Scripophily
The hobby of collecting old bond or share certificates. Know any scripophiles? Â You could claim to be one the next...
Chinese chirps
Very close to the sound of some birds, this Chinese cheep-cheep chirpy sound. Perhaps a turtledove?
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Skirr (or skyr, skir, sker and so on)
'... and skirred to its mate ...'
A swift, sweeping, sailing sort of word which obviously means to flee or...
A cowardice of curs
What a pity we no longer use 'cur' to objurgate someone.  And how appropriate that the collective noun should be...
Dustsceawung
A sobering if orthographically challenging and barely pronounceable Old English word meaning 'the contemplation of dust'. Not a question of...
Wicker cradle, basket pram
A bassinette (generally spelled 'bassinet') was an oblong wicker basket with a hood at one end, used as a cradle...
Orographic
I learned some fine landscape words from reading Barry Lopez’s Arctic Dreams.  Orographic means ‘relating to mountains, especially as regards...
Convex columns
A clever way to counter the optical illusion of concavity that straight-sided columns have, by making them convex.
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