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1. Telfordize<\/strong> \u2014 to pave a road using Telford principles<\/p>\n

The sudden squalls inundated the terrain and flooded the newly constructed roads, damaging them after each reconstruction until the captain decided to <\/em>Telfordize the roadways, raising them above the surrounding ground with large stones creating a foundation which helped quickly drain the road surface after the torrential rains.<\/em><\/p>\n

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2. cruor<\/strong> (also cruror<\/strong>) \u2014 clotted blood; [obsolete<\/em>] red colored matter within blood<\/p>\n

The sickly salty stench of the rear chamber sickened us and I dared not guess what fiendish rituals had taken place at the wooden block in the center, covered with a vile melange of feathers, <\/em>cruor, bones, and dung.<\/em><\/p>\n

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3. antinomian<\/strong> \u2014 of or related to one who believes in no moral law because only God’s grace determines our salvation<\/p>\n

Though accused in the 1670s of <\/em>antinomian tendencies, his compeers all agreed that Sir Henry was a good man and an upright jurist.<\/em><\/p>\n

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4. bourne<\/strong> \u2014 boundary, limit; goal<\/p>\n

The setting sun approached its <\/em>bourne in the horizon.<\/em><\/p>\n

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5. dole<\/strong> \u2014 distribution, portion or goods or money (esp. for charity)<\/p>\n

One wonders how she supports her kind <\/em>dole, so meager seems her own household.<\/em><\/p>\n

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6. triphibious<\/strong> \u2014 able to move on land or water and in air<\/p>\n

The <\/em>triphibious craft had proven an ungainly boat in even the smallest waves, so we were both surprised by its quick response once Captain Chicken took us into the skies.<\/em><\/p>\n

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7. yen shee<\/strong> (also yen she<\/strong>) \u2014 opium pipe bowl ashes and residue<\/p>\n

Sucking at his pipe filled only with <\/em>yen shee, the porter turned his mournful gaze to the gathering storm behind us and looked at our strange party once more, saying only “I guess it’ll be another of those ‘Incredible Journey’ things, is it?” as he unbarred the gate.<\/em><\/p>\n

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8. hierogamic<\/strong> \u2014 of or related to rituals promoting fertile crops by representing deific sexual congress<\/p>\n

Berringer’s contended that <\/em>hiergamic rites took place atop the mound, but this idea was belied by Harlan’s discovery of a cache of bones suggesting human sacrifice instead.<\/em><\/p>\n

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9. jankers<\/strong> \u2014 [British military slang<\/em>] punishment detail with pointless tasks, inspections, and confinement to barracks<\/p>\n

I first got <\/em>jankers at my very first inspection, for not telling Rogers (who was standing next to me) that he had a hair on his uniform.<\/em><\/p>\n

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10. prosthaphaeresis<\/strong> \u2014 use of trigonometric formulae to compute products of large multiplicands as well as other functions<\/p>\n

Before logarithms ruled the day, some mathematicians swore by <\/em>prosthaphaeresis as the best tool for quick calculation.<\/em><\/p>\n

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1. Telfordize \u2014 to pave a road using Telford principles The sudden squalls inundated the terrain and flooded the newly constructed roads, damaging them after each reconstruction until the captain decided to Telfordize the roadways, raising them above the surrounding ground with large stones creating a foundation which helped quickly drain the road surface after … <\/p>\n

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