A good thing; a blessing or benefit; a thing to be thankful for.
The woody portion of flax, separated from the fiber as refuse matter by retting, braking, and scutching.
An unpaid service due by a tenant to his lord.
gay; merry; jovial; convivial.
A difficult circumstance or problem.
A type of syllogism of the form "if A is true then B is true; if C is true then D is true; either A or C is true; therefore either B or D is true".
A circumstance in which a choice must be made between two or more alternatives that seem equally undesirable.
Offering to an opponent a choice between two (equally unfavorable) alternatives.