Definitions
brent: (adj) 1. Steep, lofty.
2. Of the forehead: a)Lofty, straight up, prominent; b) Unwrinkled, smooth.
thwart: (n) 1. An act or instance of thwarting; a check, hindrance, obstruction, frustration.
2. A seat across a boat, on which the rower sits; a rower's bench.
murrain: (n) 1. The flesh of animals that have died of disease (also flesh of murrain). More generally: dead flesh, carrion.
2. Death, mortality, especially by infectious disease or pestilence; (occasionally) slaughter.
3. Infectious disease, plague, pestilence; an epidemic of such disease, a plague. Also figuratively.
4. In imprecations invoking pestilence or misfortune upon a person or thing, as murrain on (also of, meet) them (also him, it, etc.), etc. Also emphatically in exclamations of anger, astonishment, or contemptuous dismissal, as go with a murrain, what a (also the) murrain, how a murrain.
5. Any virulent infectious disease of cattle or other livestock, such as anthrax, rinderpest, or babesiosis (redwater fever).
6. In extended use, applied to infectious diseases of poultry, crops, etc.
7. A green-salted animal hide of inferior quality.
rinderpest: (n) A virulent, infectious disease affecting ruminant animals, especially oxen, characterized by fever, dysentery, and inflammation of the mucous membranes; cattle-plague.
babesiosis: (n) In Veterinary Science and Pathology: (A disease caused by) infestation with sporozoans of the genus Babesia, spread by ticks and occurring in animals and occasionally man with widely varying effects. Also called 'piroplasmosis.'
vomer: (n) In Anatomy: A small thin bone forming the posterior part of the partition between the nostrils in man and most vertebrate animals.
2. In Ichthyology: A bone forming the front part of the roof of the mouth, and often bearing teeth.
2. In Ornithology: The large terminal bone in the tail of most birds; the pygostyle.
pygostyle: (n) In Ornithology: A triangular bony plate, formed of the fused caudal vertebrae, which supports the tail feathers in most birds.
clade: (n) 1. A disaster, calamity, plague.
2. In Biology: A group of organisms that have evolved from a common ancestor.
rubricate: (v) 1. To mark or colour with red; to write, print, or mark in red letters.
2. To place in the calendar as a red-letter saint.
3. To furnish with rubrics or red-letter headings; to regulate by rubrics.
4. To sign by mark instead of name.
eleemosynary: (adj) 1. Of or pertaining to alms or almsgiving; charitable. eleemosynary house, corporation, one established for the distribution of alms, etc.
2. Dependent on or supported by alms.
3. Of the nature of alms; given or done as an act of charity; gratuitous.
4. In Law: Given in ‘free alms’.
5. (n) One who lives upon alms; a beggar.
6. An almoner.
7. An almonry; a place where alms were distributed; the residence of an almoner or eleemosynary.
almoner: (n) 1. An official distributor of the alms of another; the name of a functionary in a religious house, in the household of a bishop, prince, or other person of rank. Sometimes applied to the chaplain of a hospital, or other institution.
2. One who gives alms largely; an alms-giver.
3. A hospital official who has duties concerning patients' welfare (also formerly concerning patients' payments).
4. An alms-purse; a bag, a purse.
carillon: (n) 1. A set of bells so hung and arranged as to be capable of being played upon either by manual action or by machinery.
2. An air or melody played on the bells.
3. A musical instrument, or appendage to one, to imitate a peal of bells.
carmine: (n) 1. A beautiful red or crimson pigment obtained from cochineal.
2. In Chemistry: The colouring matter of cochineal; carminic acid.
3. As the name of a colour.
4. (adj) Of this colour; deep crimson.
megrim: (n) 1. Headache; specifically migraine. Also: a headache or attack of migraine.
2. Dizziness or vertigo, esp. accompanying a migraine. Also: an attack of such symptoms.
3. In plural: An unspecified illness; poor health.
4. In plural: Low spirits; melancholy, depression.
5. A whim, a fancy: a fad.
6. In plural: Any of various diseases of animals characterized by incoordination, staggering, or falling;
7. The flatfish Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis (family Scophthalmidae or Bothidae), found in deeper waters off the Atlantic coasts of Europe; also called whiff, sail-fluke. Also: the related scaldfish, Arnoglossus laterna.
finial: (adj) 1. Final.
2. Forming the crown or completion; crowning.
3. (n) In Architecture: An ornament placed upon the apex of a roof, pediment, or gable, or upon each of the corners of a tower, etc.; a similar ornament serving as a termination to a canopy or the like, or to the end of an open seat in a church.
2. Of the forehead: a)Lofty, straight up, prominent; b) Unwrinkled, smooth.
thwart: (n) 1. An act or instance of thwarting; a check, hindrance, obstruction, frustration.
2. A seat across a boat, on which the rower sits; a rower's bench.
murrain: (n) 1. The flesh of animals that have died of disease (also flesh of murrain). More generally: dead flesh, carrion.
2. Death, mortality, especially by infectious disease or pestilence; (occasionally) slaughter.
3. Infectious disease, plague, pestilence; an epidemic of such disease, a plague. Also figuratively.
4. In imprecations invoking pestilence or misfortune upon a person or thing, as murrain on (also of, meet) them (also him, it, etc.), etc. Also emphatically in exclamations of anger, astonishment, or contemptuous dismissal, as go with a murrain, what a (also the) murrain, how a murrain.
5. Any virulent infectious disease of cattle or other livestock, such as anthrax, rinderpest, or babesiosis (redwater fever).
6. In extended use, applied to infectious diseases of poultry, crops, etc.
7. A green-salted animal hide of inferior quality.
rinderpest: (n) A virulent, infectious disease affecting ruminant animals, especially oxen, characterized by fever, dysentery, and inflammation of the mucous membranes; cattle-plague.
babesiosis: (n) In Veterinary Science and Pathology: (A disease caused by) infestation with sporozoans of the genus Babesia, spread by ticks and occurring in animals and occasionally man with widely varying effects. Also called 'piroplasmosis.'
vomer: (n) In Anatomy: A small thin bone forming the posterior part of the partition between the nostrils in man and most vertebrate animals.
2. In Ichthyology: A bone forming the front part of the roof of the mouth, and often bearing teeth.
2. In Ornithology: The large terminal bone in the tail of most birds; the pygostyle.
pygostyle: (n) In Ornithology: A triangular bony plate, formed of the fused caudal vertebrae, which supports the tail feathers in most birds.
clade: (n) 1. A disaster, calamity, plague.
2. In Biology: A group of organisms that have evolved from a common ancestor.
rubricate: (v) 1. To mark or colour with red; to write, print, or mark in red letters.
2. To place in the calendar as a red-letter saint.
3. To furnish with rubrics or red-letter headings; to regulate by rubrics.
4. To sign by mark instead of name.
eleemosynary: (adj) 1. Of or pertaining to alms or almsgiving; charitable. eleemosynary house, corporation, one established for the distribution of alms, etc.
2. Dependent on or supported by alms.
3. Of the nature of alms; given or done as an act of charity; gratuitous.
4. In Law: Given in ‘free alms’.
5. (n) One who lives upon alms; a beggar.
6. An almoner.
7. An almonry; a place where alms were distributed; the residence of an almoner or eleemosynary.
almoner: (n) 1. An official distributor of the alms of another; the name of a functionary in a religious house, in the household of a bishop, prince, or other person of rank. Sometimes applied to the chaplain of a hospital, or other institution.
2. One who gives alms largely; an alms-giver.
3. A hospital official who has duties concerning patients' welfare (also formerly concerning patients' payments).
4. An alms-purse; a bag, a purse.
carillon: (n) 1. A set of bells so hung and arranged as to be capable of being played upon either by manual action or by machinery.
2. An air or melody played on the bells.
3. A musical instrument, or appendage to one, to imitate a peal of bells.
carmine: (n) 1. A beautiful red or crimson pigment obtained from cochineal.
2. In Chemistry: The colouring matter of cochineal; carminic acid.
3. As the name of a colour.
4. (adj) Of this colour; deep crimson.
megrim: (n) 1. Headache; specifically migraine. Also: a headache or attack of migraine.
2. Dizziness or vertigo, esp. accompanying a migraine. Also: an attack of such symptoms.
3. In plural: An unspecified illness; poor health.
4. In plural: Low spirits; melancholy, depression.
5. A whim, a fancy: a fad.
6. In plural: Any of various diseases of animals characterized by incoordination, staggering, or falling;
7. The flatfish Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis (family Scophthalmidae or Bothidae), found in deeper waters off the Atlantic coasts of Europe; also called whiff, sail-fluke. Also: the related scaldfish, Arnoglossus laterna.
finial: (adj) 1. Final.
2. Forming the crown or completion; crowning.
3. (n) In Architecture: An ornament placed upon the apex of a roof, pediment, or gable, or upon each of the corners of a tower, etc.; a similar ornament serving as a termination to a canopy or the like, or to the end of an open seat in a church.