Chapter 1
1. brattling- Make a rattling sound

2. big-boled- bole- The main stem of a tree; usually covered with bark; the bole is usually the
               part that is commercially useful for lumber

3. sycophantish- sycophantic- Attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery
   Sycophantish \Syc"o*phant`ish\, a.
      Like a sycophant; obsequiously flattering. -- {Syc"o*phant`ish*ly}, adv.
            Sycophantish satirists that forever humor the prevailing folly.                            --De Quincey.

4. tuberstirrings- tuber- A fleshy underground stem or root serving for reproductive and
    food storage

5. blacksweet-

6. duff-  A stiff flour pudding steamed or boiled usually containing e.g. currents and citron

7. firesnakes-

8. whalecocks-

9. wolfslopes-

10. fuliginous-  Fuliginous \Fu*lig"i*nous\, a. [L. fuliginosus, from fuligo
      soot: cf. F. fuligineux. See {Fume}.]
      1. Pertaining to soot; sooty; dark; dusky.
      2. Pertaining to smoke; resembling smoke.

11. keen- (n.) (Irish) a funeral lament sung with loud wailing
  (v.) Express grief verbally
  (adj.) Having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions
   Intense or sharp
   Very penetrating and clear and sharp in operation
   (informal) very good
   As physically painful as if caused by a sharp instrument
   Having a sharp cutting edge or point

12. rumple- Disturb the smoothness of
  To gather something into small wrinkles or folds
  Become wrinkled or crumpled or creased

13. dogmatism- The intolerance and prejudice of a bigot

Chapter 2
14. foist- To force onto another
  Insert surreptitiously (Marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to
   avoid being observed; Conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods) or
   without warrant

15. putrefaction- Decay usually accompanied by an offensive odor
    Decaying caused by bacterial or fungal action

16. enmity- A state of deep-seated ill-will
  The feeling of a hostile person

17. upshot- A phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon

Chapter 3
18. gewgawed- gewgaw- Cheap showy jewelry or ornament or clothing
   Gewgaw \Gew"gaw\, n. [OE. gigawe, gugawe, gewgaude, prob. the
      same word as OE. givegove gewgaw, apparently a reduplicated
      form fr. AS. gifan to give; cf. also F. joujou plaything, and
      E. gaud, n. See {Give}, and cf. {Giffgaff}.]
      A showy trifle; a toy; a splendid plaything; a pretty but worthless
     bauble.
            A heavy gewgaw called a crown.           --Dryden.
    Gewgaw \Gew"gaw\, a.
      Showy; unreal; pretentious.
            Seeing his gewgaw castle shine.          --Tennyson.
19. ashspears-

20. whonking-

21. marauder- Someone who attacks in search of booty

Chapter 4
22. carters- Someone whose work is driving carts

23. victualer- An innkeeper (especially British)
  A supplier of victuals or supplies to an army

24. burgeoning- Grow and flourish

25. petulant- Easily irritated or annoyed

Chapter 5
26. slaver- A person engaged in slave trade

27. peevish- Easily irritated or annoyed

28. supplicant-  (n.) Someone who prays to God
         One praying humbly for something
   (adj.) Humbly entreating

29. tripe- Lining of the stomach of a ruminant (especially a bovine) used as food
  Nonsensical talk or writing

30. monistic- Of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of monism (The doctrine that reality
   consists of a single basic substance or element)

31. immanence- The state of being within or not going beyond a given domain

32. infinitude- An infinite quantity
  The quality of being infinite; without bound or limit

33. nonce- The present occasion

34. fontanel- Any membranous gap between the bones of the cranium in an infant or fetus

35. Fiddlesticks- A bow used in playing the violin

Chapter 6
36. bumptious- Offensively self-assertive

37. brume- brumal- Characteristic of or relating to winter
  Brume \Brume\, n. [F. brume winter season, mist, L. bruma winter.]
     Mist; fog; vapors. ``The drifting brume.'' --Longfellow

38. trestle- A tower-like framework used to support a bridge
  Sawhorses used in pairs to support a horizontal tabletop

Chapter 7
39. keel- One of the main longitudinal beams (or plates) of a vessel; can extend vertically
           into the water to provide lateral stability

40. hellward- Hellward \Hell"ward\, adv.
     Toward hell. --Pope.

41. torus- A ring-shaped surface generated by rotating a circle around an axis that does not
           intersect the circle
  Commonly the lowest molding at the base of a column

42. wimpling- wimple- Of cloth; worn over the head and around the neck and ears by medieval
           women

43. vassals- A person holding a fief (A piece of land held under the feudal system)

44. spackled- spackle- A plastic paste to fill cracks and holes in plaster

45. starlings- Gregarious birds native to the Old World

46. swath- The space created by the swing of a scythe or the cut of a mowing machine
  A path or strip (as cut by one course of mowing)

47. byrnie- A long (usually sleeveless) tunic of chain mail formerly worn as defensive armor

48. simpering- Smile affectedly or derisively

49. chilblains- Inflammation of the hands and feet caused by exposure to cold and moisture

50. yawling- Emit long loud cries

51. phantasm- Phantasm \Phan"tasm\, n. [L. phantasma. See {Phantom}, and cf.
     {Fantasm}.] [Spelt also {fantasm}.]
     1. An image formed by the mind, and supposed to be real or
        material; a shadowy or airy appearance; sometimes, an
        optical illusion; a phantom; a dream.
              They be but phantasms or apparitions. --Sir W. Raleigh.
     2. A mental image or representation of a real object; a fancy; a notion.
           --Cudworth.
           Figures or little features, of which the description
              had produced in you no phantasm or expectation.
                                                  --Jer. Taylor.

Chapter 8
52. brachiating- Swing from one hold to the next, as of some arboreal apes and monkeys

53. soughing- (v.) Place (seeds) in the ground for future growth
  Indicate pain, discomfort, or displeasure
  Introduce into an environment
  (adj.) Characterized by soft sounds

54. transvaluation-

55. impute- Attribute to a source or cause

Chapter 9
56. concrescence- Concrescence \Con*cres"cence\, n. [L. concrescentia.]
      Coalescence of particles; growth; increase by the addition of
      particles. [R.] --Sir W. Raleigh.

57. nether- Lower
  Of the underworld
  Located below or beneath something else

Chapter 10
58. scree- A sloping mass of rocks at the base of a cliff

59. hanks- Loops of rope or wool or yarn

Chapter 11
60. unbeveled-  bevel- (n.) Two surfaces meeting at an angle different from 90 degrees
    A hand tool consisting of two rules that are hinged together so you
         can draw or measure angles of any size
    (v.) Cut a bevel on; shape to a bevel
    (adj.) Having the slant of a bevel

61. cockles- (n.) Common edible European bivalve
  Common edible European bivalve mollusk having a rounded shell with radiating
       ribs
  (v.) Stir up (water) so as to form ripples
  To gather something into small wrinkles or folds