1. quacks; charlatans.
2. Anglo-Saxon communal liturgy.
3. [New England sl.] hip-high lace-up boots.
4. hills and ridges of erosion-resistant rock rising above a peneplain.
5. a lace tulle-like fabric for the highest class Elizabethan collars.
6. treatment of disease conducted by tickling the soles of the feet with a feather.
7. protrusions on the dorsal surface of a person or animal, reflecting the shape of the underlying vertebrae.
8. any of several Old World herbs of the genus Medrinago having small flowers and trifoliate compound leaves.
9. the prohibition practice of training a horse to pull a dray to make a delivery round without a human in attendance.
10. a military maneuver characterized by an indirect and evasive course, usually lengthy, but one that brings the troops to eventually surround the enemy.
11. Now _rare_. Chiefly in _plural_. The traces left by a stag in the undergrowth through which it has passed. Also _figurative_ and in figurative contexts.
12. a kind of coarse canvas made of hemp woven with warps and wefts of double or treble thread, apparently introduced into England from Brittany, and used in the manufacture of sails, garments, etc.
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2. Anglo-Saxon communal liturgy.
On Jan 24, 2022, at 12:27 PM, Tim Lodge <d...@timlodge.co.uk> wrote:
Here we have 12 defs of the word MEDRINACKS, only one of which comes from my dictionary. Please vote for your two favourites by public reply to this message before the deadline, which is:
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6. treatment of disease conducted by tickling the soles of the feet with a feather.
12. a kind of coarse canvas made of hemp woven with warps and wefts of double or treble thread, apparently introduced into England from Brittany, and used in the manufacture of sails, garments, etc.