This is a prefix indicating something (monstrous) made of alien/scavenged/inappropriate parts. Refers to Frankenstein - more the popular culture movie character than the character in the Mary Shelley novel.
Rastons: Rastons is a bread preparation dating from the 15th century that may be as simple as bread and butter or embellished like this:
"Pleasance had shown a couple of the lads how to make rastons in one of the cooling ovens, loaves sweetened with wild honey and scooped out to be stuffed with a mixture of breadcrumbs, butter and onions, then heated again until the butter melts."
"And what of those who lay unshriven and unmourned in mass graves, would they ever be released from purgatory?"
"It was early December, the feast of Saint Barbara, to be exact, the saint who protects us from sudden death, lest we die unshriven with all our sins upon us."
Definition 5: "The hut was constructed of three sheep hurdles bound together with rope, and with an assortment of broken planks nailed together to form a kind of roof which glistened green with slime." Company of Liars by Karen Maitland
"I displayed a few amulets and rings of amber, jacinth, and sardonyx, known cures for deadly fevers, and for those who could not afford gemstones, genuine or otherwise."
NOTE: GOOGLE has *NO* hits for this word - *NONE* Bet the first. My blog post on Hadicaw (http://1word42day.blogspot.com/) is scheduled for 10/2/09 and I will link to you if you have an entry by then. :-)
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Hadicaw: The following quote is from Serena by Ron Rash:
"But most of what adorned the graves attempted to brighten the bleak landscape, not just wildflowers and holly wreaths but something more enduring - yellow-feathered hadicaws, Christmas ornaments, military medals with trailing ribbons, on the grave itself bits of indigo glass and gum foil and rose quartz, which sometimes were cast over the soil like seeds for planting, other times set in elaborate patterns to spell what might be as discernible as a name or obscure as a petrograph."
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dono commented on the word franken
This is a prefix indicating something (monstrous) made of alien/scavenged/inappropriate parts. Refers to Frankenstein - more the popular culture movie character than the character in the Mary Shelley novel.
February 22, 2010
dono commented on the word snicket
Snicket: A British word for alleyway or a narrow path.
"The alleys and snickets were darker than before, but the odd squeal or yell which emanated from their depths suggested they were not deserted."
Quote from Company of Liars by Karen Maitland
September 25, 2009
dono commented on the word rastons
Rastons (not the plural of raston)
Rastons: Rastons is a bread preparation dating from the 15th century that may be as simple as bread and butter or embellished like this:
"Pleasance had shown a couple of the lads how to make rastons in one of the cooling ovens, loaves sweetened with wild honey and scooped out to be stuffed with a mixture of breadcrumbs, butter and onions, then heated again until the butter melts."
Quote from: Company of Liars by Karen Maitland
Source references at: http://foodhistory.tribe.net/thread/9fe5f256-11f9-4a47-b966-7999254c7da4
September 25, 2009
dono commented on the word shrive
Example from Company of Liars by Karen Maitland
"And what of those who lay unshriven and unmourned in mass graves, would they ever be released from purgatory?"
"It was early December, the feast of Saint Barbara, to be exact, the saint who protects us from sudden death, lest we die unshriven with all our sins upon us."
September 24, 2009
dono commented on the word hurdle
Definition 5: "The hut was constructed of three sheep hurdles bound together with rope, and with an assortment of broken planks nailed together to form a kind of roof which glistened green with slime." Company of Liars by Karen Maitland
September 22, 2009
dono commented on the word jacinth
"I displayed a few amulets and rings of amber, jacinth, and sardonyx, known cures for deadly fevers, and for those who could not afford gemstones, genuine or otherwise."
Company of Liars by Karen Maitland
September 22, 2009
dono commented on the word hadicaw
NOTE: GOOGLE has *NO* hits for this word - *NONE* Bet the first. My blog post on Hadicaw (http://1word42day.blogspot.com/) is scheduled for 10/2/09 and I will link to you if you have an entry by then. :-)
Love your site.
Hadicaw: The following quote is from Serena by Ron Rash:
"But most of what adorned the graves attempted to brighten the bleak landscape, not just wildflowers and holly wreaths but something more enduring - yellow-feathered hadicaws, Christmas ornaments, military medals with trailing ribbons, on the grave itself bits of indigo glass and gum foil and rose quartz, which sometimes were cast over the soil like seeds for planting, other times set in elaborate patterns to spell what might be as discernible as a name or obscure as a petrograph."
Book details:
Details
* Hardcover: 384 pages
* Publisher: Ecco; 1 edition (October 7, 2008)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 0061470856
* ISBN-13: 978-0061470851
September 22, 2009