brasilein bra*sil”e*in, C16H12O5, to which brazilwood owes its dyeing properties. Brasque Brasque, n. [F.] (Metal.) A paste made by mixing powdered charcoal, coal, or coke with clay, molasses, tar, or other suitable substance. It is used for lining hearths, crucibles, etc. Called also steep.

My sweetie went out for ice cream, and never came back! Sheesh, what a nice way to end the work day… I hope she’s happily consuming a tasty morsel as we speak. I think I’m going to get some orange sherbert after work, or Ben and Jerry’s. I’m hungry for ice cream… (and marigolds…and a taco.) Hmm… old lingam is acting like a mango again… I guess that’s ok.. it’s bound to happen when I think about my dearest Ornj.

I’ve got an idea for a short story (well, a 2nd act) but no resolution…I think that’s my biggest trouble, writing an ending that I find satisfactory… They can’t all be cliffhangers, can they?

propitiate pro-PISH-ee-ayt, transitive verb:
To render favorably inclined; to appease; to conciliate (one offended).

ex –
Yet the Fairy Bridge… didn’t get its name for nothing. Here the locals lift a hand ever so slightly and mutter “Hello, little people,” to propitiate the fairies underneath.
–Helen Gibson, “Rewards and Fairies,” Time Europe, April 30, 2001

Propitiate derives from Latin propitius, “favorable.”

chaplet CHAP-lit noun

1. A wreath or garland worn on the head.

2. A string of beads.

[Middle English chapelet, wreath; from Old French, diminutive of chapel hat, from Medieval Latin cappellus, from Late Latin cappa, cap.]

“What was on Hannibal’s mind as he drove his elephants over the Alps?
Looking good, apparently, because on Hannibal’s head was a wig, which he wore into battle to cover his lack of locks. Julius Caesar used his chaplet for the same purpose, the comb-over having not yet been discovered.”