George Meredith: Poems Glossary

George Meredith: Poems Glossary

dirge

lament, a sad song

implacable

relentless, determined

haply

accidentally, by chance

allurement

seduction, attraction

brook

to tolerate, to put up with

lustrous

shining, bright, sparkling

ravenous

insatiable, very hungry

starry

full with stars

lark

fun, joke, prank

scurvy

a disease (resulting from malnutrition), where one feels weak and tired and, in graver stages, begins to bleed from the skin

Parson

a priest (of an independant church)

athirst

thirsty

kerchiefed

wearing a headscarf (a kerchief)

yaffle

a bird, another name for a green woodpecker

minnows

small fish

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