Monday, April 20, 2009

poetry is WORDS.

bedlamite - lunatic
yoke -
yardage -
scintillating - vivacious
shrill - high-pitched noise; marked by great intensity; betraying some strong emotion or attitude in an exaggerated amount, as antagonism or defensiveness
incandescent - intensely bright; brilliant, masterly
tartan - 1. a woolen or worsted cloth woven with stripes of different colors and widths crossing at right angles, worn chiefly by the Scottish Highlanders, each clan having its own distinctive plaid.
2. a design of such a plaid known by the name of the clan wearing it.
3. any plaid.
bobbin - spool
treadle - lever worked by action of foot to put machine into motion

cor⋅nice
   /ˈkɔrnɪs/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [kawr-nis] Show IPA noun, verb, -niced, -nic⋅ing.
–noun
1. Architecture.
a. any prominent, continuous, horizontally projecting feature surmounting a wall or other construction, or dividing it horizontally for compositional purposes.
b. the uppermost member of a classical entablature, consisting of a bed molding, a corona, and a cymatium, with rows of dentils, modillions, etc., often placed between the bed molding and the corona.
2. any of various other ornamental horizontal moldings or bands, as for concealing hooks or rods from which curtains are hung or for supporting picture hooks.
3. a mass of snow, ice, etc., projecting over a mountain ridge.

par⋅ox⋅ysm
   /ˈpærəkˌsɪzəm/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [par-uhk-siz-uhm] Show IPA
–noun
1. any sudden, violent outburst; a fit of violent action or emotion: paroxysms of rage.
2. Pathology. a severe attack or a sudden increase in intensity of a disease, usually recurring periodically.

wring⋅er
   /ˈrɪŋər/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [ring-er] Show IPA
–noun
1. a person or thing that wrings.
2. an apparatus or machine for squeezing liquid out of anything wet, as two rollers through which an article of wet clothing may be squeezed.
3. a painful, difficult, or tiring experience; ordeal (usually prec. by through the): His child's illness really put him through the wringer.

man⋅gle
1   /ˈmæŋgəl/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [mang-guhl] Show IPA
–verb (used with object), -gled, -gling.
1. to injure severely, disfigure, or mutilate by cutting, slashing, or crushing: The coat sleeve was mangled in the gears of the machine.
2. to spoil; ruin; mar badly: to mangle a text by careless typesetting.

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