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Silas Marner Vocabulary Chapter 1 1. unwonted (1)- Out of the ordinary 2. nutty (2)- Probably just means containing a lot of
nut bushes 3. winnowing-machine (2)- A machine used to separate wheat from chaff 4. flail (2)- An implement consisting of handle with a free swinging stick at the end; used in manual threshing 5. chary (2)- Characterized by great cautious and wariness 6. Whitsun (3)- Christian holiday; the week beginning on Whitsunday (especially the first 3 days) 7. saw-pit (4)- A pit over which lumber is positioned to be sawed by two men with a long two- handled saw 8. shafts (4)- Reference to horseracing and the starting gates. 9. tale (5)- A number told or counted off; a reckoning by count; an enumeration; a count, in distinction from measure or weight; a number reckoned or stated. Total amount 10. foxglove (6)- Any of several plants of the genus Digitalis 11. coltsfoot (6)- Perennial herb with large rounded leaves resembling a colt's foot and yellow flowers appearing before the leaves do; native to Europe but now nearly cosmopolitan; used medicinally especially formerly 12. cataleptic (6)- Affected by a trancelike state with loss of voluntary motion and failure to react to stimuli Chapter 2 1. loam (12)- A rich soil consisting of a mixture of sand and clay and decaying organic materials 2. dropsy (12)- Swelling from excessive accumulation of serous fluid in tissue 3. outlay (14)- The act of spending or disbursing money; money that has been paid out 4. flock-beds (14)- A bed filled with flocks or locks of coarse wool, or pieces of cloth cut up fine. "Once a flock bed, but repaired with straw." --Pope. 5. King Alfred (15)- A ruler of Britain (click link for more) 6. rivulet (16)- A small stream Chapter 3 1. husbandry (17)- The practice of cultivating the land or raising stock 2. apoplexy (17)- A sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain 3. orts (17)- A morsel left at a meal; a fragment; refuse; -- commonly used in the plural. --Milton. 4. top-knots (17)- Decorative ribbon or bow worn as a headdress Showy crest or knot of hair or feathers 5. pillions (17)- A
seat behind the rider of a horse or motorbike etc. 6. chines (17)- Cut of meat or fish including at least part of the backbone 7. hallowing (19)- Render holy by means of religious rites 8. distrain (19)- Confiscate by distress Legally take something in place of a debt payment 9. laudanum (21)- A tincture of opium or any preparation in which opium is the main ingredient 10. vacillation (21)- Indecision in speech or action 11. vicinage (25)- A limited region around a particular area; a vicinity. A number of places situated near each other and considered as a group. The residents of a particular neighborhood. The state of living in a neighborhood; proximity. Chapter 4 1. jacks (30)- A machine or contrivance for turning a spit; a smoke jack, or kitchen jack. 2. treddles (31)- (more commonly seen as “treadle”) The part of a foot lathe, or other machine, which is pressed or moved by the foot. Chapter 5 1. hectoring (35)- Be bossy towards Chapter 6 1. fustian (36)- A strong cotton and linen fabric with a slight nap 2. farrier (36)- A person who shoes horses 3. throstle (38)- Common Old World thrush noted for its song 4. liver and lights (39)- Reference to butcher shop slang, lights meaning lungs 5. lief (43)- ('lief' is archaic) very willing; in a willing manner; gladly Chapter 7 1. surplice (46)- A loose-fitting white ecclesiastical gown with wide sleeves 2. torpid (47)- Slow and apathetic 3. nolo episcopari (48)- [I am unwilling to accept the office of bishop. ] A very general notion prevails that every bishop at consecration uses these words. Mr. Christian, in his notes to Blackstone, says, “The origin of these words and of this vulgar notion I have not been able to discover; the bishops certainly give no such refusal at present, and I am inclined to think they never did at any time in this country.” When the see of Bath and Wells was offered to Beveridge, he certainly exclaimed, “Nolo episcopari, ” but it was the private Chamberlayne says in former times the person about to be elected bishop modestly refused the office twice, and if he did so a third time his refusal was accepted. (Present State of
England.) Chapter 8 1. swarthy (50)- Naturally having skin of a dark color 2. glazier's (50)- Someone who cuts flat glass to size 3. behoof
(54)- Advantage; profit; benefit;
interest; use. Chapter 9 1. collogue (57)- Confer secretly 2. lieve (59)- Same as lief 3. ostler (60)- Someone employed in a stable to take care of the horses Chapter 10 1. capacious (61)- Large in capacity 2. prescriptive (62)- Based on or prescribing a norm or standard; normative 3. brawn (62)- The flesh of a boar; also, the salted and prepared flesh of a boar. 4. pettitoes (63)- The toes or feet of a pig, -- often used as food; sometimes, in contempt, the human feet. --Shak. 5. beery (64)- Smelling of beer 6. yarbs (64)- It took me forever to figure out that this “herbs” 7. dubiety (67)- The state of being unsure of something 8. outwork (67)- Subsidiary defenses lying outside the main fortified area 9. Athanasian Creed (72)- A Christian profession of faith: it maintains belief in the Trinity as opposed to Arianism Chapter 11 1. joseph (73)- An outer garment worn in the 18th century; esp., a woman's riding habit, buttoned down the front. --Fairholt. 2. exiguity (73)- The quality of being meager; scantiness 3. nattiness (76)- Stylishness as evidenced by a smart appearance 4. tucker (77)- A detachable yoke of linen or lace worn over the breast of a low-cut dress 5. profane (77)- Not sacred or concerned with religion 6. scrag (78)- The lean end of a neck of veal 7. knuckle (78)- I believe this implies a pig’s knuckle (as for eating)
Scar (the body) in
certain cultures; scratch the surface
of 9. hale (84)- Exhibiting or restored to vigorous good
health; whole 10. nether
(85)- (referring to garments)
Lower; below the torso 11. springe (86)- All I can find are references to being
ensnared, nothing that seems to denote a description of
a person 12. sodger (86)- Alternative
dialect pronunciation of soldier 13. carping
(87)- Quibbling over insignificant details Chapter 12 1. futurity
(91)- The time yet to come; The quality of being in or of the future 2. furze
(91)- Very spiny and dense
evergreen shrub with fragrant golden-yellow flowers; common throughout western
Europe; gorse Chapter 13 1. jollity
(94)- Feeling jolly and jovial and
full of good humor; joviality 2. profligacy
(95)- Dissolute indulgence in
sensual pleasure (not involved with spending money in this sense 3. eglantine
(99)- Eurasian rose with prickly
stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by
scarlet hips Chapter 14 1. scrat (102)- Dialect
equivalent of scratch 2. colly (107)-
Make soiled, filthy, or dirty; begrime 3. truckle-bed
(107)- A low bed to be slid under a
higher bed; same as trundle bed 4. descrying
(108)- Catching sight of 5. red sorrel
(108)- East Indian sparsely prickly
annual herb or perennial subshrub widely cultivated
for its fleshy calyxes used
in tarts and jelly and for its bast fiber 6. brownie
(110)- (folklore) fairies that are
somewhat mischievous 7. propitiatory
(110)- Having power to atone for or
offered by way of expiation or propitiation
Intended to reconcile or appease Chapter 15 NONE! PART TWO Chapter 16 1. veracious (113)- Habitually speaking the truth 2. fustian (114)- A strong cotton and linen fabric with a slight nap (A soft or fuzzy surface texture) 3. bergamot
(115)- Small tree with pear-shaped
fruit whose oil is used in perfumery; Italy 4. slips
(115)- A part (sometimes a root or
leaf or bud) removed from a plant to propagate a new plant through
rooting or grafting 5. cogent
(118)- Having the power to
influence or convince; powerfully persuasive 6. clave (119)- To
unite or be united closely in interest or affection; to adhere with strong
attachment. (from cleave) 7. unvitiated (121)-
(opposite of vitiate: Corrupt morally)
Pure 8. fretted
(123)- Having a pattern of fretwork
or latticework 9. belike
(125)- With considerable certainty;
without much doubt Chapter 17 1. filberts
(125)- Small nut-bearing tree much
grown in Europe Nut of any of
several trees of the genus Corylus 2. bossed
(126)- Raised in a relief; same as
embossed 3. spar
(126)- Any of various nonmetallic
minerals (calcite or feldspar) that are light in color and transparent or
translucent and cleavable A stout rounded
pole of wood or metal used to support rigging 4. privation
(129)- A state of extreme poverty;
deprivation Chapters 18-21 NONE! Conclusion 1. laburnums
(149)- Flowering shrubs or trees
having bright yellow flowers; all parts of the plant are poisonous |