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<description><![CDATA[This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1884 Excerpt: ...ship. Hussar.--A light horse-soldier. The name is of Hungarian origin, and is said to be derived from huss, twentieth; it having been the custom in Hungary at one time to demand one man in twenty for the army. Intractable.--Self-willed; not easily drawn. Lat. in, not; tractum, to draw. Ivanhoe.--This was none other than the poor Palmer, then present. He was the son of Cedric, but had been disinherited for disobedience. Kirtle.--A kind of outer petticoat. Knights Hospitallers.--An order of knights, who built an hospital or home for pilgrims at Jerusalem in 1042. From Lat. hospes, a guest. Knights Templars.--A religious order, whose members were half monk, half soldier, established in 1118 to guard the roads leading to the Holy Sepulchre. The head-quarters were in a convent called the Temple; hence the name of the order. Lurcher.--A dog that lies in wait for game, as hares, partridges, &c. Major-domo.--Steward; the chief servant of the house. From Lat. major, greater; and domus, a house. Malice prepense.--A legal phrase meaning intended malice; with intent to injure. Mortar.--A vessel, in shape resembling a basin, in which substances are pounded with a pestle. Murrain.--A fatal disease. From Lat. morior, to die. Mynheer.--Mr. The ordinary title of address among the Dutch. Northallerton (field of).--The place of the famous "Battle of the Standard," fought in 1138 by the Normans and Saxons against the Scots. Oberon.--The king of Fairy-land. Obstreperously.--Noisily. Lat. strepere, to make a noise. Odin.--The war-god of the Scandinavians. Called also Woden. Hence our Wednesday, the day once held sacred to Woden. Opulent.--Wealthy; abounding in means. Lat. opes, means. Palmer.--A pilgrim who carried a palm branch or leaf in token of his visit to the...]]></description>
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