1. longeron — load-bearing brace or frame running lengthwise in an airplane’s fuselage, or spanwise in its wing structure
The strut was hinged to the bottom longeron of the small craft, but had become warped during the previous landing.
2. cami-knicks (also camiknickers) — ladies’ undergarment combining camisole and knickers; a teddy
Alice put aside the articles at the top of the drawer, revealing the silk cami-knicks still in their original wrapping, a gift from Ben a lifetime ago.
3. a taunto — of a ship with all sails set; prepared
The workmen were busily fixing the neglect of years, getting the home office all a taunto in preparation for the visit of the owner, the first in well over a decade to this formerly significant international trading concern.
4. stushie — [Scots] hubbub, fracas
We’re used to the neighbors barking at each other like kennel dogs but they had a right stushie last night and I couldn’t get back to sleep and that’s why I missed me bus.
5. small-clothes (also smallclothes) — [British archaic] underwear
The baron sat steadily sewing the torn knees of his small-clothes, repairing the silken heirlooms as his father the old baron had made him solemnly swear to do.
6. dividual — separate; divisible
After this motion the members of the Plenum formed dividual groups of representatives from each economic group, though the bankers disdained to rise from their seats.
7. agistment — act of allowing the livestock of others to graze on one’s land for a specified rate; type of tax for specified purpose
The contract specifies that while the cattle are upon agistment, a monthly notice shall be sent outlining charges and any issues with the stock.
8. blackleg — deadly cattle disease; plant disease, esp. those affecting potatoes or cabbages; cheater; strikebreaker
Lafferty was in jail that week, serving time for throwing stones at blacklegs down at the mill.
9. aquaculture — cultivation of aquatic plants or animals for food or other products
This well-managed pearl farm promotes biodiversity and is an example of aquaculture at its finest.
10. accipitrine — of or related to a hawk; raptor-like
Beneath her accipitrine nose her smile became even more hawklike, her glistening white teeth parting slightly as if in anticipation of the first taste of her prey.