See Also: skothending(dictionary)
false rib(medicine)
false(dictionary)
False(medicine)
false(2)(dictionary)
false(1)(dictionary)
False rib(health)
positive, false(medicine)
negative, false(medicine)
false-hearted(medicine)

false dawn (oh) and skothending (iou)


false dawn (oh)



n [C] formal
a situation in which something good seems likely to happen, but it does not
::The ceasefire turned out to be another false dawn.

skothending (iou)



skothending noun. M19.
[Old Norse, from skot shot, shooting + hending a catching.]
Prosody. Esp. in skaldic verse: rhyme formed with the same consonant or consonant cluster preceded by differing vowels; half-rhyme.