“A Brilliant Conspiracy” Episode 15.

Blurb & other Episodes

Oxyblepsia proffers questionable judgement, requiring beholders manifest solid evidence.

Ketch tracks lead from a holm upstream, veering Westwards.

Deposited xenoliths implicate yachty Zollie, castigating navigational gear.

Glossary:

Holm                           island in a river

Ketch                           a two-masted, fore-and-aft rigged sailing boat with a mizzenmast stepped forward of the rudder and smaller than its foremast.

Oxyblepsia                  extremely keen sight

Xenolith                      piece of rock brought in from another area

Yachty                        relating to yachts

Archibald’s ‘Horse of the Day’

http://www.paulaura.com/betgloss.htm

Ogygian is my Outsider, even though he is one of the top 250 US racehorses at No. 133.

Jamila’s ‘Daily Poison’

http://www.britannica.com/science/poison-biochemistry/Types-of-poison#ref396648

Oleander (Nerium oleander); In Sanskrit the plant’s name means ‘Horse killer’; in Arabic and Italian it means ‘Ass killer’. Goats are immune.

Distribution: Southern Europe, Asia, southern US;

Toxic principle: cardiac glycosides, oldendrin, and nerioside;

Symptoms: sweating, vomiting, bloody diarrhoea, unconsciousness, respiratory paralysis, and death.

Word Links

http://www.wordfind.com/

http://phrontistery.info/glossaries.html

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/wordlist/adverbs.shtml

https://www.englishclub.com/grammar/prepositions-list.htm

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Blogging from A to Z Challenge Theme Reveal 2016

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