Monday, October 24, 2005

A is for Abactor

Abactor
(Ab*ac"tor) n. [L., fr. abigere to drive away; ab + agere to drive.]

1. (Law) One who steals and drives away cattle or beasts by herds or droves. [Obs.]

2. Performer in an informercial shilling for some over priced piece of dangerous/sexy fitness equipment.

3. The milking bits of a goat.

Example:
"Silent falls the mystic dew upon the cradled maw of dystopic candor. Abactor."
(Trad. Finnish)