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1. qaid<\/strong> (also caid<\/strong>) \u2014 local leader or judge in North Africa; Berber chief <\/p>\n

But the <\/em>qaid interrupted Deschamps at this point, and brought out the leather-bound edition of Cooper’s works we had presented to the chieftain, and Teddy and I knew then that our gift had been a prescient one indeed.<\/em><\/p>\n

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2. shrike<\/strong> \u2014 any of several species of songbird with strongly hooked and toothed bill, used by some species to impale or rend their prey<\/p>\n

Also called the ‘butcherbird’ from its habit of leaving the bodies of the eaten prey hanging from thorns, the northern <\/em>shrike is larger than its southern cousin, though the latter plays with the remains of dinner in the same fashion.<\/em><\/p>\n

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3. choad<\/strong> \u2014 [slang<\/em>] short and squat penis; loser; perineum<\/p>\n

“Okay, okay, you don’t have to be such a <\/em>choad about it, we’ll try calling her one more time!”<\/em><\/p>\n

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4. carl<\/strong> \u2014 [archaic<\/em>] churl, peasant<\/p>\n

During the festival the roles were reversed, and a <\/em>carl might sit at the very head of the table, hoping to be waited upon by a noble (which never seemed to happen, to be sure).<\/em><\/p>\n

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5. pap<\/strong> \u2014 bland food, porridge; nonsense, foolish word<\/p>\n

I won’t be satisfied with the <\/em>pap you give to the voters out on the stump.<\/em><\/p>\n

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6. pap<\/strong> \u2014 [archaic<\/em>] teat, nipple<\/p>\n

The maiden sat now silent in the corner, her twins feeding at her <\/em>paps.<\/em><\/p>\n

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7. trudge<\/strong> \u2014 to walk laboriously or wearily<\/p>\n

And so we go on, <\/em>trudging down the road of life towards an uncertain future from a past that seems increasingly impossible in this bizarrely extended present.<\/em><\/p>\n

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8. squill<\/strong> \u2014 lily-like plant found in Europe; sea onion<\/p>\n

The red <\/em>squill is effective against rats though it is generally shunned by domesticated animals.<\/em><\/p>\n

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9. kedge<\/strong> \u2014 to warp a ship or boat by hauling on a cable attached to an anchor dropped at some distance from the vessel<\/p>\n

In these shallows the sloop from time to time would ground but was always as quickly <\/em>kedged off by our stout cabin boys, who seemed to enjoy the mundane task.<\/em><\/p>\n

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10. piles<\/strong> \u2014 hemorrhoids<\/p>\n

“Sorry Travers can’t join us; he claims a distant cousin stopped by for a sudden visit, but I suspect his <\/em>piles are bothering him again and he couldn’t face the prospect of sitting for three to four hours at the opera.”<\/em><\/p>\n

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Bonus Vocabulary<\/h4>\n

(decorative arts)<\/p>\n

delft<\/strong> \u2014 tin-glazed pottery typically having white opaque glaze with decoration in blue, usu. Dutch or English<\/p>\n

The delicate power of fine <\/em>delft can be seen in the gorgeous enamel but especially in the beauteous decoration.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

1. qaid (also caid) \u2014 local leader or judge in North Africa; Berber chief But the qaid interrupted Deschamps at this point, and brought out the leather-bound edition of Cooper’s works we had presented to the chieftain, and Teddy and I knew then that our gift had been a prescient one indeed.   2. shrike … <\/p>\n

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