portcullis an iron grating hung over a gateway and lowered between grooves to prevent passage.
sleeping-draught a sleeping potion.
turnkey the person in charge of the keys to a prison.
toss-pot a drunkard.
mere a lake or pool.
kine cow.
eddying moving in a circular current like a whirlpool.
cask a barrel, usually holding wine.
shingly overlapping in rows.
