This Week In Words 1-7-07

buckboard n. A four-wheeled open carriage with the seat or seats attached to a flexible board running between the front and rear axles.

inominate adj. 1. Having no name.  2. Anonymous. 

parang n. A short, heavy, straight-edged knife used in Malaysia and Indonesia as a tool and weapon. 

sennight n. Archaic. A week [Middle English senight, contraction of seveniht, from Old English seofon nihta, seven nights.]

(This week’s definitions were taken from The American Heritage Dictionary, 3rd ed.)

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