Words of the Week: yaw, pease, salvo, pangram

salvo:

1.

a. A simultaneous discharge of firearms.

b. The simultaneous release of a rack of bombs from an aircraft.

c. The projectiles or bombs thus released.

2. Something resembling a release or discharge of bombs or firearms, as:

a. A sudden outburst, as of cheers or praise.

b. A forceful verbal or written assault.

[Italian salva, from French salve, from Latin salv, hail, imperative of salvre, to be in good health, from salvus, safe; see sol- in Indo-European roots.]

pangram: A sentence that uses all the letters of the alphabet.

yaw:

trow:

fey:

ti:

pease:

dullard: