Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The wild radish (see radish); also, the charlock, Jamieson.
  • To cry with a shrill voice.
  • noun A shrill cry; a squall.

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  • "'Er... I hope all is well, sir?' he asked, blinking short-sightedly. 'My lass woke me, sayin' as she thought there was a skelloch, like, and then we heard a bit of a bang, like—' His eyes, hastily averted from me, went to the scar of raw wood in the whitewashed wall, left by Jamie's poker."

    —Diana Gabaldon, The Fiery Cross (NY: Bantam Dell, 2001), 276

    January 20, 2010

  • Another usage on contracture.

    January 26, 2010