punctilio
Fine point of etiquette; precise observance of formalities.
rinderpest
Contagious viral disease, chiefly of cattle, causing ulceration of the
alimentary tract and diarrhea.
Sublime Porte
[French. Porte: a gate] Ottoman court; government of the Turkish
empire; from the gate of the sultan's palace.
Tsing-tao (Qing-dao)
City in eastern China on the Yellow Sea, north-northwest of Shanghai.
The city was leased in 1898 to the Germans, who established a famous
brewery.
Uhlans
Horse cavalry of the Polish, German, Austrian, and Russian armies.
ukase
Order or decree; an edict; proclamation of a czar having the force of
law in imperial Russia.
verbund
[German] Interconnection.
Wipers
British soldiers' pronunciation of "Ypres".
Zemstvos
An elective council for the administration of a provincial district in
czarist Russia.
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