pallaise a pallet, or thin mattress.
palmetto a hat woven of palmetto leaves.
palm-leaf a hat woven of palm-leaves or similar material.
parchment a document written or printed on parchment.
peach-blow peach blossom.
peck a unit of dry measure, equal to a quarter of a bushel or 8 dry quarts.
pike a highway or main road.
"Pray for them that 'spitefully use you" Matthew V, 44: "Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you" (Christ's words, from the Sermon on the Mount).
punch a mixture of alcoholic spirits with water or fruit juice and sugar, often heated.
quadroon a person of mixed race whose ancestry includes one grandparent of African descent and three of European. (Quadroon, octoroon, and similar terms were used to make distinctions in a complex system of social and legal status developed in some Caribbean societies. In the United States, they were apparently used less exactly; Stowe uses mulatto throughout the novel to refer to people of mixed race, and quadroon to refer to African-American people very light in complexion, even when the person's exact ancestry is not known.)
"Rachel weeping for her children . . . " Matthew II, 18: refers to Herod's killing the boy children as the fulfillment of this prophecy.
railroad a road made from rails; here, a "corduroy" road, a road made of logs laid crosswise.
rattan a cane or switch made from a branch of rattan (a kind of palm tree).
rusk sweet, raised bread or cake, sliced and toasted or baked a second time.
