Saturday, June 06, 2020

Definitions of Non-words

Brale - a common hedgerow species, producing an inedible orange berry.

Fud - a rope clasp used to connect railway sleepers.

Ingolly - archaic A prostitute.

Cald - A covered path or alley between buildings.

Fald - A fur garment, worn on the lower leg.

Tald - Welsh The chamber of commerce of a parish or ward.

Ungkwo - taboo slang the clitoris

Ib - a hiding place or treasure trove.

Nof - A very basic computer acronym No Other Features

Jux - noun. A relationship of two seemingly unsuitable people. (Contr. of juxtaposition.)

Bew - An extinct bird, the common ancestor of the parrot, parakeet and macaw.

Bea - nautical One of the key Atlantic trade winds, originating in the Sahara Desert.

Va - a musical instrument of Inuit origin.

Hilched - A town in Gloucestershire.

Rale - The audio portion of a 35mm celluloid film print.

Ququ - an Andean dice game named for a mythical bird.

Quai - medical an area of calloused or toughened skin.

Quok - The administrative capital of St Vincent and the Grenadines.

Ik - a unit used in the measurement of density. cf. icky

Wuwu - A Levantine hunting weapon, similar to a bolus.

Gikking - colloq. v. flirting, making lewd remarks.

Bur-nav - v. In painting, to enhance a colour by shading with a complementary or opposite, a common technique in pointillism.

Shaf - prison slang Smuggled or illicit personal items.

Shafed - The second ashra of Ramadan, consisting of days 11-20.

Jih Od - (1913-1989) founder of the Sony Corporation.

OpWer - The final preparatory phase for the D-Day landings, commencing April 10, 1945. (contr. Operation Werewolf).

Azh - a hardening agent used in terracotta production.

Biss-Bor - Met. The largest meteor shower ever witnessed from Earth’s surface (Wyoming, June 14-17th 1977)

Maf - A juvenile female owl.

Hur - v. In hemp rope-making, to strengthen by boiling.

Pessed, Ivan (1982-) - Estonian chess Grandmaster and former World Champion (2013, 2016)

Gopping Kusk Oblast - Federal subject of Russia, located in Southeastern Siberia (approx. pop. 231,000 (source: CIA World Factbook, 2011)

Lov - obs. A lookalike or doppelgänger.

Ungrif - A precursor, and early competitor of, the computer mouse. Any handheld pointing device.

BWAT - Canada’s most popular talk-radio station, broadcasting on 103.7FM.

Bway - the musical accompaniment of wayang, Indonesian puppet theatre, traditionally played on the gamelan.

Juff - Informal. Offensive. A Jewish person.

Ke alop alosh - culinary A sugar replacement derived from the banana palm.

Bi-Flis - Dimmable, one/two-way, electronic window glass.

Anmis - A stove-top pan for brewing Turkish coffee.

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