Execrable Lexicon

[ML filtrare, fr. filtrum felt, piece of felt used for straining liquids, of Germanic origin; akin to Old Saxon filt felt]

(v. [trans.]) 1, to subject to the action of a filter : pass (a liquid or gas) through a filter for the purpose of purifying or separating or both : STRAIN : also, to act as a filter toward;

2, to remove from a fluid by means of a filter—usually used withofforout;

(v. [intrans.]) 1a, to pass through as if through a filter : PERCOLATE; b, (of light) to pass through something that partially obstructs; 2a, INFILTRATE : (of troups) to advance or to enter a hostile area by proceeding singly or in small dispersed groups; b, to enter or cross over in small units over a period of time.

(n.) [It, die, cube, plinth, perh. fr. Arabic dad game]

1a, the part of a pedestal of a column included between the base and the surbase—called alsodie; b, the part of a basement wall included between the surbase and the base course; c, the lower part of an interior wall when adorned with moldings or otherwise specially decorated or faced : also, the molding, facing, or other decoration adorning this part of a wall;

"In certain rooms the dominant arrangement was varied by the presence of maps, astronomical charts, and other scientific designs on an enlarged scale—these things giving a naive and terrible corroboration to what we gathered from the pictoral friezes and dadoes." —H.P. Lovecraft, "At the Mountains of Madness" (1936)

2, a groove made by dadoing;

(v. [trans.]) [back-formation fr. correlative & correlation]

1, to establish a definite stratigraphic relationship between;

2a, to establish a mutual or reciprocal relation of : relate as necessary or invariable accompaniments with or without the implication of causality;

"To form even a rudimentary idea of our thoughts and feelings as we penetrated this aeon-silent maze of unhuman masonry one must correlate a hopelessly bewildering chaos of fugitive moods, memories and impressions." —H.P. Lovecraft, "At the Mountains of Madness" (1936)

2b, to determine, establish, or show a usually causal relationship between;

3, to establish a one-to-one correspondence of (two sets or series of things) : relate so that to each member of one set or series a corresponding member of another is assigned;

(v. [trans.]) [ME aluren, fr. MF alurer, aleurrer, fr. OF, fr.a- (fr. L ad-) + loire, loirre lure]

to influence, sway, or entice with some tempting appeal, some offered or suggested benefit or pleasure, genuine or specious.

(n.) [Shortened plaudite (n.) Compare earlier plause (n.) and slightly earlier plaudiat (n.), plaud (n.)] A round of applause; an act of hand-clapping; an audible expression of praise or approval. Hence more generally: any emphatic expression of approval. Now usu. in pl.

(n.1) (Now chiefly dial.) [? ad. MDv. slubbe in the same sense.] Thick sludgy mud; mire, ooze.

(n.2) [Of obscure origin.] 1. A lump on a thread. 2. A yarn containing thickened parts, or slubs, at intervals; a fabric woven from such a yarn. Also attrib., having an irregular effect given by a warp of uneven thickness. Hence slubbed (adj.), of fabrics: containing slubs.

(n.3) [fr. slub(v.)] A slubbing of cotton or wool; a roving.

(n.) [ad.L. concatēnātiōn-em, n. of action f. concatēnā-re.]

The action of concatenating, or the condition or relation of being concatenated.

1.a. Union by chaining or linking together; concatenated condition.    b. An instance of chaining or linking together.

2. esp. Union in a series or chain, of which the things united form as it were links.

3. quasi-concr. A concatenated series or system, an interdependent or unbroken sequence, a "chain":    a. material.    b. non-material.

(n.) [L., a.Gr. άπορία, n. of state f. άπο-ος]

1. Rhet. See quots. 1589 Puttenham Eng. Poesie (Arb.) "Aporia, or the Doubtfull. [So] called ... because oftentimes we will seeme to cast perils, and make doub of things when by a plaine manner of speech wee might affirme or deny him."  1657 J. Smith Myst. Rhet. "Aporia is a figure whereby the speaker sheweth that he doubteth, either where to begin for the multitude of matters, or what do do or say in some strange or ambiguous thing."

2. A perplexing difficulty.

(n.) 1. a small European willow that grows mostly in wet habitats and is a major source of the long flexible shoots (withies) used in basketwork (Salix viminalis); a shoot of a willow; any willow tree; 2. any of several North American dogwoods.

origin, late Middle English: from Old French; compare with Medieval Latin auseria "willow bed."

(n.) a sea-urchin: so called from the rough spines, like the prickles of a chestnut-bur; used on many parts of the Continent as an article of food, under the name Châtaigne de mer.

(n.) a marine mollusk with a shallow conical shell and a broad muscular foot, noted for the way it clings tightly to rocks. Patellidae, Fissurellidae (the keyhole limpets), and other families, class Gastropoda: numerous species, including the common limpet (Patella vulgata).

origins: Old English lempedu, from Medieval Latin lampreda "limpet, lamprey."

(n.) 1, a continuous line of planking or plates from the stem to the stern of a ship or boat; 2, a protruding ridge fitted to an aircraft or other structure to improve aerodymanic stability

origin, Middle English: from Anglo-Latin stracus, straca; probably from the Germanic base of the verb stretch.