Glossary

something or someone that is extremely disliked and is, therefore, avoided

things that someone hopes to achieve

across or diagonal from something

an old way of saying "anything"

signaled and encouraged someone to approach

overtaken by darkness; to become darkened

in a kind and generous way 

go

someone who intentionally insults God or religious principles

words or actions that insult God or religious principles

holding something in a threatening way

behaving in a pure way, with no immoral thoughts

awareness or knowledge of something

associating with; spending time with

a serious, formal, binding promise 

a bend; a curved part

thought; decided

figured out something that was not very obvious

talking about something serious or important

full of vice; without any moral restraint; doing immoral things

dared

having to do with the Christian church

evening; night time

strongly urged; tried hard to convince

enthusiastic; excited

a decorative chain, or garland, hanging in a loop between two points

the sky

in short, irregular bursts

the leaves of plants and trees

a technique used in narrative that hints to the reader or viewer that something is going to happen

an old way of saying, "in truth"

a large circle of friends

This is a reference to Martha Corey, who was accused of witchcraft during the Salem witchcraft hysteria and hanged in 1692.

an old way of saying, "close friend"

a very serious, important minister

white-haired

white-bearded; another way of saying "old"

a show of respect and reverence

an old way of saying "farmer"

many; too many to be counted

incontrollable, usually in a good way

very sad cries

an old way of saying "in case"

unwilling and unpleasant

knowledge

unnaturally bright; disturbing in its brightness

concentrate on; think about carefully

sad

irritated or annoyed

visual; relating to vision or eyesight

something that is believed to be a sign of something important that will happen

those who participate in an activity

to keep trying, especially over a long and difficult time

very virtuous and moral; very religious

The order of events in a story or play.  A plot usually has a conflict early in the story, a climax (the exciting part of the story) and then a resolution of the conflict at the end.

unclean; contaminated or corrupted

In this case, "polluted" means "spiritually or morally unpure"

an old way of saying, "please"

pr'ythee is a contraction of "pray thee"

 

a reminder to do something.  In this book, prompts are at the bottom of each page in blue text.

a new convert to a religious faith

extremely dark

moral or ethical beliefs that keep one from doing particular things

the surroundings in which a story takes place

similarity; likeness; resemblance

hurt, as though having been physically struck

bad or immoral reputations

horses

bewildered; unable to think clearly

a thin, flexible stick, especially one used as a whip or weapon

the use of objects to represent abstract ideas

stay; delay going away

an old way of saying, "that place"

This usually means the doorway of a building. 

Threshold originally meant the wooden board at the bottom of a doorway:  the board was used to keep the 'thresh' (the straw used to cover the floor of the house) from being tracked out of the house.

a very short time

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impossible to understand

invisible crowd of people

old, wise and worthy of respect

an old, particularly moral and religious person who is worthy of respect

the point beyond which something will begin to happen; the edge

an old way of saying "faces"

without restraint or inhibition, especially in sexual behavior

almost; nearly

an important religious figure, like a minister

an old way of saying "would speak"

moving in a twisting, rolling way