Hurricanes
A British single-seat fighter aircraft primarily used between the 1930s and 1940s. Hurricanes were the most important British fighter planes during World War II, and were used in all theatres of war by British forces.
Dithering
Strolling or wandering without a particular destination.
Dotty
Describes somewhat mad or eccentric behavior, usually tied to a mental illness.
Starboard Wing
The right-side wing of the plane, with respect to the direction the plane is flying in.
m/v
An abbreviation for a motor vessel, a type of ship
Morocco binding
Morocco leather is a soft, pliable form of leather that was originally shipped to England from Morocco.
Breviped
To have short legs.
Mollified
To reduce anger or anxiety; to soften.
Philanderer
someone who often enters into sexual relationships with women; a womanizer
Pedipalp
A pair of appendages on certain arthropods, including spiders, horseshoe crabs, and scorpions.
Vellicating
A twitch or a twitching group of muscles.
Stovepipe trousers
Thin, tight pants.
Kalmuck
A largely Buddhist people of Mongolian origin living in Kalmykia, a region northwest of the Russian Caspian Sea.
Varnished
Disguised or covered in a protective finish.
Garde au chien
A French phrase meaning "beware of dog."
Junker 88s
A German combat aircraft.
Foolscap
A size of paper about 13x8 inches.
Thermionic valves
A vacuum tube that uses electrons and a flow of charge carriers for several fundamental electronic functions.
Imprecation
A curse or the act of cursing.
Exultation
To rejoice; a feeling of excitement and elation.
Epexegetically
Adding additional explanation; explaining.
