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Rust

June 25, 2015October 25, 2015 lfsaldenbirch 10K, brief, word
  • 19.002 Though sword shall be rusted,
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Saucer

June 25, 2015March 25, 2016 lfsaldenbirch 10K, brief, word

 

Saucer, the thing that holds the sauces, appears once in The Hobbit.  We never see “sauce”, “saucy”, “saucily”.

  • 01.025 and saucer,

“saucer, n.” OED Online. Oxford University Press, March 2016. Web. 25 March 2016.

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Scabbard

June 25, 2015October 26, 2015 lfsaldenbirch 10K, brief, word
  • 02.113 because of their beautiful scabbards
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Scant

June 25, 2015October 26, 2015 lfsaldenbirch 10K, brief, word
  • 02.116 Their own provisions were very scanty.
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Scarf

June 25, 2015October 26, 2015 lfsaldenbirch 10K, brief, word
  • 01.007 a silver scarf
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Scimitar

June 25, 2015October 26, 2015 lfsaldenbirch 10K, brief, word
  • 17.054 goblins of huge size with scimitars of steel.
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Scoff

June 25, 2015October 26, 2015 lfsaldenbirch 10K, brief, word
  • 12.055 scoffed Smaug.
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Scorch

June 25, 2015October 26, 2015 lfsaldenbirch 10K, brief, word
  • 06.077 Shrivel and scorch! A fizzling torch
  • 12.029 and scorched them as they lay hid.
  • 12.081 and doctored his scorches as well as they could;
  • 12.101 the scorched grass,
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Scour

June 25, 2015October 26, 2015 lfsaldenbirch 10K, brief, word
  • 07.131 and scour all the edge of the forest so as to cut you off,
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Scout

June 25, 2015October 26, 2015 lfsaldenbirch 10K, brief, word
  • 10.018 or the footsteps of the four scouts.
  • 11.006 Thorin sent out a scouting expedition
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