bank holiday word quiz - the answers

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WOOTZ
Ancient Damascus steel
WETHER
A castrated ram
WEAZEN
(of an old person) Thin; sharp; withered
WAYZGOOSE
A summer outing or dinner provided by a printing house for the workers
WANDEROO
A purple-faced monkey from Sri Lanka
WALLAROO
Kangaroo; Wallaroo; Wallaby. The middle-sized of the three
VERST
An obsolete Russian measurement of distance just over 1km
VERVAIN
A herbaceous plant with magical and medicinal powers
TROVER
A lawsuit for recovery of damages from wrongful taking of personal property
TRUDGEN
A swimming stroke like the crawl with scissors movement of the legs
TREPHINE
A hole saw used in surgery for removing a circle of tissue or bone
PEEPUL
Hand-painted wooden peg dolls
PARHELION
A bright spot in the sky appearing on either side of the sun
RIGSDAG
The former parliament of Denmark