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1. pyx<\/strong> \u2014 small container for holding the consecrated bread of the Eucharist; [rare<\/em>] box<\/p>\n

The tiny, decorative boxes so enamored of by modern collectors hearken back to the enameled <\/em>pyxides of the famous Limoges workshops, regularly made there since the 13th Century.<\/em><\/p>\n

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2. teal<\/strong> \u2014 small dabbling duck from which the mallard evolved<\/p>\n

Some now dispute that the green-winged <\/em>teal is in fact a separate species from its more famous European cousin.<\/em><\/p>\n

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3. gaffer<\/strong> \u2014 chief electrician in film or TV production; oldster; [British<\/em>] foreman<\/p>\n

Mr. Darnby, the boss, were a fine sort, but his <\/em>gaffer was the worst kind of petty tyrant.<\/em><\/p>\n

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4. hippopotamic<\/strong> \u2014 enormous, cumbersome<\/p>\n

But on my third attempt to force my mother’s <\/em>hippopotamic suitcase into the back seat, I finally admitted that there was simply no way that she and I and it were ever going to fit into my tiny 1967 Volkwagen Beetle.<\/em><\/p>\n

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5. vedette<\/strong> \u2014 mounted sentry patrolling beyond an army’s outposts<\/p>\n

Even if we can evade the <\/em>vedettes we still must pass somehow through the skirmish line before we could ever find your captured brother.<\/em><\/p>\n

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6. gloaming<\/strong> \u2014 twilight of the evening<\/p>\n

The pretended philosophers practicing in the <\/em>gloaming of the Roman Empire merely practiced sophistic casuistry in support of the latest Emperor.<\/em><\/p>\n

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7. toponymy<\/strong> \u2014 study of place names<\/p>\n

Why over fifty American cities and counties are named for the naval hero of 1812 and of the Barbary Coast is an interesting question of <\/em>toponymy.<\/em><\/p>\n

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8. sett<\/strong> \u2014 lair of a badger; distinctive pattern of a Scottish tartan<\/p>\n

The hill is also home to a large group of badgers, whose <\/em>sett was first noted over five hundred years ago.<\/em><\/p>\n

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9. moraine<\/strong> \u2014 mound of rocks and debris left by passage of a glacier<\/p>\n

Crossing the granite scree of the <\/em>moraine was made doubly difficult by the sudden summer storm.<\/em><\/p>\n

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10. murrain<\/strong> \u2014 cattle disease; [obsolete<\/em>] plague<\/p>\n

Though the old crone threatened to curse us with a <\/em>murrain upon our cattle, we were not worried, having no livestock.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Bonus Vocabulary<\/h4>\n

(nautical)<\/p>\n

glory hole<\/strong> \u2014 small shipboard storeroom<\/p>\n

The midshipman had just returned from the <\/em>glory hole with the captain’s spare spectacles when the cannonball hit him.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

1. pyx \u2014 small container for holding the consecrated bread of the Eucharist; [rare] box The tiny, decorative boxes so enamored of by modern collectors hearken back to the enameled pyxides of the famous Limoges workshops, regularly made there since the 13th Century.   2. teal \u2014 small dabbling duck from which the mallard evolved … <\/p>\n

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