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1. ale-bush<\/strong> — tavern sign<\/p>\n

Lost and friendless in the fog’s smother, how pleasant it was to come upon the hanging <\/em>ale-bush above a dark wooden door.<\/em><\/p>\n

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2. surcingle<\/strong> — girth for horse or other animal that passes around belly and over pack, blanket, etc. to keep it in place<\/p>\n

What I first had taken for a large tentroll I now saw was a human body beneath a blanket held by a <\/em>surcingle to the donkey’s back.<\/em><\/p>\n

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3. isonomy<\/strong> — equality of persons before the law<\/p>\n

No matter if professions of <\/em>isonomy are mere lip service, the custom must still be followed.<\/em><\/p>\n

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4. prosody<\/strong> — the study of poetic meter and versification <\/p>\n

A poulter’s measure is now only of interest to students of <\/em>prosody as no one uses the meter anymore, and no one even writes poetry.<\/em><\/p>\n

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5. apophasis<\/strong> — rhetorical figure in which speaker brings up the very subject he or she pretends to deny<\/p>\n

“I’m not going to mention the rumors that he likes to rub midgets,” she said in a fine <\/em>apophasis, “because you can’t believe everything you hear, and I suppose what a man likes to rub is his own business.”<\/em><\/p>\n

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6. supernal<\/strong> — of heaven; belonging to higher plane of existence<\/p>\n

I thought once that those “Not Of This World” stickers on cars indicated the driver’s <\/em>supernal inclinations, so you can imagine my disappointment when I discovered they were merely promoting a clothing line.<\/em><\/p>\n

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7. percutaneous<\/strong> — through the skin<\/p>\n

Recently a sound engineer suffered an accidental <\/em>percutaneous dosing while cleaning a LSD-encrusted synthesizer made during the heyday of the psychedelic era.<\/em><\/p>\n

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8. catachresis<\/strong> — improper use of words<\/p>\n

At one time, spoonerisms and malapropisms were clever rhetorical figures in their own right, but now <\/em>catachresis is merely another symptom of our meaningless universe.<\/em><\/p>\n

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9. shrive<\/strong> — to impose penance upon; to hear confession of; to make confession<\/p>\n

Fighting alongside a priest means he can <\/em>shrive me before each battle, which is almost as good as extreme unction.<\/em><\/p>\n

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10. boot<\/strong> — to improve; to profit, to avail<\/p>\n

It <\/em>boots thee well to study the word of God daily.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

1. ale-bush — tavern sign Lost and friendless in the fog’s smother, how pleasant it was to come upon the hanging ale-bush above a dark wooden door.   2. surcingle — girth for horse or other animal that passes around belly and over pack, blanket, etc. to keep it in place What I first had … <\/p>\n

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