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The real-life words
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lost in the
time-stream
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1. Aglet - The plain or ornamental covering on the end of a shoelace.
2. Bibcock - A faucet with a bent-down nozzle.
3. Brassard - A cloth band worn around the upper arm. It often bears an identifying mark - like the one with a swastika that Hitler wore.
4. Bretelles - A pair of ornamental suspenderlike straps that go from the belt on the front of a dress over the shoulders to the belt in the back.
5. Duff - The decaying organic matter found on a forest floor.
6. Harp - The small metal hoop that supports a lampshade.
7. Hemidemisemiquaver - A 64th note. (A 32nd note is a demisemiquaver, and a 16th note is a
semiquaver).
8. Hick or Punt - The indentation at the bottom of some wine bottles. It gives added strength to the bottle but lessens its holding capacity.
9. Phosphenes - The lights you see when you close your eyes hard. Technically, the luminous impressions are due to the excitation of the retina caused by pressure on the eyeball.
10. Piggin - A small wooden pail with one long stave used as the handle.
11. Quarrel - A small, diamond-shaped pane of glass, like that used in lattice windows.
12. Sambrowne Belt - A leather belt for a dress uniform. It is supported by a light strap that passes over the right shoulder. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police wear them.
13. Solidus - The oblique stroke (/) used between words, or in fractions, as 7/8. It is also called a diagonal,
separatrix, virgule, shilling, slant, or slash.
14. Tang - The projecting prong ona tool or instrument.
15. Tobies - The small pottery jugs, mugs, and pitchers that are used for ale. A toby is shaped like a stout man with a cocked hat, a comer of which serves as the pourer.
16. Zarf - A holder for a handleless coffee cup.
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