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gimlet - 1. A small hand tool having a spiraled shank, a screw tip, and a cross handle and used for boring holes. 2. A cocktail made with vodka or gin, sweetened lime juice, and sometimes effervescent water and garnished with a slice of lime.

tabued - alt. spelling of Tabooed; tr.v. - to exclude from use, approach, or mention; place under taboo

demark - v. (used with object) - demarcate

kamala - n. - The red dusty hairs of the capsules of an East Indian tree (Mallotus Philippinensis) used for dyeing silk. It is violently emetic, and is used in the treatment of tapeworm.

amrita - 1. The ambrosia, prepared by the Hindu gods, that bestows immortality. 2. The immortality achieved by drinking amrita.

abused - imp. & p. p. - of Abuse; to use wrongly or improperly; misuse

dadgum - adj. - (Chiefly Southern U.S.) used as an intensive to express mild annoyance

matzah - n. - brittle flat bread eaten at Passover

holdup - n. -

1. a forcible stopping and robbing of a person.
2. a stop or delay in the progress of something: There was a holdup in the construction of the bridge.
3. an instance of being charged excessively.

pyrrol - n. - A nitrogenous base found in coal tar, bone oil, and other distillates of organic substances, and also produced synthetically as a colorless liquid, C4H5N, having on odor like that of chloroform. It is the nucleus and origin of a large number of derivatives. So called because it colors a splinter of wood moistened with hydrochloric acid a deep red.