Vocabulary List for "Necromancy in Naat"

bale

\Bale\ (b[=a]l), n. [AS. bealo, bealu, balu; akin to OS. balu, OHG. balo, Icel. b["o]l, Goth. balweins.] 1. Misery; calamity; misfortune; sorrow.

Let now your bliss be turned into bale. --Spenser.

2. Evil; an evil, pernicious influence; something causing great injury. [Now chiefly poetic]

Evil: “Tidings of bale she brought” (William Cullen Bryant).
Mental suffering; anguish: “Relieve my spirit from the bale that bows it down” (Benjamin Disraeli).

sanies

n. pl. sanies
A thin, fetid, greenish fluid consisting of serum and pus discharged from a wound, ulcer, or fistula.

anthropophagi

\An`thro*poph"a*gi\, n. pl. [L., fr. Gr. ? eating men; ? man + + ? to eat.] Man eaters; cannibals. --Shak.

wilderment

\Wil"der*ment\, n. The state of being bewildered; confusion; bewilderment.

And snatched her breathless from beneath This wilderment of wreck and death. --Moore.

bewondered

Bewonder \Be*won"der\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bewondered.] 1. To fill with wonder. [Obs.]

2. To wonder at; to admire. [Obs.]

debarred

Debar \De*bar"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Debarred; p. pr. & vb. n. Debarring.] [Pref. de- + bar.] To cut off from entrance, as if by a bar or barrier; to preclude; to hinder from approach, entry, or enjoyment; to shut out or exclude; to deny or refuse; -- with from, and sometimes with of.

Yet not so strictly hath our Lord imposed Labor, as to debar us when we need Refreshment. --Milton.

Their wages were so low as to debar them, not only from the comforts but from the common decencies of civilized life. --Buckle.

poltroonery

\Pol*troon"er*y\, n. [F. poltronnerie; cf. It. poltroneria.] Cowardice; want of spirit; pusillanimity.

trivet

\Triv"et\, n. [Probably through French fr. L. tripes, -edis, three-footed; tri- (see Tri-)+ pes, pedis, foot: cf. F. tr['e]pied. See Foot, and cf. Tripod.] 1. A tree-legged stool, table, or other support; especially, a stand to hold a kettle or similar vessel near the fire; a tripod. [Written also trevet.]

2. A weaver's knife. See Trevat. --Knight.

Trivet table, a table supported by three legs. --Dryden.

(Here used to mean a three-legged stool.)

serpenting

Serpent \Ser"pent\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Serpented; p. pr. & vb. n. Serpenting.] To wind like a serpent; to crook about; to meander. [R.] ``The serpenting of the Thames.'' --Evelyn.

wonting

Wont \Wont\, v. i. [imp. Wont, p. p. Wont, or Wonted; p. pr. & vb. n. Wonting.] To be accustomed or habituated; to be used.

A yearly solemn feast she wont to make. --Spenser.

mantic

\Man"tic\, a. [Gr. ? prophetic.] Of or pertaining to divination, or to the condition of one inspired, or supposed to be inspired, by a deity; prophetic. [R.] ``Mantic fury.'' --Trench.

parricides

par·ri·cide ( P ) Pronunciation Key (pr-sd)
n.
The murdering of one's father, mother, or other near relative.
One who commits such a murder.


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[Latin parricda, and parricdium pri-, parri-, kin + -cda, -cdium, -cide.]

adjuring

Adjure \Ad*jure"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Adjured; p. pr. & vb. n. Adjuring]. [L. adjurare, adjurdium, to swear to; later, to adjure: cf. F. adjurer. See Jury.] To charge, bind, or command, solemnly, as if under oath, or under the penalty of a curse; to appeal to in the most solemn or impressive manner; to entreat earnestly.

Joshua adjured them at that time, saying, Cursed be the man before the Lord, that riseth up and buildeth this city Jericho. --Josh. vi. 26.

The high priest . . . said . . . I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou be the Christ. --Matt. xxvi. 63.

The commissioners adjured them not to let pass so favorable an opportunity of securing their liberties. --Marshall.

adjuration

\Ad`ju*ra"tion\, n. [L. adjuratio, fr. adjurare: cf. F. adjuration. See Adjure.] 1. The act of adjuring; a solemn charging on oath, or under the penalty of a curse; an earnest appeal.

What an accusation could not effect, an adjuration shall. --Bp. Hall.

2. The form of oath or appeal.

Persons who . . . made use of prayer and adjurations. --Addison.

aforetime

\A*fore"time`\, adv. In time past; formerly. ``He prayed . . . as he did aforetime.'' --Dan. vi. 10.