Anne of Geierstein; Or, The Maiden of the Mist. Volume 2 (of 2) Read online

  GLOSSARY.

  =Abettance=, support, encouragement.

  =Abye=, to pay the penalty of, to atone for.

  =Adjected=, appended, added.

  =Albe=, a long white linen robe worn by priests.

  =Ariette=, a little song.

  =Arquebusier=, a soldier armed with an arquebuse, an early form of musket.

  =Assoilzied=, pardoned.

  =Astucious=, astute, shrewd, cunning.

  =Baaren-hauter=, a nickname for a German private soldier.

  =Ban=, an imperial edict; the laws of the Empire.

  =Ban-dog=, a large fierce dog.

  =Barbed=, clad in armour.

  =Beauffet=, a sideboard.

  "=Blink out of=," to evade, to escape.

  =Bordel=, a brothel.

  =Botargo=, the roe of the mullet or tunny, salted and dried.

  =Brache=, a kind of sporting dog.

  =Bretagne=, Brittany.

  =Broad-piece=, an old English gold coin.

  =Bruit=, rumour.

  "=Buon campagna=," open country.

  =Caravansera=, an inn.

  =Carbonado=, a piece of meat or game, seasoned and broiled.

  =Caviare=, the roe of the sturgeon pickled in salt.

  =Chaffron=, =chamfron=, the armoured frontlet of a horse.

  =Chalumeau=, a reed or pipe made into an instrument of music.

  =Coif=, a woman's headdress.

  =Corso=, the chief street or square in an Italian town.

  "=Cote roti=," wine grown on a sunny slope.

  =Dalmatic=, =dalmatique=, a long ecclesiastical robe.

  =Debonair=, affable, courteous.

  =Dishabille=, undress, negligent dress.

  =Dorf=, a village.

  =Ducat=, an old gold coin, worth about 9_s._ 4_d._

  =Entrechat=, a caper.

  =Fadge=, to succeed, to turn out well.

  =Galilee=, a porch or chapel beside a monastery or church, in which the monks received visitors, where processions were formed, penitents stationed, and so forth.

  =Gear=, business, affair; property.

  =Geierstein=, vulture-stone.

  =Grave=, a count.

  =Gutter-blooded=, of the meanest birth.

  =Hagbut=, a musket.

  =Halidome=, on my word of honour.

  =Hypocaust=, a stove, heating apparatus.

  =Jongleur=, a minstrel-poet of Northern France.

  =Lauds=, a daily service of the Roman Catholic Church.

  =Los=, praise.

  =Morgue=, the proud, disdainful look of a superior to an inferior.

  =Morisco=, a Moor of Spain.

  =Pardoner=, a licensed seller of papal indulgences.

  =Pavin=, a stately Spanish dance.

  =Pennoncelle=, a little flag fixed to a lance.

  =Peste!= plague on't!

  =Piastre=, a silver coin, worth 4_s._

  =Plump=, a clump, collection.

  "=Poz element=," a German oath.

  =Questionary=, a pedlar of relics or indulgences.

  =Rebeck=, an instrument resembling the violin.

  =Reiter=, a horse-soldier.

  =Rhein-Thal=, the valley of the Rhine.

  =Ritter=, a knight.

  =Rote=, a kind of harp, played by turning a wheel.

  =Samite=, a textile made of gold cloth or satin.

  "=Sapperment der Teufel!="--a German oath.

  =Schwarz-reiter=, a German mercenary horse-soldier.

  "=Sibylline leaf=," the oracular or precious saying.

  =Stadtholder=, the emperor's deputy in ancient Westphalia.

  =Stell=, to mount or plant (a cannon).

  =Strick-kind=, the child of the cord--the prisoner on trial before the Vehmic Tribunal.

  =Stube=, a sitting-room, a public room.

  =Talliage=, a subsidy, a tax.

  "=Tiers etat=," the third estate, or representatives of the people.

  =Turnpike-stair=, a spiral or winding staircase.

  =Vambrace=, the piece of armour that covered the forearm.

  =Violer=, a player on a viol, a kind of violin.

  =Visard=, a mask to cover the face.

  =Wass-ail=, ale or wine sweetened and flavoured with spices.

  =Wassel-song=, a drinking or carousing song.

  =Welked=, marked with protuberances or ridges.

  =Yungfrau=, =Jungfrau=, a young girl.

  =Yung-herren=, =Jung-herren=, =Junker=, the sons of a German minor noble.

  =Zechin=, a Venetian gold coin, worth from 9_s._ to 10_s._

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