{"id":4468,"date":"2024-03-08T10:10:19","date_gmt":"2024-03-08T18:10:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/educatedguesswork.com\/?p=4468"},"modified":"2024-03-08T10:12:26","modified_gmt":"2024-03-08T18:12:26","slug":"friday-vocabulary-289","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/educatedguesswork.com\/?p=4468","title":{"rendered":"Friday Vocabulary"},"content":{"rendered":"

1. thirl<\/strong> \u2014 to pierce, to drill<\/p>\n

To signify his acceptance by the tribe they <\/em>thirled a hole through his right nostril, and he ever after wore there a ring of gold as a token of that day.<\/em><\/p>\n

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2. sallow<\/strong> \u2014 of pale sickly yellow color, esp. of skin<\/p>\n

Since last I had seen her, Vera’s features had taken on that <\/em>sallow tone which often betokens an incipient collapse of health.<\/em><\/p>\n

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3. bosky<\/strong> \u2014 of or related to bushes or shrubs; bushy, covered or shielded by low foliage; shady<\/p>\n

In that <\/em>bosky bower hidden from the gaze of men and animals alike we made love for the first time.<\/em><\/p>\n

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4. subparallel<\/strong> \u2014 almost but not quite parallel<\/p>\n

Along the glacier’s path of retreat we find several <\/em>subparallel ridges along with exposed quartzite deposits.<\/em><\/p>\n

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5. majolica<\/strong> \u2014 glazed earthenware decorated in opaque color <\/p>\n

Atop the mantle stood an urn of offensive green <\/em>majolica which Aunt Bertha had brought back from her trip to London, and which I had assumed as a child contained the ashes of dear departed Uncle Trent, though I later learned how wrong I was.<\/em><\/p>\n

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6. stipple<\/strong> \u2014 to shade (a picture, etc.) by marking with small dots<\/p>\n

Even after his shave Rupert’s chin was <\/em>stippled by the roots of his dark beard, giving him a swarthy mien.<\/em><\/p>\n

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7. chiliocosm<\/strong> \u2014 [Buddhist<\/em>] grouping of many worlds<\/p>\n

The thousand worlds which comprise the smallest <\/em>chiliocosm are envisaged as having exactly the same structure, the same geography, and, of course, the same dependence upon the Law of Karma.<\/em><\/p>\n

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8. febricule<\/strong> \u2014 [obsolete<\/em>] very mild fever<\/p>\n

The doctor diagnosed a <\/em>febricule caused by imbalanced blood, and prescribed a posset admixed with rosemary.<\/em><\/p>\n

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9. psychopomp<\/strong> \u2014 spirit or person who guides souls to the land of the dead<\/p>\n

Stepping into that flat-bottomed boat in the sultry Okefenokee night, I felt as if I were about to leave the land of the living, and that Po’ Rob had become a <\/em>psychopomp taking me across the swamp to the other world, and I hoped there’d be fewer mosquitoes in that nether hell.<\/em><\/p>\n

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10. hyaline<\/strong> \u2014 transparent, glassy<\/p>\n

When I reached out to touch it, I was startled to realize that the entire creature was covered from snout to tail with a <\/em>hyaline surface, a membrane so clear and transparent that I still could not detect visually.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Bonus Vocabulary<\/h4>\n

(Scots (specific to Shetland and Orkney))<\/p>\n

soothmoother<\/strong> \u2014 outsider<\/p>\n

Since I was a <\/em>soothmoother they tried to slow their speech down, but I could no more understand them than I would have an old couple conversing in Linear B.<\/em><\/p>\n

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1. thirl \u2014 to pierce, to drill To signify his acceptance by the tribe they thirled a hole through his right nostril, and he ever after wore there a ring of gold as a token of that day.   2. sallow \u2014 of pale sickly yellow color, esp. of skin Since last I had seen … <\/p>\n

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