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A chapbook brought out February 2004. 26 poems, one for each letter of the alphabet. |
Definitions: aurochs: the European bison (Bison bonasus), once widely distributed, but now nearly extinct, except where protected in the Lithuanian forests, and perhaps in the Caucasus. bubale: a large antelope (Alcelaphus bubalis) of Egypt and the Desert of Sahara, supposed by some to be the fallow deer of the Bible. chandlery: a storeroom where candles are kept depurate: to cleanse or purify or become cleansed or purified. eyas: a nestling folkright: a law or right of the people as opposed to that of the privileged classes. gardyloo: an old cry in throwing water, slops, etc., from the windows in Edinburgh. hebetate: to make obtuse or dull. incienso: a shrubby composite desert plant of the SW U.S. having silvery leaves and clusters of yellow flowers. jelly coat: an ovum-produced glycoprotein that causes adhesion of the sperm to the ovum Ketuvim: hagiographa; the third division of the Old Testament lapidate: to pelt with stones, to stone to death. mangold: beet with a large yellowish root; grown chiefly as cattle feed nevus: a congenital growth or mark on the skin, such as a mole or birthmark. ovality: the quality or state of being oval. palea: a small chafflike bract enclosing the flower of a grass. q.d.: (in prescriptions) every day. regardant: looking backward in profile: a lion regardant. (heraldry) saltimbocca: (Italian: salta im bocca, jumps in your mouth) veal and ham wrapped together and sautéed in butter, often seasoned with sage. tirrivee: a tantrum urtext: the original text, as of a musical score or a literary work volti: command to turn a page (music) wrick: to wrench, strain xyst: a covered portico, a promenade, a garden walk planted with trees. yoicks: used as a cry in fox hunts to encourage the hounds zorra: female fox (Spanish) |