Monthly Archives: April 2006

brazier

1. a metal pan for holding burning coals or charcoal 2. a cooking device consisting of a charcoal or electric heating source over which food is grilled

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sempiternal

enduring forever; of never-ending duration; eternal

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hookah

an Eastern smoking pipe designed with a long tube passing through an urn of water that cools the smoke as it is drawn through. Also called hubble-bubble, narghile

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excoriate

1. to tear or wear off the skin of; abrade 2. to censure strongly; denounce

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eviscerate

1. to remove the entrails of; disembowel 2. to take away a vital or essential part of 3. (Medicine) a. to remove the contents of (an organ) b. to remove an organ, such as an eye, from (a patient)

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rive

1. to rend or tear apart. 2 to break into pieces, as by a blow; cleave or split asunder 3. to break or distress (the spirit, for example)

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garrote

1a. a method of execution by strangulation b. the apparatus used 2. an implement (as a wire with a handle at each end) for strangulation

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comport

to conduct or behave (oneself) in a particular manner

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ague

1. a febrile condition in which there are alternating periods of chills, fever, and sweating (used chiefly in reference to the fevers associated with malaria) 2. a chill or fit of shivering

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febrile

of, relating to, or characterized by fever; feverish

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