Death's Duel by John Donne

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Glossary

 

Of obsolete words, or words used in an obsolete sense.

Colluctation

Struggle, conflict

Contignation

The joining together of the components of a building

Contumelies

Insults

Cribration

Sifting

Damp

A state of depression or stupor

Hypostatical

A theological term, referring to the union of the two natures, human and divine, in the one body of Christ

Irrisions

Mockery, contemptuous laughter

Presagition

A sign or symptom which acts as a foretelling or warning that something is about to occur.

Prolixious

At great length

Vermiculation

Infestation by worms

 

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