MARCH - Answers1. Voodoo, or magic. Mojo (an Americanism, from Gullah moco, meaning witchcraft or black magic) is the art or practice of casting magic spells. It’s also a type of magic charm, usually tied up with string in a piece of red flannel cloth.2. Based on theory, not fact. The term (from Latin meaning based on something earlier) has other, similar meanings, including derived by logic, based on deductive reasoning, assumed but unproven. 3. In an old watch. A rachet (from French rocquet, blunt lance) is a mechanical device consisting of a toothed wheel and a pawl (toothlike extension) that permits movement in one direction only. 4. Abrasive material. Carborundum (from corundum—a hard mineral—and carbon) is a tough, abrasive material used in cutting tools, sandpaper, grinding wheels. 5. On a map. Hachures (from Old French hacher, to crosshatch) are those little slanty lines that cartographers (mapmakers) use to show slopes and elevations. |
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