When you play OD&D do you ever throw in any old archaic words for flavor. Not everyone's players would appreciate it, I am sure; however, many of us enjoy words and play many different word games. I am a Scrabble fan myself; however, when I play I have one house rule - if an English word appears in any dictionary I can access the word is valid. When you play Scrabble using the OED and others it greatly increases the number of words available.
Here are a few archaic words, how many do you know?
Sough - the sound of the wind amongst the trees, the sound of one sleeping.
Sic-Sic - Said to pigs when called to the trough by those who think little that they are speaking pure Saxon, in which sic is pig.
Pulpatoon - A dish made of rabbits, fowl, etc., in a crust of forced meat.
Forced Meat - Minced and highly seasoned meat.
Martingale - A gambling term which means the doubling of a stake every time you lose, so that when you win once, you win back all that you have lost. So called from the fact that, as in all fair games you must win once, you have a safe hold of fortune. The difficulty is to obtain a bank large enough to do this effectively ... in a fair game.
Curtain-lecture - A lecture or homily delivered by a wife to her husband when in bed, upon the shortcomings and errors of his daily life.
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