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1. clinker-built<\/strong> — (naut<\/em>.) of a ship’s hull built with the edges of its planks overlapping, as opposed to “carvel-built” ships where the planks are fitted side-by-side and flush with one another<\/p>\n

The front end view of Viking longships shows the edge-over-edge construction characteristic of <\/em>clinker-built boats.<\/em><\/p>\n

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2. felloe<\/strong> — outer part of wheel into which the spokes are inserted<\/p>\n

When wheels were made of wood, with only the outer rim being banded in metal, the <\/em>felloes were often made in separate arcs, from the same wood as the spokes.<\/em><\/p>\n

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3. hendiadys<\/strong> — rhetorical figure wherein a usual adjective-noun construction is replaced by two nouns joined by a copula; any such joining of words (whether nouns or not)<\/p>\n

“Please join me in sending our prayerful thoughts,” said the politician, taking the usual platitude for a <\/em>hendiadys.<\/em><\/p>\n

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4. virga<\/strong> — streaky precipitation from clouds which evaporates before reaching earth<\/p>\n

The slate-grey <\/em>virga beneath the massing clouds did not obscure the village at the foot of the mountains, the white adobe bright in spite of the dimming light.<\/em><\/p>\n

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5. spate<\/strong> — (Brit.<\/em>) flood, esp. sudden flooding of a river caused by heavy precipitation<\/p>\n

The usually gentle stream was in <\/em>spate, making it impossible to ford in our small roadster.<\/em><\/p>\n

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6. chelonian<\/strong> — of or related to turtles<\/p>\n

It had been foolish to settle the pet turtle in an old glass-walled terrarium, for the <\/em>chelonian brain saw only open space instead of barriers and persisted in driving his head into the walls without cease.<\/em><\/p>\n

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7. quire<\/strong> — section of folded printed sheets of paper, for binding with other sections to make a completed book<\/p>\n

The old book had been abused: the spine was barely hanging onto the volume, the endpapers and title page were gone, many other pages were torn or loose in the binding, and the entire <\/em> quire containing the final entries of the index was simply missing.<\/em><\/p>\n

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8. halt<\/strong> — limping; lame<\/p>\n

The old man was <\/em>halt and shivering, though whether from exposure or from his aged condition I could not tell.<\/em><\/p>\n

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9. escalade<\/strong> — scaling of walls by means of ladders<\/p>\n

We quickly destroyed the stairs leading up to the second floor, knowing that the zombies were incapable of mounting an <\/em>escalade.<\/em><\/p>\n

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10. collop<\/strong> — fold of fat flesh <\/p>\n

“Because he covereth his face with his fatness, and maketh <\/em>collops of fat on his flanks.”<\/em> [Job 15:27]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

1. clinker-built — (naut.) of a ship’s hull built with the edges of its planks overlapping, as opposed to “carvel-built” ships where the planks are fitted side-by-side and flush with one another The front end view of Viking longships shows the edge-over-edge construction characteristic of clinker-built boats.   2. felloe — outer part of wheel … <\/p>\n

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