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1. balestra<\/strong> (also ballestra<\/strong>) \u2014 [fencing<\/em>] leap towards opponent with an immediate lunge<\/p>\n

Dimitrios closed the distance with a <\/em>balestra feint to the sword arm shoulder, followed by an imbroccata to the chest, and Gregorio was hard-pressed to keep the Greek from ending the fight then and there.<\/em><\/p>\n

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2. pediophobia<\/strong> \u2014 fear of dolls<\/p>\n

In this Hans Bellmer nightmare workshop, Florence was glad she was only menaced by a madman, and not also hampered by <\/em>pediophobia.<\/em><\/p>\n

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3. stale<\/strong> \u2014 to urinate, esp. of horses or cattle<\/p>\n

“I drank so much I could <\/em>stale like a horse!”<\/em><\/p>\n

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4. bord<\/strong> \u2014 coalface leading into the seam; roadway in mine through which coal is extracted<\/p>\n

In traditional <\/em>bord and pillar mining, after most of the coal has been removed, the remaining pillars of the seam are removed in reverse order, working back to the mine entrance, so depillaring safely is vital.<\/em><\/p>\n

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5. scaphism<\/strong> \u2014 ancient Persian method of execution, possibly specious, in which the victim is bound between two small boats with his head and limbs remaining outside and then he is force-fed milk and honey until bloated and the remaining mixture slathered upon his exposed body parts, then left facing the sun whilst insects or other animals devour him alive<\/p>\n

It is not only the wasps and bees and flies which torment the victim of <\/em>scaphism, however, as the days-long torture creates sundry worms and other vile creatures amid the sufferer’s own egesta, and as he lies in his own filth with his horribly distended stomach, he has all too much time to contemplate his sad fate as he is devoured from without and within, dying a death of thousands of tiny gnawing bites.<\/em><\/p>\n

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6. hyperacusis<\/strong> \u2014 hypersensitivity to sound, esp. loud noises<\/p>\n

<\/em>Hyperacusis in veterans with PTSD is not uncommon, requiring delicate treatment, and this condition can be aggravated greatly if tinnitus is also present.<\/em><\/p>\n

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7. corrody<\/strong> (also corody<\/strong>) \u2014 lifetime pension of care given by religious house to maintain grantee<\/p>\n

Of course there were many and varied types of <\/em>corrodies throughout the Middle Ages, from benevolent bequests upon stalwart laymen who had worked all their lives at an abbey to grants forced upon a monastery by the king, but in all cases this lifetime allowance functioned as an early version of a pension, a nascent form of social insurance for the weak and elderly in a society dominated by the strong and the young.<\/em><\/p>\n

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8. little-go<\/strong> (also little go<\/strong>) \u2014 [British<\/em>] preliminary examination during university courses to determine fitness to continue studies<\/p>\n

By the end of Victoria’s reign, however, there were already concerns that requiring knowledge of two dead languages for the <\/em>little-go did not prepare the future graduates of Cambridge for the changing world.<\/em><\/p>\n

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9. logothete<\/strong> (often capitalized) \u2014 administrative executive in Byzantine empire or its successor states<\/p>\n

All negotiations between the Porte and the Patriarch had to pass through the <\/em>logothete, who held his office through hereditary custom and knew quite well the value of his role as an intermediary.<\/em><\/p>\n

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10. merchet<\/strong> \u2014 feudal fine paid to lord upon a daughter’s marriage<\/p>\n

Analysis of the <\/em>Liber Gersumarum discounts the idea that most women who paid their own <\/em>merchets were widows seeking to remarry.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Bonus Vocabulary<\/h4>\n

(religious symbol)<\/p>\n

Faravahar<\/strong> \u2014 preeminent symbol of Zoroastrianism, consisting of the upper body of a Persian man in a circle from which project wings and tail feathers and streamers; same symbol used generally for Persia or Iran<\/p>\n

Of course, the appearance of the <\/em>Faravahar on the Behistun Inscription may simply indicate the personal religious preference of Darius, but may also speak to the great king’s desire to impose a single religion upon his widespread peoples.<\/em><\/p>\n

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1. balestra (also ballestra) \u2014 [fencing] leap towards opponent with an immediate lunge Dimitrios closed the distance with a balestra feint to the sword arm shoulder, followed by an imbroccata to the chest, and Gregorio was hard-pressed to keep the Greek from ending the fight then and there.   2. pediophobia \u2014 fear of dolls … <\/p>\n

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