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31water-horse — (noun)) 1) a stack of salted cod fish piled in layers to drain, having recently been removed from salt and washed clean in Newfoundland. After the piling and draining (or pressing out), water horse fish were taken up onto the drying rack or flake …
32adhocism — ad hoc·ism also ad hoc·ism (ăd hŏkʹĭz əm, hōʹkĭz ) n. The tendency to establish temporary, chiefly improvisational policies and procedures to deal with specific problems and tasks: “In the absence of specific policies carefully tended by… …
33Basque — /bask/, n. 1. one of a people of unknown origin inhabiting the western Pyrenees regions in France and Spain. 2. their language, not known to be related to any other language. 3. (l.c.) a close fitting bodice, sometimes having an extension that… …
34knot garden — an intricately designed flower or herb garden with plants arranged to create an interlacing pattern, sometimes with fanciful topiary and carefully tended paths. [1510 20] * * * …
35Papua New Guinea — an independent republic in the W Pacific Ocean, comprising the E part of New Guinea and numerous near lying islands, including the Bismarck Archipelago, the Admiralty Islands, the Trobriand Islands, and Bougainville and Buka in the Solomon… …
36prairie dog — any of several burrowing rodents of the genus Cynomys, of North American prairies, having a barklike cry: some are endangered. [1765 75, Amer.] * * * Any of five species (genus Cynomys) of short legged, terrestrial squirrels, named for their… …
37gabija — ▪ Baltic religion also spelled gabieta (Lithuanian) , Latvian uguns māte , Old Prussian panicke in Baltic religion, the domestic hearth fire. In pre Christian times a holy fire (šventa ugnis) was kept in tribal sanctuaries on high hills …
38lawn — [lo:n US lo:n] n [Sense: 1; Date: 1500 1600; : Old French; Origin: launde open space between woods ] [Sense: 2; Date: 1400 1500; Origin: Laon, town in northern France where such cloth was made] 1.) [U and C] an area of ground in a garden or park… …
39Ochterlony, Captain — WM Rescued by French grenadier from Indian about to scalp him, 142; carefully tended by nuns of General Hospital, 145 …
40green — [grēn] adj. [ME grene < OE, akin to Ger grün, Du groen: for IE base see GROW] 1. of the color that is characteristic of growing grass 2. a) overspread with or characterized by green plants or foliage [a green field] b) made of green leaved… …
