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fusillade, noun, verb

FYOO-suh-leyd
or
FYOO-suh-lahd

noun:
1 - a simultaneous or continuous discharge of firearms
2 - a general discharge or outpouring of anything

verb:
3 - to attack or shoot by a fusillade

Origin French, 1801, from fusiller (to shoot) and fusil (musket)

In the context of military tactics, the term is generally used to refer to a type of ( ... )

recherche, adj.  sought out with care; lavishly elegant and refined.

Etymology:  stolen directly from the French recherché, "carefully sought out". 
À la Recherche du Temps Perdu ("Remembrance of Things Past") is a novel by Marcel Proust. 
A la Recherche du Shoe Perdu is a collection from Andy Warhol.

In English, the word was used in the 19th century ( ... )

canaille (kuh-NAYL or ka-NAH-yuh) - n., rabble, mob, riff-raff; the masses, the common people ( ... )

endoré, adj.  Gold-covered or gold-colored.

The only use I've seen is in reference to gilded or gold-colored food.  Gold has been added to food for centuries, usually in the form of a decorative topping of gold leaf or gold dust.  Less expensive sources of gold color include turmeric and saffron (although currently saffron is about $130/oz).

Edible ( ... )

L’appel du vide
French
“The call of the void” is this French expression’s literal translation, but more significantly it’s used to describe the instinctive urge to jump from high places.
Ya’aburnee
Arabic
Both morbid and beautiful at once, this incantatory word means “You bury me,” a declaration of one’s hope that they’ll die before another person ( ... )

frush
verb.  To batter, to break in pieces. 
noun.  1.  a clattering or crashing noise; 2. the frog of a horse's foot.

etymology:  French froisser, to crease or to crush.

As a culinary term, it once referred to carving certain types of meat; I've seen references to both chicken and chub (fish).

And it brought friends!  Samuel Orchart Beeton said:
"In the ( ... )

Whether you're celebrating Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Bodhi Day, Ashura, Posadas Navidenas, Yule, Litha, the Death of the Prophet Zarathushtra, Watch Night, Holy Innocents, Solstice, Festivus, Giftmas, Noworkmas or Bah-Humbugmas, I would like to wish each and every one of you and your families happy holidays!

Dépaysement
French

The feeling that ( ... )

kickshaw, noun.
1.  a fancy food; a small elaborate or exotic delicacy
2.  a valueless trinket

Noah Webster's The American Dictionary of the English Language; Exhibiting the Origin, Orthography, Pronunciations, and Definitions of Words, from 1830, defines kickshaw as
1.  something fantastical or uncommon, or something that has no particular name.
2.  a ( ... )

poutine, a Canadian dish composed of French fries and cheese curds, covered with brown gravy.

Poutine originated in the 1950's, but the details are cloudy.  It seems to have first turned up in Quebec; the most common story of its origin references Warwick, near Montreal.

Classic Montreal poutine uses a special pepper sauce.  There are many modern ( ... )

tourné, n.  A cutting technique used to trim and shape vegetables into uniform, seven-sided, tapered barrel shapes about two inches long ( ... )