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A cezve consists of a small pot, a long handle, and a pouring lip designed to brew Turkish coffee.
aplustre - (historical, nautical) An ornamental appendage of wood at the stern of a Roman ship, usually spreading like a fan and curved like a bird's feather.
should be cursory: hasty and therefore not thorough or detailed
gorget - an article of clothing that covered the throat
alembic - a distilling apparatus, now obsolete, consisting of a rounded, necked flask and a cap with a long beak for condensing and conveying the products to a receiver.
Sable - black
Seneschal - the steward or major-domo of a medieval great house. A governor or other administrative or judicial officer.
ignoble - not honorable in character or purpose
millesimal - consisting of thousandth parts; thousandth
plebeian - (in ancient Rome) a commoner
comely - pleasant to look at; attractive
rancor - bitterness or resentfulness
Oneiric is an adjective that describes things related to dreams
caitiff - a contemptible or cowardly person
palisade - strong pointed wooden stakes fixed deeply in the ground with others in a close row, used as a defense
staid - sedate, respectable, and unadventurous
ziggurat - an ancient Mesopotamian temple tower with a pyramidal structure or a structure or object of similar form
laconically - in a way that uses only a few words
inextricable - impossible to disentangle or separate
demesne - land attached to a manor and retained for the owner's own use.