{"id":1464,"date":"2019-03-08T05:17:06","date_gmt":"2019-03-08T13:17:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/educatedguesswork.com\/?p=1464"},"modified":"2019-03-07T19:20:30","modified_gmt":"2019-03-08T03:20:30","slug":"friday-vocabulary-44","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/educatedguesswork.com\/?p=1464","title":{"rendered":"Friday Vocabulary"},"content":{"rendered":"\n1. clepsydra<\/strong> — ancient timekeeping device using discharge of water to measure time; water-clock\n

Like water through the <\/em>clepsydra, so are the days of our lives.<\/em><\/p>\n \n\n2. frass<\/strong> — insect excrement\n

The spider webs behind the appliances were spotted with <\/em>frass that betrayed the unseen life forces which threatened the old homestead.<\/em><\/p>\n \n\n3. burble<\/strong> — (aeronautics<\/em>) breakdown of smooth airflow into turbulence\n

At this angle of attack our wing’s leading edge began to suffer from <\/em>burble and I feared we would stall at any moment.<\/em><\/p>\n \n\n4. combe<\/strong> — deep hollow or short valley\n

The fog lay heavy in the <\/em>combe making it impossible to spy any enemy forces which might be sheltered there.<\/em><\/p>\n \n\n5. sumpter<\/strong> — pack animal\n

I hired two horses at the livery stable, as well as a <\/em>sumpter pony to carry our supplies and the mining tools.<\/em><\/p>\n \n\n6. postern<\/strong> — side or back entrance\n

We left by the <\/em>postern gate an hour before dawn, hoping to escape the notice of the watchers posted opposite the drawbridge.<\/em><\/p>\n \n\n7. ordure<\/strong> — excrement, dung\n

The medieval alleys were plagued by heaps of <\/em>ordure from chamberpots lying in wait for the unwary pedestrian.<\/em><\/p>\n \n\n8. superficies<\/strong> — outer surface\n

“The territory of the thirteen original States of the Union comprehended a <\/em>superficies of 371,124 English square miles.”<\/em><\/p>\n \n\n9. ewer<\/strong> — wide mouthed jug\n

I poured some water into the basin from the <\/em>ewer standing ready by my bed.<\/em><\/p>\n \n\n10. wherry<\/strong> — light rowboat\n

I paid an oarsman to take me across the river in his <\/em>wherry.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

1. clepsydra — ancient timekeeping device using discharge of water to measure time; water-clock Like water through the clepsydra, so are the days of our lives.   2. frass — insect excrement The spider webs behind the appliances were spotted with frass that betrayed the unseen life forces which threatened the old homestead.   3. … <\/p>\n

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