adjective

1. Not impassioned; lacking passion; without emotion.

noun

1. A fancy twisting or curling shape usually made from a series of concentric circles.

noun

1. Overdone or treacly attempts to inspire pathos.
2. Depth.
3. (the arts) Risible failure on the part of a work of art to properly affect its audience, particularly owing to
4. (the arts) The ironic use of such failure for satiric or humorous effect.
5. A nadir, a low point particularly in one's career.

noun

1. A quantity of yarn, thread, or the like, put up together, after it is taken from the reel. A skein of cotton yarn is formed by eighty turns of the thread around a fifty-four inch reel.
2. A web, a weave, a tangle.
3. The membrane of a fish ovary.
4. (wagonmaking) A metallic strengthening band or thimble on the wooden arm of an axle.
5. (provincial England) A group of wild fowl, (e.g. geese, goslings) when they are in flight.
6. A winning streak.

verb

1. To wind or weave into a skein.

noun

1. A ritual shaving of this kind.
2. The bald patch resulting from being tonsured.

verb

1. To shave the crown of the head as a sign of humility and religious vocation.

noun

1. The holding of a note or rest for longer than its usual duration; also the notation of such a prolongation, usually represented as a dot with a semi-circle above or below it, written above or below the prolonged note or rest.

verb

1. To demand something, especially for a military need of staff, supplies or transport.

noun

1. A squall line, multicell line, or part of a squall line.
2. A sudden storm, as found in a squall line.
3. A loud cry or wail.

verb

1. To cry or wail loudly.

noun

1. A medieval brass instrument, related to the trumpet, or its sound.
2. A different type of musical instrument resembling an organ.

verb

1. To sound a clarion (trumpet-like instrument).
2. To make a similar sound to the instrument.

verb

1. To sound with a peal or peals.
2. To utter or sound loudly.
3. To assail with noise.
4. To resound; to echo.
5. To pour out.
6. To appeal.

noun

1. The sound made by bells as they peal.

noun

1. (collective) A company of riders.
2. A parade.
3. A trail ride, usually more than one day long.
4. (by extension) A series, a chain (e.g. of events).

verb

1. To move as part of a series or group, such as marchers in a parade or snow in an avalanche, especially in large numbers or in a chaotic or dangerous fashion