Vocabulary Word
Word: carrion
Definition: rotting flesh of a dead body; CF. vulture
Definition: rotting flesh of a dead body; CF. vulture
Sentences Containing 'carrion'
We are cheered when we observe the vulture feeding on the carrion which disgusts and disheartens us, and deriving health and strength from the repast.
Any carrion, the carcase of a dead dog or cat, for example, though half putrid and stinking, is as welcome to them as the most wholesome food to the people of other countries.
The _Houyhnhnms_ keep the _Yahoos_ for present use in huts not far from the house; but the rest are sent abroad to certain fields, where they dig up roots, eat several kinds of herbs, and search about for carrion, or sometimes catch weasels and _luhimuhs_ (a sort of wild rat), which they greedily devour.
But even granting the charge in question to be true; what disordered slippery decks of a whale-ship are comparable to the unspeakable carrion of those battle-fields from which so many soldiers return to drink in all ladies' plaudits?
"'But as for you, ye carrion rogues,' turning to the three men in the rigging--'for you, I mean to mince ye up for the try-pots;' and, seizing a rope, he applied it with all his might to the backs of the two traitors, till they yelled no more, but lifelessly hung their heads sideways, as the two crucified thieves are drawn.
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::: environ - enclose; surround; N. environs: surrounding area (as of a city)
::: crestfallen - dejected; dispirited
::: luminary - celebrity (in a specific field); dignitary; object that gives light (as a celestial body)
::: allure - entice; attract; tempt
::: deluge - flood; rush; V.
::: indifferent - unmoved or unconcerned by; having no interest in; mediocre; neither good nor bad
::: ameliorate - improve
::: occlude - shut; close; obstruct; Ex. A blood clot occluded an artery.
