This Week In Words 1-14-07

droit n. Law. 1. A legal right. 2. Something to which one has legal right. 

fleshpots >plural n. places providing luxurious or hedonistic living: he had lived the life of a roue in the fleshpots of London and Paris. 

incipit n. The beginning or opening words of the text of a medieval manuscript or early printed book. 

paling >n. a fence made from pointed wooden or metal stakes.

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