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Arkenstone

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  • 12.096 the Arkenstone of Thrain.
  • 12.097 The Arkenstone!
  • 12.097 The Arkenstone!’
  • 13.019 It was the Arkenstone,
  • 13.032 about the Arkenstone,
  • 13.034 It was the Arkenstone;
  • 15.049 Though he had hunted chiefly for the Arkenstone,
  • 16.001 of the Arkenstone of Thrain,
  • 16.002 For the Arkenstone of my father,’
  • 16.007 and also the Arkenstone wrapped
  • 16.035 and he drew forth the Arkenstone,
  • 16.037 This is the Arkenstone of Thrain,’
  • 17.008 What of the Arkenstone of Thrain?’
  • 17.019 that I could not forbear to redeem the Arkenstone,
  • 17.025 by the help of Dain he might not recapture the Arkenstone
  • 17.034 in exchange for the Arkenstone;
  • 17.038 that the Arkenstone was
  • 18.030 and Bard laid the Arkenstone upon his breast.
  • 18.033 and he has now the Arkenstone

Apple-tart

adindragonsbloom , , ,
  • 01.053 and apple-tart,’ said Bifur.

As simple as apple slices wrapped in pastry, as complex as the exotic spices you might choose to add.  I generally don’t add sugars to apple-based sweets and let the delicious fruit’s own sweetness shine.  Can you tell I come from apple country?  I hope you do, too!

Once again, OED does not list the hyphen in the spellings, but does have it in the samples from 1700s and 1800s.  Now I’m hungry.

“apple, n.” OED Online. Oxford University Press, June 2017. Web. 5 September 2017.

One of our fellow Word Fans – Stephanie Koutsoukos – offers this delicious, tested recipe!