Josh, Anne-Marie, and Aylia Colwell’s Gazette

After a great dinner at John and Carla’s we had our now annual Dictionary Game routine (see here for last year). Here are some highlights:

Taurobolium:
A round arena for bullfighting (Aylia)
A bullfighting ring (Josh)
That ugly bong that your grandmother bought in Spain (Atticus)
Related to cow tipping, but much higher risk (Carl)

Mohock:
A large cut of pork (Brad)
To remove the essence or flavor by boiling (Aylia)
Native American prononciation of Mohawk (Anne-Marie)
One of a gang of aristocratic ruffians who attacked people at night on the streets of London in the early part of the 18-th century (real definition!)

Hendiadys:
Jewelry for a chicken (Josh)
In Greek mythology, a forest nymph (Brad)
An inflammation of the uvula (John)
An alphabet adapted from hieroglyphics (Carla)
Figure of speech in which an idea is expressed by two words connected by “and” (real definition)

Hilch:
A little hill in Wales (Anne-Marie)
A common drink in the middle ages made from fish milk, oysters and the root of the oak tree (Atticus)
The middle part of shilchy (Aylia)
To limp (Carla, whom I think had the dictionary, though an online search now says it means to lift)

Decussate:
What a bear does in the woods (Atticus)
The condition of being without teeth (Brad)
A long bench from Roman times which would seat 10 Centurians (Carl)
A 10-line religious mantra (John)
To cross in the form of an X (the real definition)