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carrion

[kar-ee-uhn] / ˈkær i ən /
NOUN
decaying flesh
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The origin of morion is unknown, but its use by Scott in Ivanhoe—"I have twice or thrice noticed the glance of a morrion from amongst the green leaves."

From The Romance of Words (4th ed.) by Weekley, Ernest




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