[Fictionary] Hilding definitions

[David Randall]

2 and 1 point guesses, please, by the end of January. DR.

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Hilding, n.  A ceremony that is part of the Knight's journey to manhood.
After his first good deed has been performed, this rite‹part religious and
part celebration‹is held, with another purification and another dubbing by
any high local official, preferably a royal.  This is accompanied by much
feasting and telling of old heroic deeds.

Hilding, n.  Any of the Norwegians who fought in the Hebrides between 1098
and 1156.

Hilding, n.  A pipe for oil to return to a tank after having been purged of
air prior to entering a burner.

Hilding, n.  A stew of turnips, beets, etc. with barley.

Hilding, n.  A weak or orphaned young domestic animal.

Hilding, n.  Buphagus ferropungens, a European bird kin to the oxpecker,
which lives by cleaning waffle irons.

Hilding, n.  Good-for-nothing, worthless individual.

Hilding, n.  Ribbons, streamers and similar decorations depending (usu. from
the bottom) from heraldic arms when displayed in motion, never when
displayed stationary (e.g., on a wall).

Hilding, n.  The act of committing nefarious acts for the purpose of
self-aggrandizement.

Hilding, n.  The calf belonging to the Crown when a cow delivers multiple
calves.
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