| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| red-hot | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | (esp of metal) heated to the temperature at which it glows red: iron is red-hot at about 500°C |
| 2. | extremely hot: the stove is red-hot, so don't touch it |
| 3. | keen, excited, or eager; enthusiastic |
| 4. | furious; violent: red-hot anger |
| 5. | very recent or topical: red-hot information |
| 6. | slang (Austral) extreme, unreasonable, or unfair: the charges are red-hot |