Definitions
asperge: (v) To sprinkle, besprinkle.
peristrophe: (n) An instance of turning round, a revolution; a person who turns to an opposing viewpoint (also peristrophist).
disquisition: (n) 1. Diligent or systematic search; investigation; research, examination.
2. A subject or topic for investigation; a question.
3. A treatise or discourse in which a subject is investigated and discussed, or the results of investigation set forth at some length; less correctly, a learned or elaborate dissertation on a subject.
terricolous: (adj) 1. Inhabiting the ground, not aquatic or aerial; living in the earth; spec. of or belonging to the Terricolæ or earthworms;
2. In Botany: Growing on the ground, as some lichens.
3. In Zoology: Living on the ground or in the earth.
sfumato: (adj) 1. In Painting: the imperceptible softening of the transitions in half-tints and shadows.
2. the technique of softening outlines and allowing tones and colours to shade gradually into one another; a softened outline or hazy form produced in this way.
louche: (adj) Oblique, not straightforward. Also, dubious, shifty, disreputable.
dwile: (n) A house-flannel, floor-cloth, or mop
dwile flonking: (n) Dwile flonking is an outdoor game of dubious parentage played in the UK's Suffolk and Sussex countryside during the August Christmas season. It is a game of dexterity and drinking, with the apparent aim of having a laugh and getting as drunk as possible. Two teams take turns to dance around each other and have the beer-soaked dwile flung at them.
peregrination: (n) 1. The course of a person's life viewed originally as a temporary sojourn on earth (cf. sense 4b) and hence as a spiritual journey, esp. to heaven.
2. A pilgrimage; the activity of making pilgrimages.
3. The action or an act of travelling or going from place to place; a course of travel; a journey, esp. on foot. Also occas.: an account of a journey
4. In plural: Travels; ramblings; random movements.
5. The spread of a plant, etc., into a country.
6. A place of rest or temporary residence.
7. The action or condition of living as a temporary resident in a foreign country; a sojourn.
8. In early use: a comprehensive or systematic investigation or study; a discourse. In later use: a literary wandering or digression.
peristrophe: (n) An instance of turning round, a revolution; a person who turns to an opposing viewpoint (also peristrophist).
disquisition: (n) 1. Diligent or systematic search; investigation; research, examination.
2. A subject or topic for investigation; a question.
3. A treatise or discourse in which a subject is investigated and discussed, or the results of investigation set forth at some length; less correctly, a learned or elaborate dissertation on a subject.
terricolous: (adj) 1. Inhabiting the ground, not aquatic or aerial; living in the earth; spec. of or belonging to the Terricolæ or earthworms;
2. In Botany: Growing on the ground, as some lichens.
3. In Zoology: Living on the ground or in the earth.
sfumato: (adj) 1. In Painting: the imperceptible softening of the transitions in half-tints and shadows.
2. the technique of softening outlines and allowing tones and colours to shade gradually into one another; a softened outline or hazy form produced in this way.
louche: (adj) Oblique, not straightforward. Also, dubious, shifty, disreputable.
dwile: (n) A house-flannel, floor-cloth, or mop
dwile flonking: (n) Dwile flonking is an outdoor game of dubious parentage played in the UK's Suffolk and Sussex countryside during the August Christmas season. It is a game of dexterity and drinking, with the apparent aim of having a laugh and getting as drunk as possible. Two teams take turns to dance around each other and have the beer-soaked dwile flung at them.
peregrination: (n) 1. The course of a person's life viewed originally as a temporary sojourn on earth (cf. sense 4b) and hence as a spiritual journey, esp. to heaven.
2. A pilgrimage; the activity of making pilgrimages.
3. The action or an act of travelling or going from place to place; a course of travel; a journey, esp. on foot. Also occas.: an account of a journey
4. In plural: Travels; ramblings; random movements.
5. The spread of a plant, etc., into a country.
6. A place of rest or temporary residence.
7. The action or condition of living as a temporary resident in a foreign country; a sojourn.
8. In early use: a comprehensive or systematic investigation or study; a discourse. In later use: a literary wandering or digression.