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1977: His protruberant eyeballs were veined with red like certain kinds of rare marble. He urged me to meditate upon the virid line of the whirling universe. — Angela Carter, The Passion of New Eve | 1977: His protruberant eyeballs were veined with red like certain kinds of rare marble. He urged me to meditate upon the virid line of the whirling universe. — Angela Carter, The Passion of New Eve | ||
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Etesian
Prevailing northerly monsoonal winds in the summer and early fall
not whistle
Such a fun "vice" was not allowed on ship.
Torpedick
Like an eel.
Bandieten
Armed thieves in a band of thieves.
Pumplenose
???
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monitory
Conveying an admonition or a warning
the Watch
Closely observing an area as in a neighborhood watch.
his Fell
hide: the dressed skin of an animal (especially a large animal)
wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn
virid
Etymology: From the Latin viridis, from virere ‘to be green’.
Pronunciation:/'vɪrɪd/
Noun,Singular: virid; Plural,virids
virid (plural virids):(colour) a bright green colour
virid colour: Adjective: virid, more virid, most virid
(colour) having a bright green colour
1977: His protruberant eyeballs were veined with red like certain kinds of rare marble. He urged me to meditate upon the virid line of the whirling universe. — Angela Carter, The Passion of New Eve
Voorhuis
???
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"Tell me, what'd I say?"
Perhaps a reference to Ray Charles' 1959 hit song, "What'd I say," which features this line. Wikipedia entry
lock'd his front door
(Traditional?)
Fumulus
???
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Stoep
Entered English as 'stoop' in 1789.
Theater of the Japanese
???
Younkers
???
delegated the sighing
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Jesuit part
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lengkua
???
Bilimbi pickles
???
Bobotie
???
Frikkadel
???
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Satay
???
Rakhman
???
even better, as Eve
(No missing rib? Gets to be disobedient?)
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B-st-rd
Who's censoring here? A convention in 18th century literature.
a Tun short... law
???
Fence-Runner
Not in OED? He means surveyer, insinuating that all surveyers do is measure property lines.
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recreations including running Amok
???
