'cuteness
acuteness; intelligence
ale
a heavy beer
artisan
skilled laborer who makes unique pieces
bailiff
an overseer of an estate; a steward
bilious
resembling bile in color (green); looking sickly, as if one suffers from an excess in bile
bucolic
idyllic
buxom
large-breasted
carte blanche
the freedom to do whatever one pleases
chap
man
churning
the activity by which one makes butter
cloister
a quiet, secluded place; part of a nunnery or monastery
coquettish
flirtatious
crinoline
a stiff cotton fabric used to make the bodices of dresses
currants
raisins
deferential
showing respect
dock-leaves
leaves usually used for wrapping newly-made cheese
gander
male goose
gell
dialect for "girl"
gentry
noblemen; aristocrats
gimcrack
doo-dad
greenfinch
a common bird with green and yellow plumage
kettle-cake
a loaf of bread baked at the bottom of a kettle
kin
family
lad
young man
languor
laziness or listlessness
lass
young woman
making love
making love-related speeches (not having sex)
mensuration
the art of measuring
Methody
slang for Methodist
oat-cake
the rough food that the poor British ate in the place of bread
porridge
oatmeal, usually eaten for breakfast
portly
slightly fat; stout
pudding
British word for a sausage-like food made with boiled minced meat
smelling-salts
chemicals thrust under the nose to revive a lady when she is feeling faint
stoat
an ermine (short-tailed weasel) with its brown summer coat, before it turns white for winter
tarpaulin
material used to cover and protect things from wetness
