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

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      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._

      END OF VOL. II.

      Printed by BALLANTYNE, HANSON & CO.

      Edinburgh and London

     
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