Word |
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Meaning as used in The Lord of the Rings |
Context of use, sentence used in |
The Two Towers |
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Book III, Chapter 1 |
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The Departure of Boromir |
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despoiled |
417 |
To strip of possessions; also to undress. |
Doubtless the orcs despoiled
them, but feared to keep the knives, knowing them for what they are: work of Westernesse, wound about with spells of the bane of Mordor. |
array |
419 |
To set in due order; also, to prepare. |
They combed his long dark hair and arrayed it upon his shoulders. |
doth |
420 |
Third person singular present indicative of do: now only used in poetic or solemn use.
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'Ask not of me where he doth dwell-so many bones there lie |
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Book III, Chapter 2 |
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The Riders of Rohan |
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shod |
426 |
Preterit and past participle of shoe. |
More swiftly, maybe, than iron-shod Orcs. |
swath |
426 |
The space covered by the stroke of a scythe; the cut of a mowing-machine; the piece or strip so
cut; hence, a strip, belt, or long and relatively narrow extent of anything. |
Nearly due west the broad swath
of the marching Orcs tramped its ugly slot; the sweet grass of Rohan had been bruised and blackened as they passed. |
nightshade |
427 |
Probably simply "darkness." The literal use of this word appears to be unique to Tolkien
- in historical English, it is only used figuratively as the name of a poisonous plant. |
As nightshade was closing about them Aragorn halted. |
bestowed |
428 |
To stow or put; store; confer upon a recipient; give. |
'It will be more needed where it is bestowed,' said Aragorn. |
mar |
428 |
To hinder or interfere with; also to damage or impair. |
A vain pursuit form its beginning, maybe, which no choice of mine can mar or mend.
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herdsman |
429 |
The keeper of a herd; a man employed in tending a herd of cattle. |
The dwellings of the Rohirrim were for the most part many leagues away to the South, under the
wooded eaves of the White Mountains, now hidden in mist and cloud; yet the Horse-lords had formerly kept many herds and studs in the Eastemnet, this easterly re |
rede |
432 |
To counsel or advise; also to explain or interpret; also to relate or tell; a plan, design, or
scheme. |
Rede
oft is found at the rising of the Sun.' |
haughty |
436 |
Exalted, lofty, noble; also having or showing a feeling of lofty dignity, disdainfully proud,
arrogant. |
'But wanderers in the Riddermark would be wise to be less haughty
in these days of doubt. |
thwart |
436 |
To be adverse, in opposition, or at variance; hindrance. |
Will you aid me or thwart me? |
carcases |
437 |
The dead body of an animal. |
We counted all the slain and despoiled them, and then we piled the carcases
and burned them, as is our custom. |
wroth |
438 |
Affected with anger; incensed; wrathful. |
He is wroth. |
craven |
439 |
Vanquished or defeated, to acknowledge one's self beaten, or surrender. Crush, overthrow. |
It is true that we are not yet at open war with the Black-Land, and there are some, close to the
king's ear, that speak craven counsels; but war is coming. |
ward |
439 |
To keep guard or protective watch over; to keep safe from harm; defend or protect. |
The east-mark is my charge, the ward
of the Third Marshal, and I have removed all our herds and herdfolk, withdrawing them beyond the Entwash, and leaving none here but guards and swift scouts.' |
beset |
439 |
To set, stud, or surround with something; also to surround as in a siege or attack, hem in; attack
on all sides; assail. |
He has taken Orcs into his service, and Wolf-riders, and evil Men, and he has closed the Gap
against us, so that we are likely to be beset both east and west. |
dwimmer-craft y |
439 |
Dwimer ( or Dweomer) - Illusion, sorcery, necromancy. |
'It is ill dealing with such a foe: he is a wizard both cunning and dwimmer-crafty
, having many guises. |
guises |
439 |
Manner, mode, or fashion; also, style of dress, or garb, sometimes, assumed appearance. |
See text above for dwimmer-crafty. |
misgives |
439 |
To give doubt or apprehension to; to cause to be apprehensive: said of one's mind, heart, etc.
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I do not know how it will all end, and my heart misgives
me; for it seems to me that his friends do not all dwell in Isengard. |
chafes |
441 |
To fret of with irritation. Fret: see fretting. Fume: an irritable or angry mood.
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'My company chafes to be away, and every hour lessens your hope. |
turves |
443 |
Turf. A piece cut or torn from the surface of grassland, with grass, etc. growing on it; a sod;
often the grassy covering of a grave. |
It was newly raised: the raw earth was covered with fresh-cut turves:
about it were planted fifteen spears. |
splayed |
443 |
Spread out; wide and flat; turned outward; fig. clumsy or awkward; oblique or awry. |
A little way beyond the battle-field they made their camp under a spreading tree: it looked like a
chestnut, and yet it still bore many broad brown leaves of a former year, like dry hands with long splayed fingers; they rattled mournfully in the night-bre |
pickets |
445 |
A pointed post stake, pale or peg; for driving into the ground to fasten something to. |
They dragged their pickets and disappeared. |
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Book III, Chapter 3 |
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The Uruk-hai |
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brigands |
449 |
An irregular foot soldier; also a plundering marauder; a bandit; esp., one of a gang of robbers in
mountain or forest regions. |
These lands are dangerous: full of foul rebels and brigands.' |
fray |
450 |
A fight, skirmish, or battle. |
His guards had gone to join in the fray. |
jeered |
451 |
To speak or shout derisively; direct derisive remarks at a person or thing. |
'Can't take his medicine,' they jeered. |
loping |
452 |
To hang loosely or limply; droop; also, to sway, move or go in a drooping or heavy, awkward way.
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Then the whole company began to run with the long loping strides of Orcs. |
clamouring |
453 |
A loud outcry; vociferation; hence, a vehement expression of desire or dissatisfaction; also, any
loud and continued noises,. |
Dimly he became aware of voices clamouring: it seemed that many of the Orcs were
demanding a halt. |
slavering |
455 |
To let saliva run from the mouth; slobber; drivel. Wet or smear with saliva; fig., to fondle or
smear in a disgusting manner. |
Don't stand slavering there! |
rabble |
455 |
A disorderly crowd or assemblage of persons, esp. of a low, rough, or turbulent kind; persons of a
low class. |
Get your rabble together! |
jowl |
455 |
A jaw, esp. the under jaw; also the cheek. |
Pippin was bruised and torn, his aching head was grated by the filthy jowl
and hairy ear of the Orc that held him. |
flagging |
455 |
Drooping, failing. |
They were flagging
in the rays of the bright sun, winter sun shining in a pale cool sky though it was; their heads were down and their tongues lolling out. |
lolling |
455 |
To hang loosely, or droopingly. |
See text above for flagging. |
gimlets |
457 |
A kind of boring tool. Gimlet-eyed - having a sharp or piercing eye. |
'There's only one thing those maggots can do: they can see like gimlets in the dark.
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spitted |
459 |
To thrust a spit into or through; hence, to pierce, stab, or transfix as with a spit; impale on
something sharp. |
At last Merry stirred and whispered softly: 'So far so good; but how are we to avoid being
spitted?' |
sortie |
460 |
A sally of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers. Sally: a sudden rushing forth,
esp. a sortie of troops from a besieged place upon an enemy. |
The Riders were drawing in their ring close round the knoll, risking the orc-arrows, so as to
prevent any sortie, while a company rode off to deal with the newcomers. |
vigil |
460 |
A devotional watching, or keeping awake, during the customary hours of sleep; wakefulness, watch.
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The Riders had returned to their silent ominous vigil. |
bay |
462 |
A stand made by a hunted animal to face or repel pursuers, or, fig. by a person, etc. forced to
face a foe or a difficulty. |
So it was that they did not see the last stand, when Uglúk was overtaken and brought to bay
at the edge of Fangorn. |
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Book III, Chapter 4 |
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Treebeard |
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laved |
474 |
To wash or bathe. |
As for Treebeard, he first laved
his feet in the basin beyond the arch, and then he drained his bowl at one draught, one long, slow draught. |
bracken |
474 |
A large fern or brake, esp., Pteris aquilina; also, such ferns collectively. |
On the right side of the bay there was a great bed on low legs; not more than a couple of feet
high, covered deep in dried grass and bracken. |
besom |
476 |
A bunch of twigs for sweeping; a broom; anything that sweeps out or cleanses. |
There was a flicker like green fire in his eyes, and his beard stood out stiff as a great
besom. |
garth |
480 |
A yard or garden. |
When spring is come to garth and field, and corn is in the blade; |
conclave |
485 |
Place that may be locked. A private room; any private meeting, esp. one of an ecclesiastical
nature. |
The voices of the Ents were still rising and falling in their conclave.
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mockery |
489 |
Ridicule or derision; a derisive action or speech; something absurdly or offensively inadequate or
unfitting. |
But Trolls are only counterfeits, made by the Enemy in the Great Darkness, in mockery
of Ents, as Orcs were of Elves. |
gaunt |
489 |
Abnormally thin, as from hunger; lean; emaciated; haggard. |
The woods fell away and they came to scattered groups of birch, and then to bare slopes where only
a few gaunt pine-trees grew. |
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Book III, Chapter 5 |
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The White Rider |
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waylay |
501 |
To lie in wait for (a traveler, passer-by, etc.) on the way; fall upon or assail from ambush, as
in order to rob, seize, or slay. |
For already he knows that the messengers that he sent to waylay
the Company have failed again. |
surety |
504 |
The state or quality of being sure; certainty; that which makes sure; guarantee. |
War is upon us and all our friends, a war in which only the use of the Ring could give us
surety of victory. |
sedge |
509 |
Any of various rush-like or grass-like plants constituting the cyperaceous genus Carex, growing in
wet places. |
They came upon many hidden pools, and broad acres of sedge
waving above wet and treacherous bogs; but Shadowfax found the way, and the other horses followed in his swath. |
swath |
509 |
The space covered by the stroke of a scythe; the cut of a mowing-machine; the piece or strip so
cut; hence, a strip, belt, or long and relatively narrow extent of anything. |
See text above for sedge. |
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Book III, Chapter 6 |
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The King of the Golden Hall |
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glens |
510 |
A narrow valley; a depression or hollow between hills. |
Immediately before the travellers the widest of these glens
opened like a long gulf among the hills. |
blazoned |
515 |
A heraldic shield; armorial bearing; the heraldic description of armorial bearings; description;
display. |
Their golden hair was braided on their shoulders; the sun was blazoned
upon their green shields, their long corslets were burnished bright, and when they rose taller they seemed than mortal men. |
cot |
515 |
A small or humble dwelling-house; a cottage; also a small erection for shelter or protection. Also
a light beadstead; a light portable bed, as one of canvas or the like stretched on a frame; a small bed or crib for a child. |
And I would do as the master of the house bade me, were this only a woodman's cot,
if I bore now any sword but Andúril.' |
louver |
516 |
A turret or lantern on the roof of a medieval building, to supply ventilation or light. |
Through the louver
in the roof, above the thin wisps of issuing smoke, the sky showed pale and blue. |
sooth |
517 |
Real, true; also in accordance with truth. |
But news from afar is seldom sooth. |
render |
518 |
To give back or restore. |
I guess that it is likely to turn out the same once more: you will seek aid rather than
render it. |
bandy |
519 |
To give and take; back and forth; as, blows, words, or compliments; exchange, as blow for blow.
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I have not passed through fire and death to bandy
crooked words with a serving-man till the lightning falls.' |
hearken |
519 |
Harken. To listen; hence, to give heed or attend. |
'Now Théoden son of Thengel, will you hearken to me? Said Gandalf. |
sister-son |
522 |
Nephew. |
Take back your sword, Éomer, sister-son!' said the king. |
board |
523 |
A table, esp. to serve food on. |
Your meat is about to be set on the board. |
leechcraft |
524 |
The art of the leech or physician; medical science, skill, or treatment. |
Your leechcraft ere long would have me walking on all fours like a beast. |
defiled |
525 |
To make foul, dirty, or unclean, either physically or morally; pollute; taint; violate; desecrate
or profane; make ceremonially unclean. |
With it he washed clean the stones that Wormtongue had defiled. |
wry face |
526 |
A twisted face or mouth. |
'Say also,' said Gandalf, 'that to crooked eyes truth may wear a wry face.' |
aught |
526 |
Anything whatever; but also means possession, property. |
You have only to name aught that is mine. |
arrayed |
526 |
To prepare; also, to deck out; adorn with dress; attire. |
Now men came bearing raiment of war from the king's hoard, and they arrayed
Aragorn and Legolas in shining mail. |
proffered |
527 |
To put before a person for acceptance. |
Théoden drank from the cup, and she then proffered it to the guests. |
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Book III, Chapter 7 |
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Helm's Deep |
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bivouac |
530 |
Orig. a night-watch by an entire army to prevent surprise; now, a temporary encampment of soldiers
in the open air without tents; the place of such encampment. |
In a great circle, under the starry sky and the waxing moon, they now made their bivouac.
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vanguard |
531 |
The foremost division of an army; the van; a part of an army detached from the main body to clear
the way and guard against surprise from the front. |
In the last red glow men in the vanguard
saw a black speck, a horseman riding back towards them. |
coomb |
532 |
Comb. A narrow valley or deep hollow, esp. one inclosed on all sides but one. |
Still some miles away, on the far side of the Westfold Vale, lay a green coomb, a
great bay in the mountains, out of which a gorge opened in the hills. |
foeman |
533 |
A foe, as in war. |
'He that flies counts every foeman
twice, yet I have spoken to stouthearted men, and I do not doubt that the main strength of the enemy is many times as great as all that we have here.' |
van |
533 |
The foremost division or the front part of an army, a fleet, or any body of individuals advancing
or in order for advancing; the foremost position in such a body. |
Aragorn and Legolas went now with Éomer in the van. |
rick |
534 |
A stack of hay, straw, or the like, esp., one regularly built and thatched or covered for
protection from rain. |
'They bring fire,' said Théoden, 'and they are burning as they come, rick,
cot, and tree. |
rampart |
534 |
A broad elevation or mound of earth raised as a fortification about a place; also anything serving
as a bulwark or defense. |
'Not far ahead now lies Helm's Dike, an ancient trench and rampart
scored across the coomb, two furlongs below Helm's Gate. |
fodder |
535 |
Food for cattle, horses, etc., esp. such food as hay, straw, vegetables, etc. |
'But great store of food, and many beasts and their fodder,
have also been gathered there.' |
burg |
535 |
A fortress or fortified town of early and medieval times. |
There they were welcomed again with joy and renewed hope; for now there were men enough to man
both the burg and the barrier wall. |
parapet |
535 |
A protective wall or barrier at the edge of a balcony, roof, bridge, or the like. |
The Deeping Wall was twenty feet high, and so thick that four men could walk abreast along the
top, sheltered by a parapet over which only a tall man could look. |
breastwork |
535 |
A defensive work of moderate height, hastily thrown up; also a parapet as of a building. |
Gimli stood leaning against the breastwork upon the wall. |
sable |
536 |
Black; very dark. |
For a staring moment the watchers on the walls saw all the space between them and the Dike lit
with white light: it was boiling and crawling with black shapes, some squat and broad, some tall and grim, with high helms and sable shields. |
tempest |
537 |
An extensive current of wind rushing with great velocity and violence, esp. one attended with
rain, hail or snow; a violent storm; a violent commotion, disturbance, or tumult; a violent outburst. |
Then the Orcs screamed, waving spear and sword, and shooting a cloud of arrows at any that stood
revealed upon the battlements; and the men of the Mark amazed looked out, as it seemed to them, upon a great field of dark corn, tossed by a tempest of war, a |
brazen |
537 |
Of or as of brass; like brass, in sound, color, strength, impenetrability, etc. |
Brazen
trumpets sounded. |
postern |
537 |
A back door or gate, or any lesser or private entrance. |
There was a small postern
door that opened in an angle of the burg-wall on the west, where the cliff stretched out to meet it. |
press |
538 |
To force into service, esp. naval or military service; impress; to crowd upon or throng. |
Already a great press of Orcs and Men were gathering again beyond the stream. |
riven |
539 |
Rent or split asunder. Rent: see rent. Asunder: In a sundered state; apart; in pieces. |
All their arrows were spent, and every shaft was shot; their swords were notched, and their
shields were riven. |
tumult |
539 |
The commotion or disturbance of a multitude, usually with noise. |
Gamling the Old looked down from the Hornburg, hearing the great voice of the dwarf above all the
tumult. |
onset |
539 |
A setting or rushing upon; an assault or attack. |
Their onset was fierce and sudden, and the Orcs gave way before them. |
whetting |
540 |
To sharpen (a knife, tool, etc.) by grinding or friction. |
The elf was whetting his long knife. |
quail |
540 |
To decline in strength or vigor, wither, or fade, as living beings, plants, etc; to become faint
or feeble. |
But these creatures of Isengard, these half-orcs and goblin-men that the foul craft of Saruman has
bred, they will not quail at the sun,' said Gamling. |
fret |
543 |
To gnaw; wear away or consume by gnawing; to torment, irritate, annoy, vex. |
'I fret in prison,' said Théoden. |
circuit |
544 |
To go or move around. |
Taking his leave, he returned to the walls, and passed round all their circuit,
enheartening the men, and lending aid wherever the assault was hot. |
parley |
544 |
To speak, talk, or confer; hold parley with an opponent; specif., to hold an informal conference
with an enemy, under a truce, as between active hostilities. |
Then he raised his empty hand, palm outward in token of parley. |
skulking |
544 |
To move or go in a mean, stealthy manner, as from fear, cowardice, or shame, or with some evil
purpose; also, to lie or keep in hiding, as for some discreditable reason or evil purpose; lurk; also, to shelter one's self or take refuge in a cowardly manner |
Bring out your skulking king!' |
Helm |
545 |
That by which affaires are guided; also to steer; direct. Double meaning? |
'Helm is arisen and comes back to war. |
reeled |
546 |
To sway, swing, or rock under a blow; shock or any great stress; sway about unsteadily in standing
or walking, as from dizziness, intoxication, faintness. |
The Orcs reeled and screamed and cast aside both sword and spear. |
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Book III, Chapter 8 |
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The Road to Isengard |
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feigned |
548 |
To make believe; pretend; fictitiously invented; also pretended. |
My old age is not feigned nor due only to the whisperings of Wormtongue. |
leech |
548 |
A physician; to cure; heal. |
It is an ill that no leech can wholly cure, not even Gandalf.' |
deluded |
549 |
To mislead the mind or judgement of; deceive. |
For you have been deluded by Saruman. |
hovels |
551 |
An open shed, as for sheltering cattle, tools, etc; also a small, mean dwelling-house; a wretched
hut. |
They are but hovels
compared with the caverns I have seen here; immeasurable halls, filled with an everlasting music of water that tinkles into pools, as fair as Kheled-zâram in the starlight. |
plink |
551 |
The sound or action of plinking; a sharp metallic noise. |
And plink! a silver drop falls, and the round wrinkles in the glass make all the
towers bend and waver like weeds and corals in a grotto of the sea. |
mar |
552 |
To damage or impair; disfigure; deface; spoil or ruin. |
Maybe the men of this land are wise to say little: one family of busy dwarves with hammer and
chisel might mar more than they made.' |
gait |
553 |
Manner of going, walking, or stepping. |
They came swiftly form the North, walking like wading herons in their gait,
but not in their speed; for their legs in their long paces beat quicker than the heron's wings. |
slunk |
555 |
Preterit and past participle of slink. To creep or go quietly or stealthily; to go in a furtive,
abject manner, as from fear, cowardice, or shame. |
They rode down to the river, and as they came the wolves ceased their howling and slunk
away. |
descry |
558 |
To make out by looking; to discover by observation; see; perceive; detect. |
Dimly through the mists they could descry
the long arm of the mountains rising on their left. |
rank |
558 |
Straight, slender, bold. |
No trees grew there; but among the rank
grasses could still be seen the burned and axe-hewn stumps of ancient groves. |
unquiet |
559 |
Not quiet; restless; uneasy or perturbed; agitated or in commotion; not silent or still. |
Shafts were driven deep into the ground; their upper ends were covered by low mounds and domes of
stone, so that in the moonlight the Ring of Isengard looked like a graveyard of unquiet dead. |
cauldron |
561 |
Caldron. Serving to heat; a large kettle or boiler. |
The ring beyond was filled with steaming water: a bubbling cauldron,
in which there heaved and floated wreckage of beams and spars, chests and casks and broken gear. |
spars |
561 |
A piece of timber of considerable length in proportion to its thickness; a stout pole. |
See text above for cauldron. |
lapped |
561 |
To infold or inwrap in something, hence, to surround or envelop. |
Pale waters lapped about its feet. |
dig |
561 |
To make a thrust or stab into; prod. |
Meriadock, son of Saradoc is my name; and my companion, who alas! is overcome with weariness' -
here he gave the other a dig with his foot-'is Peregrin, son of Paladin, of the house of Took. |
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Book III, Chapter 9 |
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Flotsam and Jetsam |
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flotsam |
564 |
Such part of the wreckage of a ship and its cargo as is found floating on the water. |
Chapter title - Flotsam and Jetsam |
jetsam |
564 |
Goods thrown overboard to lighten a vessel in distress; esp. such goods as when washed ashore.
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See text above for flotsam. |
rashers |
565 |
In cookery, a thin slice of bacon or ham for frying or boiling. |
Or I can cut you some rashers of bacon and broil them, if you like. |
dainty |
566 |
Something esteemed or choice. Also, a delicacy, pleasing to the palate; a choice viand; a
delicacy. Viand: an article of food, now usually of a choice or delicate kind. |
Saruman kept this dainty to himself, it seems. |
wreathe |
567 |
To encircle or adorn with. |
'Time wears on, and the mists are blowing away, or would if you strange folk did not wreathe
yourselves in smoke. |
fetters |
568 |
A chain or shackle by which a person or an animal is confined by the foot; hence any shackle;
fig., anything that confines or restrains. |
'One who cannot cast away a treasure at need is in fetters. |
grit |
571 |
Firmness of character; indomitable spirit. |
His wizardry may have been falling off lately, of course; but anyway I think he has not much
grit, not much plain courage alone in a tight place without a lot of slaves and machines and things, if you know what I mean. |
stock |
574 |
The trunk or the stump of a tree left standing; a log or block of wood. |
Wood and water, stock
and stone, I can master; but there is a Wizard to manage here." |
draggled |
577 |
To soil by dragging over damp ground or in the mud; make limp and soiled as with wet and dirt.
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"I saw him crawling up the steps like a draggled rat. |
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Book III, Chapter 10 |
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The Voice of Saruman |
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embrasures |
581 |
An enlargement of the aperture of a door or window, at the inside of the wall, by means of splayed
sides. |
This was the only entrance to the tower; but many tall windows were cut with deep embrasures
in the climbing walls: far up they peered like little eyes in the sheer faces of the horns. |
uncouth |
582 |
Unfamiliar, unusual, unpleasant; strange and alarming; awkward, clumsy. |
When others spoke they seemed harsh and uncouth by contrast; and if they
gainsaid the voice, anger was kindled in the hearts of those under the spell. |
gainsaid |
582 |
To deny, contradict; dispute; also, to oppose; act against. |
See text above for uncouth. |
countenance |
583 |
Demeanor; restraint; bearing; behavior; also, aspect or appearance. |
But you, Théoden Lord of the Mark of Rohan, are declared by your noble devices, and still more by
the fair countenance of the House of Erol. |
forsooth |
584 |
In truth; in fact; indeed. |
What aid can he give to you, forsooth? |
wayward |
584 |
Turned away from the proper course, wayward; turned away from what is right and proper, or froward
or perverse. Disposed to turn wilfully from what is proper, reasonable, or expected, in order to follow one's own impulses or whims. |
You may find the Shadow of the Wood at your own door next: it is wayward,
and senseless, and has no love for Men. |
gibbet |
584 |
A gallows; esp., an upright post with a projecting arm at the top, from which formerly the bodies
of criminals were suspended after execution; to hold up to public scorn. |
When you hang from a gibbet
at your window for the sport of your own crows, I will have peace with you and Orthanc. |
dotard |
585 |
One who is weak minded, esp. from old age. |
Dotard
! |
brag |
585 |
To speak vaingloriously; boast; vaunt. Vainglorious: inordinately proud or boastful. |
You give me brag and abuse. |
redress |
585 |
To set right (anything wrong or distressing); right, remedy, or repair (wrongs, injuries,
injustice, etc.) deal with (grievance, etc.) so as to give relief. |
For the common good I am willing to redress the past, and to receive you. |
remonstrance |
585 |
Demonstration or manifestation; also, representation or statement of facts or circumstances; a
formal statement of matters of public importance, esp. by way of protest, presented to a ruler, government, or the like; the act of remonstrating. |
They heard the gentle remonstrance of a kindly king with an erring
but much-loved minister. |
erring |
585 |
To deviate form the true course; aim, or purpose; also to go astray in thought or belief; be
mistaken. |
See text above for remonstrance. |
treat |
587 |
To handle or discuss an affair with a view to settlement; negotiate; also, to deal with in speech
or writing. |
If you wish to treat
with me, while you have a chance, go away, and come back when you are sober! |
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graven |
591 |
Carved, sculpted; engraved. |
The pillar was still sanding, but the graven
hand had been thrown down and broken into small pieces. |
rankle |
591 |
Unpleasant feelings; thoughts, experiences, facts, etc; to keep up within the mind keen irritation
or bitter resentment. |
'Don't let it rankle! |
testy |
592 |
Headstrong; also, prone to impatience and irritation, or irritably impatient of contradiction or
opposition. |
'All right, I'll tackle Strider by the camp-fire: he's less testy.
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closer |
593 |
To become closed; shut; hidden or secret; practicing secrecy. |
'Well, if Gandalf has changed at all, then he's closer
than ever that's all,' Pippin argued. |
hummock |
594 |
A knoll or hillock (a small hill or mound). |
He was rolled in a blanket, with his cloak spread over the top; and close beside him, between his
right side and his bent arm, there was a hummock, something round wrapped in a dark cloth; his hand seemed only just to have slipped off it to the ground. |
blind |
598 |
Without discernment, understanding, or judgement; not proceeding form or controlled by reason.
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Several of the Riders cried out, and crouched, holding their arms above their heads, as if to ward
off a blow from above: a blind fear and a deadly cold fell on them. |
converse |
600 |
To talk informally with another; interchange by thoughts or speech. |
To see far off, and to converse in thought with one another,' said Gandalf. |
adamant |
601 |
Unconquerable. In ancient times, some impenetrably hard substance: variously identified later,
esp. as the diamond or loadstone. Impenetrably hard, unyielding. |
How long, I wonder, has he been constrained to come often to his glass for inspection and
instruction, and the Orthanc-stone so bent towards Barad-dûr that, if any save a will of adamant now looks into it, it will bear his mind and sight swiftly thither? |
slinker |
608 |
One who slinks about; a shirker. |
But perhaps we've shaken him off at last, the miserable slinker. |
