Aphthous stomatitis (Canker sore). shallow ulcer with a white or yellow center and red border; seen on the inner side of the lip and cheeks or on the tongue; it begins with a burning or tingling sensation and slight swelling; painful; usually lasts 7-10 days and heals without a scar. î î î.
It was all a cheap publicity stunt. One of the regulation features of early ballparks, supposedly, was a gigantic billboard advertising Bull Durham tobacco, inevitably located out in left field, near the pitchers' warm-up area. Hence the bullpen was the pen near the Bull. (Which, frankly, sounds like a lot of bull to me.)
The word porcupine comes from the middle or old French word porcespin, which means quill pig. Its roots derive from the Latin words porcus or pig and spina meaning thorns. Other colloquial names for the animal include quill pig. It is also referred to as the Canadian porcupine or common porcupine.