sciatica any painful condition in the region of the hip and thigh.
ewers pitchers with wide mouths.
frumenty a English dish of hulled wheat boiled in milk, sweetened, and flavored with spice.
canary a fortified wine similar to Madeira, made in the Canary Islands.
milliard a billion.
the Little Bear a constellation, also known as the Little Dipper.
tumulus an artificial mound.
crofter one who rents and works on a small farm.
midden a dunghill or refuse heap.
the drouthy antipodes a group of cold, drafty ("drouthy") islands belonging to New Zealand.
