The Monastery (1912)/Glossary
Glossary
aefauld, honest.
aff, off.
Afrite, an evil spirit.
alb, a full-length white linen robe worn by priests.
anent, about, opposite.
antiphonars, chants, alternate singing.
architrave, ornamental moulding; that part of a column immediately above the capital.
argute, sharp, acute.
arriage and carriage, plough and cart service given instead of rent.
aver, draught-horse.
ballants, ballads, stories.
bartizan, a small overhanging turret, the battlement.
basnet, helmet.
beau-idéal, fine ideal, perfection.
bedral, beadle, grave-digger.
bell-waver, to fluctuate, wander.
benedicite, bless you.
benison, blessing.
besognio, rogue, worthless fellow.
biberes, drinking-allowances.
bicker, move quickly.
bide the bang, bear the brunt.
bield, shelter.
birn, burn; cut and birn, marks made on an animal by cutting or branding.
bit, little, small.
blink, glance, twinkling.
bob, dance.
bodin, prepared, provided.
bodle, boddle, small copper coin.
bogles, ghosts.
boll, a Scotch measure of six bushels.
bolting, the passing of meal through a cloth.
boot, good, advantage, addition.
brae, rising ground, a hill.
brangler, a quarrelsome person.
brig, bridge.
brisket, the breast.
broach, roasting-spit.
brochan, porridge.
brogging, pricking.
brogues, shoes.
bullseg, a half-gelded bull.
burn, burnie, a brook or rivulet.
busk up, deck up.
buskin, deer-hide leggings.
byre, a cow-house.
cairn, a pile of stones.
calcareous, containing lime.
caller, cool, fresh.
collet, wench, slut.
canny, fortunate, careful, safe.
cantrip, frolic, trick.
canty, lively, cheerful.
Capta est civitas per voluntatem Dei, the city was taken by the will of God.
caritas, indulgence.
carle, a churl, a gruff fellow.
carline, a witch or hag.
carriage and arriage, plough and cart service given instead of rent.
cast, chance, fate; kind; a lift on the road.
casting, throwing off (in hawking).
causa scientiae, reason.
cawker, hinder part of a horse-shoe.
chadler, a Scotch measure = 16 bolls.
cheerer, a glass of hot spirits and water.
chef-d'œuvre, masterpiece.
Cid Hornet Benengeli, the apocryphal author of Don Quixote.
ciprus, a thin crape.
clachan, a hamlet.
clam-shell, scallop-shell.
clap and happer, the symbols of a mill.
cleck, hatch.
cleugh, a ravine, a rugged precipice.
clout, a butt, rag; to mend, strike
collops, minced meat.
confiteor, I confess; the Confession.
constancy, of a, continuously.
coquinarius, the chief cook in a monastery, the kitchener.
coranto, a dance.
corps, body.
corri, a hollow in the hills, open only on one side.
couvrechef (Scot. curch), a woman's covering for the head.
cracking, gossipping, talking.
cracks, conversation, gossip.
crambe bis coda, cabbage twice boiled.
cricket-stool, a low stool.
croft, field, land.
cromlech, a great stone laid across two others, supposed to mark a sepulchre.
cruives, fish-traps.
cuddie, ass.
cummer, gossip.
curch (Fr. couvrechef), a woman's covering for the head.
cushat, a wood-pigeon.
cymbalurn, a gong.
da mihi vinum, quaeso, et merum sit, give me some wine, I beg you, and let it be unwatered.
da mixtus, give me the mixture (of wine and water).
daffin, thoughtless gaiety, foolery.
darg, day's work.
De profundis clamavi, Out of the depths have I cried (Psalm cxxx).
de trop, in the way, one too many.
deliverly, actively, alertly.
demit, put off, lay aside.
Deo gratias, thanks be to God.
dexter, right.
discipulus im piger atque strenuus, an un wearied and industrious scholar.
dixit abbas, &c. (p. 168), the abbot said to the prior, You are a well-conducted man, for you always give me sensible advice.
Donatus, a Latin primer.
donjon, keep, the central building of a castle.
dool, sorrow, pain, sad consequence.
dorts, saucy, sulky.
double strike, with twice as much malt.
douma, cannot, do not.
downer, lower.
dry-march, a part of the Border.
earded, buried.
effeirs, rank, station, affairs: effeir of war, warlike guise.
en cavalier, as a horseman; roughly.
en croupe, behind the rider.
enfans perdus, lost children.
ennui, weariness, boredom.
Entretiens de Compte du Gabalis, 'Undertakings of the Count du Gabalis': a book by the Abbé de Villars.
escaramouche, skirmish.
esprit follet, airy spirit, sprite.
estramazone, a term in fencing.
et exaudivit, &c. (p. 359). And the Lord heard the voice of Elijah, and the soul of the child came into him again, and he revived. 1 Kings xvii. 22.
ettle, to endeavour, to intend, to aim.
even, to equal.
ex cathedra, from the seat of authority; with authority.
excise, to tax.
fabliau, a tale in verse.
facinora ostendi, &c. (p. 65), Misdeeds should be exposed and punished, but heavy crimes punished in secret.
falconet, a small cannon.
fand, found; to try.
far ben, in favour, intimate.
fash, fasherie, trouble.
fasheous, troublesome.
faye, faith.
fear, sound, well.
feasible, neat, tidy.
fencible, capable of defence: men enrolled for home defence.
fend, to defend, keep out bad weather, provide against want.
fief, an estate held from a feudal superior.
firlots, a fourth part of a boll.
flamms, pancakes.
fleech, flatter, wheedle.
fleightering, fluttering.
forby, besides.
former, chisel.
fortune de la guerre, fortune of war.
fou, foolish, crazed.
frampler, a disorderly person.
frater ad succurrendum, brother-assistant.
fur, furrow.
gad, an iron bar, a goad.
gait, gate, way, manner, method.
galliard, a dance.
galligaskins, a wide sort of trousers.
gambadoes, coverings for the legs.
gang, go.
gar, compel, make.
gathering turf, a fiery peat sent round by the Borderers to alarm the country in time of danger, as the fiery cross was sent by the Highlanders.
gear, goods, dress, equipment.
ger, compel, make.
gey, very.
ghaists, ghosts.
girth, a refuge, an asylum; girth gate, safe road.
gled, a bird, especially the kite.
gleg, sharp, alert.
glimpse, moment.
gnar, a knot in wood, a stout fellow.
Gnostics, a sect of the early Church.
gorget, throat armour.
gratias, favours, thanks.
gratias agimus quam maximas, Domine reverendissime, we yield thee all thanks, most reverend lord.
guestened, been the guest of.
guide, use, treat.
guisards, disguised persons, mummers who sing for money at Christmas-time and the New Year.
gyre-carline, weird sister, ogress, witch.
hackbut, an old sort of firearm.
haggis, a dish composed of the pluck, &c., of a sheep, with oatmeal, suet, onions, &c., boiled inside.
haill, all, whole.
haill o' my ain, all my own.
hap up, cover.
hart of grease, a hart in the best condition.
havings, behaviour, manners.
heather-blutters, cock-snipes.
heckle, to hackle, to separate the coarse part of hemp from the fine.
hempie, rogue, giddy young person.
het, hot.
heuch, a crag, a dell.
hirsel, a flock of sheep; to creep down.
hodiernal, belonging to the present day.
horse-couper, horse-dealer.
hospitium, that part of a convent set apart for strangers and travellers.
howk, to dig; howkit, dug.
humana perpessi sumus, we have endured the course of human life.
ilk, each, every; of that ilk, of the same.
incredulus odi, what I find incredible, I hate.
indulgentiae, indulgences.
intravit in secretis nostr is, he hath entered into our secrets.
invecta et illata, goods brought by the tenant to the property he rents.
irritabile genus, irritable class.
jack, breastplate, a coat of mail.
jackman, a man that wears a short mail jacket.
japes, deceptions.
jesses, leather straps round the legs of a hawk.
jeux d'esprit, clever sayings.
joes, sweethearts.
joint-stool, low stool.
justice-air, assizes.
kail, kale, cabbage; broth made from greens.
kain, duty paid by a tenant to hislandlord in eggs, fowls, &c.
keeking-glass, looking-glass.
kelpy, a water-spirit.
ken, know; kend, known.
kenspeckle, peculiar, easily recognized.
kiln, oven.
kirn, churn.
knaveship, mill-dues paid to the knaves or servants.
knowe, knoll, hillock.
kyte, stomach.
laith, loath.
lamping, going with long steps.
lap, leaped.
lapis offensionis et petra scandali, a stone of offence, and a rock of stumbling.
lowing, tavern reckoning.
leaguer, to lie, to be in camp.
levin-bolt, lightning, a thunderbolt.
limmar, rogue, light woman.
lippy, fourth part of a peck.
lith, a joint, a limb.
loon, young man or young woman of doubtful character.
lucubrations, studies by candlelight.
lupus in fabula, the wolf in the fable.
manege, the art of training and managing horses.
mark, merk, a coin worth 13s. 4d. in England: in Scotland about 13d.
mart, a fatted cow; an animal slaughtered for winter use.
Martlemas, the feast of St. Martin, November 11.
mazer-dish, a drinking-vessel, or cup.
mea paupera régna, my poor domains.
meal-girnel, large chest for holding meal.
melder, as much meal as is ground at one time.
menseful, mannerly, mindful, modest.
mew, a cage for hawks.
minched collops, finely minced meat.
misdoubt, mistrusting.
misleard, ill-taught, ill-bred.
molendinar, of or belonging to a mill.
Molinara, maid of the mill.
mortreux, a dish of mixed meats.
moss-hag, pits or sloughs in a mire or bog.
moss-trooper, a marauder, Border thief.
mot, might; a bugle-note.
mows, jest; na mows, no jest.
muckle, much.
mug-ewe, a particular breed of sheep.
mulcture, fines, taxes.
murrey-coloured, of a mulberry, or dark-red colour.
naig, nag.
ne sit ancillae tibi amor pudori, do not be ashamed of loving your hand-maid.
negatur, Gulielme Allan, I deny it, William Allan.
neist, nearest, next.
nicker, neigh.
noil, rap, strike together.
nombles, part of the entrails of a deer.
O gran bonta, &c. (p. 353):
O high nobility of the knights of old!
Enemies were they and of faith diverse.
obnubilated, obscured.
oremus, let us pray.
orgillous (Fr. orgueilleux), proud.
otium cum dignitate, ease combined with dignity.
outrecuidance, arrogance.
palfreniers, grooms.
parler Euphuisme, to speak Euphuism.
paronomasia, a play upon words.
party per pale, divided vertically into two parts.
patienza, patience.
pavin, a stately dance.
pearlins, pearlings, lace.
peat-hag, sloughs in places from which peat has been dug.
pedder-coffe, a pedlar.
penitentia, penitence.
pereat iste, let that man perish.
Petrus Eremita, Peter the Hermit.
piaffe, caracole, passage, tricks of horsemanship.
pinner, a cap with lappets, formerly worn by women of rank.
pistolet, a little pistol.
pith, strength.
pix, the box that contains the consecrated Host.
pleugh-pettle, plough-staff.
ploy, employment, frolic, merry meeting.
pock-pudding, a contemptuous term for an Englishman.
poignet, hilt.
point-device, in every point.
poldroons, shoulder-plates.
portioner, one having a portion of land.
pottinger, an apothecary.
pricker, a light horseman.
principes convenerunt unum adver sus Dominum, the princes gathered themselves together against the Lord.
Promptuarium Parvulorum, a Latin Dictionary.
purl, embroidered border.
pyet, ornate.
quae nunc praescribere longum, which it would take too long to mention.
quean, a young woman, wench.
quit-rent, a rent freeing from other service.
rape, rope.
ratio ultima Romae, final argument of Rome.
reclaim, the recall, recovery.
reisted, roasted, smoked.
rem acu [you have touched] the point with a needle.
rental-mails, account of rents.
rickle, a heap.
rock, distaff.
rokelay, a short cloak.
rood, the cross.
Rosicrucian, one of a fraternity of alchemists, who claimed certain magical powers.
routing, roaring, bellowing, snoring.
rowan-tree, mountain-ash.
rudesby, a turbulent fellow.
rullions, shoes made of untanned leather.
sack and fork, drowning and hanging.
sain, sign, mark with the sign of the Cross.
saker, an old sort of gun.
Sancta Maria, Holy Mary.
Sansculottes, lit. trouserless, a name applied to the Revolutionaries of Paris.
sarsenet, a kind of woven silk.
saultfat, a salt-cellar.
saunt, a saint.
say, a sample, a woollen cloth.
scabella, footstool, bench.
scapularies, a band of woollen stuff hung over the shoulders ; part of the religious habit.
scaur, precipitous bank of overhanging earth.
Scots mile, about 1970 yards.
Scots pund, about 1s. 8d. English money.
scurril, vulgar, indecent, scurrilous.
shaw, a wood.
shell-work, adorned with shells.
singulis, sighs.
sinister, left.
skelp, to gallop; to thrash.
skirling, screaming.
skirts, borders, boundaries.
sleuth-dog, a hound that tracks by scent.
slops, a sort of trousers.
slot, the track, footmarks.
snow-wreath, heap of snow.
sorner, sturdy beggar, a person who lives on his neighbours.
sort, manage, set to rights; to beat, to scold.
sough, sigh, a breath.
soupirail, small opening.
spauld, the shoulder.
spence, parlour, pantry.
splent, iron plates.
springaid, a youth, an active fellow.
spurtie, a stick for stirring porridge.
standing-cup, a large drinking-cup.
status, position, standing.
sleek, stitch.
steer, stir, molest.
sticking saumon, spearing salmon.
stoccata, imbrocata, punto-reverso, incartata, various terms used in fencing.
straik, stroke.
stramazoun, a sword-cut.
swankie, smart lad, active fellow.
swarf, faint.
taffetas, fine silk stuff.
tasker, a labourer who does piecework.
Te Deum laudamus, we praise
Thee, O God.
teind-sheaves, sheaves payable as tithes.
terra incognita, unknown land.
thraw, to thwart, to twist, to throw.
thrcep, persistent statement, accusation.
tilbury, a gig.
time about, alternately.
timeously, in good time.
tirl, to turn over, to tap, to strip.
tocher, dowry; tocherless, without a marriage-portion.
tod, a bush, a fox.
tolbooth, prison.
tour de force, forcible turn.
tout genre est permis, hors le genre ennuyeux, every kind is allowable, except the wearisome.
troggs, troth.
tuilzie, scuffle.
tup, a ram.
turn-broche, turn-spit.
umquhile, whilom, ci-devant, late.
unhouseled, unshriven, not having received the sacrament.
usquebaugh, whisky.
utinam hanc etiam viris impleam amicis, would that I could fill this also with my friends.
vassail, vessel.
veniae, favours.
venue, a turn at fencing.
vestiarius, master of the wardrobe.
Via! Away! Off!
viatoribus licitum est, it is permitted to wayfarers.'
vino gravatus, heavy with wine.
virtuoso, a man skilled in a fine art.
wassell-bread, wastel-cake, an oaten loaf baked in the oven, with carraway seeds in it.
waur, worse, to put to the worse.
wean, little one, child.
weary, vexatious, troublesome.
weel-scrapit tongue, well-watched tongue.
weights, instrument for winnowing corn.
weise, guide, direct.
welts, borders.
wem, a scar, mark.
whiffling, trifling, talking idly.
whinger, a knife, a short sword.
whirrie, whirl, go rapidly.
white-seam, underclothing in making.
winna, will not.
yammer, make an outcry.
yetts, gates.