(forensics) Very close; not touching but not more than a few metres (yards).

In a direct manner, without hesitation.

A Friday falling on the 13th day of the month (and therefore doubly ill-omened). / (possibly obsolete) Good Friday. / Any Friday actually darkened by catastrophe, or the anniversary thereof.

A small Old World warbler, Eurasian blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla), which is mainly grey with a black crown.

An all-night celebration or festival.

(US) A small sausage, usually a short hot dog, wrapped in dough and baked. / (UK) A (generally pork) sausage wrapped in bacon, most common at Christmas. / Oysters wrapped in bacon.

A large shrub or small tree, Prunus spinosa, that is native to Europe, western Asia, and north Africa. It has a dark bark and bears thorns. / A stick or staff taken from this tree.

(Northern England, Scotland, dialect) The bilberry, Vaccinium myrtillus.

A species of truffle, Tuber melanosporum, darker than the white truffle, most commonly from France but also found in other parts of Europe, that is prized as a culinary ingredient.

(chiefly US) a dish of ground pork and/or beef cooked in cabbages