ODD WORDS FROM KINDLE TOUCH, VOL. 1

aitches = pronunciation of the letter "h, plural

arums = flowers like jack-in-the-pulpit

baht = monetary unit of Thailand

borstal = British youth correctional officer

chinwag = no meaning found

curlew = brown, long-legged wading bird

dotards = foolish doddering old person

drogue = funnel-shaped device towed behind                      an airplane to create drag

eland = large, ox-like Africa antelopes

ergs = unit of energy in the metric system

festian = no meaning found

fretsaw = saw with a long, narrow blade used                       for cutting curved patterns

geed = no meaning found

gneiss = a spark found in a metamorphic rock

hared = no meaning found

hons = pulled forcibly; dragged; hauled

idem = the same as that previously                                      mentioned

ilea = no meaning found


jape = to joke, jest, or have fun

kine = cows; cattle

kitted = no meaning found

lavage = washing out of an organ, i.e. sinuses

lepta = no meaning found

moil = drudgery, work

nisei = any native or Canadian person born of                Japanese immigrant parents

nonce = present; time being

oaten = made of oats, oatmeal or oat straw

osier = a number of related willows whose                        stems are used for baskets or furniture

panto = all or every

puling = no meaning found

ranee = no meaning found

ratlins = no meaning found

scarped = cut into a steep slope

staee = no meaning found

teds = grass scattered for drying as hay

trews = close-fitting tartan trousers

vela = membranous partitions

weirs = low damns to divert water