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1. Deo volente<\/strong> — god willing (abbr. D.V.<\/strong>)<\/p>\n

We shall be married this very day, and shall assume my curacy, <\/em>Deo volente, next week.<\/em><\/p>\n

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2. sally port<\/strong> — opening in fortification for passage of troops making a sally<\/p>\n

Unbeknownst to Lord Dairnlee, however, the location of the <\/em>sally port had been betrayed, and the whole ground just before that gate had been thoroughly mined.<\/em><\/p>\n

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3. dish<\/strong> — (obs. slang<\/em>) to ‘do for’; to cheat<\/p>\n

Disraeli believed that the House of Commons was “used up”, saying further, “Reform has <\/em>dished it.”<\/em><\/p>\n

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4. estivate<\/strong> — to spend the summer; (of animals) to be dormant or in a state of torpor through the summer<\/p>\n

We had the happy misfortune both to have several guest rooms and to enjoy a beautiful climate year-round at our beachfront property, with the result that our Arizona relatives seemed always to <\/em>estivate with us the moment their children finished the school year.<\/em><\/p>\n

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5. samite<\/strong> — heavy silk, often interwoven with gold<\/p>\n

“That’s no Lady of the Lake,” he said of the white-sleeved arm protruding from the water’s surface, “but rather Ophelia going down for the third time, dragged to the bottom by her sodden <\/em>samite gown.”<\/em><\/p>\n

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6. prebendary<\/strong> — holder of a prebend, stipend for cathedral and church college canons<\/p>\n

In spite of the fact that the Reformation eliminated most prebends along with the collegiate churches they served, some elders still hold the title of <\/em>prebendary, though the reward is usually only a stall reserved to them and unpaid work for the church.<\/em><\/p>\n

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7. girandole<\/strong> — ornamented branched candelabra <\/p>\n

The light from the beautiful silver <\/em>girandole on the dining table scintillated through Lady Sylvia’s large emerald brooch.<\/em><\/p>\n

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8. alula<\/strong> — small bunch of feathers on the forward wing of a bird, controlled similarly to a ‘thumb’, used at slow flight speeds or when landing<\/p>\n

The <\/em>alulae of falcons is particularly prominent, and is used by those birds of prey to better control their fierce dives when their wings are tucked.<\/em><\/p>\n

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9. colloquize<\/strong> — to engage in conversation or dialogue <\/p>\n

Though it is truly pleasant to <\/em>colloquize here beneath the susurrant elms, the hour grows late and I must away.<\/em><\/p>\n

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10. swad<\/strong> — thick bunch or mass<\/p>\n

We found him in the midst of a veritable <\/em>swad of soldiers, fighting them all at once, for reasons which remain unclear to this day.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

1. Deo volente — god willing (abbr. D.V.) We shall be married this very day, and shall assume my curacy, Deo volente, next week.   2. sally port — opening in fortification for passage of troops making a sally Unbeknownst to Lord Dairnlee, however, the location of the sally port had been betrayed, and the … <\/p>\n

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