GLOSSARY

N.B.—This list is intended to contain only such words culty by reason of their rarity or of their 1

Angélus, Angelus (a form of

devotion),

Bailliage, bailiwick.

Banalité, vulgaritv, commonplaceness,

Béat, sanctimonious.

Bengali, Indian finch,

Blanchette, ‘: Whitey,” ‘“Snowball” (pet name for white cat).

Castor, beaver, beaver-cloth.

Cicerone, guide, civerone,

Clopin-clopant, hobbling along.

Engrenage, system Wheels, machine,

Éteignoir, extinguisher candle, cone-shaped).

Étude, office, practice (of a solicitor).

Fiche, counter, chip.

Fièrement, ‘terribly.”

Filière, channel, routine,

Gite, lair, shelter.

Grain, particle.

Grief, griev :nce,

Heu! oh! well! (expresses doubt or hesitation).

Hom! humph ! (expresses distrust or doubt).

Hon! whew!

satisfaction).

Jonque, junk.

Kalmouk, C'almuck.

Kirsch, cherry brandy.

Kouskoussou, couscous or couscoussou, a f dish in

of

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(for

(expresses «lis-

favourite Western Africa, made of millet, meat and baobab leaves.

Lapon, Laplander.

Manitou, fetich.

Mégère, ‘‘tartar,” shrew, fury.

as present unusual difi-

eculiar meaning in the present text,

Mi-carême, mid-Lent.

Nécessaire, work-box.

Odyssée, Odyssey, adventures.

Onglée, numbness of the tingers (caused by cold).

Original, original, an odd or eccentric person,

Paner, to bread.

Pardié! by George! £h! pardié! why, man alive !

Passer, to die,

Patati patata, galloping along (onomatopæia, used only in familiar style, to imitate the gallop of a horse).

Pirogue, canoe {made of hollowed tree trunk).

Poste, stage.

Pot-au-feu, stew, of persons, ‘‘stay-at-home,”

Poupon, baby, babyish

Pré-salé, mutton fedi on pastures near the sea (the grass of which, impregnated with salt, adds savour to the flesh).

Quasiment, as it were (also uuse).

Relancer, to rense, start again (hunting term).

Réveur, abstracted.

Sensible, regrettable.

Sourire, to please,

Sous-préfet, sub-prefect, mayistr, 2: of an arrondissement.

Tache, blemish, fault.

1 orréfier, to roast,.

Travers, whim, caprice,

Tripang, tuipang or sea cucumber,

Viscomté, viscount's jurisdiction, viscountv.

trepang,