Parch

PARCH

-verb

1. to deprive or be deprived of water; dry up

2. (trans.; usually passive) to make very thirsty

3. (trans.) to roast (corn, etc.) lightly

Furry darts

Prancing on wet sand

Parched meerkats

 

Salad

SALAD

-noun

1. a dish of raw vegetables, such as lettuce, tomatoes, etc., served as a separate course with cold meat, eggs, etc., or as part of a main course

2. any dish of cold vegetables or fruit

3. any green vegetable used in such a dish, especially lettuce

Summer comes

With its salad spread

Eaten in the shade

 

Margay

MARGAY

-noun

a feline mammal, Felis wiedi, of Central and South America, having a dark-striped coat

Do not wake the margay

For it dreams up the universe

And a better place for us all

Diluent

DILUENT

-adj.

1. causing dilution or serving to dilute

-noun

2. a substance used for or causing dilution 

A washed up galaxy

Sloshed in diluent and rust

Cracking up under pressure

Scrum

SCRUM

-noun

1. (rugby) the act or method of restarting play after an infringement when the two opposing packs of forwards group together with heads down and arms interlocked and push to gain ground while the scrum half throws the ball in and the hookers attempt to scoop it out to their own team. A scrum is usually called by the referee (set scrum) but may be formed spontaneously (loose scrum)

2. (informal) a disorderly struggle 

Carved in stone

A fake medieval scrum

Semi-modern cat fight

Platitude

PLATITUDE

-noun

1. a trite, dull, or obvious remark or statement; a commonplace

2. staleness or insipidity of thought or language; triteness 

 

Street art spreads like a disease

A must-have platitude for any city

Worth to be reckoned with

A territory worth battling over

Phlogiston

PHLOGISTON

[flɒˈdʒɪstɒn]

-noun

(chemistry) a hypothetical substance formerly thought to be present in all combustible materials and to be released during burning

There was love once in the old frame

But it burnt out with the business of growing up

All phlogiston and sparkles petering out

As sentiments cooled off and settled somewhere else.

Par

PAR

-noun

1. an accepted level or standard, such as an average

2. a state of equality

3. (finance) . the established value of the unit of one national currency in terms of the unit of another where both are based on the same metal standard

4. (business) . the condition of equality between the current market value of a share, bond, etc., and its face value (the nominal par). This equality is indicated by at par, while above ( or below) par indicates that the market value is above (or below) face value.

5. (golf) an estimated standard score for a hole or course that a good player should make

-adj.

6. average or normal

7. usually prenominal . (business) of or relating to par

Time has faded the words

On par with the elder walls

Turning notions to ghosts

Prints to mere allegations