Gazogene

n.

A portable apparatus for making soda water or aerated liquids on a small scale.

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Jurassic

n.

The Jurassic period or formation; -- called also the Jura.

Rugin

n.

A nappy cloth.

Alliance

n.

Any union resembling that of families or states; union by relationship in qualities; affinity.

Farmsteading

n.

A farmstead.

Gore

v.

One of the abatements. It is made of two curved lines, meeting in an acute angle in the fesse point.

Gross

superl.

Great; palpable; serious; vagrant; shameful; as, a gross mistake; gross injustice; gross negligence.

Humpbacked

a.

Having a humped back.

Lar

n.

A tutelary deity; a deceased ancestor regarded as a protector of the family. The domestic Lares were the tutelar deities of a house; household gods. Hence, Eng.: Hearth or dwelling house.

Repone

v. t.

To replace.

Fourpence

n.

A British silver coin, worth four pence; a groat.

Reeking

p. pr. & vb. n.

of Reek

Abnegation

n.

a denial; a renunciation.