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tallow, n.

1. a. The fat or adipose tissue of an animal, esp. that which yields the substance described in sense 2; suet.

Etymology:  Middle English talȝ, talgh, known first in 14th cent.; corresponds to Middle Low German talg, talch, Low German talg, in early modern Dutch talg, talch(16th cent.), Dutch talk feminine and German talg, in 1572 talck masculine; Modern Icelandic (14th cent.) tólg, tólk, Middle Danish (13th cent.) talgh, talwh, Middle Swedish talgh(er), modern Icelandic tólg, Norwegian, Danish, Swedish talg, Norwegian dialect tolg, taag, taalg, tølg, Faroese tálg.

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cowl, n.

1. a. A garment with a hood (vestis caputiata), worn by monks, varying in length in different ages and according to the usages of different orders, but ‘having the permanent characteristics of covering the head and shoulders, and being without sleeves’ ( Cath. Dict.). †Also, formerly, a cloak or frock worn by laymen or by women.

Etymology:  The derivation and form-history present difficulties. Old English renders Latin cuculla by cugele, cugle, cuhle and cule, weak feminine; also cufleweak feminine The former comes down in 12–13th cent. cūle, and the coule, cowle(coole) of later times; cufle may be the parent of kuuele (which in Ancren R. would regularly stand for kuvele), couele, kuuel, couel. Old English cugele is cognate with Old High German cucula, cugula, chugela (Middle High German kugele, kugel, gugel, Low German kogel), < ecclesiastical Latin cuculla monk's cowl, < classical Latin cucullus hood of a cloak. Old English cufle appears to be cognate with Middle Dutch covele, cövel(e (feminine), in Kilian kovel, modern Dutch keuvel ‘cowl’, and to be connected with (perhaps the origin of) Icelandic kofl, kufl strong masculine ‘cowl’. The history of cufle and its allied forms is obscure.

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frieze, n.

1. A kind of coarse woollen cloth, with a nap, usually on one side only; now esp. of Irish manufacture.

Etymology:  < French frise (from 15th cent.), < friser (16th cent.) to curl (hair, etc.): see frizz v.

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But while Chichikov was sitting in his uneasy chair, troubled by his thoughts and sleeplessness, heartily reviling Nozdrev and all his kith and kin, and before him warmly glowed a tallow candle, the wick of which had long since become covered with candle snuff as if with a black cowl and was threatening to go out at any moment, and sightless, black night was peering in at the windows just about to turn bluish because of the approaching dawn, and roosters, afar off, were exchanging their clarion calls, and throughout the town, all sunk in slumber, there may not have been a soul out on the streets save for some frieze overcoat tipsily weaving along somewhere, some poor wretch, his class and rank unknown, and himself knowing only (alas!) the path…

1. a. The name of several dances, chiefly of French origin, consisting of a variety of steps and figures.

Etymology:  < French cotillon petticoat, peasant girl's jupon, diminutive of cotte coat, in 18th cent. given as name to a dance for four or eight persons: see Littré.

1. a. trans. To beat or thrash with a cudgel.

Etymology:  < cudgel n. (1. a. A short thick stick used as a weapon; a club.)

Not auspicious, not of good omen; of unfavourable presage, foreboding evil; ill-omened, unlucky, unfortunate.

Etymology:  < in- prefix3 + auspicious adj.

Indignation grew, and in different corners the ladies actually fell to discussing him in a most inauspicious manner; as for the poor boarding-school miss, she was utterly annihilated; her doom was signed and sealed. (Gogol [Guerney], Dead Souls, p.167)

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auspicious, adj.

1. a. Ominous, esp. of good omen, betokening success, giving promise of a favourable issue.

Etymology:  Formed as auspicinator n. + -ous suffix.

auspice, n.

1. An observation of birds for the purpose of obtaining omens; a sign or token given by birds.

Etymology:  < French auspice (14th cent.), < Latin auspicium the action or function of the auspex n.

auspex, n.

One who observed the flight of birds, to take omens thence for the guidance of affairs; hence, a director, protector; and esp. the person who superintended marriage ceremonies.

1. a. One of a body of light horsemen organized in Hungary in the 15th c., and long confined to the Hungarian army; hence, the name of light cavalry regiments formed in imitation of these, which were subsequently introduced, and still exist, in most European armies, including that of Great Britain.

Etymology:  < Hungarian huszar, originally ‘freebooter, free-lance’, later ‘light horseman’, < Old Serbian husar , also gusar , hursar , gursar , kursar pirate, robber, freebooter, < Italian corsaro , corsare , corsair n.

whist, n.3

A game of cards played (ordinarily) by four persons, of whom each two sitting opposite each other are partners, with a pack of 52 cards, which are dealt face downwards to the players in rotation, so that each has a hand of 13 cards; one of the suits (usually determined by the last card dealt, which is then turned face upwards) is trumps(see trump n.2 1); the players play in rotation, each four successive cards so played constituting a trick (trick n.12), in which each player after the leader must follow suit if he holds a card of the suit led, otherwise may either discard or trump; the winner of a trick becomes the leader of the next trick; points are scored according to the number of tricks won, and in some forms of the game also by the honours or highest trumps (honour n.8a) held by each pair of partners.

Etymology:  Altered < whisk n.2, explained as in quot. 1680 at main sense.

whist, adj.1

b. Keeping silence in relation to something; saying nothing about the matter.

Etymology: < whist int.1 Compare hust adj., whisht adj.1, whust n., adj., and v.

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propound, v.

1. a. trans. To put forward, set forth, propose, or offer for consideration, discussion, acceptance, or adoption; to put forward as a question for solution. Also with clause as object.

Etymology: Alteration or variant of propone v., perhaps after compound v., expound v.

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A female professional singer.

Etymology: < Italian cantatrice and French cantatrice < Latin cantātrix,cantātrīc-em, feminine of cantātor.

Pronunciation: (Italian /kantaˈtritʃe/ (k - a - nt - a - tr - ee - tch - eh) , French/kɑ̃tatris/ (k - oh - t - a - tr - ee - ss))

2. a. Law. A right to retain possession of property (whether land, goods, or money) until a debt due in respect of it to the person detaining it is satisfied.

Etymology:  < French lien < Latin ligāmen bond, < ligāre to bind, tie.

1. a. An inhabitant of a burgh, borough, or corporate town; a citizen. Chiefly used of continental towns, but also of English boroughs, in a sense less technical than burgess. Now somewhat arch. Also fig.

Etymology:  In 16th cent. burger , < early modern German or Dutch burger citizen of a burg or fortified town; afterwards assimilated to English burgh , borough n.

sloven, n. and adj.

3. a. One who is careless or negligent in respect of dress, personal appearance, or cleanliness; an untidy or dirty person.

Etymology:  Of doubtful origin; perhaps an Anglo-Norman formation on Flemish sloef dirty, squalid, shabby (see Kilian), or Dutch slof careless, negligent.

1. a. Marked with patches or spots of different colours; varied in colour; of diverse or various colours; many-coloured, vari-coloured; spec. in Bot. (see variegation n.1).

2. a. Marked or characterized by variety; of a varied character, form, or nature; diverse.

Etymology:  < variegate v. (a. trans. To diversify; to invest with variety; to enliven with differences or changes.) or Latin variegāt-us, past participle of variegāre.

The quality or fact of being refulgent; brilliance, radiance, lustrousness; splendour, glory; (occas.) an instance of this.

Etymology:  < refulgent adj. (see -ence suffix), probably after classical Latin refulgentia refulgency n. Compare Middle French refulgence brilliance, splendour (1372). Compare earlier refulgency n.

b. Abuse or detraction as it affects the person spoken against; the condition of being spoken against; ill repute; reproach, disgrace, notoriety.

Etymology:  < Anglo-Norman obloquie calumny, detraction (late 13th cent.) and its etymon post-classical Latin obloquium contradiction, calumny (5th cent.; frequently in British sources c1125–1486) < classical Latin obloquī to speak against, gainsay, contradict < ob- ob- prefix + loquī to speak (see loquent adj.).

The β forms may have arisen through confusion with oblique adj. or obliquity n.N.E.D. (1902) s.v. Obliquie treated the following as a probable transmission error foroblique adj. Rowe (1709) replaces the First Folio's obliquie with obloquy, and Pope (1723) with oblique; Johnson and subsequent editors until the 20th cent. followed Pope, with obliquy becoming the reading in 20th-cent. editions. It seems likely that elements of both meanings were intended.

Pronunciation: U.S. /ˈɑbləkwi/ (a - bl - ə - kw - ee)

1. a. (As proper name, with capital S.) A stock character in Italian farce, a cowardly and foolish boaster of his own prowess, who is constantly being cudgelled by Harlequin.

Etymology:  < Italian Scaramuccia (see sense 1); the name is a use of scaramuccia skirmish n., in allusion to the character of the personage. The β form, which now alone survives, comes through the French Scaramouche (Molière); the α forms represent corruptly the Italian original.

Pronunciation: /ˈskærəmaʊtʃ/ (sk - a - r - ə - m - ow - tch)

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.

Etymology:  Shortened < plaudite n. (see discussion at that entry). Compare earlier plause n. and slightly earlier plaudiat n., plaud n.

implacable, adj.

1.

a. That cannot be appeased; irreconcileable; inexorable: of persons, feelings, etc.

Etymology:  < French implacable, < Latin implācābilis , < im- (im- prefix2 +plācābilis placable adj. (Of a person: capable of being appeased or pacified; easily placated; mild, gentle, forgiving.)

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burin, n.

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a. A graver; the tool used by an engraver on copper; also attrib.

b. The style or manner of using the graver.

Etymology:  < French burin, cognate with Italian bolino, borino, Spanish buril, Portuguese buril, Old Spanish boril, perhaps < Old High German bora boring-tool. The Italian form bolino was occas. used in 17th cent.

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