26/06/2007

Herd
–noun

1.	a number of animals kept, feeding, or traveling together; drove; flock: a herd of cattle; a herd of sheep; a herd of zebras.

2.	Sometimes Disparaging. a large group of people: The star was mobbed by a herd of autograph seekers.

3.	any large quantity: a herd of bicycles.

4.	the herd, the common people; masses; rabble: He had no opinions of his own, but simply followed the herd.

–verb (used without object)

5.	to unite or go in a herd; assemble or associate as a herd.

Sycamore

1.	Also called buttonwood. any of several North American plane trees, esp. Platanus occidentalis, having shallowly lobed ovate leaves, globular seed heads, and wood valued as timber.

2.	British. the sycamore maple.

3.	a tree, Ficus sycomorus, of the Near East, related to the common fig, bearing an edible fruit.

Sacristy
an apartment in or a building connected with a church or a religious house, in which the sacred vessels, vestments, etc., are kept.

Stray

1. 1. To move away from a group, deviate from the correct course, or go beyond established limits.
   2. To become lost.
2. To wander about without a destination or purpose; roam. See Synonyms at wander.
3. To follow a winding course; meander.
4. To deviate from a moral, proper, or right course; err.
5. To become diverted from a subject or train of thought; digress

Proprietor

1.	the owner of a business establishment, a hotel, etc.

2.	a person who has the exclusive right or title to something; an owner, as of real property.

3.	a group of proprietors; proprietary.

Haunted

1.	inhabited or frequented by ghosts: a haunted castle.

2.	preoccupied, as with an emotion, memory, or idea; obsessed: His haunted imagination gave him no peace.

3.	disturbed; distressed; worried: Haunted by doubt he again turned to law books on the subject.