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GLOSSARY
ABIIT, EVASIT, ERUPIT, EFFUGIT, more correctly the quotation is, 'abiit,
excessit, evasit, erupit': varying terms to express the haste, secrecy,
and energy of the flight.
ABOON or ABUNE, above.
ACCOLADE, embrace.
ADSCRIPTI GLEBAE, slaves, transferred with the land to which they are
bound, from one possessor to another.
AHINT, behind.
AITS, oats.
ALERTE A LA MURAILLE, 'Quick to the wall!'
ALEXANDER AB ALEXANDRO, Alexander the son of Alexander.
ALMA = 'alma mater terra', the land, the bounteous mother.
ALTER EGO, his other self.
AMBRY, AWMRY, chest.
ANENT, concerning.
ANILIA, old women's tales.
APOTHEOSIS, deification.
ARIETTE, air.
ASSOILZIED, acquitted, or absolved.
ASSYTHMENT, satisfaction.
BAFF, slap.
BAGGANETS, bayonets.
BARLEY, parley; CRY BARLEY IN A BRUILZIE, call a truce during a
scrimmage.
BARON-BAILIE, steward of the estate.
BAWBEE, halfpenny.
BAXTER, baker.
BEAUFET, buffet, sideboard.
BEFLUMMED, befooled.
BEGUNK, trick.
BEN, within (by, in).
BENEMPT, named.
BENT, open country.
BHAIRD, bard.
BIBLIOPOLIST, seller of books.
BIELDY, sheltered.
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