the practice of giving gifts to one another or to people in need on Purim.

to amend a written work by removing or modifying passages considered vulgar or objectionable.

the soft, dense, light-brown woolly undercoat of the musk ox, used in making fabrics.

of or relating to rain, especially much rain; rainy.

a preliminary discussion; introductory essay; a prologue.

an ancient Irish and Scottish harp.

of, relating to, or based on twenty.

a brown or amber tea grown in China and Taiwan and partially fermented before being dried.

a covering of minute ice needles, formed at night upon the ground and exposed objects when they have cooled below the dew point, when it is below the freezing point.

to twitch.