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# pelas chagas de Jesus
## Portuguese
### Etymology

Literally, “for the wounds of Jesus”.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /pe.lɐs ˈʃa.ɡɐz d͡ʒi ʒeˈzu(j)s/ [pe.lɐs ˈʃa.ɡɐz d͡ʒi ʒeˈzu(ɪ̯)s]
* (Brazil) IPA: /pe.lɐs ˈʃa.ɡɐz d͡ʒi ʒeˈzu(j)s/ [pe.lɐs ˈʃa.ɡɐz d͡ʒi ʒeˈzu(ɪ̯)s]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /pe.lɐ ˈʃa.ɡɐʒ d͡ʒi ʒeˈzu(j)ʃ/ [pe.lɐ ˈʃa.ɡɐʒ d͡ʒi ʒeˈzu(ɪ̯)ʃ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /pe.las ˈʃa.ɡaz de ʒeˈzu(j)s/ [pe.las ˈʃa.ɡaz de ʒeˈzu(ɪ̯)s]
* (Portugal) IPA: /pɨ.lɐ ˈʃa.ɡɐʒ dɨ ʒɨˈzuʃ/ [pɨ.lɐ ˈʃa.ɣɐʒ ðɨ ʒɨˈzuʃ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /pɨ.lɐ ˈʃa.ɡɐʒ dɨ ʒɨˈzuʃ/ [pɨ.lɐ ˈʃa.ɣɐʒ ðɨ ʒɨˈzuʃ]
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /pɨ.lɐʃ ˈt͡ʃa.ɡɐʒ dɨ ʒɨˈzuʃ/ [pɨ.lɐʃ ˈt͡ʃa.ɣɐʒ ðɨ ʒɨˈzuʃ]

### Interjection

pelas chagas de Jesus
* for God's sake
    Synonym: pelo amor de Deus
** 1972, Maria de Lourdes Bandeira, “Música”, in Os Kariris de Mirandela: um grupo indígena integrado‎, page 136:Si subesse de certeza / qui tu me quiria bem / num cumia nem bibia / num falava cum ninguém […] meu benzim num seja falso / pelas chaga de Jesus / qu’eu corro de gente falso / cumo o cão corre da cruzIf I were sure you truly loved me, I wouldn’t eat or drink, wouldn’t talk to anyone […] My darling, don’t be false, for God’s sake, for I run from false people like the devil runs from the cross.
# 作宾
## Chinese

* For pronunciation and definitions of 作宾 – see 作賓 (“to become a guest”). (This term is the simplified form of 作賓).
* Notes:Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore.Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.
# -yk
## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɘk/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɘk
* Syllabification: [please specify syllabification manually]

### Etymology 1

See -ik.

#### Suffix

-yk m
* Alternative form of -ik
    ‎rycerz + ‎-yk → ‎rycerzyk

##### Derived terms
### Etymology 2

From the old nominative of Proto-Slavic *-y m (accusative *-enь) +‎ -k.

#### Suffix

-yk m
* forms masculine diminutives from words ending in -eń.
    ‎kamień + ‎-yk → ‎kamyk
    ‎grzebień + ‎-yk → ‎grzebyk

### Further reading

* -yk in Polish dictionaries at PWN
# дяка
## Nanai
### Etymology

From Proto-Tungusic *ǯiaka, compare Manchu ᠵᠠᡴᠠ (jaka) and Manchu ᠵᡳᡥᠠ (jiha). Doublet of диха (ʒiha).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /d͡ʒaka/
* Hyphenation: дя‧ка

### Noun

дяка (ʒaka)
* thing
* issue
* being
* valuable

### References

* S. N. Onenko (1980) “дяка”, in V. A. Avrorina, editor, Нанайско-русский словарь [Nanai-Russian dictionary], Русский язык

## Ukrainian
### Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Ruthenian дѧ́ка (djáka).

### Noun

дя́ка • (djáka) f inan (genitive дя́ки, uncountable)
* thanks, gratitude, gratefulness, thankfulness
* (obsolete) will

#### Related terms

* дя́кую (djákuju)
* дя́ка Бо́гові (djáka Bóhovi)

### Etymology 2

From дяк (djak).

### Noun

дякá • (djaká) m
* genitive/accusative singular of дяк (djak)

### Further reading

* Hrinchenko, Borys, editor (1907–1909), “дя́ка”, in Словарь украинского языка [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Russian), Kyiv: Kievskaya starina
* Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “дяка”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
* Rusanivskyi, V. M., editor (2013), “дя́ка”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 4 (д – жучо́к), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
# gaveta
## Catalan
### Etymology

From Latin gabata, probably via Occitan.

### Noun

gaveta f (plural gavetes)
* (construction) trough, bucket (container for mixing mortar, cement, etc.)
* (humorous) tricorn worn by the guardia civil

### Further reading

* “gaveta”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025

## Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* gav. (abbreviation)

### Etymology

From Old Occitan gaveda, from Latin gabata. Compare Italian gavetta (“mess tin”).

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ɡaˈve.tɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ɡaˈve.tɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ɡaˈve.ta/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɡɐˈve.tɐ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɡɐˈve.tɐ/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /ɡɐˈbe.tɐ/ [ɡɐˈβe.tɐ]
* Rhymes: -etɐ

### Noun

gaveta f (plural gavetas)
* drawer (open-topped box in a cabinet used for storing)

#### Derived terms

* comer na gaveta
* engavetar
* estar na gaveta
* gaveta aberta
* gavetão
* gaveteiro
* gavetinha
* maracujá de gaveta

#### Descendants

* → Tetum: gaveta

### Further reading

* “gaveta”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “gaveta”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian gavetta, from Latin găbata.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡaˈbeta/ [ɡaˈβ̞e.t̪a]
* Rhymes: -eta
* Syllabification: ga‧ve‧ta

### Noun

gaveta f (plural gavetas)
* drawer (open-topped box in a cabinet used for storing)
    Synonym: cajón
* locker
    Synonyms: armario, casillero, locker (Latin America)
* (construction) mixing trough or bucket
    Synonym: cuezo
* (Cuba, Puerto Rico) glove box
    Synonym: guantera

#### Derived terms

* engavetar
* gavetero

### Further reading

* “gaveta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
* “gaveta”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010
# Bósnia-Herzegovina
## Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* Bósnia e Herzegovina
* Bósnia-Herzegóvina

### Etymology

From Serbo-Croatian Bȍsna i Hèrcegovina.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈbɔz.ni.ɐ eʁ.ze.ɡoˈvĩ.nɐ/ [ˈbɔz.nɪ.ɐ eɦ.ze.ɡoˈvĩ.nɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ˈbɔz.njɐ eʁ.ze.ɡoˈvĩ.nɐ/ [ˈbɔz.njɐ eɦ.ze.ɡoˈvĩ.nɐ]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈbɔz.ni.ɐ eʁ.ze.ɡoˈvĩ.nɐ/ [ˈbɔz.nɪ.ɐ eɦ.ze.ɡoˈvĩ.nɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ˈbɔz.njɐ eʁ.ze.ɡoˈvĩ.nɐ/ [ˈbɔz.njɐ eɦ.ze.ɡoˈvĩ.nɐ]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /ˈbɔz.ni.ɐ eɾ.ze.ɡoˈvĩ.nɐ/ [ˈbɔz.nɪ.ɐ eɾ.ze.ɡoˈvĩ.nɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ˈbɔz.njɐ eɾ.ze.ɡoˈvĩ.nɐ/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ˈbɔʒ.ni.ɐ eʁ.ze.ɡoˈvĩ.nɐ/ [ˈbɔʒ.nɪ.ɐ eʁ.ze.ɡoˈvĩ.nɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ˈbɔʒ.njɐ eʁ.ze.ɡoˈvĩ.nɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈbɔz.ni.a eɻ.ze.ɡoˈvi.na/ [ˈbɔz.nɪ.a eɻ.ze.ɡoˈvi.na], (faster pronunciation) /ˈbɔz.nja eɻ.ze.ɡoˈvi.na/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈbɔʒ.njɐ ɛɾ.zɨ.ɡɔˈvi.nɐ/ [ˈbɔʒ.njɐ ɛɾ.zɨ.ɣɔˈvi.nɐ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈbɔʒ.njɐ ɛɾ.zɨ.ɡɔˈvi.nɐ/ [ˈbɔʒ.njɐ ɛɾ.zɨ.ɣɔˈvi.nɐ]
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /ˈbɔʒ.njɐ ɛɾ.zɨ.ɡɔˈbi.nɐ/ [ˈbɔʒ.njɐ ɛɾ.zɨ.ɣɔˈβi.nɐ]
* Hyphenation: Bós‧ni‧a‧-Her‧ze‧go‧vi‧na

### Proper noun

Bósnia-Herzegovina f
* Bosnia and Herzegovina (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe; capital and largest city: Saraievo)
    Synonym: (informal) Bósnia

#### Usage notes

Do not confuse with Federação da Bósnia-Herzegovina, a polity of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

#### See also

* Federação da Bósnia-Herzegovina
* República Sérvia
* Albânia
* Alemanha
* Andorra
* Arménia (Portugal) ~ Armênia (Brazil)
* Áustria
* Azerbaijão
* Bélgica
* Bielorrússia
* Bósnia-Herzegovina (Portugal) ~ Bósnia e Herzegovina (Brazil)
* Bulgária
* Cazaquistão
* Chipre
* Cosovo ~ Kosovo
* Croácia
* Dinamarca
* Eslováquia
* Eslovénia (Portugal) ~ Eslovênia (Brazil)
* Espanha
* Estónia (Portugal) ~ Estônia (Brazil)
* Finlândia
* França
* Geórgia
* Grécia
* Holanda (Portugal) ~ Países Baixos
* Hungria
* Irlanda
* Islândia
* Itália
* Letónia (Portugal) ~ Letônia (Brazil)
* Liechtenstein
* Lituânia
* Luxemburgo
* Macedónia do Norte (Portugal) ~ Macedônia do Norte (Brazil)
* Malta
* Moldávia
* Mónaco (Portugal) ~ Mônaco (Brazil)
* Montenegro
* Noruega
* Polónia (Portugal) ~ Polônia (Brazil)
* Portugal
* Reino Unido
* República Checa (Portugal) ~ República Tcheca (Brazil)
* Roménia (Portugal) ~ Romênia (Brazil)
* Rússia
* San Marino
* Sérvia
* Suécia
* Suíça
* Turquia
* Ucrânia
* Vaticano
# pojedynak
## Polish
### Etymology

From pojedynczy +‎ -ak, modelled on words such as pojedynka and pojedynek.

### Pronunciation

* (Greater Poland):
** (Chełmno-Dobrzyń) IPA: /pɔ.jɛˈdɘ.nak/
** (Kuyavia) IPA: /pɔ.jɛˈdɘ.nak/
* (Masovia):
** (Far Masovian) IPA: /pɔ.jɛˈdɘ.nak/

### Noun

pojedynak m pers
* (Kuyavia) single, individual farmhand
* (Far Masovian) Synonym of kawaler
* (Chełmno) Synonym of jedynak

### Further reading

* Józef Bliziński (1860) “pojedynak”, in Abecadłowy spis wyrazów języka ludowego w Kujawach i Galicyi Zachodniej (in Polish), Warszawa, page 629
* Oskar Kolberg (1867) “pojedynak”, in Dzieła wszystkie: Kujawy (in Polish), page 275
* Wojciech Grzegorzewicz (1894) “pojedynak”, in “O języku ludowym w powiecie przasnyskim”, in Sprawozdania Komisji Językowej Akademii Umiejętności (in Polish), volume 5, Krakow: Akademia Umiejętności, page 119
* Kazimierz Nitsch (1907) “pojedynak”, in “Dyalekty polskie Prus zachodnich”, in Materyały i Prace Komisyi Językowej Akademii Umiejętności w Krakowie (in Polish), volume 3, Krakow: Akademia Umiejętności, page 390
# Droxford
## English
### Proper noun

Droxford
* A village and civil parish in City of Winchester district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU6018).

### References

* Parish map
# دليبرکن
## Malay
### Verb

دليبرکن
* Jawi spelling of dilebarkan‎.
# clusus
## Latin
### Etymology

Perfect passive participle of clūdō.

### Participle

clūsus (feminine clūsa, neuter clūsum); first/second-declension participle
* Alternative form of clausus

#### Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

#### Descendants

* Italo-Romance:
** Italian: chiuso
*** → Serbo-Croatian: ćuza
**** → Albanian: quzë
** Italian: chiusa
** Sicilian: chiusu, chiusa

### References

* “clusus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* "clusus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
* clusus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

### Anagrams

* sulcus
# Wickham
## English
### Alternative forms

* (surname): Wiggam

### Etymology

From Middle English Wicham, Wikham, from Old English wīċ (“village”) + hām (“homestead”). Doublet of Wycombe.

### Pronunciation

* Homophone: Wycombe

### Proper noun

Wickham (countable and uncountable, plural Wickhams)
* A village in Welford parish, West Berkshire district, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU3971).
* A village and civil parish (served by Wickham and Knowle Parish Council) in Winchester district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU5711).
* A habitational surname from Old English.

#### Derived terms

* West Wickham
* Wickham Bishops
* Wickham Market
* Wickham stria

#### Statistics

* According to the 2010 United States Census, Wickham is the 4814th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 7335 individuals. Wickham is most common among White (89.05%) individuals.

### See also

* Whickham

### References

* Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Wickham”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
* ↑ Parish map (Hampshire)
# стегно
## Old Church Slavonic
### Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *stegno.

### Noun

стегно • (stegno) n
* leg

## Russian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *stegno. Cognate with Serbo-Croatian стегно/stegno, Slovak and Czech stehno, Slovene stegno. Machek compares Sanskrit सक्थि (sákthi, “thigh, thigh-bone”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [sʲtʲɪɡˈno]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

стегно́ • (stegnó) n inan (genitive стегна́, nominative plural стёгна, genitive plural стёгон)
* (dialectal) thigh

#### Declension
### References

* ↑ Václav Machek, Etymologický slovník jazyka českého, ČSAV, 1968.

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *stegno.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /stêːɡno/
* Hyphenation: стег‧но

### Noun

сте̑гно n (Latin spelling stȇgno)
* thigh

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “стегно”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

## Ukrainian
### Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *stegno.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [steɦˈnɔ]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

стегно́ • (stehnó) n inan (genitive стегна́, nominative plural сте́гна, genitive plural сте́ген or сте́гон)
* thigh

#### Declension
### References

* Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “стегно”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
* “стегно”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
# 四網頭
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): sìwǎngtóu
    (Zhuyin): ㄙˋ ㄨㄤˇ ㄊㄡˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): sei$^4$ mong$^5$ tau$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: sìwǎngtóu
*** Zhuyin: ㄙˋ ㄨㄤˇ ㄊㄡˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: sìhwǎngtóu
*** Wade–Giles: ssŭ$^4$-wang$^3$-tʻou$^2$
*** Yale: sz̀-wǎng-tóu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syhwoangtour
*** Palladius: сывантоу (syvantou)
*** Sinological IPA : /sz̩⁵¹ wɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: sei$^4$ mong$^5$ tau$^4$
*** Yale: sèih móhng tàuh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: sei$^4$ mong$^5$ tau$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: séi$^4$ mong$^5$ teo$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /sei̯²¹ mɔːŋ¹³ tʰɐu̯²¹/

### Noun

四網頭
* The Chinese character component 罒.

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 四字頭, 扁四頭, 羅字頭 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 四字頭兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 四字頭 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 四網頭 |
# klauf
## Icelandic
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kʰløyːv/
* Rhymes: -øyːv

### Noun

klauf f (genitive singular klaufar, nominative plural klaufir or (much less common) klaufar)
* hoof
* claw (of a hammer)
* slit, slash (in a dress or skirt)

#### Declension

$^1$Much less common. $^2$Regional.

#### Derived terms

* klaufdýr (“ungulate”)

#### Related terms

* kljúfa (“to cleave”)

#### References

* Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)
* Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2025), “klauf”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies
* Mörður Árnason (2019) Íslensk orðabók, 5th edition, Reykjavík: Forlagið
* “klauf” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)

## Old Norse
### Verb

klauf
* first/third-person singular past active indicative of kljúfa
# guttersnipe
## English
### Etymology

From gutter +‎ snipe.

### Pronunciation

* Audio (General Australian):(file)

### Noun

guttersnipe (plural guttersnipes)
* (derogatory) A person of the lowest social or economic class.
** 1980, Bernard MacLaverty, 'Lamb' (novel), (Chapter 6, at page 51 in the 1981 King Penguin paperback edition):
    "Do not worry, Mrs Kane, we will return you a different boy. The guttersnipe you bring us will not be the boy you get back."
* (derogatory) A street urchin.
** 1912 (date written), [George] Bernard Shaw, “Pygmalion”, in Androcles and the Lion, Overruled, Pygmalion, London: Constable and Company, published 1916, →OCLC, Act II, page 123:Never lose a chance: it doesnt come everyday. I shall make a duchess of this draggletailed guttersnipe.
* (slang, dated) (Can we verify this sense?) A small poster, suitable for a kerbstone.
* (US, slang, dated) A broker who sold securities in the street.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing. (See the entry for “guttersnipe”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
# phrase book
## English
### Noun

phrase book (plural phrase books)
* Alternative form of phrasebook
# skirmish
## English
### Alternative forms

* scirmish

### Etymology

From Middle English skirmish (as a verb), from Old French escarmouche (“skirmish”), from Italian scaramuccia, earlier schermugio. Doublet of escarmouche, Scaramouche, and Scaramucci.

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈskɜːmɪʃ/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (General American) IPA: /ˈskɝmɪʃ/
* Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)mɪʃ
* Hyphenation: skir‧mish

### Noun

skirmish (plural skirmishes)
* (military) A brief battle between small groups, usually part of a longer or larger battle or war.
** 1970 April 28, “Chen Pao Battle and Subsequent Threat Campaign”, in The Evolution of Soviet Policy in the Sino-Soviet Border Dispute‎, Directorate of Intelligence, published 2007, →OCLC, page 34:On 2 March, Chinese border guards with the help of regular PLA forces skillfully ambushed Strelnikov's unit on the ice near Chen Pao, killing him and 30 Soviets in the subsequent skirmish.
** 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 311, about the church at Pembridge:The walls are slitted with embrasures through which bowmen could fire, indicating that the belfry also served as a stronghold during border skirmishes.
* (figuratively, by extension) Any minor dispute.
    Three people were arrested after a skirmish in a bar.
** 1977 February 14, Joseph E. Galvin, “Under Fire”, in The New York Times‎:Fires which have heretofore been one‐alarm skirmishes are now multialarm small wars.
* A type of outdoor military style game using paintball or similar weapons.

#### Synonyms

* See also Thesaurus:fight
* See also Thesaurus:dispute

#### Derived terms

* squirmish

#### Related terms

* screen

#### Translations
### Verb

skirmish (third-person singular simple present skirmishes, present participle skirmishing, simple past and past participle skirmished)
* To engage in a minor battle or dispute.
** 1895 November, Rudyard Kipling, The Second Jungle Book, London, New York, N.Y.: Macmillan and Co., →OCLC:The deer and the pig and the nilghai were milling round and round in a circle of eight or ten miles radius, while the Eaters of Flesh skirmished round its edge.
** 2019, Adrian Tchaikovsky, Children of Ruin, Macmillan, page 376:Other historians might also remark that […] they have persisted all this time, constantly wrestling and skirmishing and yet never destroying themselves.
# en-caul
## English
### Adjective

en-caul (not comparable)
* Alternative form of en caul.
** 2004, Griff Jones, “Preterm labour”, in David M. Luesley, Philip N. Baker, editors, Obstetrics and Gynaecology: An Evidence-Based Text for MRCOG, London: Arnold, →ISBN, section C (Late pregnancy/intrapartum events; edited by Lucy Kean), page 294, column 2:Alternatively, it is often possible to perform an en-caul delivery through a transverse incision if the membranes are left intact.
** 2016, Toni Harman, Alex Wakeford, “What Do Bacteria Have to Do with Birth?”, in Your Baby’s Microbiome: The Critical Role of Vaginal Birth and Breastfeeding for Lifelong Health, White River Junction, Vt.: Chelsea Green Publishing, published February 2017, →ISBN, page 49:An en-caul birth is one where a child is born inside the entire amniotic sac.
** 2018, Barbara Rodgers, “You and Your Baby Are Bugged: Your Microbiome and How It Affects Fertility”, in Baby Maker: A Complete Guide to Holistic Nutrition for Fertility, Conception, and Pregnancy, New York, N.Y.; Nashville, Tenn.: Post Hill Press, →ISBN:Fascinating research is also underway to determine the impact of an en-caul birth (sac is intact) on the microbiome, as well as the effects of skin-to-skin contact or “swab-seeding” following a Cesarean section.
** 2020 April 9, Sigrid Kendall, “Thicker Than Water”, in My Many Lives: A Memoir, Bloomington, Ind.: Balboa Press, →ISBN:My birth was en-caul; that is to say, I emerged completely inside the amniotic sac.

### Adverb

en-caul (not comparable)
* Alternative form of en caul.
** 2016, Toni Harman, Alex Wakeford, “What Do Bacteria Have to Do with Birth?”, in Your Baby’s Microbiome: The Critical Role of Vaginal Birth and Breastfeeding for Lifelong Health, White River Junction, Vt.: Chelsea Green Publishing, published February 2017, →ISBN, page 49:What happens if a baby is born en-caul?
** 2016, Yassmin Abdel-Magied, “Where the Blue and White Nile Meet”, in Yassmin’s Story: Fearless, Funny and Inspiring, Sydney, N.S.W.: Vintage Books, published 2017, →ISBN, page 1:I was born en-caul, or in the ‘water bag’, as our family calls it.
** 2020 April 9, Sigrid Kendall, “Thicker Than Water”, in My Many Lives: A Memoir, Bloomington, Ind.: Balboa Press, →ISBN:But in those days, it was considered being born en-caul a sign that the baby was destined for greatness—or at the very least, would never drown.
# 抹藥
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): bua$^5$ ieo$^2$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): boah-io̍h
    (Teochew, Peng'im): bhuah$^4$ ioh$^8$
* Puxian Min
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: bua$^5$ ieo$^2$ [Phonetic: bua$^1$ ieo$^2$]
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: buā-a̤̍uh
*** Sinological IPA : /pua²¹⁻⁵⁵ ieu¹³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: boah-io̍h
*** Tâi-lô: buah-io̍h
*** Phofsit Daibuun: boah'ioih
*** IPA (Xiamen): /bua(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ ioʔ⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /bua(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ ioʔ¹²¹/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /bua(ʔ)⁵ ioʔ²⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: bhuah$^4$ ioh$^8$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: buah io̍h
*** Sinological IPA : /buaʔ²⁻⁴ ioʔ⁴/

### Verb

抹藥
* (Hokkien, Teochew, Puxian Min) to apply ointment

#### Synonyms

* 上藥／上药 (shàngyào)
* 搽藥／搽药 (cháyào)
* (Hokkien) 糊藥／糊药

### References

* 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “抹药”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 62.
# taquear
## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /takeˈaɾ/ [t̪a.keˈaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: ta‧que‧ar

### Etymology 1

From tac (“clack”) +‎ -ear.

#### Verb

taquear (first-person singular present taqueo, first-person singular preterite taqueé, past participle taqueado)
* (Honduras, Spain, Nicaragua, Puerto Rico, Ecuador, Rioplatense, Peru, Bolivia, slang, billiards) to hit
* (Peru, Argentina, slang) to hit (in polo)

### Etymology 2

From taco +‎ -ear.

#### Verb

taquear (first-person singular present taqueo, first-person singular preterite taqueé, past participle taqueado)
* (Mexico) to eat tacos
* (colloquial, El Salvador) to stuff
    Bien taqueada tiene la tienda, usted.Ma'am, you've got your store well stocked.
    Vamos a taquear el carro lo más que podamos.We're going to stuff the car as much as we can.
* (reflexive, Honduras) to block up

##### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

### Further reading

* “taquear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10