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1. spancel<\/strong> \u2014 noosed rope used to hobble an animal<\/p>\n

Only a short <\/em>spancel bound his ankles, but his arms were held tightly behind his back in a pair of police handcuffs.<\/em><\/p>\n

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2. traducianism<\/strong> \u2014 doctrine that the soul is generated from the parents at the moment of conception<\/p>\n

Tertullian’s view of the soul as quasi-corporeal dovetailed with his espousal of <\/em>traducianism.<\/em><\/p>\n

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3. aperient<\/strong> \u2014 laxative<\/p>\n

Licorice helps calm the stomach, and may have a gentle <\/em>aperient effect.<\/em><\/p>\n

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4. surplice<\/strong> \u2014 loose white linen overgarment worn by clergy and choristers<\/p>\n

A murmur arose from the congregation, and I looked up from prayerful contemplation (oh, all right, I was nodding off) to see a bright red stain upon the preacher’s <\/em>surplice, a spreading stain of blood.<\/em><\/p>\n

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5. estaminet<\/strong> \u2014 small caf\u00e9<\/p>\n

Luther sat at the tiny table in the back of the <\/em>estaminet, slowly lowering the level of wine in his bottle, while trying to read his guide book by the poor light.<\/em><\/p>\n

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6. immure<\/strong> \u2014 to imprison, to confine within walls<\/p>\n

Yet we’ve had no word from Rochester since that evening last spring, and I suspect he may be <\/em>immured in the basement of her house, trapped by the the pandemic and the fascination of the old model train set.<\/em><\/p>\n

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7. doddered<\/strong> \u2014 infirm; having lost most branches due to decay or age<\/p>\n

All that now remained of the glorious tree of halcyon memory was a <\/em>doddered stump jutting up ten feet or so at an odd angle from the blasted red clay surrounding the equally decayed manse.<\/em><\/p>\n

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8. knop<\/strong> \u2014 ornamental knob<\/p>\n

Set into the center of the false door was an enamel <\/em>knop displaying the family initial, a rude ‘E’ in the rough handwriting of the first baron.<\/em><\/p>\n

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9. piffle<\/strong> \u2014 silly nonsense<\/p>\n

The family thought Charles spoke mere <\/em>piffle, but Leslie and I were well aware of the menacing meaning behind his seemingly vacuous words.<\/em><\/p>\n

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10. cyclostyle<\/strong> \u2014 early duplicating device in which a toothed rowel is used to create holes in a stencil through which ink is forced<\/p>\n

My friend Andy thought she had a valuable signed letter from the famous playwright, but it turned out to be only a <\/em>cyclostyle signature on a mass appeal that was sent to hundreds during the early days of the British suffrage movement.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Bonus Vocabulary<\/h4>\n

(French)<\/p>\n

en travesti<\/strong> \u2014 dressed as the opposite sex for theatrical role, lit. “in disguise”<\/p>\n

The police raid made headlines throughout London and even on the Continent, particularly when it was learned that most of the guests were found <\/em>en travesti.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

1. spancel \u2014 noosed rope used to hobble an animal Only a short spancel bound his ankles, but his arms were held tightly behind his back in a pair of police handcuffs.   2. traducianism \u2014 doctrine that the soul is generated from the parents at the moment of conception Tertullian’s view of the soul … <\/p>\n

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