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Maria edited the glossary entries of Mistress of the Sun Sunday, April 25, 2010.
- Added a term: chime hours: Three, six, nine, or twelve o'clock.
- marked the description of chime hours as not a spoiler
- Added a term: close-stool: A chamber pot enclosed within a stool or box; an early toilet.
- marked the description of close-stool as not a spoiler
- Added a term: coat of plates: A series of overlapping plates riveted onto a vest of leather.
- marked the description of coat of plates as not a spoiler
- Added a term: courante: A dance characterized by running or gliding steps.
- marked the description of courante as not a spoiler
- Added a term: covetise: Excessive desire, lust.
- marked the description of covetise as not a spoiler
- Added a term: deflourish: To deprive (a woman) of her virginity.
- marked the description of deflourish as not a spoiler
- Added a term: Fontaine Beleau: The town of Fontainebleau in France, originally known by a variety of names: Fontaine Beleau, Fontaine Bello, Fontaine Belle Eau (all variations on "good water fountain"), Fontaine de Biaud (after Biaud, the original owner) and Fontaine Bleau (after "fontaine de Bleau," a spring discovered by a dog named Bleau).
- marked the description of Fontaine Beleau as not a spoiler
- Added a term: frack: Lusty.
- marked the description of frack as not a spoiler
- Added a term: galled: Sore from chafing.
- marked the description of galled as not a spoiler
- Added a term: giglet: A giddy, romping girl.
- marked the description of giglet as not a spoiler
- Added a term: gill-flirt: A wanton or giddy young woman.
- marked the description of gill-flirt as not a spoiler
- Added a term: gloom: (v.) To look displeased, to frown or scowl.
- marked the description of gloom as not a spoiler
- Added a term: glout: A sullen look; to be "in the glout" means to be sulking.
- marked the description of glout as not a spoiler
- Added a term: hallali: A bugle call.
- marked the description of hallali as not a spoiler
- Added a term: handfast: (v.) To make a contract of marriage by joining hands.
- marked the description of handfast as not a spoiler
- Added a term: hugger-mugger: In secret.
- marked the description of hugger-mugger as not a spoiler
- Added a term: Hungary water: Wine scented with rosemary flowers.
- marked the description of Hungary water as not a spoiler
- Added a term: jerkin: A garment for a man's upper body, often made of leather.
- marked the description of jerkin as not a spoiler
- Added a term: jeté: (dance) A ballet step in which a spring is made from one foot to the other.
- marked the description of jeté as not a spoiler
- Added a term: justacorps: A close-fitting body-coat reaching to the knees.
- marked the description of justacorps as not a spoiler
- Added a term: King's Evil (or the Evil): Scrofula, tuberculosis of the lymph nodes of the neck.
- marked the description of King's Evil (or the Evil) as not a spoiler
- Added a term: linsey-woolsey: A coarse fabric of wool and flax.
- marked the description of linsey-woolsey as not a spoiler
- Added a term: livre: A unit of currency. Multiply by four to get is approximate equivalent in US dollars today. France at this time did not have a central mint, and the value of currency varied from province to province. A Tournais livre, for example, was a quarter of the value of the Parisian livre.
- marked the description of livre as not a spoiler
- Added a term: lose his nature: To be impotent.
- marked the description of lose his nature as not a spoiler
- Added a term: made (as in "to be made"): (v.) To be pregnant.
- marked the description of made (as in "to be made") as not a spoiler
- Added a term: meddling: In the context used here, sexual intercourse.
- marked the description of meddling as not a spoiler
- Added a term: médianoche: A midnight meal.
- marked the description of médianoche as not a spoiler
- Added a term: minikin: A dainty, sprightly girl.
- marked the description of minikin as not a spoiler
- Added a term: mouche: A small patch worn on the face as an ornament or to conceal a blemish.
- marked the description of mouche as not a spoiler
- Added a term: nerval: Relating to or affecting the nerves.
- marked the description of nerval as not a spoiler
- Added a term: Palais d'Orléans: Today known as the Luxembourg Palace in Paris, where the French Senate meets.
- marked the description of Palais d'Orléans as not a spoiler
- Added a term: pas de bourrée: (dance) A sideways step in which one foot crosses behind or in front of the other.
- marked the description of pas de bourrée as not a spoiler
- Added a term: pelerine: A lace shoulder covering.
- marked the description of pelerine as not a spoiler
- Added a term: petticoat breeches: Wide, pleated pants falling to the knee.
- marked the description of petticoat breeches as not a spoiler
- Added a term: pillion (as in "riding pillion"): To ride a horse sitting on a "pillion"- A pad or cushion attached behind a saddle on which a second person can ride, usually seated sideways.
- marked the description of pillion (as in "riding pillion") as not a spoiler
- Added a term: pirouette: (dance) Multiple turns on one leg.
- marked the description of pirouette as not a spoiler
- Added a term: pochette: A small violin, often carried in a pocket by French dance masters.
- marked the description of pochette as not a spoiler
- Added a term: poke: (n.) (clothing) A bag or small sack worn by women under petticoats.
- marked the description of poke as not a spoiler
- Added a term: posset: A spiced drink of hot sweetened milk curdled with wine or ale.
- marked the description of posset as not a spoiler
- Added a term: prince or princesses of the blood: In France, paternal royal descendants.
- marked the description of prince or princesses of the blood as not a spoiler
- Added a term: pure-finder: Someone who collects dung for use as an alkaline lye for steeping hides.
- marked the description of pure-finder as not a spoiler
- Added a term: quality: Rank or position in society
- marked the description of quality as not a spoiler
- Added a term: Religious: (n.) A member of a religious order.
- marked the description of Religious as not a spoiler
- Added a term: rosa solis: A liqueur made from the juice of the sundew plant, believed to be an aphrodisiac. Rosolio (or resoil) is still produced in Italy and Spain, though it no longer contains sundew.
- marked the description of rosa solis as not a spoiler
- Added a term: rudded: Made red.
- marked the description of rudded as not a spoiler
- Added a term: seminal: Semen.
- marked the description of seminal as not a spoiler
- Added a term: snug: A muff.
- marked the description of snug as not a spoiler
- Added a term: stale: (n.) (horses) A steady, old, sometimes blind horse; also called a "stalking" horse because deer have no fear of such an animal and the hunter can hide behind it and shoot over the horse's withers or under its belly.
- marked the description of stale as not a spoiler
- Added a term: sou: A unit of currency. Twenty sous equals one livre.
- marked the description of sou as not a spoiler
- Added a term: sullen-sick: To be sick from ill-humor.
- marked the description of sullen-sick as not a spoiler
- Added a term: swive: For a man to copulate with a woman.
- marked the description of swive as not a spoiler
- Added a term: toilette: A towel or cloth; also used to put down on a dressing table (hence toilette).
- marked the description of toilette as not a spoiler
- Added a term: touchy-headed: Slightly crazed, cranky.
- marked the description of touchy-headed as not a spoiler
- Added a term: tucker: (n.) (clothing) A piece of fabric worn by women to cover their bodice, often made of lace.
- marked the description of tucker as not a spoiler
- Added a term: tufter: In stag hunting, a hound trained to drive the deer out of cover.
- marked the description of tufter as not a spoiler
- Added a term: uprise: To rise from confinement after giving birth.
- marked the description of uprise as not a spoiler
- Added a term: varlet: A menial, a groom.
- marked the description of varlet as not a spoiler
- Added a term: Versaie: An early name for Versailles.
- marked the description of Versaie as not a spoiler
- Added a term: voraginous: Resembling an abyss or whirlpool.
- marked the description of voraginous as not a spoiler
- Added a term: vue: A horn signal during a hunt, indicating that the hounds were still running.
- marked the description of vue as not a spoiler
- Added a term: wet nurse: A woman hired to suckle and nurse another woman's child. A "dry-nurse" is the woman who took care of and attended to a child but did not suckle it.
- marked the description of wet nurse as not a spoiler
- Added a term: whitepot: A type of custard or milk pudding.
- marked the description of whitepot as not a spoiler
- Added a term: whitework: Embroidery worked in white thread on a white ground.
- marked the description of whitework as not a spoiler
- Added a term: young with child: Newly pregnant, in the early stage of pregnancy.
- marked the description of young with child as not a spoiler
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Maria edited the glossary entries of Mistress of the Sun Sunday, April 25, 2010.
- Added a term: amoroso: A lover, a gallant.
- marked the description of amoroso as not a spoiler
- Added a term: barley-hood: A fit of ill humor brought on by drinking.
- marked the description of barley-hood as not a spoiler
- Added a term: barouch: A horse-drawn carriage with four wheels. It has an outside seat for the driver and facing inside seats for two couples, with a folding top.
- marked the description of barouch as not a spoiler
- Added a term: bratche: A brat.
- marked the description of bratche as not a spoiler
- Added a term: branle: A French dance that moves mainly from side to side. It is performed by couples in either a line or a circle.
- marked the description of branle as not a spoiler
- Added a term: capriole: (in horsemanship) When a horse makes a high leap without moving forward, kicking its hind legs out together.
- marked the description of capriole as not a spoiler
- Added a term: carosse (or caroche): A luxurious carriage.
- marked the description of carosse (or caroche) as not a spoiler
- Added a term: carrefour: A place where four roads meet.
- marked the description of carrefour as not a spoiler
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