GLOSSARY.
Abye, to pay the penalty of, to atone for.
Aigrette, a plume of feathers.
Alembic, an old chemical apparatus or vessel, used for distilling.
Astucious, astute, shrewd, cunning.
Baaren-hauter, a nickname for a German private soldier.
Ban-dog, a large fierce dog.
Banneret, a standard-bearer.
Banquette, the walk behind the parapet of a fortress.
Barbican, the outwork defending the gate of a fortress.
Bartizan, a small overhanging turret or projecting parapet.
Brache, a kind of sporting dog.
Braggadocio, a blusterer, a boaster.
Caftan, a long robe worn by men in the East.
"Cour plénière," in ancient French history a gathering of all a king's vassals.
Cresset, a large kind of candlestick for holding a small fire or illuminant.
Dalmatic, dalmatique, a long ecclesiastical robe.
Diet, the national assembly.
Doomsmen, all who gathered at the doom, or great popular court of the ancient Scandinavians.
Dorf, a village.
Double-ganger, Doppelgänger, a spectral counterpart of a living person.
Earth-shoot, a landslip.
Emprise, feat, enterprise.
Espadon, a long heavy sword.
"Fain, to make one," to please, to give pleasure or joy to.
Faustrecht, the right claimed by the petty barons of the Empire to wage private warfare.
Folter-kammer, a torture-chamber.
Gammon, a smoked ham.
Gauds, trinkets, ornaments.
Gear, business, affair; property.
Geierstein, vulture-stone.
Graffs-lust, the count's delight.
Hauberk, a shirt of mail.
Hauptman, a captain.
Hundred, an old subdivision of the English counties.
Kreutzer, a German copper coin, worth one third of a penny English.
Lammer-geier, the bearded vulture.
Landamman, the chief magistrate in a Swiss canton.
Landvogt, a bailiff.
Lanzknecht, a German mercenary soldier.
Largesse, a free distribution of money.
Leaguer, a camp.
Losel, a slothful person.
Lyme-hound, a large dog.
"Maen Gorsedd," the stone of the British bards.
Mail, a trunk.
Mainour, a thing stolen, discovered in the hands of the thief.
Malecredence, mistrust.
Merlin, a kind of hawk, formerly trained to hunt game birds.
Minnesinger, a poet-minstrel of mediæval Germany.
Montero-cap, a horseman's scarlet cap of fine Spanish cloth trimmed with fur.
Morisco, a Moor of Spain.
Palmer, a pilgrim to the Holy Land.
"Par amours," forbidden love.
Partisan, a kind of pike or halberd.
Peltry, skins and furs of wild animals.
Pight, pitched, placed, fixed.
Ptisan, a decoction of barley.
Rigadoon, a dance with a peculiar hopping step.
"Roba di guadagno," profitable goods.
Romaunt, a story or tale in verse.
Saltire-wise, two lines crossing one another diagonally like a St. Andrew's cross.
Samite, a textile made of gold cloth or satin.
Schlaf-trunk, a sleeping-draught.
Schwarz-bier, black beer.
Schwarz-reiter, a German mercenary horse-soldier
Seigniory, the right of ownership vested in a feudal superior or lord.
Shaveling, a priest.
Soothfast, true, worthy of belief.
Stoup, a drinking-cup.
Strappado, a cruel form of military punishment.
Strick-kind, the child of the cord—the prisoner on trial before the Vehmic Tribunal.
Switzer, a native of Switzerland.
Thane, intermediate between a freeman and a noble.
Treillage, trellis-work.
Vail, to doff, to lower, to take off.
Verjämbt, condemned by the Vehmic Tribunal.
Vestiary, a room for keeping vestments.
Visne, venue, the place where a law action can be tried.
Wapentake, an old subdivision of the English counties.
Warrand, a defender.
Wassail, ale or wine sweetened and flavoured with spices.
Welked, marked with protuberances or ridges.
Wimple, a shawl worn by women out of doors.
Wroge, Vroge, lists of offences that called for the attention of the court.
Yung-herr, Jung-her, Junker, a young man.
Zechin, a Venetian gold coin, worth from 9s. to 10s.
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Obvious typographical errors have been corrected.
Inconsistent spelling, hyphenation, and capitalization (e.g. his grace/Grace) in the original document have been preserved.