Vandal

n.

One of a Teutonic race, formerly dwelling on the south shore of the Baltic, the most barbarous and fierce of the northern nations that plundered Rome in the 5th century, notorious for destroying the monuments of art and literature.

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Sciagraphy

n.

The art or science of projecting or delineating shadows as they fall in nature.

Backhander

n.

A backhanded blow.

Formedon

n.

A writ of right for a tenant in tail in case of a discontinuance of the estate tail. This writ has been abolished.

Saturnine

a.

Of or pertaining to lead; characterized by, or resembling, lead, which was formerly called Saturn.

Valinch

n.

A tube for drawing liquors from a cask by the bunghole.

Vacuation

n.

The act of emptying; evacuation.

Safflower

n.

The dried flowers of the Carthamus tinctorius.

Flunky

n.

One easily deceived in buying stocks; an inexperienced and unwary jobber.

Jurat

n.

A person under oath; specifically, an officer of the nature of an alderman, in certain municipal corporations in England.

Jugum

n.

One of the ridges commonly found on the fruit of umbelliferous plants.

Reflection

n.

The return of rays, beams, sound, or the like, from a surface. See Angle of reflection, below.

Floroon

n.

A border worked with flowers.