See Also: humicubation(dictionary)

baize (oh) and humicubation (iou)


baize (oh)



baize, cue, pocket
[Date: 1500-1600; Language: French; Origin: baies, plural of baie 'baize', from bai; BAY3]
thick cloth that is usually green, and is used to cover tables on which Games such as pool are played

humicubation (iou)



humicubation noun. Now rare. M17.
[mod. Latin humicubatio(n-), from Latin humi on the ground + cubatio(n-) (from cubare lie down): see -ATION.]
The action or an act of lying down on the ground, esp. as a sign of penitence or humiliation.