embonpoint—plumpness; corpulence.
Siren Isle—(Gr. and Rom. mythology) home of any of several sea nymphs, represented as part bird and part woman, who lure sailors to their death on rocky coasts by seductive singing.
heiroglyphic—a picture or symbol representing a word, syllable, or sound; hard to interpret or understand.
Chippendale—designating or of an eighteenth-century English style of furniture characterized by graceful lines and, often, rococo ornamentation.
Patroon—a person who held a large estate with manorial rights under a grant from the Dutch government of New Netherland.
