Where Death Rings in the Hour: The Amazing Medieval Astronomical Clock of Prague. 1  The technical sophistication of the Middle Ages tends to be underestimated. Near the end of the High Middle Ages, mechanical technology such as clocks and water mills, for example, were becoming...
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coarse, vulgar, violent, or abusive language. [Allusion to the scurrilous language used in Billingsgate market, London.]. Briticism. a word, idiom, or phrase characteristic of or restricted to British English. Also called Britishism.anicism. a word or expression characteristic of the Danish language. demotic. 1. of or relating to the common people; popular. 2. of, pertaining to, or noting the simplified form of hieratic writing used in ancient Egypt.