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Chakker

'... other noises were mingled with the chakkering.'

In this form, I couldn't find this word in the OED, but...

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The clash of a stramash

A lovely sounding Scottish or northern English word for a row or an uproar. Never heard this word before, but...

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Forerunner

'Forerunner' originally meant those who ran ahead of a royal progress to mark with white chalk the doors of houses...

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Bourn(e)

A small stream especially intermittent in its flow – (compare 'burn'); a limit or boundary; goal or destination.

‘It arrives...

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Pawky

A perky word I hadn't heard, meaning 'having or showing a sardonic sense of humour'. Origins are mid-17th century Scots and Northern English...

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Syzygy

This astronomical word has always fascinated me, not so much for its meaning as its consonants and repetition. My handwriting...

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Graidely or gradely

Graidely seems an alternative spelling to 'gradely' which means fine and good; promising and likely; being in good health or...

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Chatteration

'Again there was a sudden chatteration of gulls.' A fine description of the confabulations of sea-gulls when they get...

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Cumbrian sheep counting

Rory Stewart came across these numerals, apparently still used to count sheep by Cumbrian farmers. They trot off the tongue...

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Quviannikumut

A glorious Eskimo word for feeling deeply happy - I wish you many moments of quviannikumut.

'Sitting high on a...

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Hasp

A slotted hinged metal plate forming part of a fastening for a door or lid, fitted over a metal loop...

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Flowering and marking

Dorothy Wordsworth refers to 'flowering and marking', meaning to embroider identification signs on linen. I recently bought some wonderful, secondhand and...

Chakker

The clash of a stramash

Forerunner

Bourn(e)

Pawky

Syzygy

Graidely or gradely

Chatteration

Cumbrian sheep counting

Quviannikumut

Hasp

Flowering and marking

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