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<FONT FACE="Times New Roman"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:14.0px'>2 and 1 point guesses, please, by the end of January. DR.<BR>
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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. <BR>
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Hilding, n. Any of the Norwegians who fought in the Hebrides between 1098 and 1156.<BR>
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Hilding, n. A pipe for oil to return to a tank after having been purged of air prior to entering a burner.<BR>
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Hilding, n. A stew of turnips, beets, etc. with barley.<BR>
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Hilding, n. A weak or orphaned young domestic animal.<BR>
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Hilding, n. <I>Buphagus ferropungens</I>, a European bird kin to the oxpecker, which lives by cleaning waffle irons.<BR>
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Hilding, n. Good-for-nothing, worthless individual.<BR>
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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).<BR>
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Hilding, n. The act of committing nefarious acts for the purpose of self-aggrandizement.<BR>
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Hilding, n. The calf belonging to the Crown when a cow delivers multiple calves.</SPAN></FONT>
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