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The Something Awful Forums > The Finer Arts > The Book Barn > ITT I post every word I don't know from Cormac McCarthy's Blood Meridian
 
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Memento
Aug 25, 2009


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Doc Fission posted:

scoria

A very vesiculated (lots of air bubbles) volcanic rock. Often used crushed as inorganic mulch for garden beds. Depending on how many air bubbles it has, it can float on water.

Khizan posted:


It's a belt that hangs from one shoulder down to the opposite hip, used for carrying a sword or a gun or something similar.

Huh, I thought a baldric was actually a type of knife.

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