Krai / Kray

Krai or Kray 

A Krai or Kray is one of the types of federal constituent entities (divisions) of Russia. For example, Altai Krai which borders Kazakhstan, Novosibirsk and Kemerovo Oblasts (Provinces) and the Altai Republic. 

Monotheistic Ecumenist

Monotheistic Ecumenist

A monotheistic ecumenist is one who believes in one omnipotent Creator (The God) and her/his exclusive faith, religious view and payers point to the Creator only; in this perspective, all the religions with faith in monotheism; e.g. Judaism, Christianity and Islam and their branches and denominations are considered the same. The monotheistic ecumenism is the concept and principle in which people who belong to different religions work together to develop closer relationships among their worship and promote a religious unity.

Gethsemane

Gethsemane 

Gethsemane has two meanings:

1) A place or occasion of great mental or spiritual suffering as shown in the following example:

"She looked at the half fainting, praying creature beside her and then at the approaching man. And a moment of Gethsemane came to her." THE TEST OF LOVE - Barbara Merriden Came Near Giving Up a Brave Man For a Coward. Chicago Tribune.

2) Gethsemane is a garden close to the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem where based on the four Gospels of the New Testament, Jesus underwent the agony in the garden and he was arrested the night before his crucifixion. It is a location of great resonance in Christianity. There are several small olive groves in church property, all adjacent to each other and identified with biblical Gethsemane. {Note: Here, resonance means a feeling, thought, inference that a piece of writing or music makes you have or the quality in a piece of writing, etc. that makes this happen as shown in the following example:

This book has many resonances for me.

}

Nacre (Mother of Pearl [Heart of Pearl])

Nacre (Mother of Pearl, Heart of Pearl)

Nacre or Mother of Pearl, in past it was also called as Heart of Pearl, is a smooth shining iridescent substance forming the inner layer of the shell of some mollusks, especially oysters and abalones, used in ornamentation.

Cassava

Cassava

Cassava is a woody shrub native to South America.

Note: Manioc another term for cassava.

Mantlerock (Regolith)

Mantlerock (Regolith)

Mantlerock, called also regolith, is an unconsolidated residual or transported material that overlies or covers the solid rock in place.

Note: In geology, a mantle is a layer inside a planetary body bounded below by a core and above by a crust.

Spectrometer

Spectrometer

A spectrometer is a scientific device to separate and measure spectral components of a physical phenomenon. 

Fibble

Question: What does fibble mean?

Answer: As a verb, it means to utter a trivial or childish lie. And as a noun it means: childish lie; a trivial lie.

Note: Fibble is an informal word which is mainly used in narrating stories for kids.

Shackle (Shackle vs Fetter vs Manacle vs Gyve)

Shackle (Shackle vs Fetter vs Manacle vs Gyve) 

shackle

1) as a verb: to restrain; to limit

Example: Eastern cartels seek to shackle the oil and gas companies by imposing new controls.

2) as a verb: to chain with shackles

Example: The prisoner was shackled to the heavy steel chair in a corner of the cell.

1) as a noun: a pair of fetters connected together by a chain, used to fasten a prisoner's wrists or ankles together

2) as a noun: a metal link, typically U-shaped, closed by a bolt, used to secure a chain or rope to

something

A shackle, also known as a gyve, is a U-shaped piece of metal secured with a clevis pin or bolt across the opening, or a hinged metal loop secured with a quick-release locking pin mechanism. The

term also applies to handcuffs and other similarly conceived restraint devices that function in a similar manner.

Shackles are the primary connecting link in all manner of rigging systems, from boats and ships to industrial crane rigging, as they allow different rigging subsets to be connected or disconnected quickly. A shackle is also the similarly shaped piece of metal used with

a locking mechanism in padlocks. A carabiner is a type of shackle used in mountaineering.

As nouns the difference between manacle and shackle is that manacle is a shackle, consisting of a pair of joined rings, to restrict the free movement of the hands or feet while shackle is a restraint

fit over a human or animal appendage, such as a wrist, ankle or finger usually used in plural, to indicate a pair joined by a chain; a hobble.

As verbs the difference between manacle and shackle is that manacle is to confine with manacles while shackle is to restrain using shackles; to place in shackles.

fetter

as a noun: a fetter is a chain or manacle used to restrain a prisoner, typically placed around the ankles

he lay bound with fetters of iron

as a verb: to restrain with chains or manacles, typically around the ankles

The young guard said that there were no chains immediately available to fetter the prisoners.

As nouns the difference between manacle and fetter is that manacle is a shackle, consisting of a

pair of joined rings, to restrict the free movement of the hands (handcuffs) or feet (legcuffs,

footcuffs [foot cuffs], fetters or leg irons) while fetter is a chain or similar object used to bind a

person or animal. The term "fetter" shares a root with the word "foot".

As verbs the difference between manacle and fetter is that manacle is to confine with manacles

while fetter is to shackle or bind up with fetters.

gyve

A gyve is a shackle or fetter, especially for the leg; example: a woman's ankles gyved with gyves.

manacle

as a noun: a metal band or chain for fastening someone's hands or ankles Example: The prisoners were kept in manacles. as a verb: to fetter a human or animal appendage with manacles

Example: Sarah's hands were manacled behind her back.

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Middlemarch (one of the greatest novels of all time)

Middlemarch, A Study of Provincial Life 

Middlemarch, A Study of Provincial Life is a novel written by the English novelist, poet, journalist, translator and one of the leading writers of all time, Mary Anne Evans (wrote as George Eliot). It first appeared in eight volumes in 1871 and 1872. 

Middlemarch was described by Virginia Woolf as "one of the few English novels written for grown-up people" and by Martin Amis and Julian Barnes as the greatest novel in the English language [Ref: George Eliot - Wikipedia].