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1. chuck-farthing<\/strong> \u2014 [British<\/em>] game similar to pitchpenny prevalent in 18th & 19th Centuries<\/p>\n

Lorson had the eye and arm to almost always succeed in the first round of <\/em>chuck-farthing, but he flung his coins instead of bunching them in the second round, so was almost always a loser in the end.<\/em><\/p>\n

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2. incontinent<\/strong> \u2014 unable to control bladder or bowels; having no or little moral or sexual restraint<\/p>\n

But the second letter to Timothy also points out that these self-loving men (which condition we once styled as narcissism) will thus be <\/em>incontinent in all their dealings with others, as they care not a whit for any persons than their own.<\/em><\/p>\n

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3. dule tree<\/strong> (also dool tree<\/strong>) \u2014 [Scots<\/em>] gallows tree, mourning trees where gibbets were hung<\/p>\n

The <\/em>dule trees upon which the men of Gilnockie were hung were said to have withered and died in shame at playing a role in such treachery.<\/em><\/p>\n

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4. whin<\/strong> \u2014 gorse, furze<\/p>\n

Eventually Mr. Tytler fed all of his horses upon the <\/em>whins prepared in this manner, finding prudent use for the gorse which his land had in such abundance.<\/em><\/p>\n

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5. whin<\/strong> \u2014 hard dark rock<\/p>\n

In these hills the <\/em>whin is always found in a layer above the shale being quarried.<\/em><\/p>\n

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6. thrawn<\/strong> \u2014 twisted, misshapen; perverse, obstinate<\/p>\n

But she forgave Petey’s behavior, telling all and sundry not to take any never no-mind, as he was just having one of his “<\/em>thrawn days.”<\/em><\/p>\n

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7. madreporic<\/strong> \u2014 of or related to madrepore coral; resembling stony coral<\/p>\n

But the bones had been weathered and fused into the gray sand as the shore retreated over the centuries, leaving only this <\/em>madreporic ossuary to bear witness to the tragedy that had occurred.<\/em><\/p>\n

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8. hap<\/strong> \u2014 [archaic<\/em>] to happen, to occur<\/p>\n

“Aye! and if so it once <\/em>happed it may well <\/em>hap again.”<\/em><\/p>\n

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9. blackavised<\/strong> (also black-avised<\/strong>, black-a-viced<\/strong>, blackavized<\/strong>, blackaviced<\/strong>) \u2014 swarthy, having a dark complexion<\/p>\n

But this <\/em>blackavised jongleur was quite content to play the minor parts in these rural hamlets.<\/em><\/p>\n

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10. withindoors<\/strong> (also within-doors<\/strong>) \u2014 [obsolete<\/em>] indoors, into or inside a house<\/p>\n

These hair decorations are only revealed <\/em>withindoors, however, for the tribe believes that evil sky spirits will be jealous of the bizarre decorations and would plague or even slay the wearer in consequence.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Bonus Vocabulary<\/h4>\n

(Norse mythology)<\/p>\n

Fimbulwinter<\/strong> \u2014 the harsh three years long summerless winter which precedes the end of the world<\/p>\n

The barn door was frozen shut tightly in place as if held in <\/em>Fimbulwinter‘s icy doomed grasp.<\/em><\/p>\n

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1. chuck-farthing \u2014 [British] game similar to pitchpenny prevalent in 18th & 19th Centuries Lorson had the eye and arm to almost always succeed in the first round of chuck-farthing, but he flung his coins instead of bunching them in the second round, so was almost always a loser in the end.   2. incontinent … <\/p>\n

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