Jul 29, 2023
Lost Word Of The Day (55)
Descriptions of hunting at night #lostwords #obscurewords #logophilia
A nycterent is someone who hunts at night, a person who could well be engaged in weequashing. The latter word is derived from the Algonquin word for birch-bark, wigwas, from which the Native Americans made torches which they carried whilst hunting after dark. Eventually, it came to describe any hunting or fishing trip carried out by torchlight, as can be seen from this passage from a letter…
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