New words 29-8-18

Question 1

Lissome

Answer 1

thin, supple, and graceful. “The kind of outfit that should be left to lissom teenagers”

Question 2

Earthenware

Answer 2

pottery made of clay fired to a porous state which can be made impervious to liquids by the use of a glaze.

Question 3

eyot or ait

Answer 3

island in a river or a lake island

Question 4

those who went to comps or grammars (Eton)

Answer 4

Stains

Question 5

Esker

Answer 5

long winding ridge, look like railway embankment

Question 6

Obeli

Answer 6

dagger sign, used to indicate footnote

Question 7

Pizzle

Answer 7

penis, e.g. bulls pizzle

Question 8

Shoat

Answer 8

young pig, especially one which is newly weaned

Question 9

Satyagraha

Answer 9

soul or love force, Ghandi

Question 10

__ live in college (Eton)

Answer 10

Kings scholars live in College

Question 11

Ahimsa

Answer 11

an outlook of compassion

Question 12

Group of owls

Answer 12

Parliament of owls

Question 13

skerry

Answer 13

small rocky island, usually too small for human habitation

Question 14

Delft

Answer 14

earthenware; blue and white pottery made in and around Delft in the Netherlands

Question 15

Rowel

Answer 15

spiked wheel on boot for encouraging horse

Question 16

key

Answer 16

island

Question 17

Eremite

Answer 17

recluse

Question 18

Remuda

Answer 18

the herd of horses from which those to be used the next day are chosen

Question 19

sclera

Answer 19

the whitish fibrous membrane (albuginea) that with the cornea forms the outer covering and protection of the eyeball

Question 20

Lemniscate

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8 e.g. barrel of shotgun

Question 21

Group of crocodiles

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Bask of crocodiles

Question 22

Ciborium

Answer 22

holy cup

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Caravel

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small, highly manoeuvrable sailing ship developed in the 15th century by the Portuguese

Question 24

Bruin

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a name for a bear, especially in children’s fables (Dutch for “brown”)

Question 25

Those who board in town rather than in college (Eton)

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Oppidians

Question 26

Lagubrious

Answer 26

looking or sounding sad and dismal

Question 27

holm

Answer 27

a small island off the coast

Question 28

Ombre

Answer 28

card game; hair style of blended colours

Question 29

lower class kings scholars / public school boys not from Winchester, Eton or Harrow

Answer 29

Tugs

Question 30

cay

Answer 30

small, low elevation, sandy island on the surface of a coral reef

Question 31

the gender neutral term for a niece or nephew is

Answer 31

Nibling

Question 32

Specie

Answer 32

coins

Question 33

Chert

Answer 33

sparking rock, flint

Question 34

Patella

Answer 34

kneecap

Question 35

Group of bears

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Sloth

Question 36

Bordello

Answer 36

brothel

Question 37

Hacienda

Answer 37

Spanish estate m

Question 38

Arabic for valley

Answer 38

Wadi

Question 39

Hierophant

Answer 39

a person, especially a priest, who interprets sacred mysteries or esoteric principles.

Question 40

Lateen

Answer 40

triangle sail

Question 41

Bodega

Answer 41

wine shop

Question 42

Debouched

Answer 42

emerge from a confined space into a wide, open area.

Question 43

Group of Apes

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Shrewdness

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Arabic for mountain

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Jabal or Jebel

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Vade - mecum

Answer 45

guidebook

Question 46

Mizzen

Answer 46

mast

Question 47

Abstruse

Answer 47

difficult to understand; obscure.

Question 48

Toque

Answer 48

like a bonnet