Fa – the Green Dragon

A Place for the Odd Musings of an Expat Bristolian


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Obscure words explained51. – dabble

DABBLE

to splash or spatter

The moon over the water

dabbling the waves gold


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Obscure words explained 43. – caliginous

CALIGINOUS

Dim weather outside

It’s a dark and stormy night

porch light dispels gloom

 


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Obscure words explained 35. – gallimaufry

GALLIMAUFRY

A jumbled medley

It’s the way I cook breakfast

It always tastes good


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Obscure words explained 30. – recherché

RECHERCHÉ

Sought out with much care

like panning for specks of gold

or bargains at sales

 

 


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obscure words explained 29. – crummock

CRUMMOCK

A staff with crooked head

used walking in the countryside

Good to have at hand

 


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Obscure words explained27. – guddle

GUDDLE

Fishing lying down

searching under the stream’s rocks

catching fish with hands


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Obscure words explained 24. – benthos

BENTHOS

the community

of organisms found in

foreshore tidal pools