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Sunday, April 24, 2011

Words from the Dictionary Game: dornick

dornick: A stone small enough to throw from a field being cleared.

luthier: One that makes or repairs stringed instruments, such as violins.

perron: an external flight of steps, esp one at the front entrance of a building

helminth: A worm, especially a parasitic roundworm or tapeworm.

jaguarundi: A long-tailed, grayish-brown wildcat (Felis yagouaroundi) of tropical America.

Sunday, December 26, 2010

Words from my first "Dictionary Game" experience

majolica: Tin-glazed earthenware that is often richly colored and decorated, especially an earthenware of this type produced in Italy.

eloign: To remove or carry away to a distance, especially so as to conceal.

storax: An aromatic resin obtained from the snowbell.

sward: Land covered with grassy turf.
[Middle English, from Old English sweard, skin.]