Glossary

• Noble – good
• Craven – weak, cowardly
• Bosom – chest, heart
• Lint – soft material for dressing wounds
• Stint – limit, set limits to, bring to an end
• Luster – dazzling, splendid, radiant
• Calico – plain-woven cotton cloth
• Shoddy – of poor quality
• Brooches – broach; clasp or ornament having a pin at the back for passing through the clothing and a catch for securing the point of the pin
• 'Broidery – embroidery
• Divine – good