Definitions
forb: (n) A herbaceous plant of a kind other than grass: applied chiefly to any broad-leaved herbs growing naturally on grassland.
fescue: (n) 1. A straw, rush, twig; a small piece of straw, a mote in the eye (with reference to Matt. vii. 3). Hence, a thing of little importance.
2. A small stick, pin, etc. used for pointing out the letters to children learning to read; a pointer.
3. The shadow on a sundial.
4. A plectrum for use with the harp or lyre.
5. More fully fescue-grass: A genus (Festuca) of grasses.
plectrum: (n) 1. A device for tightening the strings of a harp.
2. A thin flat piece of horn, metal, plastic, etc., held in the hand and used to pluck the strings of a guitar, lyre, etc. Also figuratively.
3. In Anatomy and Zoology: Any of various small, stiff projections of bone or other tissue; especially in Entomology, a ridge forming part of some insect stridulatory organs; or a part of the columella of the amphibian ear. Formerly also: the uvula, or the tongue.
stridulatory: (adj) Pertaining to, causing, or caused by stridulation; also, capable of stridulating.
stridulate: (v) To make a harsh, grating, shrill noise: said specifically of certain insects.
columella: (n) 1. An old name for the uvula.
2. In Anatomy: The modiolus or axis of the cochlea of the ear
3. In Conchology: The axis of a spiral shell.
4. In Botany: The long axis round which the parts of a (dehiscent) fruit are united: in reality, the ripened growing point
5. The firm centre or axis of the spore-case of an urn-moss; A slender axis over which the spore-cases of such ferns as Trichomanes are arranged.
6. In Zoology: A part of the pterygoid bone in the skull of lizards; A delicate bone in the middle ear of birds, reptiles, and amphibians; The central axis or pillar of the visceral chamber of many corals.
modiolus: (n) 1. In Surgery: A trepan; (also) the crown of a trepan.
2. In Anatomy: The conical central axis of the cochlea of the ear.
3. In Zoology: A horse mussel of the genus Modiolus; specifically M. modiolus.
trepan: (n) 1. A surgical instrument in the form of a crown-saw, for cutting out small pieces of bone, especially from the skull.
2. A military engine formerly used in sieges: for boring holes in walls.
3. A boring instrument for sinking shafts.
pterygoid: (adj) 1. In humans: designating a long process which descends from the inferior surface of the sphenoid bone at the junction of its body and greater wing on each side, and which consists of two thin laminae or plates joined anteriorly. Also: designating a process or separate bone corresponding to this in other vertebrates.
2. Designating a long, narrow thorax with unduly prominent shoulder blades (a shape thought to be characteristic of pulmonary phthisis).
phthisis: (n) 1. A wasting disease, especially one involving the lungs; specifically tuberculosis.
2. Chiefly with distinguishing word: any of various forms of pneumoconiosis.
3. In Ophthamology: More fully phthisis bulbi. Atrophy of the entire eye, with shrinkage of the globe.
pneumoconiosis: (n) Lung disease, usually characterized by chronic inflammation and fibrosis, caused by the inhalation of mineral, metal, or organic dusts; any of a group of such diseases, chiefly occupational, resulting from the inhalation of specific kinds of dust.
royster/roister: (v) To play the roister: a swaggering or blustering bully; a riotous fellow; a rude or noisy reveller.
limitour: (n) A friar licensed to beg within certain limits.
shivaree: (n) Corrupt form of charivari: A serenade of ‘rough music’, with kettles, pans, tea-trays, and the like, used in France, in mockery and derision of incongruous or unpopular marriages, and of unpopular persons generally; hence a confused, discordant medley of sounds; a babel of noise.
sonse: (n) In Scots and Irish: Abundance, plentifulness, plenty; prosperity.
lar: (n) 1. In Roman Myth (usually plural): The tutelary deities of a house; household gods; hence, the home. Often coupled with penates.
2. A household or ancestral deity;
3. A sprite, hobgoblin.
4. In Zoology: The white-handed gibbon of Burmah, Hylobates lar.
larva: (n) 1. A disembodied spirit; a ghost, hobgoblin, spectre.
2. An insect in the grub state, i.e. from the time of its leaving the egg till its transformation into a pupa.
sluagh: (n) In Irish and Scottish folklore, the Sluagh were the spirits of the restless dead.
duergar: (n) A race of ugly dwarfs, particularly associated with the Simonside Hills of Northumberland, in northern England.
euhemerism: (n) The method of mythological interpretation which regards myths as traditional accounts of real incidents in human history.
lynn/linn: (n) The linden or lime; also, the wood of this tree;
nixie: (n) In German folklore: a water sprite or nymph having a human torso and the tail of a fish, and able to take on a variety of physical appearances in order to pass unnoticed among humans.
fescue: (n) 1. A straw, rush, twig; a small piece of straw, a mote in the eye (with reference to Matt. vii. 3). Hence, a thing of little importance.
2. A small stick, pin, etc. used for pointing out the letters to children learning to read; a pointer.
3. The shadow on a sundial.
4. A plectrum for use with the harp or lyre.
5. More fully fescue-grass: A genus (Festuca) of grasses.
plectrum: (n) 1. A device for tightening the strings of a harp.
2. A thin flat piece of horn, metal, plastic, etc., held in the hand and used to pluck the strings of a guitar, lyre, etc. Also figuratively.
3. In Anatomy and Zoology: Any of various small, stiff projections of bone or other tissue; especially in Entomology, a ridge forming part of some insect stridulatory organs; or a part of the columella of the amphibian ear. Formerly also: the uvula, or the tongue.
stridulatory: (adj) Pertaining to, causing, or caused by stridulation; also, capable of stridulating.
stridulate: (v) To make a harsh, grating, shrill noise: said specifically of certain insects.
columella: (n) 1. An old name for the uvula.
2. In Anatomy: The modiolus or axis of the cochlea of the ear
3. In Conchology: The axis of a spiral shell.
4. In Botany: The long axis round which the parts of a (dehiscent) fruit are united: in reality, the ripened growing point
5. The firm centre or axis of the spore-case of an urn-moss; A slender axis over which the spore-cases of such ferns as Trichomanes are arranged.
6. In Zoology: A part of the pterygoid bone in the skull of lizards; A delicate bone in the middle ear of birds, reptiles, and amphibians; The central axis or pillar of the visceral chamber of many corals.
modiolus: (n) 1. In Surgery: A trepan; (also) the crown of a trepan.
2. In Anatomy: The conical central axis of the cochlea of the ear.
3. In Zoology: A horse mussel of the genus Modiolus; specifically M. modiolus.
trepan: (n) 1. A surgical instrument in the form of a crown-saw, for cutting out small pieces of bone, especially from the skull.
2. A military engine formerly used in sieges: for boring holes in walls.
3. A boring instrument for sinking shafts.
pterygoid: (adj) 1. In humans: designating a long process which descends from the inferior surface of the sphenoid bone at the junction of its body and greater wing on each side, and which consists of two thin laminae or plates joined anteriorly. Also: designating a process or separate bone corresponding to this in other vertebrates.
2. Designating a long, narrow thorax with unduly prominent shoulder blades (a shape thought to be characteristic of pulmonary phthisis).
phthisis: (n) 1. A wasting disease, especially one involving the lungs; specifically tuberculosis.
2. Chiefly with distinguishing word: any of various forms of pneumoconiosis.
3. In Ophthamology: More fully phthisis bulbi. Atrophy of the entire eye, with shrinkage of the globe.
pneumoconiosis: (n) Lung disease, usually characterized by chronic inflammation and fibrosis, caused by the inhalation of mineral, metal, or organic dusts; any of a group of such diseases, chiefly occupational, resulting from the inhalation of specific kinds of dust.
royster/roister: (v) To play the roister: a swaggering or blustering bully; a riotous fellow; a rude or noisy reveller.
limitour: (n) A friar licensed to beg within certain limits.
shivaree: (n) Corrupt form of charivari: A serenade of ‘rough music’, with kettles, pans, tea-trays, and the like, used in France, in mockery and derision of incongruous or unpopular marriages, and of unpopular persons generally; hence a confused, discordant medley of sounds; a babel of noise.
sonse: (n) In Scots and Irish: Abundance, plentifulness, plenty; prosperity.
lar: (n) 1. In Roman Myth (usually plural): The tutelary deities of a house; household gods; hence, the home. Often coupled with penates.
2. A household or ancestral deity;
3. A sprite, hobgoblin.
4. In Zoology: The white-handed gibbon of Burmah, Hylobates lar.
larva: (n) 1. A disembodied spirit; a ghost, hobgoblin, spectre.
2. An insect in the grub state, i.e. from the time of its leaving the egg till its transformation into a pupa.
sluagh: (n) In Irish and Scottish folklore, the Sluagh were the spirits of the restless dead.
duergar: (n) A race of ugly dwarfs, particularly associated with the Simonside Hills of Northumberland, in northern England.
euhemerism: (n) The method of mythological interpretation which regards myths as traditional accounts of real incidents in human history.
lynn/linn: (n) The linden or lime; also, the wood of this tree;
nixie: (n) In German folklore: a water sprite or nymph having a human torso and the tail of a fish, and able to take on a variety of physical appearances in order to pass unnoticed among humans.