Tennyson's Poems

Tennyson's Poems Glossary

bourne

small stream; a destination

brigade

part of an army

calumets

highly decorative ceremonial pipes

casement

window

chancel

the front part of a church including the altar, separated from the congregation

charnels

places where bones are buried

copse

a group of trees

fen

a low land covered with water

ferule

discipline for children

garrulous

wordy, talkative

goad

something that provokes action

grange

farmhouse

inosculated

joined, united

league

a few miles

lees

the sediment of wine; dregs

meres

standing bodies of water

mete

to give out in small measures

mould

the British variant of mold

ogress

female ogre

ostler

hosteler, responsible for a traveler's horse at an inn

palsy

paralysis of the body

petulant

insolent or childish in behavior

puissance

power

recommenced

began again

samite

a heavy medieval silk

sapience

wisdom

scudding

moving forward quickly

sibilation

a hiss

sinecure

a job that hardly requires any work

slumbrous

sleeping

sward

a turf of grass

tremulous

affected by tremors, shivering; nervous

wainscot

wooden wall paneling