More words. (I can’t seem to stop.)
chib Scottish noun: a knife used as a weapon. verb (chibs, chibbing, chibbed) [ with obj. stab (someone). ORIGIN perhaps a variant of shiv.
shufti noun (pl.shuftis) Brit. informal, a look or reconnoitre, especially a quick one: I'll take a shufti round the wood while I'm about it. ORIGIN 1940s (originally military slang): from Arabic šāfa ‘try to see
chitin (THE WORD I FOUND WAS chitinous) Chitin is a noun [ mass noun ] Biochemistry: a fibrous substance consisting of polysaccharides, which is the major constituent in the exoskeleton of arthropods and the cell walls of fungi. DERIVATIVES chitinous adjective ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from French chitine, formed irregularly from Greek khitōn
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semmet (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/semmit) Once on returning from a visit to the hospital he told us that an old man had spoken of his semmet, the Scots for what an Englishman calls his vest.
harled…. Harling is a rough-cast wall finish consisting of lime and aggregate, notable for its rough texture. Many castles and other buildings in Scotland and Ulster have walls finished with harling. It's also used on contemporary buildings, where it protects against the wet Scottish climate and Ulster climate and eliminates the need for paint.
glacis noun 1 a bank sloping down from a fort which exposes attackers to the defenders' missiles. 2 (also glacis plate) a sloping piece of armour plate protecting part of a vehicle. ORIGIN late 17th cent.: from French, from Old French glacier ‘to slip’, from glace ‘ice’, based on Latin glacies .
ravelin noun historical: an outwork of fortifications, with two faces forming a salient angle, constructed beyond the main ditch and in front of the curtain. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from French, from obsolete Italian ravellino, of unknown origin.
AND THEN THERE’S redoubt AND redan
combe (also coomb or coombe—i found coomb) noun Brit. a short valley or hollow on a hillside or coastline, especially in southern England. • Geology a dry valley in a limestone or chalk escarpment. ORIGIN Old English cumb, occurring in charters in the names of places in southern England, many of which survive; of Celtic origin, related to cwm.
iconostasis noun (pl.iconostases |-siːz| ) a screen bearing icons, separating the sanctuary of many Eastern churches from the nave. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from modern Greek eikonostasis, from eikōn ‘likeness’ + stasis ‘standing, stopping’.
baksheesh (also backsheesh) noun [ mass noun ] In parts of Asia) a small sum of money given as alms, a tip, or a bribe. the children smiled back and asked for baksheesh. ORIGIN based on Persian baḵšīš, from baḵšīdan ‘give’.
WE KNEW THAT ONE, DIDN’T WE? OKAY, HERE’S A NEW ONE.
27 Jun 2017 ... The words “woke” and “post-truth” have been added to the Oxford Dictionaries Word of the Year.
Woke is defined by the status of awareness that a person or entity has about a specific or multiple issues. Stay Woke is slang term originated by Black Americans to punctuate a state of affairs or issue that has or is currently causing harm to Black Americans. Apr 17, 2019
Urban Dictionary defines "woke" as being aware, and "knowing what's going on in the community." It also mentions its specific ties to racism and social injustice.
Wikipedia: Woke as a political term of African American origin refers to a perceived awareness of issues concerning social justice and racial justice. It is derived from the African-American Vernacular English expression "stay woke", whose grammatical aspect refers to a continuing awareness of these issues.
By the late 2010s, woke had been adopted as a more generic slang term and has been the subject of memes and ironic usage. Its widespread use since 2014 is a result of the Black Lives Matter movement.
WELL, I SORT OF KNEW WHAT IT MEANT BUT THAT EXPLAINS MORE.
It pays to take the time.