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CORBET - Tom the Space Cadet
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08/13/2026 8:10 PM
CORBEL
PRONUNCIATION: (KOR-buhl)
MEANING: noun: 1. An architectural support projecting from a wall to bear weight.
verb tr.: 1. To arrange (bricks, stones, etc.) in stepped courses to form a corbel.
2. To support by means of a corbel or corbels.
ETYMOLOGY: From Old French corbel (little raven), a diminutive of corp or corb (raven), from Latin corvus (raven), apparently alluding to the corbel’s beaklike shape. Earliest documented use: c. 1400 for the noun and 1859 for the verb.
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BORBEL - what a Jabberwock does as it comes whiffling through the tulgey wood
COBBEL - (verb) what a shoemaker does; (noun) the capital of Afghanistan
CORPEL - pertaining to the wrist body
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SKIRL - the sound of bagpipes
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08/12/2026 4:55 PM
SKIRR
PRONUNCIATION: (skuhr)
MEANING: verb intr.: To move rapidly, especially away.
verb tr.: To range rapidly over an area, especially in search of something.
noun: A whirring or grating sound.
ETYMOLOGY: Perhaps a variant of scour (to move rapidly or search), itself perhaps from Old Norse skur (shower). Earliest documented use: 1548 for the verb and c. 1870 for the noun.
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OSKIRR - award for making the best Irish movie of the year
SHIRR - to bake an egg in a tall cuplike dish with a narrow rim at the top
STIRR - to mix gently with a spoon, or a stick, and a Scottish burr
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RAPTULE - a small rapt
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08/12/2026 4:40 PM
RAPTURE
PRONUNCIATION: (RAP-chuhr)
MEANING: noun: 1. A state or expression of ecstasy.
2. In some Christian theologies, the supernatural taking up of believers from earth during the end times.
verb tr.: 1. To fill with joy; enrapture.
2. To cause a believer to be taken up supernaturally from earth during the end times.
ETYMOLOGY: From rapt + -ure, ultimately from Latin rapere (to seize). Earliest documented use: 1594 for the noun and 1636 for the verb.
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RA, PURE - the Sun God, undiluted
RAP TURN - it's Open Mike night, and you're on
RAPT, SURE - definitely paying attention!
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ASSCART - a two-wheeled vehicle pulled by a donkey
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08/12/2026 4:29 PM
ASSART
PRONUNCIATION: (uh-SART)
MEANING: noun: 1. A tract of woodland cleared for cultivation.
2. The act of clearing such land.
verb tr., intr.: To clear woodland for cultivation.
ETYMOLOGY: From French essart (cleared land) and essarter (to clear), ultimately from Latin exsarire (to weed out), from ex- (out) + sarire (to hoe or weed). Earliest documented use: before 1450 for the noun and 1523 for the verb.
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MASSART - a statewide program to support graphic, visual, musical, and theatrical culture in Massachusetts
ASHART - an image created from fire residue
ABSART - a tattoo on the belly
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