All 4 Uses of
carrion
in
The Return of the King
- Not though the walls be taken by a reckless foe that will build a hill of carrion before them.†
Chpt 5.1 *
- But now wheeling swiftly across it, like shadows of untimely night, he saw in the middle airs below him five birdlike forms, horrible as carrion-fowl yet greater than eagles, cruel as death.†
Chpt 5.4
- Curses they heeded not, nor understood the tongues of western men; crying with harsh voices like beasts and carrion-birds.†
Chpt 5.4
- Begone, foul dwimmerlaik, lord of carrion!†
Chpt 5.6
Definitions:
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(1)
(carrion) the dead and rotting body of an animal; or (more rarely) animals that eat such flesh
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
In archaic usage, carrion can refer to a despicable or worthless person.