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Authors: Lynn Viehl

The Clockwork Wolf (36 page)

silverblack:
chemicals used to etch photographed images on ambrotype plates

skip:
boat

Skirmish, the:
a recent, brief naval conflict between England and Spain

slaterow:
a row house with slate shingles

snuff:
kill

snuffballs:
hollow glass spheres filled with magically enhanced poisons like bloodbane that kill on contact, used like grenades

snuffmages:
mage assassins who generally work in teams of two

Son, the:
Jesus Christ

soother:
chamomile herbal infusion, usually added to tea, to relax, relieve stress, and help with insomnia

Southern Church:
a Baptist version of Church of England, begun in the southern provinces of Toriana, tolerated by traditionalists

sparkglass:
a substance made of various minerals such as mica, galena, and silica that have been ground to a fine dust and mixed with exterior paint in order to create sparkle

spellcraft:
the methods and materials used by magic practitioners to cast spells

squawks:
slur for native Torian females

stones:
testicles

streaky:
a carri's copper sideboards from which the black paint is wearing off or has been stripped off to simulate wear

strumpet:
prostitute

sweet Mary:
Mary, mother of Jesus

sweets:
candy

switch:
wig

Talia, Talian:
The Torian universe's version of Italy, Italians

teaheart:
heart-shaped infuser

tealass:
a girl or woman who sells hot tea and cakes in a café or from a street cart

teller:
fortune-teller

tenner:
ten-pound note

Tillers:
a secret society comprising important political, business, and social figures; enemies of the Reapers

timepiece:
watch

tinnery:
a factory where fresh fish and other perishables are processed and canned in tin containers

tint:
a paper-copy image printed from an ambrotype glass plate; makeup used to redden cheeks and lips

tinter:
device used to imprint images on ambrotype glass plates

tintest:
a professional ambrotype plate developer and tint maker

to let:
available for rent

tonners:
members of high society

Toriana:
short name for Provincial Union of Victoriana, the alternate-history name for the United States

tosser:
a drunk

trade:
business

trolling:
looking for work

trunch:
a wooden baton carried by beaters

tubes:
a system of pneumatic pipes that deliver goods and food across the city

tunneler:
an underground city worker who polices the subsurface tunnels and keeps the city's tube in operation

understair:
belowground level of building; cellar or basement

unjammer:
a mechanical snakelike device used to unblock tubes

uptoppers:
above street level

vermage:
a mage who specializes in magical extermination of rodents and other vermin

vicar:
priest of the Torianglican Church

waders:
thigh-high protective rubber boots

waister:
a wide cummerbund-type belt made of fabric
that females wear around their waists to cover the joining of skirts and bodices

warders:
magic practitioners who create protective charms and spells to protect people, possessions, and property

wardling:
an object used as a protective charm

warren:
a tunneler's assigned work area

watershed:
raincoat

Welshires:
people from Wales

whitecart:
horse-drawn conveyance used to transport the wounded to hospital or the mentally disturbed to asylum

wichcart:
a street cart that sells sandwiches

willowbark:
herbal remedy for headaches and hangovers (equivalent to aspirin)

winge:
slang for an older, grouchy person

Yard, the:
short name for New Scotland Yard

zoopraxiscope:
a device that uses images on glass disks as the first form of stop-motion projection

Since 2000, author
LYNN VIEHL
has published over fifty novels in nine genres, including her
New York Times
bestselling Darkyn series, the StarDoc SF series (as S. L. Viehl), and the Tales from Grace Chapel Inn series (as Rebecca Kelly). Ranked as one of the top one hundred female, top fifty book, and top ten SF author bloggers on the Internet, Ms. Viehl hosts Paperback Writer, a popular industry weblog she has updated daily since 2004 with free market info, working advice, and online resources for all writers.

Connect further with the steampunk world of Rumsen over at the Disenchanted & Co. blog,
Toriana.Blogspot.com
.

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