Hasp

HASP

- noun

1. a clasp for a door, lid, etc., especially one passing over a staple and fastened by a pin or a padlock.

-verb (used with object)

2. to fasten with or as with a hasp.

Close your door

Hasp your fridge

I can still get in 

He says,

Dreaming of opposable thumbs

Moot

MOOT

-adj.

1. subject or open to debate

-verb

2. (trans.) to suggest or bring up for debate

3. (intr.) to plead or argue theoretical or hypothetical cases, as an academic exercise or as vocational training for law students

-noun

4. a discussion or debate of a hypothetical case or point, held as an academic activity

5. (in Anglo-Saxon England) an assembly, mainly in a shire or hundred, dealing with local legal and administrative affairs

I’ve never heard moot the point before

As if this needed discussing once again

You are mine and that is my final word

Mind that it does not become yours as well.

Distrain

DISTRAIN

-verb (used with object)

1. to constrain by seizing and holding goods, etc., in pledge for rent, damages, etc., or in order to obtain satisfaction of a claim.

2. to levy a distress upon.

- verb (used without object)

3. to levy a distress.

You ran away with my heart

A most unfair distrain

I would have you sooner rob me

Of my music set or car

I can always catch a bus

Or listen to the wind, to the swallows.

Pound

POUND

-verb  (when intr., often followed by “on” or “at”) (followed by “out”)

1. to strike heavily and often

2. (trans.) to beat to a pulp; pulverize

3. (trans.) to instil by constant drilling

4. to produce, as by typing heavily

5. to walk (the pavement, street, etc.) repeatedly

6. (intr.) to throb heavily

-noun

7. a heavy blow; thump

8. the act of pounding

-noun

1. lb. an avoirdupois unit of weight that is divided into 16 ounces and is equal to 0.453 592 kilograms

2. lb. tr , Abbreviation: lb t  a troy unit of weight divided into 12 ounces equal to 0.373 242 kilograms

3. an apothecaries' unit of weight, used in the US, that is divided into 5760 grains and is equal to one pound troy

4. (not in technical usage) lbf  a unit of force equal to the mass of 1 pound avoirdupois where the acceleration of free fall is 32.174 feet per second per second

5.

a. Official name: pound sterling . the standard monetary unit of the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man, and various UK overseas territories, divided into 100 pence

b. (as modifier): a pound coin

6. the standard monetary unit of the following countries

a. Cyprus: divided into 100 cents

b. Egypt: divided into 100 piastres

c. Lebanon: divided into 100 piastres

d. Syria: divided into 100 piastres

7. another name for lira

8. Also called: pound Scots  a former Scottish monetary unit originally worth an English pound but later declining in value to 1 shilling 8 pence

9. Also called: punt . the former standard monetary unit of the Republic of Ireland, divided into 100 pence; replaced by the euro in 2002

10. a former monetary unit of the Sudan replaced by the dinar in 1992

-noun

1. an enclosure, especially one maintained by a public authority, for keeping officially removed vehicles or distrained goods or animals, especially stray dogs

2. a place where people are confined

3.

a. a trap for animals

b. pound net . a trap or keepnet for fish

-verb

4. (trans.) to confine in or as if in a pound; impound, imprison, or restrain

History pounded its mark in the wall

A testimony to a feverish need to be recalled

Euchre

EUCHRE

-noun

1. a US and Canadian card game similar to écarté for two to four players, using a poker pack with joker

2. an instance of euchring another player, preventing him from making his contracted tricks

-verb

3. to prevent (a player) from making his contracted tricks

4. informal . (US), (Canadian), (Austral), (NZ) (usually followed by “out”) to outwit or cheat

5. informal . (Austral), (NZ) to ruin or exhaust

“Let’s play cards” he insisted

“Euchre is my game!”

I passed him my cards

He could make nothing of them.

Grey

GREY

-adj

1. of a neutral tone, intermediate between black and white, that has no hue and reflects and transmits only a little light

2. greyish in colour or having parts or marks that are greyish

3. dismal or dark, especially from lack of light; gloomy

4. neutral or dull, especially in character or opinion

5. having grey hair

6. of or relating to people of middle age or above

7. ancient; venerable

8. (of textiles) natural, unbleached, un-dyed, and untreated

-noun

9. any of a group of grey tones

10. grey cloth or clothing: dressed in grey

11. an animal, especially a horse, that is grey or whitish

-verb

12. to become or make grey

A burst of colours

To ward off a grey day

Savour

SAVOUR

-noun

1. the quality in a substance that is perceived by the sense of taste or smell

2. a specific taste or smell.

3. a slight but distinctive quality or trace

4. the power to excite interest:.

5. archaic . reputation

-verb (often followed by “of” )

6. to possess the taste or smell (of)

7. to have a suggestion (of)

8. ( trans. ) to give a taste to; season

9. ( trans.) to taste or smell, especially appreciatively

10.( trans. ) to relish or enjoy

In this fragile truce

We savour fragrance

Trying to read signs

From green curlicues

Inculcate

INCULCATE

-verb (used with object)

1. to implant by repeated statement or admonition; teach persistently and earnestly (usually followed by “upon” or” in”)

2. to cause or influence (someone) to accept an idea or feeling (usually followed by “with”)

No matter how much a mother
Inculcates her young in distrust
For humans and strangers
Sometimes
Need for cuddles is too strong
And all dignity lost.