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yead
- v. i.
Properly, a variant of the defective imperfect yode, but sometimes mistaken for a present. See the Note under Yede. [basically, went; issue] [Obs.]

Years yead away and faces fair deflower. --Drant.

atavistic
-n.
Relating to an inherited trait that reappears in an individual after being absent from a strain of organism for several generations. Atavistic traits were formerly thought to be throwbacks to ancestral types but are now known to be due to the inheritance of a pair of recessive genes.
[French atavisme, from Latin atavus, ancestor : atta, father + avus, grandfather; see awo- in Indo-European roots.]

Acheron
-n.
1. Classical Mythology. the river of woe, one of the five rivers of Hades. over which Charon ferried the souls of the dead.
2. the infernal regions; hell; Hades.

bloodwit
(n.) A fine or amercement paid as a composition for the shedding of blood; also, a riot wherein blood was spilled.

welkin
–noun Chiefly Literary.
the sky; the vault of heaven.
[Origin: bef. 900; ME welken(e), OE welcn, var. of wolcen cloud, sky; c. G Wolke cloud]

teen
–noun
1. Archaic. suffering; grief.
2. Obsolete. injury; harm.
[Origin: bef. 1000; ME tene, OE téona; c. OFris tiona, OS tiono, ON tjōn]

trash
-n. A collar, leash, or halter used to restrain a dog in pursuing game. --Markham.
-v. To hold back by a trash or leash, as a dog in pursuing game; hence, to retard, encumber, or restrain; to clog; to hinder vexatiously. [R.] --Beau. & Fl.

munificent
-adj.
1. extremely liberal in giving; very generous.
2. characterized by great generosity: a munificent bequest.
[Origin: 1575–85; back formation from L mūnificentia generosity, munificence, equiv. to mūnific(us) generous (muni-, comb. form of mūnus gift + -ficus -fic) + -entia -ence]

deodars
-n.
A tall cedar (Cedrus deodara) native to the Himalaya Mountains and having drooping branches and dark bluish-green leaves, often with white, light green, or yellow new growth in cultivars. It is an important timber tree in India.

[Hindi deodār, from Sanskrit devadāru : deva-, divine; see dyeu- in Indo-European roots + dāru, wood; see deru- in Indo-European roots.]

docent
–noun
1. privatdocent. (in German and certain other universities) a private teacher or lecturer recognized by the university but receiving no compensation from it, being remunerated by fees.
2. a college or university lecturer.
3. a person who is a knowledgeable guide, esp. one who conducts visitors through a museum and delivers a commentary on the exhibitions.
[Origin: 1630–40; < G Dozent < L docent- (s. of docéns, prp. of docére), equiv. to doc- teach + -ent -ent]

roke
–noun
1. Mist; smoke; damp [Prov. Eng.] [Written also roak, rook, and rouk.]

2. A vein of ore. [Pov.Eng.] --Halliwell. ;
Metallurgy.
a seam or scratch filled with scale or slag on the surface of an ingot or bar.
[Origin: 1885–90; orig. dial. roke, rawk to scratch, flaw]

moyen de vivre - "middle life", compromise?

encyclical
–noun
1. Roman Catholic Church. a letter addressed by the pope to all the bishops of the church.
–adjective
2. (of a letter) intended for wide or general circulation; general.

[Origin: 1610–20; < LL encyclicus (< Gk enkýklios, with -icus -ic for -ios, equiv. to en- en-2 + kýkl(os) circle, cycle + -ios adj. suffix) + -al1]

chansons de gest - "songs of deeds/gestures", ballads?

epideictic
-adj.
[Gr. ?, fr. ? to show forth, display; 'epi` + ? to show. Cf. Epidictic.] Serving to show forth, explain, or exhibit; -- applied by the Greeks to a kind of oratory, which, by full amplification, seeks to persuade.

distich
-n.
1. A unit of verse consisting of two lines, especially as used in Greek and Latin elegiac poetry.
2. A rhyming couplet.

[Latin distichon, from Greek distikhon, from neuter of distikhos, having two rows or verses : di-, two; see di-1 + stikhos, line of verse; see steigh- in Indo-European roots.]

mendicant
–adjective
1. begging; practicing begging; living on alms.
2. pertaining to or characteristic of a beggar.
–noun
3. a person who lives by begging; beggar.
4. a member of any of several orders of friars that originally forbade ownership of property, subsisting mostly on alms.
[Origin: 1425–75; late ME < L mendīcant- (s. of mendīcāns), prp. of mendīcāre to beg, equiv. to mendīc(us) beggarly, needy + -ant- -ant]

juridical
–adjective
1. of or pertaining to the administration of justice.
2. of or pertaining to law or jurisprudence; legal.

[Origin: 1495–1505; < L jūridic(us) (jūri-, comb. form of jūs law + dic-, base of dīcere to say, dictate) + -al1]

eo ipso
Latin.
by that very fact.

topos
-n. (n pl topoi)
a convention or motif, esp. in a literary work; a rhetorical convention.
[Origin: 1935–40; < Gk (koinós) tópos (common) place]

battue
-n.
Chiefly British.
1. Hunting.
a. the beating or driving of game from cover toward a stationary hunter.
b. a hunt or hunting party using this method of securing game.
2. undiscriminating slaughter of defenseless or unresisting crowds.
[Origin: 1810–20; < F, n. use of fem. of battu, ptp. of battre < L battuere to beat. See battuta, battle1]


kos
–noun
a unit of land distance of various lengths from 1 to 3 mi. (1.6 to 4.8 km).
Also, coss.

[Origin: < Hindi ≪ Skt krośa]

bivouac
n.
A temporary encampment often in an unsheltered area.
intr.v.
To camp in a bivouac.

[French, from German dialectal beiwacht, supplementary night watch : bei-, beside (from Middle High German bi-, from Old High German; see ambhi in Indo-European roots) + Wacht, watch, vigil (from Middle High German wahte, from Old High German wahta; see weg- in Indo-European roots).]

scantling
–noun
1. a timber of relatively slight width and thickness, as a stud or rafter in a house frame.
2. such timbers collectively.
3. the width and thickness of a timber.
4. the dimensions of a building stone.
5. Nautical.
a. a dressed timber or rolled metal member used as a framing member in a vessel.
b. the dimension, in cross section, of a framing member.
6. a small quantity or amount.
[Origin: 1520–30; scant + -ling1; r. ME scantilon < OF escantillon gauge]

roulade
–noun
1. a musical embellishment consisting of a rapid succession of tones sung to a single syllable.
2. a slice of meat rolled around a filling of minced meat and cooked.
[Origin: 1700–10; < F: a rolling, equiv. to roul(er) to roll + -ade -ade1]

canzonet
–noun
an early polyphonic song of dancelike character.
[Origin: 1585–95; < It canzonetta. See canzone, -ette]

sapenti sat - the wise know?

confabulation
-n.
A confabulation is a fantasy that has unconsciously emerged as a factual account in memory. A confabulation may be based partly on fact or be a complete construction of the imagination.

tarn
–noun
a small mountain lake or pool, esp. one in a cirque.
[Origin: 1300–50; ME terne < ON tjǫrn pond, pool]
tarn

catalepsy
-n.
–noun Pathology, Psychiatry.
a physical condition usually associated with catatonic schizophrenia, characterized by suspension of sensation, muscular rigidity, fixity of posture, and often by loss of contact with environment.

[Origin: 1350–1400; < ML catalépsia, var. of LL catalépsis < Gk katálépsis seizure (akin to katalambánein to hold down), equiv. to kata- cata- + lêpsis a grasping (lép-, var. s. of lambánein to grasp + -sis -sis); r. ME cathalempsia < ML]

pophyrogene
adj.
obs. rare.
Born into royalty; that is the child of a ruling monarch.

[< PORPHYRO- comb. form + ancient Greek -{gamma}{epsilon}{nu}{ghacu}{fsigma} (see -GEN comb. form), after PORPHYROGENITE n.]

boston
-noun
(lowercase)
a variety of whist, popular in the early 19th century, played by four persons with two packs of cards.

cambric
–noun
a thin, plain cotton or linen fabric of fine close weave, usually white.
[Origin: 1520–30; earlier cameryk, after Kameryk, D name of Cambrai]

colonnade
–noun
1. Architecture. a series of regularly spaced columns supporting an entablature and usually one side of a roof. Compare arcade.
2. a series of trees planted in a long row, as on each side of a driveway or road.
[Origin: 1710–20; < F, equiv. to colonne column + -ade -ade1, on the model of It colonnato]

rappee
–noun
a strong snuff made from dark, rank tobacco leaves.
[Origin: 1730–40; < F râpé grated (ptp. of râper)]