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ghoul (oh)



[Date: 1700-1800; Language: Arabic; Origin: ghul, from ghala 'to seize']
an evil spirit in stories that takes bodies from graves (=place in the ground where dead people are buried) and eats them
someone who gets pleasure from unpleasant things such as accidents that shock Other people
-- ghoulish adj

POUNDAGE, practice (law)


POUNDAGE, practice. The amount allowed to the sheriff, or Other officer, for commissions on, the money made by virtue of an execution. This allowance commissions on, the money made by virtue of an execution. This allowance varies in different states, and to different officers. varies in different states, and to different officers.