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1. hebdomadal<\/strong> — weekly<\/p>\n

He finally had a regular schedule and they began going out for dinner every Tuesday night, each of them looking forward to their <\/em>hebdomadal outing.<\/em><\/p>\n

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2. piebald<\/strong> — having two-color patches, usu. black and white<\/p>\n

His chin had a <\/em>piebald appearance due to his use of hair dye inappropriate for his coarse beard.<\/em><\/p>\n

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3. pergola<\/strong> — open latticework supported by columns upon which climbing plants may be trained, often placed so as to create a walkway<\/p>\n

The modern lines of the small house were entirely ruined by the cheap <\/em>pergola of poor knotty pine that had been slapped together as an afterthought just before the party.<\/em><\/p>\n

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4. calenture<\/strong> — tropical fever with delirium that often affected sailors <\/p>\n

Jonathan Swift likens those who lost in the South Sea Bubble to sailors misled by a <\/em>calenture (though the latter term has been supplanted in modern parlance by heat illness, yet another example of how infinitely superior in reason we are nowadays).<\/em><\/p>\n

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5. souse<\/strong> — to immerse or plunge something in water, etc.; to drench; to pickle in brine, etc.<\/p>\n

“What’s that, Lassie, you <\/em>soused Timmy into a well?”<\/em><\/p>\n

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6. ectogenesis<\/strong> — production or development outside the body<\/p>\n

Athena’s birth does not technically qualify as <\/em>ectogenesis, since springing forth from Zeus’ forehead still uses the god’s body from which the goddess of wisdom enters the world.<\/em><\/p>\n

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7. ell<\/strong> — measure of length equal to 45 inches in England (the Scotch = 37.2 in., the Flemish = 27 in.)<\/p>\n

Instead of splintering, the knight’s lance was impaled a full <\/em>ell through the shield of Sir Blois, carrying it out of his hands.<\/em><\/p>\n

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8. purvey<\/strong> — to provide or to supply (now usu. food); to make provision for something<\/p>\n

What shall it boot thee if you fail to <\/em>purvey for the fate of your eternal soul?<\/em><\/p>\n

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9. bosk<\/strong> — thicket of bushes<\/p>\n

The rodent dragged the knapsack into a thorny <\/em>bosk that thwarted our attempts at entry.<\/em><\/p>\n

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10. port<\/strong> — (Archaic<\/em>) carriage, bearing<\/p>\n

Her frank and healthy <\/em>port was accompanied by a gentle smile which made me love her from the moment I first saw her.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

1. hebdomadal — weekly He finally had a regular schedule and they began going out for dinner every Tuesday night, each of them looking forward to their hebdomadal outing.   2. piebald — having two-color patches, usu. black and white His chin had a piebald appearance due to his use of hair dye inappropriate for … <\/p>\n

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