exquisite (ěks' kwi zit), delicate and | foul (foul), unclean.

fate (fat), destiny, whatever is going to gemmy (jěm' mi), adorned with gems or happen, p. 309.

jewels.

genii (gēn'iī), spirits.

Gentile (jěn' til), heathen, not a Jew.

gentle blood, good family.

gently born, of good family.

German hive, i.e. German family.

felloe (fěl' lō), the outside rim of a wheel. Ghouls (gōlz or gōōlz), evil spirits.
fens (fenz), swamps, marshes.
fickle (fik' k'l), changing, unstable.
figurehead (fig' ur hed), a carved head
or figure set up at the fore part of a ship.
finely tempered (těm' perd), perfectly
prepared, either hard and firm or soft
and bending; used of swords, p. 58.
firmament (ferm' a ment),

Gilead (gil' ē ad), p. 101.

glassy countenance, a strange fixed look, p. 219.

heavens.

starry

flail (flal), a whip for threshing grain." flaws (flôz), gusts of wind.

fleecelike (fles' lik), like the woolly coat

of a sheep.

fleeting (flet' ing), going fast.

glib (glib), smooth, slippery.
glimmering (glĭm' er ing), shining faintly.
gloats (glōts), looks longingly and joy-
fully.

glow (glō), to shine.

gnomes (nōmz), dwarfs, see p. 131.
goad (gōd), a kind of whip.

God speed you, may God help you, p.

227.

goodly, large or good-looking.

gorges (gôr' jez), deep valleys.

flexible (fleks' i b'l), not stiff, easily Goshen (gō' shen), p. 115. moved.

fluttered (flŭt' tērd), trembling, fearful. foining (foin' ing), thrusting with spear

or sword, p. 226.

Grail (grāl), p. 233.

grange (grānj), farmhouse.

grazing (grāz' ing), touching or scratching lightly.

fold (fōld), sheepfold, pen for sheep, p. grim (grĭm), harsh, severe. 127.

forbear (fôr bâr'), refrain.

forefather (fōr' fä ther), ancestor.

grope (grōp), to feel in the dark.

gross (grōs), base.

grossness (grōs' nes), baseness, evil.

forerunner (fōr run' er), one who runs Gummidge (gum' ij)

before; a messenger, p. 381.

forsworn (fôr swōrn'), perjured, i.e. I habitation (hăb ĭ ta' shun), dwelling.

L

have broken my oath, p. 391.

habitual ascendency, continual mastery.

Indostan (in dō stän'), the same as Hindustan.

half-crown, two shillings, about fifty infantine (în' făn tin), childish.

hall, the home of persons of rank, p. 235. injunctions (in juŋk' shunz), commands, hallooing (hal loo' ing), shouting.

Hindoo (hin' doo), an inhabitant of interpretation (în tẽr' prē ta' shun), mean

hove in upon our chain, drew the ship intimately (in' ti māt li), closely, in a up to the anchor, p. 295.

hub (hub), the nave or block in the center Ishmaelites (ish' mã el īts), wandering

Jove's great archer-son, Apollo, who often aided the Trojans, p. 58. Juan Fernandez (jū an' fẽr nän' dēz), 289. inclined (in klind'), fond of, disposed to judiciously (jū dish' us li), with good like. inclosure (in klō' zhūr), a plot fenced in. Jupiter (jūp' i ter), p. 46.

Kay (kā).

mail (māl), armor.

keepsake (kēp' sāk), something kept as make amends (a měndz'), make up for

a remembrance.

kine (kin), cattle.

knave (nāv), an old word for boy.

laded (lad' ed), loaded.

Lamorack (lăm′ o rack).
Lancelot (läns' e lot).

lancewood, a tough and elastic wood.
lapping, the sound of a tongue licking up

water.

lashing (lash' ing), striking as if with a whip.

latent (la' tent), secret, inactive.

leads (lědz), roofs made of lead, p. 234. leisure (lē' zhur), unoccupied time. linchpin (linch' pin), the pin that keeps a wheel from sliding off the axletree. lineage (lin' e aj), descent, family.

mementoes (mē měn' tōz), memorials
remembrances.

menace (měn' as), threat.
meres (mērz), lakes.
messes, portions of food.

meteor (mēt ē or), falling star; bearded
meteor, a meteor with its light.

lists (lists), tournaments, mock fights in mettle (mět' 'l), spirit. which many knights take part.

living waters, fresh, flowing water, p. 240. Livy (liv' i).

loath or loth (lōth), unwilling.

Locke, John, a great English philosopher.
Logi (lō' gi).

Michaelmas Day (mĭk' el mas), the feast
of St. Michael, September 29.
middle, the waist, p. 195.
Midgard (mid' gärd).

militia (mil Ish' ä), troops of a state, or
a locality; not a regular army.

logical (loj' i kal), according to logic, Minerva (mi ner' vä), p. 47. carefully reasoned out.

minster (min' ster), cathedral, church.

loom (loom), a machine for weaving Miölner (mi ŏl' nēr).

cloth.

lore (lōr), learning.

lorn (lôrn), lost, abandoned.

mischance (mis chăns'), misfortune, accident.

misgiving (mis giv' ing), fear, doubt.

lottery (lot' er i), choosing, drawing lots, missile (mis' sel), a weapon to be thrown. chance.

Moab (mo' ǎb), a land of Syria, p. 118.

lowering (lou' er ing), scowling, looking Modred (mō' dred).

made at each other, charged each other, Moor (moor), an Arab from North p. 204.

Africa.

magicians (ma ji' shunz), men who morasses (mō răs' ez), swamps.

worked magic.

mortified (môr' ti fid), ashamed.

magistrate (măj' ĭs trāt), judge, officer.

Most Great Name, that of God, p. 304.

Mount Olympus (o lim' pus), a mountain | passively (păs' siv li), submissively, with

of Greece once thought of as the home

of the gods.

mournful numbers, sad poetry, p. 308. muffled (můf' eld), covered so as to lessen the noise.

mused (mūzd), thought in silence. myrrh (mer), gum used in incense.

Nebo (ne' bō), p. 118.
Nebuchadnezzar

thing that makes the time pass pleasantly.

pavilions (pā vil' yonz), tents or movable
dwellings.

pay you your wages, defeat you, treat
you as you deserve, p. 197.
Peggotty (pěg' ō ti).

(neb ū kad něz' är), penetrate (pěn' e trat), to enter into.
penetration (pěn ē trā' shun),

king of Babylon. neighborly charity, charity to or from one's neighbors, p. 379, 1. 26. neighing (nā' ing), the sound made by horses.

Neptune (něp' tūn), p. 46.

Newton, Sir Isaac, a great mathematician, discoverer of the law of gravitation.

Nineveh (nin' ē vä), a city in Assyria.

obeisance (ō bē' sans), bowing in sign of
reverence or worship.
obstacles (ŏb'stā k'lz), impediments,

interferences.

obviously (ŏb' vĭ us lĭ), clearly.
Odysseus (ō dĭs' sūs).

one jot or tittle, one smallest particle,
p. 265; see Matthew v, 18.
oracles (ôr' a k'lz), prophecies, p. 73.
ordained (ôr dānd'), commanded, or-
dered.

Orkney (ôrk' ni).

oversprinkle, are sprinkled over.

pad, a horse with an easy pace. Padre (pä' dre), priest.

pæan (pē' an), song of rejoicing triumph.

or

page (pāj), a boy beginning his education for knighthood.

pale (pāl), a piece of land fenced in, used in England, p. 235.

mental

judgment, depth of thought. Pentecost (pěn' te kost), a festival of the Church, often called Whitsuntide, the seventh Sunday after Easter. peradventure (per ǎd věn' tūre), perhaps. perchance (per chäns?), perhaps. Persaunt (per sänt').

Pharaoh (fa' ro), the title given to the kings of Egypt.

phenomenon (fẽ nŏm'ě non), a fact, an extraordinary fact, a wonder. philosopher (fil os' o fer), wise man,

lover of wisdom.

philosophically (fil ō sof' i kal li), quietly,

thoughtfully like a philosopher. Phoebus (fe' bus), p. 47.

phosphorus (fŏs' fo rus), a metal once
used to tip matches.

pieces of silver, silver money, p. 101.
pig's trotters, pig's feet, p. 362.
pilgrim (pil' grim), a person making a
journey to a holy place, often used of
Crusaders.

Pisgah (piz' gä), p. 118.

plashy (plash' i), with many puddles. plight (plit), promise.

ply (pli), to move skillfully.

ply the loom (loom), to weave thread into cloth, p. 44.

polluted (po lūt' ed), stained, dishonored. pommel (pum' el), a knob on the hilt of a sword.

pondering (pon' der ing), thinking hard.

palisade (păl Ĭ sād′), a strong fence made ponderous (pon' der us), very heavy. of posts set closely together.

palpitating (pal pi tat' ing), throbbing, beating fast.

parsties, Barkis's name for pastries. passing strange, very strange, p. 185.

posterity (pos těr' i ti), those who live
after we are dead.

Potiphar (pot' i fär), p. 102.
pottage (pot' aj), thick soup.
precipices (près' Ĭ pĭs ez), steep cliffs.

pretense (pre tens'), to make pretense is redoubled (rē dŭb 'ld), doubled two or to make believe.

prog, schoolboy phrase for food, p. Regin (rā' gin). 350.

rein (ran), rein in, hold back.

prop-iron, iron used to support parts of reluctant (rē lŭk' tant), unwilling, hesia carriage.

prospectively (prō spěk' tiv li), for the remonstrances (rē mŏn' strans ez), obfuture, in prospect. jections.

protest (pro test'), vigorously affirm or remote (rē mōt'), far away.

quarter boat (kwôr' ter bōt), small boat righteousness (ri' chus nes), goodness,