Word Furrows from Emily baneful intangible impaction dental practitioner denude implore doss down duck down It was a baneful existence. She meant that quite literally, as she described the role of shabwajer to the new cadet. Shabwajers were there to denude the King, if the King ever became, shall we say, unsuitable to the practice [...]

Word Furrows from Emily: grand kibitz uppishness urinator middle age maiden maidenform lowbrow ‘Twas only grand for a short while. I thought middle age would be a new era for me. Leaving behind the brash naiveté of youth, the forced humility of too-many-lessons-too-fast, the fevered hunger for faster truth. I thought a calm inner resolve [...]

Words Furrows from Emily: sanguine limpid luging animal husbandry stuffed animal fondler petter There were only a handful of petters that were allowed in the zoo. This was due to the harsh and random attacks that the humans would inflict on beings if they weren’t properly trained and disguised. Untrained beings were too sanguine; the [...]