tales (iou) and poinsettia (oh)

tales (iou)

tales noun. L15.
[Latin, pl. of talis such, in tales de circumstantibus such of the bystanders, the first words of the writ.]
Law. A supply of substitute jurors summoned from among those present in court where the original jury has become deficient in number by challenges, exemptions, etc.; the writ for summoning or act of supplying such substitutes. Freq. in pray a tales, grant a tales, award a tales.
Comb.: talesman a member of the tales summoned to complete a jury.

poinsettia (oh)

[Date: 1800-1900; Origin: Joel R. Poinsett (1775-1851), U.S. diplomat and plant scientist]
a tropical plant with groups of large red or white leaves that look like flowers

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