"The Spider and the Fly" and Other Poems Glossary

By Avani Mittal · Edited by Patrick Kennedy · Last reviewed January 22, 2021

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Written by Avani Mittal

parlour

sitting room or the front room

pantry

a small room or closet, apart from a kitchen, where cutlery and food porvisions are kept.

gauzy

thin and transparent like a gauze mesh

hither

here

crest

a tuft or growth of hair

wily

sly or crafty

flitting

a rapid fluttering or darting movement

aloft

in a higher place

dismal

dreary or gloomy

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