Definitions
vârcolac: (n) In Romanian Folklore: 1. a wolf demon, which, like the Norse Hati and Sköll, occasionally swallows the moon and the sun, and is thus responsible for eclipses.
2. a wizard that has the power to turn into a wolf for camouflage.
3. a werewolf.
libahunt: (n) The Estonian name for a werewolf.
capuchin: (n) 1. A friar of the order of St. Francis, of the new rule of 1528. So called from the sharp-pointed capuche, adopted first in 1525, and confirmed to them by Pope Clement VII. in 1528.
2. A female garment, consisting of a cloak and hood, made in imitation of the dress of capuchin friars; whence its name.
3. A capuche
4. A plant, Impatiens.
5. An American monkey (Cebus capucinus) with black hair at the back of the head, looking something like a cowl.
6. Capuchin pigeon: a sub-variety of the Jacobin pigeon, with a range of inverted feathers on the back of the head, suggesting a cowl or hood.
capuche: (n) The hood of a cloak; specifically that of the Capuchin monks.
mung: (n) 1. A mingling, a mixture; a confusion, a mess.
2. Association, dealings, commerce.
3. A mixture of different kinds of grain or pulses; (later) specifically such a mixture used as food for livestock or poultry, sometimes with the addition of liquid; mash.
4. In Scots: In forms mang, mange. A chorus, a medley of sound. Especially in 'to make a mang'.
5. A crowd.
6. An unpleasant or messy substance.
pulse: (n) 1. As a mass noun: the edible seeds of leguminous plants cultivated for food (peas, beans, lentils, etc.).
2. As a count noun: a particular kind of edible leguminous seed.
3. As a mass noun: leguminous plants yielding edible seeds; legumes.
4. As a count noun: a particular kind of leguminous plant yielding edible seeds; a legume.
pile: (n) A haemorrhoid. Usually in plural.
quonset: (n) 1. Quonset hut: A prefabricated building consisting of a semi-cylindrical corrugated metal roof on a bolted steel foundation.
2. Designating structures made from corrugated metal, or which have a tunnel-like construction.
duiker: (n) 1. In full, duikerbok: A small South African antelope, Cephalopus mergens; so called from its habit of plunging through the bushes when pursued.
2. Any of several cormorants of the genus Phalacrocorax, especially P. carbo.
saker: (n) 1. A large lanner falcon (Falco sacer) used in falconry, especially the female, which is larger than the male, the latter being distinguished as sakeret. A related falcon of western North America, Falco polyagrus or F. mexicanus, is known as the American saker.
2. An old form of cannon smaller than a demi-culverin, formerly much employed in sieges and on ships.
3. A piece of leather harness covering the clipped tail of a horse.
lanner: (n) A species of falcon, found in countries bordering on the Mediterranean, Falco lanarius or F. feldeggi. In Falconry, the female of this species.
demi-culverin: (n) A kind of cannon formerly in use, of about 4.5 inches bore.
culverin: (n) The name of a gun and cannon formerly in use: originally a small fire-arm, a kind of hand-gun; in later use a large cannon, very long in proportion to its bore.
minion: (n) 1. A kind of small culverin or cannon. More fully minion gun, minion piece.
2. In Typography: A size of type larger than nonpareil and smaller than brevier (now standardized as 7 point).
3. Any of several varieties of peach. More fully minion peach.
4. A kind of small lettuce. More fully minion lettuce.
brevier: (n) In Typography: The name of the type in size between Bourgeois and Minion.
bourgeois: (n) In Typography: A size of printing type between Long Primer and Brevier.
long primer: (n) In Typography: A size of type approximately equal to 10 point.
falconet: (n) 1. A light piece of ordnance of various calibres, used in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
2. A pygmy falcon, especially one belonging to the genus Microhierax.
earnest: (n) 1. Ardour in battle; in wider sense, intense passion or desire.
2. Seriousness, serious intention, as opposed to jest or play; especially in phrase "in (for) earnest", "in good (sober, sad) earnest". In Old English on eornest means ‘earnestly’, also ‘in reality’. In modern use to be in earnest, applied to persons, has sometimes an emphatic sense = to be earnest.
3. Money, or a sum of money, paid as an instalment, especially for the purpose of securing a bargain or contract. Also figuratively a foretaste, instalment, pledge, of anything afterwards to be received in greater abundance. Phrase "on (in, for) earnest": by way of earnest, as an instalment or foretaste.
4. Mistake for Old English ornest: single combat.
howe: (n) 1. Care, anxiety, trouble, sorrow.
2. A hill, hillock: now only in some local names in the north of England, as Great How, Silver How, Brant How, How Hill (near Ripon), etc.
3. An artificial mound, tumulus, or barrow.
tumulus: (n) An ancient sepulchral mound, a barrow.
bourdon: (n) 1. A pilgrim's staff.
2. A stout staff; a club, a cudgel; sometimes apparently a spear or spear-shaft.
3. The low undersong or accompaniment, which was sung while the leading voice sang a melody.
4. A bass stop in an organ, usually of 16ft. tone; a similar stop in a harmonium; also the drone of a bagpipe.
5. Bell-ringing; the lowest bell in a ring of bells.
2. a wizard that has the power to turn into a wolf for camouflage.
3. a werewolf.
libahunt: (n) The Estonian name for a werewolf.
capuchin: (n) 1. A friar of the order of St. Francis, of the new rule of 1528. So called from the sharp-pointed capuche, adopted first in 1525, and confirmed to them by Pope Clement VII. in 1528.
2. A female garment, consisting of a cloak and hood, made in imitation of the dress of capuchin friars; whence its name.
3. A capuche
4. A plant, Impatiens.
5. An American monkey (Cebus capucinus) with black hair at the back of the head, looking something like a cowl.
6. Capuchin pigeon: a sub-variety of the Jacobin pigeon, with a range of inverted feathers on the back of the head, suggesting a cowl or hood.
capuche: (n) The hood of a cloak; specifically that of the Capuchin monks.
mung: (n) 1. A mingling, a mixture; a confusion, a mess.
2. Association, dealings, commerce.
3. A mixture of different kinds of grain or pulses; (later) specifically such a mixture used as food for livestock or poultry, sometimes with the addition of liquid; mash.
4. In Scots: In forms mang, mange. A chorus, a medley of sound. Especially in 'to make a mang'.
5. A crowd.
6. An unpleasant or messy substance.
pulse: (n) 1. As a mass noun: the edible seeds of leguminous plants cultivated for food (peas, beans, lentils, etc.).
2. As a count noun: a particular kind of edible leguminous seed.
3. As a mass noun: leguminous plants yielding edible seeds; legumes.
4. As a count noun: a particular kind of leguminous plant yielding edible seeds; a legume.
pile: (n) A haemorrhoid. Usually in plural.
quonset: (n) 1. Quonset hut: A prefabricated building consisting of a semi-cylindrical corrugated metal roof on a bolted steel foundation.
2. Designating structures made from corrugated metal, or which have a tunnel-like construction.
duiker: (n) 1. In full, duikerbok: A small South African antelope, Cephalopus mergens; so called from its habit of plunging through the bushes when pursued.
2. Any of several cormorants of the genus Phalacrocorax, especially P. carbo.
saker: (n) 1. A large lanner falcon (Falco sacer) used in falconry, especially the female, which is larger than the male, the latter being distinguished as sakeret. A related falcon of western North America, Falco polyagrus or F. mexicanus, is known as the American saker.
2. An old form of cannon smaller than a demi-culverin, formerly much employed in sieges and on ships.
3. A piece of leather harness covering the clipped tail of a horse.
lanner: (n) A species of falcon, found in countries bordering on the Mediterranean, Falco lanarius or F. feldeggi. In Falconry, the female of this species.
demi-culverin: (n) A kind of cannon formerly in use, of about 4.5 inches bore.
culverin: (n) The name of a gun and cannon formerly in use: originally a small fire-arm, a kind of hand-gun; in later use a large cannon, very long in proportion to its bore.
minion: (n) 1. A kind of small culverin or cannon. More fully minion gun, minion piece.
2. In Typography: A size of type larger than nonpareil and smaller than brevier (now standardized as 7 point).
3. Any of several varieties of peach. More fully minion peach.
4. A kind of small lettuce. More fully minion lettuce.
brevier: (n) In Typography: The name of the type in size between Bourgeois and Minion.
bourgeois: (n) In Typography: A size of printing type between Long Primer and Brevier.
long primer: (n) In Typography: A size of type approximately equal to 10 point.
falconet: (n) 1. A light piece of ordnance of various calibres, used in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
2. A pygmy falcon, especially one belonging to the genus Microhierax.
earnest: (n) 1. Ardour in battle; in wider sense, intense passion or desire.
2. Seriousness, serious intention, as opposed to jest or play; especially in phrase "in (for) earnest", "in good (sober, sad) earnest". In Old English on eornest means ‘earnestly’, also ‘in reality’. In modern use to be in earnest, applied to persons, has sometimes an emphatic sense = to be earnest.
3. Money, or a sum of money, paid as an instalment, especially for the purpose of securing a bargain or contract. Also figuratively a foretaste, instalment, pledge, of anything afterwards to be received in greater abundance. Phrase "on (in, for) earnest": by way of earnest, as an instalment or foretaste.
4. Mistake for Old English ornest: single combat.
howe: (n) 1. Care, anxiety, trouble, sorrow.
2. A hill, hillock: now only in some local names in the north of England, as Great How, Silver How, Brant How, How Hill (near Ripon), etc.
3. An artificial mound, tumulus, or barrow.
tumulus: (n) An ancient sepulchral mound, a barrow.
bourdon: (n) 1. A pilgrim's staff.
2. A stout staff; a club, a cudgel; sometimes apparently a spear or spear-shaft.
3. The low undersong or accompaniment, which was sung while the leading voice sang a melody.
4. A bass stop in an organ, usually of 16ft. tone; a similar stop in a harmonium; also the drone of a bagpipe.
5. Bell-ringing; the lowest bell in a ring of bells.