Associations to the word «Deodand»
Wiktionary
DEODAND, noun. (obsolete) (legal) An object forfeited by the state (and supposedly given to God) because it had caused the death of a person
Wise words
Words to me were magic. You could say a word and it could
conjure up all kinds of images or feelings or a chilly
sensation or whatever. It was amazing to me that words had
this power.