Glossary

Any of the ridges of wood, metal, or string, set across the fingerboard of a guitar, lute, or similar instrument, which help the fingers to stop the strings at the correct points.

A moving force; impulse; stimulus: The grant for building the opera house gave impetus to the city's cultural life.

A set of stories, traditions, or beliefs associated with a particular group or the history of an event, arising naturally or deliberately fostered.

Elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so.