sowers planters.
bracken large, coarse, weedy ferns, occurring in meadows, woods, and especially wastelands.
feudal system the economic, political, and social system in medieval Europe, in which land, worked by serfs who were bound to it, was held by vassals in exchange for military and other services given to overlords.
beasts of venery animals pursued in hunting.
partisan a member of an organized civilian force fighting covertly to drive out occupying enemy troops; here, a term used to describe Robin Wood.
solar a private or upper chamber.
mullions slender, vertical dividing bars between the lights of windows, doors, and so on.
Boxing Day the first weekday after Christmas, when gifts or "boxes" are given to employees, postmen, and so on.
mead an alcoholic liquor made of fermented honey and water.
morris dances old folk dances formerly common in England, especially on May Day, in which fancy costumes were worn, often those associated with characters in the Robin Hood legends.
sherries sack or malmsey wine two types of sweet wine.
"D'ye ken William Twyti?" "Do you recognize William Twyti?" spoken in a Northern English dialect.
chine a cut of meat containing part of the backbone.
the richesses of martens, the bevies of roes, the cetes of badgers and the routs of wolves "richesses," "bevies," "cetes," and "routs" are all names for groups of the animals with which they are listed (as in "a school of fish").
Lord Baden-Powell British general (1857–1941), founder of Boy Scouts and Girl Guides.
baldrick a belt worn over one shoulder and across the chest to the hip, used to support a sword or horn.
falchion a medieval sword with a short, broad, slightly curved blade.
four long notes of the mort the song played on a hunting horn to announce the death of the prey.
