Northanger Abbey (Barnes & Noble Classics Series)

by Jane Austen

  eg Calling or visiting cards.

  eh Either gold wedding bands or rings set all around with diamonds.

  ei Market town in Wiltshire, between Bath and London.

  ej Arrogant.

  ek Fewer than the usual or requisite number of partners in the dance formation.

  el One of the movements in country-style dancing, which is akin to American square dancing.

  em Seven nights and days, or a week from Saturday.

  en Estate manager.

  eo Made a formal call on.

  ep Ramparts: fortified walls; keep: the strongest, most secure part of a castle.

  eq Part of a monastery to which members of the religious order are restricted.

  er Various names for the manor houses on large estates.

  es Awe-inspiring, terrifying.

  et Fiction writers.

  eu Folding seat.

  ev Four-wheeled pleasure carriage pulled by four horses.

  ew Lap desk whose lid opens to provide storage space.

  ex Town 15 miles north of Bath, in southern Gloucestershire.

  ey Riders on the near horses of the four pulling the chaise who serve as guides.

  ez Uniformed.

  fa Attendants riding horses alongside the chaise.

  fb Fabric.

  fc Dressing tables.

  fd Stringed instrument with a pear-shaped body.

  fe Cheerful remark (used ironically here).

  ff Massive.

  fg Entryway to the estate, which would have a house for the gatekeeper.

  fh Traveling clothes.

  fi Window sash with hinges at the side.

  fj Thin covering of gold.

  fk Interwoven initials.

  fl Bedspread.

  fm Protective metal frame in front of a fireplace.

  fn Bundle of sticks.

  fo Heavy black wood of certain tropical trees.

  fp Kind of varnish with a hard, brilliant finish.

  fq Bedclothes; sheets and blankets.

  fr Outdoors.

  fs Her bed is probably a four-poster, with curtains on each side.

  ft Hair-powders: After wigs went out of fashion, men still powdered their hair white; breeches-ball: soap used to restore whiteness to servants’ breeches.

  fu Bad penmanship; a servant probably wrote these receipts.

  fv To apply a usually warm, often medicated, mass onto a wound to speed healing.

  fw Bill from a blacksmith or other person who shoed horses.

  fx China used at breakfast.

  fy Lined with fruit trees.

  fz Container in which materials for netting (net-like weaving) were stored.

  ga Area where groups of trees are planted.

  gb In Britain, a county subdivision or, as likely here, the local unit of jurisdiction under the Church of England.

  gc Obsession.

  gd Hothouse that produces pineapples. General Tilney is bragging.

  ge Hothouses.

  gf Gazebo or folly on General Tilney’s estate, such as the Auchincruive Tea-house architect Robert Adam built on the grounds of Oswald House in Ayr shire, Scotland, in 1778.

  gg Perfect cunning.

  gh Tired. The sentence is confusing: Catherine regards General Tilney’s fatigue with suspicion.

  gi Drawers near the stove and chimney for keeping food warm.

  gj Degenerate; Catherine thinks the modern wing of the house abominable because medieval structures were destroyed to build it.

  gk Girl wearing clogs or sandals with elevated soles to keep her feet out of mud.

  gl Not wearing his full uniform.

  gm Floor or level.

  gn Properly; fittingly.

  go Church of England Sunday services were regularly held in the morning and afternoon, as well as in the evening.

  gp Out of doors.

  gq In the local church, the Tilneys have a pew reserved for them.

  gr Inscription to the memory of Mrs. Tilney that employs highly emotional language.

  gs Cotton fabric in checks or stripes.

  gt Cast-iron stove used to heat rooms.

  gu Small dressing rooms.

  gv That is, the stairs connected work areas like the kitchen and stables to the living quarters.

  gw Fever resulting from a liver disorder.

  gx Dried rhubarb roots were used as a laxative and stomach tonic.

  gy Now a district in Wandsworth, a borough of south London.

  gz Concealed his infatuation.

  ha I wash my hands of him.

  hb Sheep meat; here, a synonym for dinner.

  hc Town in Surrey in southeastern England.

  hd Half a deer.

  he Chandler shops made candles and soap, but the implication is that the village has several different kinds of stores.

  hf Curved bay window.

  hg Separated, with a thin layer of oil on top and viscous sediment at the bottom.

  hh Conceited fool.

  hi Address.

  hj Merry-making; possibly the recitation of humorous verses.

  hk Flirt.

  hl Curacy; the obligations of a clergyman in charge of a parish.

  hm Persons in charge of a station who may provide lodging or fresh horses.

  hn Common hired carriage.

  ho Main entry gate to the house, attached to the wall around the property.

  hp Sensitive.

  hq Delicate lace made in Belgium.

  hr Membership in one of the five ranks of English aristocracy: duke, marquis, earl, viscount, and baron. Eleanor’s husband is a viscount.

  hs Year.