Lord of the Rings Book 5

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Word	Page 1st Used	Meaning as used in The Lord of the Rings	Context of use, sentence used in
The Return of the King
		Book V, Chapter 1
		Minas Tirith
fleeted	756	To float; drift; sail; also to flow, as water; hence, to glide away like a stream; slip away; to move swiftly. Gliding swiftly away; passing swiftly, as time.	Another day of hiding and a night of journey had *fleeted* by.
wont	757	Accustomed; used; to accustom (a person), as to a thing; custom; habit; practice.	'But you come with tidings of grief and danger, as is your *wont*, they say.'
embattled	758	To furnish with battlements; hence, to form with square indentations; fortified.	At its furthest point from the Great Gate of the City, north-eastward, the wall was four leagues distant, and there from a frowning bank it overlooked the long flats beside the river, and men had made it high and strong; for at that point, upon a walled c
quays	758	An artificial landing place, as of masonry, built along navigable water, for the use of vessels arriving, unloading or loading cargo, etc.	There Anduin, going in a wide knee about the hills of Emyn Arnen in South Ithilien, bent sharply west, and the out-wall rose upon its very brink; and beneath it lay *quays* and landings of the Harlond for the craft that came upstream from the southern *fiefs*
fiefs	758	A fee or feud, or estate in land held of a feudal lord; tenure of land subject to feudal obligations; also a territory held in fee.	See text above for *quays*.
tilth	758	The act or operation of tilling; tillage; cultivation; land under cultivation.	The townlands were rich, with wide *tilth* and many orchards, and homesteads there were with *oast* and *garner, fold* and *byre, and many rills* rippling through the green from the highlands down to Anduin.
oast	758	A kiln for drying hops or malt.	See text above for *tilth*.
garner	758	A storehouse for grain.	See text above for *tilth*.
fold	758	An enclosure for domestic animals, esp. sheep.	See text above for *tilth*.
byre	758	A cowhouse.	See text above for *tilth*.
husbandmen	758	One who tills the soil; a farmer.	Yet the herdsmen and the *husbandmen* that dwelt there were not many, and the most part of the people of Gondor lived in the seven circles of the city, or in high vales of the mountain-borders, in Lossarnach, or further south in fair Lebennin with its five
betide	759	To befall; happen; occur.	Whatever *betide*, you have come to the end of the Gondor that you have known.
bastion	760	A projecting portion of a rampart or fortification, in form an irregular pentagon attached at the base to the main work, with two faces forming the forward (salient) angle, and with two shorter reëntrant flanks commanding adjacent parts of the work.	For partly in the primeval shaping of the hill, partly by the mighty craft and labour of old, there stood up from the rear of the wide court behind the Gate a towering *bastion* of stone, its edges sharp as a ship-keel facing east.
pertness	761	Open or unconcealed; also, bold, forward, or impertinent in a smart or flippant way; also, smart or clever.	This is no time for hobbit *pertness*.
capitals	762	The head, or uppermost part, of a column, pillar, etc.	Monoliths of black marble, they rose to great *capitals* carved in many strange figures of beasts and leaves; and far above in shadow the wide vaulting gleamed with dull gold, inset with flowering *traceries* of many colours.
traceries	762	Any delicate interlacing work of lines, threads, etc., as in carving, embroidery, etc.	See text above for *capitals*.
webs	762	Something resembling woven fabric.	No hangings nor storied *webs, nor any things of woven stuff or of wood, were to be seen in that long solemn hall; but between the pillars there stood a silent company of tall images graven* in cold stone.
graven	762	Carved; sculpted; engraved. Past participle of grave. *Grave* - to carve, sculpt.	See text above for *webs*.
twain	762	Two; also, to be separate, disunited, or at variance.	'One of the twain.
kine	764	Archaic plural of cow. Used in numerous combinations with a sense of 'kingly-royal'	'And in my turn I bore it, and so did each eldest son of our house, far back into the vanished years before the failings of the kings, since Vorondil father of Mardil hunted the wild *kine* of Araw in the far fields of Rhûn.
belie	765	To lie about; caluminate; misrepresent; also to show to be false; also, to prove false to; fail to justify.	'I see that strange tales are woven about you,' said Denethor, 'and once again it is shown that looks may *belie* the man - or the halfling.
fealty	765	Fidelity to a lord; the obligation or the engagement to be faithful to a lord; hence, fidelity in general; faithfulness.	'Here do I swear *fealty* and service to Gondor, and to the Lord and Steward of the realm, to speak and to be silent, to do and to let be, to come and to go, in need or plenty, in peace or war, in living or dying, from this hour henceforth, until my lord re
salver	766	A tray, as for serving dishes or presenting letters or cards.	Then men came bearing a chair and a low stool, and one brought a *salver* with a silver *flagon* and cups, and white cakes.
flagon	766	A large bottle for wine, etc.; also, a vessel for holding liquids, as for use at table, esp. one with a handle, a spout and usually a cover.	See text above for *salver*.
liege	766	Owing allegiance and service, as a Feudal vassal to his lord; loyal; faithful.	'Now tell me your tale, my *liege*,' said Denethor, half kindly; half mockingly.
ever and anon	766	Presently again, or now again; also every now and then; continually.	Pippin never forgot that hour in the great hall under the piercing eye of the Lord of Gondor, stabbed *ever and* *anon* by his shrewd questions, and all the while conscious of Gandalf at his side, watching and listening, and (so Pippin felt) holding in a chec
campaigner	769	To serve in or go on a campaign. The military operations of an army in the field during one season or enterprise, any course of aggressive operations.	'An old *campaigner*, I see,' he said.
racked	769	To strain or task in mental effort.	'But no more than a cup of wine and a white cake or two by the kindness of your lord; but he *racked* me for it with an hour of questions, and that is hungry work.'
morsel	770	A bite, mouthful, or small portion of food, or the like; a bit or dish of food of specified character.	We rise ere the sun, and take a *morsel* in the grey light, and go to our duties at the opening hour.
nuncheon	770	A light refreshment taken between meals; a luncheon. Luncheon - a lump or thick piece, esp. of food.	Then there is the nuncheon, at noon or after duties allow; and men gather for the *daymeal*, and such mirth as there still may be, about the hour of sunset.
daymeal	770		See text above for *nuncheon*.
mere	770	Pure, unmixed; also, being nothing more or better than what is specified.	This visit shall be short, a *mere* call of courtesy, and we will go thence to the *butteries*.'
butteries	770	A room or apartment in which the wines, liquors, and provisions of a household are kept.	See text above for *mere*.
spoiling	770	To be suffering from want of or desire for.	'He looks as if he were *spoiling* for a race, and not newly come from a great journey,' said Beregond.
manger	771	A box or trough, as in a stable, from which horses or cattle eat also, eat.	Then they took their leave, seeing that the *manger* was well filled.
wellnigh	773	Very nearly; almost.	Perhaps it was the mountains looming on the verge of sight, their jagged edges softened by *wellnigh* twenty leagues of misty air; perhaps it was but a cloud-wall, and beyond that again a yet deeper gloom.
wrestling	773		Some say that as he sits alone in his high chamber in the Tower at night, and bends his thought this way and that, he can read somewhat of the future; and that he will at times search even the mind of the Enemy, *wrestling* with him.
corairs	773	Hostile excursion; one engaged in privateering, also, the vessel employed by a privateer.	There is a great fleet drawing near to the mouths of Anduin, manned by the *corsairs* of Umbar in the South.
hardihood	775	Hardy - bold, daring, or courageous, as persons, actions, etc. Hood - a suffix of nouns denoting state, condition, character, nature, etc.	He is bold, more bold than many deem; for in these days many are slow to believe that a captain can be wise and learned in the scrolls of lore and song, as he is, and yet a man of *hardihood* and swift judgement in the field.
mess	775	A service or dish of food at a table or for a meal; also a number of persons eating together at a table; to eat in company, esp. as a member of a mess.	'You may join my *mess* for this day.
closeting	776	To shut up in a private apartment, as for a conference or interview.	There had already been much talk in the citadel about Mithrandir's companion and his long *closeting* with the Lord; and rumour declared that a Prince of the Halflings had come out of the North to offer allegiance to Gondor and five thousand swords.
tithe	779	A tenth part, or any infinitely small part, or anything.	They are sparing only a *tithe* of their strength.
wards	780	A division or district of a town or city.	Lights sprang in many windows, and from the houses and *wards* of the men at arms along the walls there came the sound of song.
		Book V, Chapter 2
		The Passing of the Grey Company
brethren	784	Plural of *brother*.	'That is all of our kindred that could be gathered in haste; but the *brethren* Elladan and Elrohir have ridden with us, desiring to go to the war.
sword-thain	786	A military attendant, follower or retainer; a soldier.	Is there gear of war in this place, Éomer, that my *sword-thain* could use?'
weapontake	787	From Old Norse. A territorial division. Part of a country or the judicial court of such a subdivision, more commonly known as a Hundred. A Hundred was expected to send 100 warriors when requested. Also, the act of signifying assent at a public assembly; a	It would be a great company; for the king was leaving only a small garrison in the Burg, and all who could be spared were riding to the *weapontake* at Edoras.
dominion	789	Lordship, ownership; control or influence; rule or sway.	'But he wields great *dominion*, nonetheless,' said Gimli; 'and now he will strike more swiftly.'
staves	790	A verse or stanza of a poem or song.	'Dark ways, doubtless,' said Gimli, 'but no darker than these *staves* are to me.'
booth	792	A temporary structure of boughs (a branch of a tree), canvas, boards, etc., as for shelter.	But as Aragorn came to the *booth* where he was to lodge with Legolas and Gimli, and his companions had gone in, there came the Lady Éowyn after him and called to him.
dry-nurse	794	A nurse who takes care of a child but does not suckle it.	'But am I not of the House of Erol, a shieldmaiden and not a *dry-nurse*?
wilt	795	Second person singular present indicative of will: now only in poetic or solemn use.	But she said: 'Aragorn, *wilt* thou go?'
		Book V, Chapter 3
		The Muster of Rohan
sonorous	801	A deep, resonant sound; rich and full of sound.	But most of the time, especially on his last day, Merry had ridden by himself just behind the king, saying nothing, and trying to understand the slow *sonorous* speech of Rohan that he heard the men behind him using.
gloaming	801	Evening twilight, shade, dusky, light; also, the beginning of twilight.	Only a glimpse, as through a tall window, could be seen of the great valley in the *gloaming* below.
concourse	803	A running or coming together, as of things or people; a throng, an assemblage of people.	On all the level spaces there was great *concourse* of men.
heath	806	A tract of open and uncultivated waste land; esp., such a tract overgrown with low common shrubs; also, any of various low evergreen ericaceous shrubs common on waste land.	Slowly they passed through the short *heath* and upland grass, speaking no more, until they came to the king's pavilion.
braying	811	To utter a loud, harsh cry; make any loud, harsh sound.	Dull they seemed and harsh in the heavy air, *braying* ominously.
hamlets	812	A small village; a little cluster of houses in the country.	On down the grey road they went beside the Snowbourn rushing on its stones; through the *hamlets* of Underharrow and Upbourn, where many sad faces of women looked out from dark doors; and so without harp or horn or music of men's voices the great ride into
thane	813	Servant, retainer, soldier, thane, man; in early English history, a member of any of several classes of men ranking between earls and ordinary freemen, and holding the lands of the king or lord by military service; in Scottish history, a person, ranking w	with thane* and captain rode Thengel's son:*
beleaguered	813	To besiege.	foe-beleaguered, fire-encircled.
Dernhelm	814	Dern - hidden or secret; dark; somber; dreary. Helm - to cover, hide. A name Tolkien gives to Éowyn's alter-ego, a name which happens to describe how she feels and the action which she is about to undertake. A complete relevant definition of 'dern' and '	'Then call me *Dernhelm*.'
lithe	814	Bending readily, or pliant; esp., bending readily at the joints, limber, or supple; hence, agile or active.	Thus it came to pass that when the king set out, before Dernhelm sat Meriadoc the hobbit, and the great steed Windfola made little of the burden; for Dernhelm was less in weight than many men, though *lithe* and *well-knit* in frame.
well-knit	814	Knit - to make compact or firm by contraction of consolidation of parts.	See text above for *lithe*
		Book V, Chapter 4
		The Siege of Gondor
doled	815	To deal out in portions; also to give out in small quantities, or in a sparing or niggardly manner.	Food is now *doled* out by order.'
surcoat	816	An outer coat or garment; specifically, such a garment worn by medieval knights over their armor, and often embroidered with heraldic arms.	Above the mail was a short surcoat of black, but broidered on the breast in silver with the token of the Tree.
array	817	To deck out; to adorn with dress; attire; dress.	In some other time and place Pippin might have been pleased with his new *array*, but he knew now that he was taking part in no play; he was in deadly earnest the servant of a grim master in the greatest peril.
starting	818	Making sudden movements, similar to startling or flinching.	Pippin cowered down with his hands pressed to his ears; but Beregond, who had been looking out from the battlement as he spoke of Faramir, remained there, stiffened, staring out with *starting* eyes.
win	818	To strive; also, to succeed by striving or effort; get (in, out, through, etc.); also, to make one's way, as by effort, ability, etc. to reach a point, goal, etc.	But how can he *win* to the Gate, if these foul hell-hawks have other weapons than fear?
brazier	820	A metal receptacle for burning charcoal or other fuel, as for heating a room.	There deep seats were set about a *brazier* of charcoal; and wine was brought; and there Pippin, hardly noticed, stood behind the chair of Denethor and felt his weariness little, so eagerly did he listen to all that was said.
dregs	822	The sediment of liquors; lees; grounds; and waste of worthless residue; refuse; a small remnant; any small quantity, a drop.	Have I not tasted it now many nights upon my tongue, foreboding that worse may yet lay in the *dregs*?
follies	822	Unwise or light-minded conduct; also, a foolish action.	Enough to perceive that there are two *follies* to avoid.
rout	828	Dispersal or flight of a defeated armed or opposing force in complete disorder (As, to put in army to rout; defeat ending in rout; a defeat attended with disorderly flight).	Yet he is resolved to stay with the rearguard, lest the retreat over the Pelennor become a *rout*.
brand	828	A sword.	For I can still wield a *brand*.'
stooping	829	To come down from a height; swoop down, as a hawk at prey.	And with a piercing cry out of the dim sky fell the winged shadows, the Nazgûl *stooping* to the kill.
mirk	831	Murk. Dark or with little light, as night; dim; obscure.	The plain was dark with their marching companies, and as far as eyes could strain in the *mirk* there sprouted, like a foul fungus-growth, all about the beleaguered city great camps of tents, black or sombre red.
engines	832	An invention; a machine or instrument used in warfare, as a battering-ram, catapult, etc; an instrument of torture.	And as each length of trench was completed, they could see great wains approaching; and soon yet more companies of the enemy were swiftly setting up, each behind the cover of a trench, great *engines* for the casting of missiles.
pyre	834	A pile or heap of wood or other combustible material; esp. such a pile for burning a dead body; a funeral pile.	I will now go to my *pyre*.
coverlets	835	The outer covering of a bed; a beadspread.	But in a quiet voice Denethor bade them lay warm *coverlets* on Faramir's bed and take it up.
		Book V, Chapter 5
		The Ride of the Rohirrim
brooks	845	To use, possess; also, to bear, suffer, or tolerate (now used only in negative constructions).	'Need brooks* no delay, yet late is better than never,*' said Éomer.
saw	845	A speech; a discourse; also, a decree; now a sententious saying, a maxim, or a proverb.	'And mayhap in this time shall the old *saw* be proved truer that ever before since men spoke with mouth.'
tang	846	A strong taste or flavor; a taste of something extraneous to the thing itself; a pungent or distinctive odor; a suggestion of something.	There comes a breath out of the South; there is a sea-*tang* in it, faint though it be.
straightway	848	Straight away - right away, immediately.	And *straightway* all the horns in the host were lifted up in music, and the blowing of the horns of Rohan in that hour was like a storm upon the plain and a thunder in the mountains.
		Book V, Chapter 6
		The Battle of the Pelennor Fields
shivered	850	To break or split into fragments or splinters; shatter.	Right through the press drove Théoden Thengel's son, and his spear was *shivered* as he drew down their chieftain.
fell	850	Great or huge; also, the skin or hide of an animal; a pelt.	And the Dark Lord took it, and nursed it with *fell* meats, until it grew beyond the measure of all other things that fly; and he gave it to his servant to be his steed.
flitted	853	To pass away quickly; a light, swift movement.	For a moment the thought *flitted* through Merry's mind: ' Where is Gandalf?
sinews	854	A tendon; also, a nerve; figurative, that which supplies strength or sustains the activities of anything.	No other blade, not through mightier hands wielded it, would have dealt that foe a wound so bitter, cleaving the undead flesh, breaking the spell that knit his unseen *sinews* to his will.
Howe	854	How - A mound, knoll, hillock; a small detached hill.	Green and long grew the grass on Snowmane's *Howe*, but ever black and bare was the ground where the beast was burned.
goaded	855	A stick with a pointed end, for driving cattle, etc., hence anything that pricks or wounds like such a stick; a stimulus.	Horns were blown and trumpets were braying, and the mûmakil were bellowing as they were *goaded* to war.
succour	855	British preferred form of succor; to run under; run to aid; help; to help or relieve in difficulty, want or distress; to furnish with military assistance; auxiliary forces; reinforcements.	But the horseman rode eastward to the *succour* of Éomer: Húrin the Tall, Warden of the Keys, and the Lord of Lossarnach, and Hirluin of the Green Hills, and Prince Imrahil the fair with his knights all about him.
discomfiting	855	To overcome completely in battle; defeat utterly; rout; also, to frustrate the plans of; thwart; foil; also to throw into perplexity (confused condition) and dejection (downcast, low-spirited).	The great wrath of his onset had utterly overthrown the front of his enemies, and great wedges of his Riders had passed clear through the ranks of the Southrons, *discomfiting* their horsemen and riding their footmen to ruin.
dromunds	857	A large, fast-sailing vessel of the middle ages.	And looking thither they cried in dismay; for black against the glittering stream they beheld a fleet borne up on the wind: *dromunds, and ships of great draught* with many oars, and with black sails bellying in the breeze.
draught	857	The depth a vessel sinks in the water.	See text above for *dromunds*.
dour	858	Hard; severe; stern; sullen; obstinate.	There came Legolas, and Gimli wielding his axe, and Harlbarad with the standard, and Elladan and Elrohir with stars on their brow, and the *dour*-handed Dúnedain, Rangers of the North, leading a great valour of the folk of Lebennin and Lamedon and the fiefs
valour	858	British preferred form of valor; also, valiant persons, or a valiant person (rare); also, value or worth.	See text above for *dour*.
quarter	859	Mercy or indulgence shown to a vanquished enemy in sparing his life and accepting his surrender.	Hard fighting and long labour they had still; for the Southrons were bold men and grim, and fierce in despair; and the Easterlings were strong and war-hardened and asked for no *quarter*.
		Book V, Chapter 7
		The Pyre of Denethor
hallows	863	A holy, sacred, consecrated place.	Two of them had already fallen to his sword, staining the *hallows* with their blood; and the others cursed him, calling him outlaw and traitor to his master.
wafts	864	Bear, carry, or propel over the water, as the waves, wind, etc. do.	And even now the wind of thy hope cheats thee and *wafts* up Anduin a fleet with black sails.
chamberlain	865	One who attends a king or nobleman in his bedchamber, or in his private apartments (sometimes a title conferred as an honor, as to indicate close relationship); also, an important officer charged, among other duties, with the direction and management of a	I will not step down to be the dotard *chamberlain* of an *upstart*.
upstart	865	One who has risen suddenly form a humble position to wealth or power, or to assumed consequence.	See text above for *chamberlain*.
recreant	865	Yielding in combat, or acknowledging defeat; cowardly or craven; also one who proves unfaithful or false; a traitor.	'Come, it you are not all *recreant*!'
wrested	866	To twist or turn; esp., to twist or turn from the proper course, application, use, or the like; to take away by force.	Then taking the key that he had *wrested* from the slain man he closed the door and locked it.
		Book V, Chapter 7
		The Houses of Healing
staunched	875	Stanch. To stop the flow of liquid, esp. blood from a wound.	'I drew it forth,' said Imrahil, 'and *staunched* the wound.
doggrel	876	Doggerel - of verse, comic or burlesque, and usually loose or irregular in measure; hence, more generally, rude, crude, or poor.	It is but *doggrel*, I fear, garbled in the memory of old wives.
hutch	878	A pen for confining small animals, as rabbits.	But who knows what she spoke of to the darkness, alone, in the bitter watches of the night, when all her life seemed shrinking, and the walls of her bower closing in about her, a *hutch* to *trammel* some wild thing in?'
trammel	878	To catch or entangle in or as in a trammel or net.	See text above for *hutch*.
		Book V, Chapter 8
		The Last Debate
prays	883	To entreat (ask earnestly for) or beseech (a person, etc.) for something; make earnest petition to (a person, etc.) as to do something, or that something may be.	Yet there is need for the captains to hold council at once, and he *prays* that you and Éomer of Rohan will come down to his tents, as soon as may be.
concourse	886	A running or coming together, as of things or people; a confluence.	Then he let sound a great *concourse* of trumpets taken from the enemy; and the Shadow Host withdrew to the shore.
manfully	887	Having or showing the spirit of a man; manly; brave; resolute.	he oars were now wielded by free men, and *manfully* they laboured; yet slowly we passed up the Great River, for we strove against its stream, and though that is not swift down in the South, we had no help of wind.
		Book V, Chapter 8
		The Black Gate Opens
harried	894	See definition for harry.	The host of Orcs and Easterlings had turned back out of Anórien, but *harried* and scattered by the Rohirrim they had broken and fled with little fighting towards Cair Andros; and with that threat destroyed and new strength arriving out of the South the Cit
booty	895	Spoil taken, as in war or robbery; plunder; a prize.	Some were strengthening the ferries and boat-bridges that the enemy had made and in part destroyed when they fled; some gathered stores and *booty*; and others on the eastern side across the River were throwing up hasty works of defence.
pare	895	To cut off the outer coating, layer, or part of; also, to reduce by or as if by cutting or shaving.	The hideous orc-head that was set upon the carven figure was cast down and broken in pieces, and the old king's head was raised and set in its place once more, still crowned with white and golden flowers; and men laboured to wash and *pare* away all the fou
ghylls	896	A narrow valley, esp. one with a stream running through it; a ravine; a glen; also, a stream in a ravine; a mountain stream, a brook.	They went openly but heedfully, with mounted scouts before them on the road, and others on foot upon either side, especially on the eastward flank; for there lay dark thickets, and a tumbled land of rocky *ghylls* and crags, behind which the long grim slop
crags	895	A steep, rugged rock; a rough, broken, projecting part of a rock.	See text above for *ghylls*.
waft	896	To carry or send (sounds, odors, smoke, dust, etc.) through the air; also, to float or be carried through the air.	The weather of the world remained fair, and the wind held in the west, but nothing could *waft* away the glooms and the sad mists that clung about the Mountains of Shadow; and behind them at whiles great smokes would arise and hover in the upper winds.
feint	897	A feigned or assumed appearance; a pretense; also, a movement made with the object of deceiving an adversary; an appearance of aiming at one part or point when another is the real object of attack.	'It is but a *feint*,' said Aragorn; 'and its chief purpose, I deem, was rather to draw us on by a false guess of our Enemy's weakness than to do us much hurt, yet.'
unmanned	897	To deprive of the character or qualities of a man or human being; also, to deprive of virility, or emasculate; also, to deprive of manly courage or fortitude, or break down the manly spirit of.	So desolate were those places and so deep the horror that lay on them that some of the host were *unmanned*, and they could neither walk or ride further north.
heath	898	Any of various low evergreen ericaceous shrubs common on waste land.	At nightfall on the fifth day of the march from Morgul Vale they made their last camp, and set fires about it of such dead wood and *heath* as they could find.
freshened	898	To become or grow fresh (moderately strong), bright, strong, brisk, etc.	As morning came the wind began to stir again, but now it came from the North, and soon it *freshened* to a rising breeze.
teeming	898	Prolific, fertile, abounding or swarming with something; hence, existing in swarms or great numbers.	Yet they knew that all the hills and rocks about the Morannon were filled with hidden foes, and the shadowy defile beyond was bored and tunneled by *teeming broods* of evil things.
broods	898	A family of offspring or young; a number of young creatures produced or hatched at one time.	See text above for *teeming*.
atone	899	To make amends to; make amends for; make amends or reparation for crime or sin; make up.	Therefore the King of Gondor demands that he should *atone* for his evils, and depart then for ever.
embassy	899	The sending of an ambassador; also, the message or charge entrusted to an ambassador.	And thereupon the door of the Black Gate was thrown open with a great clang, and out of it came an *embassy* from the Dark Tower.
imps	900	An offspring, usually a male child; also, a person as a scion (descendant) or offshoot, as of a noble house.	'So you have yet another of these *imps* with you!' he cried.
brat	900	A child: now used only on contempt.	Still, I thank him, for it is plain that this *brat* at least has seen these tokens before, and it would be vain for you to deny them now.
tributary	901	Paying or requiring to pay tribute; hence, furnishing subsidiary aid; consideration paid by one sovereign or state to another in acknowledgement of submission or as the price of peace, security, protection.	West of the Anduin as far as the Misty Mountains and the Gap of Rohan shall be *tributary* to Mordor, and men there shall bear no weapons, but shall have leave to govern their own affairs.
base	901	Low in place or position; of low or humble origin, grade, or station; of illegitimate birth; morally low; also, without dignity of sentiment; mean-spirited, selfish; cowardly; also, befitting or characteristic of an inferior person or thing; abject, unwor	And if indeed we rated this prisoner so high, what surety have we that Sauron, the *Base* master of *Treachery*, will keep his part?
treachery	901	deceiver, cheater; deceiving, perfidious (deliberately faithless), or faithless; violating faith or betraying trust'; disloyal, traitorous; untrustworthy.	See text above for *base*.
sue	901	To make petition or appeal to.	If you *sue* for his clemency you must first do his bidding.
overborne	903	Borne down by superior force or pressure; opposed	At Pippin's side Beregond was stunned and *overborne*, and he fell; and the great troll-chief that smote him down bent over him, reaching out a clutching claw; for these fell creatures would bite the throats of those that they threw down.
written	903	Write - to trace or form (characters, letters, words, etc.) on a surface of some material, as with a pen, pencil, or other instrument or means; inscribe. To make or cover with writing.	Then Pippin stabbed upwards, and the *written* blade of Westernesse pierced through the hide and went deep into the vitals of the troll, and his black blood came gushing out.


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