maw the throat, gullet, jaws, or oral cavity of a voracious animal.
myrrh a fragrant, bitter-tasting gum resin exuded from any of several plants of Arabia and East Africa, used in making incense, perfume, etc.
inviolate not violated; kept sacred or unbroken.
despoiled deprived of something of value by or as by force; robbed; plundered.
careering moving at full speed; rushing wildly.
lave to wash or bathe.
firebrands pieces of burning wood.
vying that vies; that competes.
profaned treated with irreverence or contempt; desecrated.
pestilence anything, as a doctrine, regarded as harmful or dangerous.
immedicable that cannot be healed; incurable.
