{"id":3551,"date":"2021-10-01T07:26:35","date_gmt":"2021-10-01T14:26:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/educatedguesswork.com\/?p=3551"},"modified":"2021-10-01T07:26:35","modified_gmt":"2021-10-01T14:26:35","slug":"friday-vocabulary-175","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/educatedguesswork.com\/?p=3551","title":{"rendered":"Friday Vocabulary"},"content":{"rendered":"

1. heliograph<\/strong> \u2014 signaling device using mirrors to reflect flashes of sunlight; instrument for taking pictures of the sun<\/p>\n

The gang hid out in this canyon fastness after each robbery, secure from the sheriff’s searchers, until Old Kentuck would signal them by <\/em>heliograph that the coast was clear.<\/em><\/p>\n

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2. rootle<\/strong> \u2014 to dig with the snout<\/p>\n

“It’s hopeless,” she cried. “Every time I get that dog groomed, he immediately runs out and <\/em>rootles into the herb garden, undoing all my efforts.”<\/em><\/p>\n

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3. moribund<\/strong> \u2014 near death, dying; stagnant<\/p>\n

As he waited in line at Starbucks with the team’s detailed order clenched tightly in his aching hand, Grant tried very hard not to ponder his <\/em>moribund career and that fateful day at the pizza palace.<\/em><\/p>\n

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4. thimblerig<\/strong> \u2014 rigged game in which the mark is asked to guess under which cup the operator has hidden the pea, shell game<\/p>\n

Once again the Democrats were invited to play <\/em>thimblerig in their search for Republican votes supporting the bill.<\/em><\/p>\n

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5. lag<\/strong> \u2014 to send to prison; to capture, to apprehend<\/p>\n

“Look, I want to <\/em>lag this bastard as much as you do, but rushing about like querulous geese isn’t the way to do it.”<\/em><\/p>\n

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6. doctress<\/strong> \u2014 female doctor, female healer<\/p>\n

The widow Mapes was known as a canny <\/em>doctress, though whether her healing powers came from her potent potions or her persuasive tongue was a subject of some debate.<\/em><\/p>\n

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7. pile<\/strong> \u2014 sharp metal head of an arrow, dart, or lance; pointed stake driven into ground; [heraldry<\/em>] wedge-shape charge upon escutcheon with point downwards<\/p>\n

Inside the small outbuilding of charred bricks was a pile of brass <\/em>piles, all that remained of the armory’s store of javelins.<\/em><\/p>\n

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8. inspan<\/strong> \u2014 [South Africa<\/em>] to yoke (animals, esp. oxen) to a vehicle; to harness<\/p>\n

He told Toby to <\/em>inspan the cart before the Lieutenant had even finished his tea.<\/em><\/p>\n

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9. blackguard<\/strong> \u2014 to revile with scurrilous words<\/p>\n

In spite of the fact that she had been <\/em>blackguarded by every newspaper in London, I found the woman at the center of the case to be utterly charming and quite composed in the face of the scandalous charges.<\/em><\/p>\n

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10. lazaroidal<\/strong> \u2014 of or related to lepers<\/p>\n

After the trial, we saw no more of Doctor Fasteau, though I heard a rumor that he had ensconced himself behind the walls of a <\/em>lazaroidal enclave in South America.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Bonus Vocabulary<\/h4>\n

(Geordie slang)<\/p>\n

radgie<\/strong> \u2014 aggressive or violent person<\/p>\n

We were going to the club but some <\/em>radgie was screaming in the street outside so we just headed back home.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

1. heliograph \u2014 signaling device using mirrors to reflect flashes of sunlight; instrument for taking pictures of the sun The gang hid out in this canyon fastness after each robbery, secure from the sheriff’s searchers, until Old Kentuck would signal them by heliograph that the coast was clear.   2. rootle \u2014 to dig with … <\/p>\n

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