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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
sempiternal
enduring forever; of never-ending duration; eternal
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
excoriate
1. to tear or wear off the skin of; abrade 2. to censure strongly; denounce
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)
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)
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
comport
to conduct or behave (oneself) in a particular manner
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
febrile
of, relating to, or characterized by fever; feverish