love arrows             needles of rutile in quartz.
Pehlevi                 an Iranian tongue in which the Zoroastrian
                        literature of the third to tenth centuries was
                        written.
ratoon                  a shoot from a plant which has been chopped down.
                        also v.i., v.t.
howff                   (Scot.) an abode; v.i. to reside; to visit an
                        old haunt.
/sub specie aeternitatis/
                        viewed from outside of the linear flow of time.
nymphae                 (anat.) the inner labia of the vulva.
sycee                   lumps of silver with an assayer's mark, used
                        as a medium of exchange.  (formerly in China)
goliard                 an itinerant scholar of XII, XIII cent.; wrote
                        Latin verses celebrating sensualism, good
                        company. (and |goliardery|)
liquidambar             a tree with maple-like leaves and round,
                        woody, toothed fruit; the balsamic gum of the
                        tree (|liquid storax|). 
propolis                a reddish gum collected by bees from tree buds, 
                        used in hive construction.  ("bee gum")