(noun) a delicious salt-bakery to accompany beer etc. The dough consists of fine wheatflour, fine maltflour, yeast, salt, fat and water. The dough is rolled into a thin sausage and dipped before baking into soda solution (NaHCO³) - this gives a lovely chestnut sheen to the crust. Crushed rocksalt is applied to the crust and the pretzel is baked - ready!
Thre crossarm form of the pretzel gives it its name - from the Italian braccio (Latin bracellus), arm.
Thre crossarm form of the pretzel gives it its name - from the Italian braccio (Latin bracellus), arm.
by Alarick October 01, 2006

on the male line of the family (from spear + side);
the spear was the traditional and typical male instrument in hunter-gatherer societies.
distaffside
the spear was the traditional and typical male instrument in hunter-gatherer societies.
distaffside
no dear, that was inherited from your great-aunt spearside
by Alarick September 02, 2006

(noun) condition of scrotum after swimming in cold water, walnut bag, also at point of maximum sexual excitement, also before decisive moment (battle, competition, exams, then adrenalin-induced)
by Alarick September 12, 2006

on the female line of the family (from distaff + side); distaff = dizen-staff, stick to be wound with flax for weaving (this being the hunter-gatherer female function)
spearside
spearside
No, that was her great-uncle distaffside
by Alarick September 02, 2006

(noun) Out in the cold your balls go hard and contract against the knobshaft, lifting the knob horizontal
by Alarick September 12, 2006

(adjective) describes a mood of stable happiness, state of elation, also (esp. males) arousal. Noun: Gladness; adverb: gladly; verb: gladden
by Alarick September 13, 2006
