[NFBV-Potomac-Announce] FW: Vocabulary for Destiny of the Republic

[John Halverson]

Colleagues,

Carl has prepared a vocabulary for Destiny of the Republic.  It is attached and below.

Thank you Carl.

John

p 18 exsection – the removal by operation of a portion of a limb, especially the removal of a portion of a bone in the vicinity of a joint
P 41 splutters – hasty speaking
P 41 spit curl – small curl of hair trained to lie flat
P 41 supereminent – dated word for preeminent – surpassing all others
P 43 arch – cocky
P 87 interlineation – lines inserted between lines already printed
P 88 – greensward – turf that is green with growing grass
P 90 huzzas – loud huzzas – shouts of joy
P 94 withal - besides
P 96 – apoplectic – of a kind to cause or apparently cause stroke
P 100 – ferruginous thrush – a thrush resembling iron rust in color
P 165 – coagula - clot
P 184 – pyaemia – blood poisoning (septicemia) caused by the spread in the bloodstream of pus-forming bacteria released from an abscess.
P 185 – poultice - a soft usually heated and sometimes medicated mass spread on cloth and applied to sores or other lesions
P 205 – garret - a room or unfinished part of a house just under the roof
P 219 – epistolary silence – failing to write letters
P 237 – perfidy - disloyalty
P 238 – Conkling his Cromwell – In the same way that Oliver Cromwell had power over King Charles I, Conkling had power over Chester Arthur.
P 251 – koumiss – a drink made from fermented horse milk
P 263 – forebearing – patient and restrained
P 264 – sentient – aware
P 278 – quoits – a flattened ring of iron or circle of rope used in a throwing game
P 278 – sequestration – taking into custody
P 289 – fons et origo mali – source and origin of evil
P 293 – pulmonary edema – a condition caused by excess fluid in the lungs






From: Carl Knoettner [mailto:carl_knoettner at verizon.net]
Sent: Tuesday, September 24, 2019 1:54 PM
To: jwh100 at outlook.com
Subject: Vocabulary for Destiny of the Republic

Attached is the Vocabulary for Destiny of the Republic.
Please forward to the rest of the book club members.
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