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TRUCKLE
PRONUNCIATION: (TRUHK-uhl)
MEANING: verb intr.: To act in a servile manner.
verb tr.: To move or roll on small wheels.
noun: 1. A low bed that slides under another bed. Also known as a truckle bed or a trundle bed.
2. A small wheel.
3. A small barrel-shaped cheese.
ETYMOLOGY: From Anglo-French trocle (roller, pulley), from Latin trochlea (pulley), from Greek trochilea (pulley). Earliest documented use: noun: 1417, verb: 1625.
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TRACKLE - a racetrack 1/8-mile around, the more common length being a quarter-mile
TRUNKLE - pertaining to the torso
TRUCKALE - commoners' cheap beverage that arrives at your pub in a tank truck rather than a bottle or even a keg
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SHELLACK or SHELLAC
PRONUNCIATION: (shuh-LAK)
MEANING: noun:
A resin secreted by the lac insect and purified for use in varnishes, paints, inks, sealing waxes, phonograph records, etc.
A phonograph record, especially a 78 rpm.
A severe defeat or beating.
verb tr.:
To coat or treat with shellac.
To thrash soundly.
To defeat decisively, especially in a contest or game.
ETYMOLOGY: From shell + lac, translation of French laque en écailles (lac in thin plates), from Latin lac, from Arabic lac, from Persian lac, from Prakrit lakkha, from Sanskrit laksha (lac, a red dye). Lac is a resin secreted by the lac insect. Earliest documented use: noun: 1713, verb: 1876.
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SHELL DC - an enlightened Shell Oil Co offers recharging ports for electric vehicles at its fuel stations
SHE'LL ACT - what will happen when she realizes she can't sing or dance
SHELL ACE - a handy thing to have during the Merpeople's Poker Championship
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HONE
PRONUNCIATION: (hohn)
MEANING: noun:
A fine-grained stone or tool for sharpening blades.
A precision tool with a rotating abrasive tip, used to enlarge or smooth a hole.
verb tr.:
To sharpen on a hone.
To enlarge or smooth a hole using a honing tool.
To refine or perfect a skill through long practice.
ETYMOLOGY: From Old English han (stone). Earliest documented use: noun: before 1150, verb: 1400.
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pH ONE - a highly acid solution
HIONE - a Hawaiian ketone (compare HIYONE, a Silver ketone)
HP-ONE - the first prototype hand-held calculator from Hewlett-Packard
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VULN
PRONUNCIATION: (vuhln)
MEANING: noun: Vulnerability: susceptibility to attack, injury, or temptation.
verb tr.: To wound.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin vulnerare (to wound), from vulnus (wound). Earliest documented use: verb: 1583, noun: unknown.
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VILN - a city in Lithuania
V-ULNA - an uncommon deformity of the funnybone, in the lower arm
AVULN - home of King Arthur and the Nuts of the Round Table
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OIK
PRONUNCIATION: (oik)
MEANING: noun: A person perceived as uncouth, unpleasant, and of lower social standing.
ETYMOLOGY: Of unknown origin. Earliest documented use: 1917. Also see chav and yob.
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WOIK - Brooklynese for "Services performed to earn money"
ONIK - a singular semi-precious stone, black with white stripes, traditionally the birthstone for July
OK,IK - shorthand for "We're both doin' all right"
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KERF
PRONUNCIATION: (kuhrf)
MEANING: noun:nn1. A cut, notch, slit, etc. made by a cutting tool.
2. The width of such a cut.
ETYMOLOGY: From Old English cyrf (a cutting). Earliest documented use: before 1150.
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PERF - short for perforations, where Toilet Paper tears. Or doesn't.
SKERF - a head covering worn by the orthographically challenged
SERF - where a seashore-dwelling feudal peasant plays in the waves
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LEAL
PRONUNCIATION: (leel)
MEANING: adjective: Loyal; honest; true.
ETYMOLOGY: From Old French leel, from Latin legalis (legal), from lex (law). Earliest documented use: 1300.
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ALEAL - alternate forms of the same gene leading to different external manifestations of a trait
LEIAL - like the Princess of Alderaan (Surprise! Not of Naboo!)
LEIAL - 2) like a floral necklace
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ERST
PRONUNCIATION: (uhrst)
MEANING: adverb: Formerly: in the past.
ETYMOLOGY: From Old English ǣrest (first), superlative of ǣr (early). Ultimately from the Indo-European root ayer- (day, morning), which also gave us early and ere. Earliest documented use: before 1150. The word is more commonly found in the adjective form erstwhile.
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ERAST - rubbed out
ERSAT - one fake (several would be "ersatz")
'EREST - what G-d do on the seventh day
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