WOTD - 15 Feb 2006

TATTER - SHRED; A torn and hanging piece of cloth
LARD - Animal fat; The white solid or semisolid rendered fat of a hog
SLIME - Mud; Soft moist earth
STEAD - Place; the function or position properly or customarily occupied or served by another
DRUID - Ancient priest; A member of an order of priests in ancient Gaul and Britain who appear in Welsh and Irish legend as prophets and sorcerers
BITUMEN - Viscous substance; Any of various flammable mixtures of hydrocarbons and other substances, occurring naturally or obtained by distillation from coal or petroleum
RIND - Peel; the tissue forming the hard outer layer (of e.g. a fruit)
LUG - Drag; To drag or haul (an object) laboriously
CABERNET - Cabernet Sauvignon is a variety of red grape mainly used for wine production

How did I miss these!?:
COL - Mountain pass
BOSS - Chief
INHIBIT - Constrain
DEFINED - Described

Just to re-emphasise:
BERATE - Scold
BEMUSE - Bewilder; confuse
LIVID - Furious
RELATED - Told
TOR - Hill
TOM - Male cat
BRIDLE - headgear for a horse