{"id":1461,"date":"2019-03-01T10:19:53","date_gmt":"2019-03-01T18:19:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/educatedguesswork.com\/?p=1461"},"modified":"2019-03-01T10:19:55","modified_gmt":"2019-03-01T18:19:55","slug":"friday-vocabulary-43","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/educatedguesswork.com\/?p=1461","title":{"rendered":"Friday Vocabulary"},"content":{"rendered":"\n1. brickbat<\/strong> — piece of brick, esp. when used as a missile\n

Piled behind the barricades were cobblestones and <\/em>brickbats to be used against the government troops during the inevitable reactionary assault.<\/em><\/p>\n \n\n2. fret<\/strong> — to gnaw; to wear away by gnawing, friction, corrosion, etc.\n

He was proudest of the ivory box lid in which he had <\/em>fretted a bas-relief depicting the defeat of Burgoyne at Saratoga.<\/em><\/p>\n \n\n3. halation<\/strong> — blurring around edges in photographic image beyond proper boundaries, creating local fog around highlights, etc.\n

The UFOs seemed impossible to focus upon, and we saw instead a reddish <\/em>halation rather than a definable edge, even as the craft drew closer to our dismasted schooner.<\/em><\/p>\n \n\n4. fettle<\/strong> — condition, state \n

The fish were in a fine <\/em>fettle, showing the attentive care lavished upon them and their aquarium.<\/em><\/p>\n \n\n5. aumbry<\/strong> (archaic spelling of ambry<\/strong>) — cupboard, locker; recess in church wall for storage (of sacramental vessels, books, etc.)\n

He pulled back the rough wooden door, but the <\/em>aumbry was bare, the sacred silver noticeable only by its absence.<\/em><\/p>\n \n\n6. coulter<\/strong> (also colter<\/strong>) — blade fixed before the plowshare, cutting soil vertically\n

A lively debate broke out after everyone had finished their second glass of wine, as to whether the introduction of the <\/em>coulter to the heavy plough in the middle ages led to increased concentration of population in farming centres.<\/em><\/p>\n \n\n7. tardigrade<\/strong> — slow moving or slow walking; of or relating to sloths; of or relating to water-bears\n

The <\/em>tardigrade action of the sloth belies the inherent strength of these magnificent animals.<\/em><\/p>\n \n\n8. moil<\/strong> — to drudge, to work hard; to wallow in mire\n

You will never get rich if you <\/em>moil uselessly with nothing put aside for the morrow.<\/em><\/p>\n \n\n9. ecdysis<\/strong> — shedding of integument by reptiles, crustaceans, etc.\n

His was unfortunately an incomplete <\/em>ecdysis, as a large portion of shedded skin continued to adhere to the claws on his right forefoot, leaving the harassed gecko annoyed and alarmed.<\/em><\/p>\n \n\n10. starling<\/strong> — pointed set of pilings around a bridge pier for protecting from the impact of debris or vessels\n

We pushed off the boat-like <\/em>starlings as we drifted beneath the bridge, our prow just passing by the half prow of the wooden pilings.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

1. brickbat — piece of brick, esp. when used as a missile Piled behind the barricades were cobblestones and brickbats to be used against the government troops during the inevitable reactionary assault.   2. fret — to gnaw; to wear away by gnawing, friction, corrosion, etc. He was proudest of the ivory box lid in … <\/p>\n

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