Oroonoko

Oroonoko Glossary

Attendant

servant; assistant; helper

Baffled

deceived or confused

Bating

excepting

Cat with nine tails

whip with nine knotted lashes

Chiurgeons

surgeons

Complaisance

desire to please

Coramantien

Cormantine-settlement on the west coast of Africa, Ghana today

Cousheries

deer

Ell

45 inches

Flies

butterflies

Gashly

ghastly

Governants

governess

Hamaca

hammock

High point

a type of lace

Japanned

varnished in black; lacquered

Maugre

in spite of

Mobile

mob

Newgate

notorious London prison

Nice

reluctant

Novel

new; different

Numb eel

electric eel

Oroonoko

a variant of the Orinoco River in South America

Parole

pledge; word

Politic

shrewd

Runagades

deserters

Savannahs

grasslands with scattered trees

Sensible

sensitive

Shock dog

poodle

Statuary

sculptor

Surinam

Brtish colony founded in 1640, later Dutch Guiana

Transportation

transporting of prisoners and slaves to colonies

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