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1. orpiment<\/strong> \u2014 yellow arsenic sulfide used as pigment<\/p>\n

Although most commonly associated with ancient painting, <\/em>orpiment has many, many uses, and in India and Iran is not infrequently used as a depilatory.<\/em><\/p>\n

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2. bort<\/strong> \u2014 low-grade diamonds and fragments of good diamonds, used commonly as abrasive<\/p>\n

Though over half of mined diamonds are <\/em>bort sold to industry, almost 93% of industrial diamonds are manufactured through synthetic processes.<\/em><\/p>\n

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3. fillip<\/strong> \u2014 motion made by bending last joint of finger or the nail of the finger against the thumb and then suddenly releasing it; to strike with a nail snapped from the end of the thumb<\/p>\n

I started the cunning device off with a <\/em>fillip against the steel marble placed at the top of the wooden tower, regretting my action immediately as my nail throbbed with pain in reaction to the momentum transmitted to the small but heavy metal orb.<\/em><\/p>\n

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4. springald<\/strong> \u2014 young man, stripling<\/p>\n

She entertained his attentions with great patience, yet all knew that the flighty <\/em>springald could have no real claim upon her heart.<\/em><\/p>\n

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5. springald<\/strong> \u2014 medieval engine of warfare used for shooting large bolts<\/p>\n

The left wing of the Turkish calvary was charging furiously through our last line of pikemen, threatening to overrun our <\/em>springald and remove the advantage it had given us thus far in the overall battle.<\/em><\/p>\n

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6. gudgeon<\/strong> \u2014 small European freshwater baitfish; gullible person, someone who will swallow anything<\/p>\n

By flattering his intellect and political acumen I was able to bend that <\/em>gudgeon to my will, and eventually he signed the contract without demur.<\/em><\/p>\n

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7. tick<\/strong> \u2014 cloth cover or case to hold filling (feathers, hair, etc.) used to form a mattress or pillow<\/p>\n

It was the simplest of beds, and the straw kept sticking right through the worn <\/em>tick, usually as I was just falling asleep.<\/em><\/p>\n

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8. austringer<\/strong> (also astringer<\/strong>) \u2014 trainer and keeper of goshawks or other short-winged hawks<\/p>\n

The <\/em>austringer has one advantage over other falconers in that his bird can hunt both mammalian and avian prey.<\/em><\/p>\n

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9. pizzle<\/strong> \u2014 animal penis; penis of a bull used for flogging<\/p>\n

The highlands of Peru are patrolled by vigilantes who administer swift justice with the <\/em>pizzles they carry as a symbol of their self-appointed office.<\/em><\/p>\n

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10. mesentery<\/strong> \u2014 membraneous organ attaching intestines to the rear abdominal wall<\/p>\n

It was only as recently as 2012 that researchers were able to prove that the various mesocolons, the mesoappendix, and the mesorectum were a single organ, showing that the <\/em>mesentery extends from a common point.<\/em><\/p>\n

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1. orpiment \u2014 yellow arsenic sulfide used as pigment Although most commonly associated with ancient painting, orpiment has many, many uses, and in India and Iran is not infrequently used as a depilatory.   2. bort \u2014 low-grade diamonds and fragments of good diamonds, used commonly as abrasive Though over half of mined diamonds are … <\/p>\n

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