bones, and dung.
3. antinomian — of or related to one who believes in no moral law because only God’s grace determines our salvation
Though accused in the 1670s of antinomian tendencies, his compeers all agreed that Sir Henry was a good man and an upright jurist.
4. bourne — boundary, limit; goal
The setting sun approached its bourne in the horizon.
5. dole — distribution, portion or goods or money (esp. for charity)
One wonders how she supports her kind dole, so meager seems her own household.
6. triphibious — able to move on land or water and in air
The triphibious craft had proven an ungainly boat in even the smallest waves, so we were both surprised by its quick response once Captain Chicken took us into the skies.
7. yen shee (also yen she) — opium pipe bowl ashes and residue
Sucking at his pipe filled only with yen shee, the porter turned his mournful gaze to the gathering storm behind us and looked at our strange party once more, saying only “I guess it’ll be another of those ‘Incredible Journey’ things, is it?” as he unbarred the gate.
8. hierogamic — of or related to rituals promoting fertile crops by representing deific sexual congress
Berringer’s contended that hiergamic rites took place atop the mound, but this idea was belied by Harlan’s discovery of a cache of bones suggesting human sacrifice instead.
9. jankers — [British military slang] punishment detail with pointless tasks, inspections, and confinement to barracks
I first got jankers at my very first inspection, for not telling Rogers (who was standing next to me) that he had a hair on his uniform.
10. prosthaphaeresis — use of trigonometric formulae to compute products of large multiplicands as well as other functions
Before logarithms ruled the day, some mathematicians swore by prosthaphaeresis as the best tool for quick calculation.