Aurochs to Zorra

Definitions of titles

Definitions:

aurochs: the European bison (Bison bonasus), once
widely distributed, but now nearly extinct, except
where protected in the Lithuanian forests, and perhaps
in the Caucasus.

bubale: a large antelope (Alcelaphus bubalis) of Egypt
and the Desert of Sahara, supposed by some to be the
fallow deer of the Bible.

chandlery: a storeroom where candles are kept

depurate: to cleanse or purify or become cleansed or
purified.

eyas: a nestling

folkright: a law or right of the people as opposed to
that of the privileged classes.

gardyloo: an old cry in throwing water, slops, etc.,
from the windows in Edinburgh.

hebetate: to make obtuse or dull.

incienso: a shrubby composite desert plant of the SW
U.S. having silvery leaves and clusters of yellow
flowers.

jelly coat: an ovum-produced glycoprotein that causes
adhesion of the sperm to the ovum

Ketuvim: hagiographa; the third division of the Old
Testament

lapidate: to pelt with stones, to stone to death.

mangold: beet with a large yellowish root; grown
chiefly as cattle feed

nevus: a congenital growth or mark on the skin, such
as a mole or birthmark.

ovality: the quality or state of being oval.

palea: a small chafflike bract enclosing the flower of
a grass.

q.d.: (in prescriptions) every day.

regardant: looking backward in profile: a lion
regardant. (heraldry)

saltimbocca: (Italian: salta im bocca, jumps in your
mouth) veal and ham wrapped together and sautéed in
butter, often seasoned with sage.

tirrivee: a tantrum

urtext: the original text, as of a musical score or a
literary work

volti: command to turn a page (music)

wrick: to wrench, strain

xyst: a covered portico, a promenade, a garden walk
planted with trees.

yoicks: used as a cry in fox hunts to encourage the
hounds

zorra: female fox (Spanish)