Word of the Day: Catachrestical
A work made across or in the ditch, to protect it from the enemy, or to serve as a covered passageway.
In fortification, a covered lodgment, sunk four or five feet into the ground, encompassed with a parapet, about two feet high, serving to support several planks, laden with earth. It is large enough to contain 15 or 20 soldiers, and is placed in the glacis, at the extremity of the counterscarp, and in dry moats, with embrasures or loop holes, through which the soldiers may fire.
Man Roget’s Thesaurus §373
N. man, male, he, him, manhood, # gentleman, sir, master, sahib, yeoman, wight|, swain, fellow, blade, beau, elf, chap, gaffer, good man, husband, mr, mister, boy, cock, drake, gander, dog, boar, stag, hart, buck, horse, entire horse, stallion, gibcat, tomcat, he goat, billy goat, ram, tup, bull, bullock, capon, ox, gelding, steer, stot, androgen, homosexual, gay, queen
V. masculinize
Phr. hominem pagina nostra sapit, homo homini aut deus aut lupus, homo vitae commodatus non donatus est
Pron. he, him, his
No Bible verses found for "capon".