agrimony

The taste and smell of agrimony, betony, feverfew, and dill are in my clothes, my mouth, my hair, my ears.

The field was filled was covered with patches of agrimony.

The herb agrimony always bears yellow flowers.

(n) Any plant of the rose family having pinnate leaves and small yellow flowers used to help stomach issues

blasphemy

26th Day of December Feast of Saint Stephan, stoned to death for blasphemy.

The man was killed for speaking blasphemy against the church.

Blasphemy against God is a sin so awesomely bad that it can not be forgiven.

(n) An act of cursing or reviling God

Blasphemy

feverfew

The taste and smell of agrimony, betony, feverfew, and dill are in my clothes, my mouth, my hair, my ears.

There is some evidence to suggest that taking the herbal remedy feverfew may be helpful for reducing fever.

The herb feverfew has also been shown to reduce the recurrence rate of migraines.

(n) A bushy plant with small white flowers, used as a remedy for fever and headache

hazel(n) Any shrub of the birch family having toothed, ovate leaves and bearing edible nuts

We took down the hazel branches from the doors and windows and blessed God for keeping us free of witches for another year.

Hazel is the typical home of the dormouse, who use the shrub for a home and eat the nuts for nutrition.

Hazel grows prolifically in my back yard, and the shrub roots are very difficult to remove.

jest

Deus! It was meant as a jest. Joe performed many harmless jests and

jokes, but some people considered them rude.

The teacher jested, and the students thought he was serious.

(n) a joke or witty remark; witticism

(v) to joke or be witty A jester

profanity

Thomas says the king and the people of his court have chosen each his own special profanity so that they don’t have to say “Deus!” or “Corpus bones!” or “Benedicite!” as we ordinary folk do.

The bus driver yelled at Grace and said, ”How dare you speak such inappropriate profanity on this bus!”

The character Ralphie in “The Christmas Story” learned his profanity and bad words from his father.

(n) Profane conduct or language; a profane act or utterance.

Profanity

magpie

The magpie’s water was frozen over this morning, so I have covered all the cages with kirtles and gowns and mantles to keep my birds warm.

A pair of Australian magpies were around the area and created quite a ruckus with their noisy voices and messy black feathers.

From the air, the evil magpie attacked the young boy while riding his bicycle.

Evil Magpie!!!

(n) large, yellow-billed, black-and-white bird known for being noisy and mischievous

sodden

The trees, sodden from the storm, fell in groves with the heavy wind.

The sodden clothing steamed from the sun, hanging on the clothes line.

My workout makes me sodden with sweat.

The pavement was sodden from the constant heavy rain.

(adj.) Soaked with liquid or moisture; saturated.

vex

George and Aelis looked dusty, puzzled, and vexed. He likes to vex me by flirting with my girlfriend.I do not want to vex the teacher and make her

peevish.

(v) To irritate; annoy; provoke

SpongeBob vexes others

wassail

My family always gives a wassail before dinner, and we raise and tip our glasses in honor.

When our friends meet, we always wassail and toast to those who can’t be with us.

Some homes have special glasses to wassail during special holidays.

(n) A salutation wishing health to a person, used when presenting a drink or when drinking to the person(v) To toast and drink to health and prosperity

“Wassail!”