| speech day | |
| —n | |
| (Brit) (in schools) an annual day on which prizes are presented, speeches are made by guest speakers, etc | |
| speech day | |
noun | |
| an annual day in the schools when speeches are made and prizes are distributed |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |