carri:
steam-driven carriage
carriwright:
maker of steam-driven carriages
cartlass:
a girl or woman who sells food and/or beverages from a portable cart on the street
cashsafe:
a hidden, locking recess in a private home where money and other valuables are kept
catchall:
an extending/grasping device with a pinchers at one end
Church:
the Torianglican Church, the only religion recognized and approved by the Crown; the Church of England
clearstone:
quartz
clopboard:
building siding made of planks recovered from abandoned horse barns
coal burner:
engine that runs on coal
coddles:
cod cut into chunks
collar:
vicar
commoner:
an ordinary, untitled individual; someone of low birth
conciliator:
mediator
cosh:
bludgeon
coin:
money
crispie:
potato chip
croke:
croquet
Crown, the:
the English monarchy as well as its authority over Toriana
crowswalk:
a viewing deck that encircles the upper portion of a building
dear:
costly
deathmage:
magical practitioner licensed to kill
deb:
debutante
detector:
a magic practitioner (generally employed by the court) who uses touch to discern truthfulness
digger:
miner
dink:
a small or short man
dipper:
strip of treated paper that changes color when exposed to poison or drugs
drawers:
underwear
drips:
syphilis
Druuds:
mortal magic practitioners who captured and imprisoned the Aramanthans to end the mage wars
ducklings:
children
echo:
device used to detect hidden objects
elshy:
hellchild
entitlement:
inheritance of title and property
exormage:
exorcist who nullifies curses and rids people and places of demon infestation
faeriestale:
fantasy story told to children
fete teller:
the humblest of fortune-tellers who set up tents at village fetes to do many readings for very little money
fichu:
a shoulder wrap, usually made of lace
firebrigader:
fire fighter
fishncrisp:
a shop that sells fish fillets fried together with potatoes cut in various shapes
flat:
apartment
flathouse:
a building that has been divided up into flats
Fleers:
remnant members of the American rebel forces who fled west after losing the war to England
flystick:
a clear glass rod containing live lightning bugs, used like a flashlight or lantern
foundling:
abandoned orphan
freeclaiming:
a social practice caused by the shortage of women among the original colonies, which allowed men to kidnap and hold captive unprotected or abandoned women
freedman:
ex-convict
fry bread:
bread fried in bacon drippings
furrin, furriners:
slang for
