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- CROUPThe top of the rump of a horse or other quadruped.
- GRUETo be frightened; also, to shudder with fear; to quake, to tremble.
- HOLTA small piece of woodland or a woody hill; a copse.
- OASTA kiln for drying tobacco, malt and especially hops.
- PAEANA chant or song, especially a hymn of thanksgiving for deliverance or victory, to Apollo or sometimes another god or goddess; hence any song sung to solicit victory in battle.
- PENURYExtreme need or want; destitution, poverty; an instance of this.
- PUTTOA representation, especially in Renaissance or Baroque art, of a small, naked, often winged (usually male) child; a cherub.
- SORTIEAn attack made by troops from a besieged position; a sally. An operational flight carried out by a single military aircraft.
- SPAKEQuiet; tame.
- SWARTOf a dark hue; moderately black; swarthy; tawny.
- WITHEA flexible, slender shoot or twig, especially when used as a band or for binding; a withy.
- WROTHFull of anger; wrathful.
- WURSTA German- or Austrian-style sausage.