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1. crepitus<\/strong> \u2014 grating noise produced by friction between bone and cartilage or pieces of broken bone; rale<\/p>\n

As I slowly made my way up the stairs, each step with my right leg produced the <\/em>crepitus from my knee that had been constant background music for the past five years, though usually unheard except at times such as these, when all the other blares and noises of the day finally subsided and into the silence came the creaking sigh of my weary patella.<\/em><\/p>\n

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2. alidade<\/strong> \u2014 sighting instrument used for measuring angles (both horizontal and vertical) from a fixed point<\/p>\n

The fire towers of the great northwestern forests used simple <\/em>alidades to triangulate and pinpoint the first signs of dangerous smoke.<\/em><\/p>\n

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3. poltroon<\/strong> \u2014 worthless coward, craven<\/p>\n

\u201cAre you such a <\/em>poltroon as to stand idly by while braggart traitors despoil your heritage?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

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4. squirearchal<\/strong> \u2014 of or related to the country’s landed gentry as a collective body; of or related to rule by squires<\/p>\n

This tension between the king and parliament fixed firmly the <\/em>squirearchal rule of the country gentlemen in the provinces, where tradition and economics both conspired to cement these sometimes pompous men firmly into their local seats of power.<\/em><\/p>\n

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5. ilex<\/strong> \u2014 holm oak, evergreen oak; holly<\/p>\n

As we walked through the lovely groves of cypress and <\/em>ilex, Barnaby informed me that these oaks had been grown from some of the first acorns ever brought to England.<\/em><\/p>\n

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6. effete<\/strong> \u2014 ineffectual and lacking vitality<\/p>\n

Of the clutching of pearls by the <\/em>effete devotees of the <\/em>West Wing let us take no more notice.<\/em><\/p>\n

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7. weft<\/strong> \u2014 crosswise threads over and under which other threads (the warp) are drawn to make cloth or rugs<\/p>\n

I felt an almost religious pang as I viewed my brother’s painting of our old natal home, whose stability and daily pleasures formed the <\/em>weft upon which so many happy childhood memories were woven.<\/em><\/p>\n

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8. Arimaspian<\/strong> (also Arimaspi<\/strong>) \u2014 legendary single-eyed peoples of northern Scythia<\/p>\n

Perhaps the one-eyed man is king among the blind, but as a two-eyed man among these modern <\/em>Arimaspians I found myself singularly unexceptional.<\/em><\/p>\n

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9. goosander<\/strong> \u2014 [British<\/em>] common merganser, a diving duck with a serrated bill<\/p>\n

The wild brown fringe trailing behind the <\/em>goosander‘s head reminded me of a punk singer I knew in West Oakland.<\/em><\/p>\n

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10. jillflirt<\/strong> (also gillflirt<\/strong>) \u2014 [archaic<\/em>] wanton, giddy young girl<\/p>\n

The dancing hall, a sweltering oven of coxcombs and <\/em>jillflirts, can produce no fine delicacy from its overheated confines, but only an oleaginous joint of vice and concupiscence.<\/em><\/p>\n

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1. crepitus \u2014 grating noise produced by friction between bone and cartilage or pieces of broken bone; rale As I slowly made my way up the stairs, each step with my right leg produced the crepitus from my knee that had been constant background music for the past five years, though usually unheard except at … <\/p>\n

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