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1. syncytium<\/strong> \u2014 [biology<\/em>] multinucleate cell or cell mass<\/p>\n

The <\/em>syncytia are distributed irregularly throughout the trophospongia except at the point of contact with the trophoblast.<\/em><\/p>\n

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2. jamb<\/strong> \u2014 either vertical element alongside a wall opening such as a door or window frame<\/p>\n

We finally found the bullet, driven into the very bottom of the door <\/em>jamb below the bottom hinge, which is why we’d missed it before, but now the whole picture made even less sense.<\/em><\/p>\n

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3. megrim<\/strong> \u2014 [archaic<\/em>] migraine; caprice, whim; (pl.) depression<\/p>\n

Though I saw the reason, writing that check to Hadley left me in the <\/em>megrims, and not even Boris’s fine cigar and brandy could pull me out of my funk.<\/em><\/p>\n

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4. muskeg<\/strong> \u2014 North American swamp or bog<\/p>\n

When first you espy the moss covering the ground you’d best slow down and test the path with your poles if you don’t want to become trapped in the <\/em>muskeg.<\/em><\/p>\n

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5. footboy<\/strong> \u2014 boy servant<\/p>\n

Because I had saved the dog from drowning in the briars I got my first chance to work inside as a <\/em>footboy, and to this day I doubt the lord would have cared as much if it had been one of his daughters I’d rescued.<\/em><\/p>\n

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6. inspirit<\/strong> \u2014 to encourage, to give vigor and strength<\/p>\n

The speech by Lance Armstrong had so <\/em>inspirited me that I got off my stool and returned to the locker room and rejoined my teammates and we went out on the floor and got our asses whipped.<\/em><\/p>\n

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7. bauchle<\/strong> \u2014 [Scots<\/em>] old shoe<\/p>\n

When he crossed his legs I could see a hole in his <\/em>bauchle stuffed with moss and he saw that I saw and quickly put his foot down on the floor again.<\/em><\/p>\n

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8. cleg<\/strong> \u2014 [Scots<\/em> & British<\/em>] horsefly, gadfly<\/p>\n

The <\/em>clegs swarmed and stung the cattle ’til the cows turned mad.<\/em><\/p>\n

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9. hallucinosis<\/strong> \u2014 state of hallucinating<\/p>\n

The pink elephants may be a sign of <\/em>hallucinosis, yes, but perhaps there may actually be roseate pachyderms, eh?<\/em><\/p>\n

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10. hereaway<\/strong> \u2014 around here, hereabouts<\/p>\n

The red leopard was hunting <\/em>hereaway and frightening the villagers so that they kept behind closed doors and windows ever so soon as it got dark.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Bonus Vocabulary<\/h4>\n

(British culinary)<\/p>\n

dripping toast<\/strong> \u2014 dish made by covering toast with beef drippings and a little salt <\/p>\n

At the first whiff of the <\/em>dripping toast I was transported back to halcyon days of Rupert in the nursery and glorious breakfasts when the stringencies of rationing were to me purest heaven.<\/em><\/p>\n

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1. syncytium \u2014 [biology] multinucleate cell or cell mass The syncytia are distributed irregularly throughout the trophospongia except at the point of contact with the trophoblast.   2. jamb \u2014 either vertical element alongside a wall opening such as a door or window frame We finally found the bullet, driven into the very bottom of … <\/p>\n

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