Lynn Vieh - His Lordship Possessed

an automatic tea maker

bronze, bronzen:

a theatrical cosmetic that temporarily darkens the skin

brown:

Talian currency

bruiser:

a large or physically intimidating man; thug

bucks:

clothing made of buckskin

bum:

ass

calendula:

an herbal tincture used as a topical disinfectant

care kit:

first-aid kit

carri:

steam-driven carriage

carriwright:

maker of steam-driven carriages

cartlass:

a girl or woman who sells food and/or beverages from a portable cart on the street

cashsafe:

a hidden, locking recess in a private home where money and other valuables are kept

catchall:

an extending/grasping device with a pinchers at one end

Church:

the Torianglican Church, the only religion recognized and approved by the Crown; the Church of England

clearstone:

quartz

clopboard:

building siding made of planks recovered from abandoned horse barns

coal burner:

engine that runs on coal

coddles:

cod cut into chunks

collar:

vicar

commoner:

an ordinary, untitled individual; someone of low birth

conciliator:

mediator

cosh:

bludgeon

coin:

money

crispie:

potato chip

croke:

croquet

Crown, the:

the English monarchy as well as its authority over Toriana

crowswalk:

a viewing deck that encircles the upper portion of a building

dear:

costly

deathmage:

magical practitioner licensed to kill

deb:

debutante

detector:

a magic practitioner (generally employed by the court) who uses touch to discern truthfulness

digger:

miner

dink:

a small or short man

dipper:

strip of treated paper that changes color when exposed to poison or drugs

drawers:

underwear

drips:

syphilis

Druuds:

mortal magic practitioners who captured and imprisoned the Aramanthans to end the mage wars

ducklings:

children

echo:

device used to detect hidden objects

elshy:

hellchild

entitlement:

inheritance of title and property

exormage:

exorcist who nullifies curses and rids people and places of demon infestation

faeriestale:

fantasy story told to children

fete teller:

the humblest of fortune-tellers who set up tents at village fetes to do many readings for very little money

fichu:

a shoulder wrap, usually made of lace

firebrigader:

fire fighter

fishncrisp:

a shop that sells fish fillets fried together with potatoes cut in various shapes

flat:

apartment

flathouse:

a building that has been divided up into flats

Fleers:

remnant members of the American rebel forces who fled west after losing the war to England

flystick:

a clear glass rod containing live lightning bugs, used like a flashlight or lantern

foundling:

abandoned orphan

freeclaiming:

a social practice caused by the shortage of women among the original colonies, which allowed men to kidnap and hold captive unprotected or abandoned women

freedman:

ex-convict

fry bread:

bread fried in bacon drippings

furrin, furriners:

slang for

foreign

,

foreigners

garms:

garments

gaslamp:

exterior lighting powered by natural gas

gel:

girl (common, casual, generally used to refer to females of the merchant class)

get the sack:

be fired

gildstone:

marble

ginger:

woman with red hair

glass:

common term for ambrotype glass plate negative

glassed:

photographed

glasshield:

windshield

glassies, glassines:

protective, preservative glass coatings applied to documents

glasslung:

terminal respiratory disease caused by inhaling sparkglass; suffered by painters and construction workers

gogs:

protective eyewear

goldstone:

building made of blocks of pyrite-flecked granite

gone off:

suffered a mental breakdown

gowners:

dressmakers who specialize in creating gowns for wealthy society women

gravecart:

hearse

Great Uprising, the:

Toriana’s name for the failed revolutionary war against England

Great War, the:

Toriana’s version of WWI

hatch drop:

manhole access to underground tunnels

hellchild:

a child believed to be demon-possessed and therefore impervious to magic

Herself:

slang term for the queen of England

hidey-holes:

small, concealed places in houses for people to hide in or use to spy on someone

Hill, the:

an area of Rumsen where most of the wealthy and titled reside

H.M.:

abbreviation for Her Majesty

hothead:

woman with red hair

illuminator:

a device that works like a primitive film projector

Independence:

freedom from English rule

johnnies:

men who hire prostitutes

keroseel:

a combination of seal, whale, or fish oil and kerosene

keyfob:

a chain-and-loop key ring, carried by men

keylace:

a ribbon key ring, worn around a woman’s wrist

kipbag:

mesh tote

kneecappers:

criminal enforcers who use clubs to shatter the knees of their victims

knickers:

underwear

lampflies:

fireflies

lass:

girl (affectionate, proper)

lav:

lavatory

loo:

toilet

loomgel:

a girl or woman who works in a menial position at a textile factory

loomworks:

textile factory

loon:

a mentally disturbed person

loon herder:

an orderly at an asylum

loonhouse:

asylum for the mentally disturbed

Lost Timers:

brigades of English and Italian soldiers who became lost in the Bréchéliant forest and were there possessed by Aramanthan spirits

lungfever:

slang for influenza

mage:

magic practitioner

magis, magistrate: