ATDTDA 724... words - 1st string

[Glenn Scheper]

Here are some words for the section. Generally,
by prefixing "define:" to any Google search.

Note esp. Arkansas Toothpick:

The Arkansas Toothpick is essentially a heavy dagger with a pointed, straight 
12-20 inch blade. The "toothpick" is balanced and weighted for throwing and can 
also be used for thrusting and slashing. James Black, known as a potential 
inventor of the Bowie knife, is also credited with inventing the Arkansas 
Toothpick but no firm evidence exists for this claim. It was originally a weapon 
used by the late 18th century and early 19th century seamen. Because of its 
large size, the Arkansas Toothpick is usually carried in a holster across the 
back.

When Bowie first received the "Bowie Knife" from James Black he had become a 
Texas citizen and was attacked by three men who had been hired to kill him. 
Bowie killed all three of his attackers with the new "Bowie Knife", ensuring the 
fame of James Black and the "Bowie Knife". The Arkansas toothpick is designed 
with equal craft, but it simply received less fame, without having a "test 
incident" tied to it to prove its efficiency. The fame of Bowie and Black helped 
to perpetuate the craft of knife-shaping as well as the throwing "Arkansas 
toothpick".

The nature of a Bowie Knife or "Arkansas toothpick" is to be heavy enough to be 
used as a hatchet for cutting wood, but sharp enough for shaving or combat. Its 
versatility had such an impact that two of Arkansas's nicknames became "The 
Bowie State" and "The Toothpick State".[1]
  -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arkansas_toothpick
  Arkansas toothpick - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


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SHADOW

A shadow is a region of darkness where light is blocked. It occupies all of the 
space behind an opaque object with light in front of it. The cross section of a 
shadow is a two-dimensional silhouette, or reverse projection of the object 
blocking the light.


MASTERPIECE

Originally, the term masterpiece (or chef d'œuvre) referred to a piece of 
handcrafted art produced by a journeyman aspiring to become a master craftsman 
in the old European guild system, which is partially retained today in Germany 
and France.


MAST

A mast (pronounced "must") is a person who is God-intoxicated or overcome with 
love for God with concomitant external disorientation, according to Sufi 
philosophy. The word originates from the Sufi phrase "Mast-Allah" meaning 
"intoxicated with God."


ATRIUM

(Plural atria) The two chambers of the heart that receive blood. The right 
atrium receives blood from the body. The left atrium receives oxygenated blood 
from the lungs.

In the Roman period this was the inner courtyard of a house, left open to the 
sky, and generally built by the affluent urbam classes. ... 


OTHER

very unusual; different in character or quality from the normal or expected; "a 
strange, other dimension...where his powers seemed to fail"- Lance Morrow 

The Other or constitutive other (also referred to as othering) is a key concept 
in continental philosophy, opposed to the Same. It refers, or attempts to refer 
to, that which is other than the concept being considered. Often it means a 
person other than oneself. It is often capitalised.


TAPESTRY

Tapestry is a form of textile art. It is woven by hand on a weaving-loom. It is 
weft-faced weaving, which means that all the warp threads are hidden in the 
completed work, unlike cloth weaving where both the warp and the weft threads 
are visible.


VARNISH

Varnish is a transparent, hard, protective finish or film primarily used in wood 
finishing but also for other materials. Varnish is traditionally a combination 
of a drying oil, a resin, and a thinner or solvent. ... 


COLLECTOR

an individual who accumulates artifacts for personal gain by means destructive 
to archaeology. Today, the demands of collectors are met by looters who destroy 
the context of archaeological finds and the sites themselves. 


SKIP

decamp: leave suddenly; "She persuaded him to decamp"; "skip town"


EMBROIDERY

Embroidery is the art or handicraft of decorating fabric or other materials with 
designs stitched in strands of thread or yarn using a needle. Embroidery may 
also incorporate other materials such as metal strips, pearls, beads, quills, 
and sequins.


DEEP

extreme; "in deep trouble"; "deep happiness"

cryptic: of an obscure nature; "the new insurance policy is written without 
cryptic or mysterious terms"; "a deep dark secret"; "the inscrutable workings of 
Providence"; "in its mysterious past it encompasses all the dim origins of 
life"- Rachel Carson; "rituals totally mystifying to visitors ...

abstruse: difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary 
understanding or knowledge; "the professor's lectures were so abstruse that 
students tended to avoid them"; "a deep metaphysical theory"; "some recondite 
problem in historiography"


METROPOLIS

A metropolis (in Greek µ?t??, meter = mother and p????, pólis = city/town) is a 
big city, in most cases with over half million inhabitants in the city proper, 
and with a population of at least one million living in its urban agglomeration. 


GLARE

Excessive brightness that may be caused by either direct or indirect viewing of 
a light source; any brightness or brightness relationship that annoys, distracts 
or reduces visibility. www.lightbulbsdirect.com/lbe_glossary.html


PLENUM

Chamber or container for moving air under a slight positive pressure to which 
one or more ducts are connected. www.nachi.org/glossary/p.htm

an enclosed space in which the air pressure is higher than outside 
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LAGOON

a body of water cut off from a larger body by a reef of sand or coral 

A lagoon is a body of comparatively shallow salt or brackish water separated 
from the deeper sea by a shallow or exposed sandbank, coral reef, or similar 
feature. Thus, the enclosed body of water behind a barrier reef or barrier 
islands or enclosed by an atoll reef is called a lagoon. ... 

A pond or small lake connected with a larger body of water. The term is also 
used to describe shallow water separated from the sea by low sandbanks, or the 
body of water enclosed by an atoll. 

A body of shallow seawater separated from the open ocean by a barrier island. 

A shallow, coastal body of water separated from the ocean by a sand bar, which 
may periodically breach, opening the lagoon to the ocean for a time. Lagoons can 
form where a river meets the ocean (an estuarine lagoon), or without the 
influence of a river. 


HELMET

Diminutive of helm, than which it was lighter, and origianlly a vizorless 
defence. The helm was often worn over it. 


MYSTERY

something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained; "how it got out is 
a mystery"; "it remains one of nature's secrets"

The Orthodox term for "Sacrament", the means by which God's Grace is imparted to 
us by His Holy Orthodox Church. Only Orthodox Christians may receive the Holy 
Mysteries.

A term derived from the Latin word mysterium. Mystery is also closely related to 
the Latin word mysterium tremendum, which is a term used to express the 
overwhelming awe and sense of unknowable mystery felt by those to whom some 
aspect of God or of divine being is revealed. ... 

Any matter that is hidden, secret, unexplained or inexplicable, beyond human 
knowledge or comprehension, such as a religious truth known only from Divine 
Revelation.

Something not yet explained or understood.

A reality which we cannot fully grasp intellectually, or for which we have no 
reasoned explanation. Before mystery one retains a certain awe along with the 
yearning to explore and comprehend. For Jung, life itself and each individual 
was such a mystery.


OAR

An oar is an implement used for water-borne propulsion. Oars have a flat blade 
at one end. The oarsmen grasp the oar at the other end. What distinguishes oars 
from paddles is that paddles are held by the paddler, and are not connected with 
the vessel. Oars generally are fastened to the vessel.


ARMY

An army (from Latin armata "act of arming" via Old French armée) is the 
land-based armed forces of a nation. It may also include other branches of the 
military such as an air force.


RISOTTO

An Italian dish made by stirring hot stock into a mixture of rice that has been 
sautéed in butter. The rice often contains chopped onions and is ... 


CLERGY

Clergy is the generic term used to describe the formal religious leadership 
within a given religion. The term comes from Greek ?????? (a lot, that which is 
assigned by lot (allotment) or metaphorically, heritage). 


SERPENT

snake: limbless scaly elongate reptile; some are venomous

Serpent is a word of Latin origin (serpens, serpentis) that is normally 
substituted for "snake" in a specifically mythic or religious context, in order 
to distinguish such creatures from the field of biology. 

the serpent or snake, for they are in heraldry absolutely synonymous. They are 
found in the ancient rolls under the name of bis; the word survives in the 
Italian biscia, or cobra of Milan. The reptile occurs rather frequently in coats 
of arms, and its position should be described. ... 


CLARET

A dry red wine from the Bordeaux region of France and a semi-generic red wine 
type, usually with cabernet sauvignon and merlot as the foundation of the blend. 


MORROCCO

a kingdom (constitutional monarchy) in northwestern Africa with a largely Muslim 
population; achieved independence from France in 1956

a soft pebble-grained leather made from goatskin; used for shoes and book 
bindings etc.

The Kingdom of Morocco (??????? ????????) is a country in North Africa with a 
population of 33,241,259 people. It has a long coast on the Atlantic Ocean that 
reaches past the Strait of Gibraltar into the Mediterranean Sea. ... 


AUTUMNAL

of or characteristic of or occurring in autumn; "the autumnal equinox"; 
"autumnal fruits"

characteristic of late maturity verging on decline; "a serene autumnal mood" 

Pertaining to the Autumn season. The Autumnal Equinox occurs on or about 
September 22 in the Northern Hemisphere and on or about March 21 in the Southern 
Hemisphere.

Pertaining to fall (autumn). The corresponding adjectives for winter, spring, 
and summer are hibernal, vernal, and aestival. 

Various aromas and tastes in wine reminiscent of fallen leaves, humus, truffles, 
mushrooms or hay.


TRUFFLE

common name for an edible agaric (contrasting with the inedible toadstool)

any of various fleshy fungi of the subdivision Basidiomycota consisting of a cap 
at the end of a stem arising from an underground mycelium

A confection made of chocolate (ganache), butter, sugar, and sometimes liqueur 
shaped into balls and often coated with cocoa.

Truffle describes a group of edible mycorrhizal (symbiotic relationship between 
fungus and plant) fungi (genus Tuber, class Ascomycetes, division Ascomycota). 
The ascoma (fruiting body) of truffles is highly prized as food. ... 

An underground rounded, irregular shaped fungus with a distinctive. 

An aromatic underground fungus. Round and wrinkled, they are very pungent. Their 
aromatic compositions may be very complex and have been described as mushroomy, 
cheesy, or herbal.

An edible fungus which is found underground. It is round and can be black, 
white, dark brown or grey in color. The scarcity and decline in truffles has led 
this once widely used item becoming an expensive garnish. Probably the best and 
most expensive truffle is the black Périgord truffle. ... 

Prized relation of the mushroom, that grow near the roots of oak and beech 
trees. Can be grated and used in powder form as a garnish. 


DIVER

An employee working in water using underwater apparatus which supplies 
compressed breathing gas at the ambient pressure. 


DUSK

twilight: the time of day immediately following sunset; "he loved the twilight"; 
"they finished before the fall of night"

Dusk or civil dusk is the time at which the sun is 6 degrees below the horizon 
in the evening.At this time objects are distinguishable but there is no longer 
enough light to perform any outdoor activities.


NOBODY

cipher: a person of no influence


TYCOON

baron: a very wealthy or powerful businessman; "an oil baron" 


LOST SOULS

Related phrases: island of lost souls | the city of lost souls | valley of lost 
souls | parade of the lost souls | land of lost souls | legion of the lost souls 
| lost souls forever | village of lost souls | the book of lost souls | stories 
of lost souls


LOST LANDS

Lost lands are islands, continents, or whole planets believed by some to have 
existed during prehistory, but to have since disappeared as a result ... 


GONDOLA

A gòndola is a traditional Venetian rowing boat. Gondolas were for centuries the 
chief means of transportation within Venice and still have a role in public 
transport, serving as traghètti (ferries) over major canals. 


URINATE

The process of expelling urine from the bladder. Some people say - pass water, 
go to the loo, have a pee, spend a penny. 

Urination, formally called micturition, is the process of disposing urine from 
the urinary bladder through the urethra to the outside of the body. The process 
of urination is usually under voluntary control. When control over urination is 
lost or absent, this is called urinary incontinence. ... 


HAZY

bleary: indistinct or hazy in outline; "a landscape of blurred outlines"; "the 
trees were just blurry shapes" wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn

A phenomenon that results in reduced visibility due to the scattering of light 
caused by aerosols. Haze is caused in a large part by man-made air pollutants. 


PEASANT

A peasant, derived from 15th century French païsant meaning one from the pays, 
the countryside or region, which itself derives from the Latin pagus, country 
district, is an agricultural worker with roots in the countryside in which he or 
she dwells, either working for others or, more ...

In Europe or Asia, a small farmer or farm laborer. 

a peasant is a farm worker who does not own the land he farms, but pays part of 
the crops he grows to the owner of the land as rent. Peasants cannot ever 
prosper, because, if they work hard and grow a surplus, the landowner will 
inevitably raise the amount of the crop to be paid in "rent". 


SCENT

aroma: a distinctive odor that is pleasant

odorize: cause to smell or be smelly

olfactory property: any property detected by the olfactory system 

Olfaction, which is also known as Olfactics is the sense of smell, and the 
detection of chemicals dissolved in air. The chemicals themselves, generally at 
very low concentrations, are called odors.


BREASTPLATE

armor plate that protects the chest; the front part of a cuirass 

Breastplates are devices worn over the torso either as protective armor or as an 
item of religious significance. A breastplate is sometimes worn by mythological 
beings as a distinctive item of clothing.

A breastplate (used interchangeably with breastgirth and breastcollar) is a 
piece of riding equipment used on horses. Its purpose is to keep the saddle from 
sliding back, and is most helpful on horses with large shoulders and a flat 
ribcage.

(1.) That piece of ancient armour that protected the breast. This word is used 
figuratively in Eph. 6:14 and Isa. 59:17. (See ARMOUR.) 

Part of a soldier's armor, made of leather or metal. It covered the chest and 
sometimes the back as a protection against arrows and swords. 

small metal badge worn on a shoulder-belt. 


STETSON

fedora: a hat made of felt with a creased crown wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn

Stetson hats or Stetsons, often known simply as cowboy hats, refers to a brand 
name and not a type of hat. The John B. Stetson Company of St. Joseph, Missouri, 
founded by John B. Stetson (1830..


EMBATTLED

beset with attackers or controversy or conflict; "embattled troops"; "an 
embattled governor"

prepared for battle; "an embattled city"

having or resembling repeated square indentations like those in a battlement; "a 
crenelated molding"

Battlemented; crenelated.

Indented like a battlement.

topped with a row of small squares, like a battlement. When a fess is embattled, 
only the topmost edge is altered. If both edges are to be embattled, the term 
embattled-counter-embattled (or counter-embattled, as in the arms of Sir Cecil 
Denniston Burney) is used.


VIVID

graphic: evoking lifelike images within the mind; "pictorial poetry and prose"; 
"graphic accounts of battle"; "a lifelike portrait"; "a vivid ...

having the clarity and freshness of immediate experience; "a vivid recollection"

bright: having striking color; "bright dress"; "brilliant tapestries"; "a bird 
with vivid plumage"

intense: (of color) having the highest saturation; "vivid green"; "intense blue" 


DAMN

used as expletives; "oh, damn (or goddamn)!"

blasted: expletives used informally as intensifiers; "he's a blasted idiot"; 
"it's a blamed shame"; "a blame cold winter"; "not a blessed dime"; "I'll be 
damned (or blessed or darned or goddamned) if I'll do any such thing"; "he's a 
damn (or goddam or goddamned) fool"; "a deuced idiot"; "an ...

curse: wish harm upon; invoke evil upon; "The bad witch cursed the child"

bloody: extremely; "you are bloody right"; "Why are you so all-fired 
aggressive?"

something of little value; "his promise is not worth a damn"; "not worth one red 
cent"; "not worth shucks"


SOLEMN

grave: dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to keeping 
promises; "a grave God-fearing man"; "a quiet sedate nature"; "as ...

earnest: characterized by a firm and humorless belief in the validity of your 
opinions; "both sides were deeply in earnest, even passionate"; "an entirely 
sincere and cruel tyrant"; "a film with a solemn social message" 

is a stern and serious manner. He spoke in a solemn way when he told them about 
their grandmother.


VEAL

meat from calves slaughtered when younger than 9 months (usually at 8 to 16 
weeks); has a lean, light pink flesh, delicate flavor and tender, firm texture. 


EARSHOT

the distance or area within which something can be heard Our house was within 
sound of the church bells.

the range within which a voice can be heard; "the children were told to stay 
within earshot"


SACRISTAN

In earlier times the sacristan was the man in charge of the sacristy, and sacred 
vessels, vestments, etc. therein.

sexton: an officer of the church who is in charge of sacred objects 

A sacristy is a room for keeping vestments (such as the cassock and chasuble) 
and other church furnishings, sacred vessels, and church treasures. The sacristy 
is usually located inside the church, but it could be an annex or separate 
building (as in some monasteries). ...


FONTINA

Genuine Fontina cheese comes from the Val d'Aosta area in Italy. It is a young 
cheese, with a mild, nutty flavor and creamy texture. Although it is great on 
it's own, since it melts so well, it is often used in cooking. 


HOTTENTOT

(1677), a member of a native South African race, the first met by the Dutch; Du. 
Hottentot is supposed to mean 'stutterer or stammerer', and ... 

Khoikhoin: any of the Khoisan languages spoken by the pastoral people of Namibia 
and South Africa

The Khoikhoi ("men of men") or Khoi, in standardised Khoekhoe/Nama orthography 
spelled Khoekhoe, are a historical division of the Khoisan ethnic group of 
southwestern Africa, closely related to the Bushmen (or San, as the Khoikhoi 
called them).


PADUA

a city in Veneto

Italy, is the centre of a pilgrimage to the relics of St. Anthony. In a vast 
choir behind the sanctuary of the church that bears his name is the treasury of 
St. Anthony; but his body reposes under the high altar. ... 


HUMILIATION

state of disgrace or loss of self-respect

chagrin: strong feelings of embarrassment

an instance in which you are caused to lose your prestige or self-respect; "he 
had to undergo one humiliation after another"

depriving one of self-esteem

Etymology: Late Latin humiliatus, past participle of humiliare, from Latin 
humilis low. To reduce to a lower position in one's own eyes or others' eyes. 
While related to the word "humble," it is possible for one to be humiliated and 
not humbled.

A deep embarrassment of an individual or group.


EMBARRASSING

awkward: hard to deal with; especially causing pain or embarrassment; "awkward 
(or embarrassing or difficult) moments in the discussion"; "an ...

causing to feel shame or chagrin or vexation; "the embarrassing moment when she 
found her petticoat down around her ankles"; "it was mortifying to know he had 
heard every word"

Embarrassment is an unpleasant emotional state experienced upon having a 
socially or professionally unacceptable act or condition witnessed by or 
revealed to others. Usually some amount of loss of honor or dignity is involved, 
but how much and the type depends on the embarrassing situation. 


DESOLATE

abandon: leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch; "The 
mother deserted her children"

depopulate: reduce in population; "The epidemic depopulated the countryside"

bare: providing no shelter or sustenance; "bare rocky hills"; "barren lands"; 
"the bleak treeless regions of the high Andes"; "the desolate surface of the 
moon"; "a stark landscape"

crushed by grief; "depressed and desolate of soul"; "a low desolate wail"

lay waste to: devastate or ravage; "The enemy lay waste to the countryside after 
the invasion" wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn

(1) deserted or uninhabited, as in: They washed up on the shore of a desolate 
island.

Devoid of inhabitants; deserted, isolated, uninhabited, wild, barren Page 74 - 
It had one room, dirty and desolate-looking. 


PROSECCO

the grape used to make the Venetian bubbly with same namesake, key ingredient to 
the famed Bellini cocktail 

a type of dry, bubbly wine. 

An Italian sparkling wine.

Prosecco is a variety of white grape grown in the Veneto region of Italy, and 
also gives its name to the sparkling wine made from the grape. 


ATTRIBUTED

An indicator of signature status, meaning that the authorship of a work of art 
is not confirmed, but that on documentary or stylistic grounds, it ... 


CHASTISE

censure severely; "She chastised him for his insensitive remarks" 

Chastity, in many religious and cultural contexts, is a virtue concerning the 
state of purity of the mind and body. The term is most often associated with 
refraining from sexual intimacy, especially outside of marriage. ... 

Operational code name for the "Dam Busters" raid by 617 squadron RAF in May 
1943, on the Mohne, Eder and Sorpe dams in the Ruhr area of Germany 

Punish for the purpose of correction.


MANTEGNA

Italian painter and engraver noted for his frescoes (1431-1506) 


AESTHETE

esthete: one who professes great sensitivity to the beauty of art and nature 

The Aesthetic movement is a loosely defined movement in literature, art and 
interior design in later nineteenth-century Britain. Generally speaking, it 
represents the same tendencies that Symbolism or Decadence stood for in France, 
and may be considered the British branch of the same movement. ... 


ENTRAILS

viscera: internal organs collectively (especially those in the abdominal 
cavity); "`viscera' is the plural form of `viscus'" 

Disembowelment (evisceration) is the removing of some or all of vital organs, 
usually from the abdomen. The results are, in virtually all cases, fatal. It has 
historically been used as a severe form of capital punishment. ... 


PERCUSSIVE

A strong beat.

involving percussion or featuring percussive instruments; "percussive music" 


CONFAB

convention or professional gathering; "TV programming execs gather annually at 
the NATPE confab."

chew the fat: talk socially without exchanging too much information; "the men 
were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze"

chat: an informal conversation

confer: have a conference in order to talk something over; "We conferred about a 
plan of action"

Confabulation is the confusion of imagination with memory, and/or the confusion 
of true memories with false memories.


TERRIFIED

panicky: thrown into a state of intense fear or desperation; "became panicky as 
the snow deepened"; "felt panicked before each exam"; "trying to ... 


ANTIETAM

a famous Civil War battle in 1862, in which an attempt by the South to strike 
into Maryland was stopped near Sharpsburg at Antietam Creek. ... 


IMPRESSARIO

An impresario (from the Italian, meaning, and also cognate of, entrepreneur) is 
a manager or producer in one of the entertainment industries ... 


NOONTIDE

noon: the middle of the day wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn

Noon is the time exactly halfway through the day, written 12:00 in the 24-hour 
clock and 12:00 noon in the 12-hour clock. Midday is also used as a synonym for 
noon, although this may also be a more general term to mean around noon, or very 
early afternoon.


GOTTINGEN

Göttingen () is a city in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is the capital of the 
district of Göttingen. The Leine river runs through the town. ... 


COWER

to draw back or tremble in fright 

huddle: crouch or curl up; "They huddled outside in the rain"

fawn: show submission or fear


STEALTHY

furtive: marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to avoid being 
observed; "a furtive manner"; "a sneak attack"; "stealthy footsteps ... 


DISINGENUOUS

not straightforward or candid; giving a false appearance of frankness; "an 
ambitious, disingenuous, philistine, and hypocritical operator, who... ... 


SYCAMORE

Sycamore is a name applied at various times and places to three very different 
types of trees, but with somewhat similar leaf forms. 

(n.): a type of shade tree with leaves resembling the leaves of a maple tree. 
See a picture of a sycamore tree.


HARUSPICE

In Roman practice inherited from the Etruscans, a haruspex (plural haruspices) 
was a man trained to practice a form of divination called haruspicy ... 


LUCCIOLE

Definitions of lucciole on the Web in Italian:
sono la caratteristica principale di Bright Ring Firefly, tanto da dare il nome 
al pianeta stesso. Vivono nei boschi e illuminano tutto il pianeta ... 


DOLOMITES

The Dolomites (Italian: Dolomiti; German: Dolomiten) are a section of the Alps. 
They are located in equal parts in the provinces of Belluno ... 


OUTWIT

beat through cleverness and wit; "I beat the traffic"; "She outfoxed her 
competitors"


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