by Lynn Viehl
on the stroll: working on the streets (said of prostitutes)
pain powder: a mild opiate or analgesic
partymage: a magic practitioner who uses his power to entertain
pasturelands: farm lands
penders: suspenders
physick: doctor
piesafe: kitchen cabinet where food is stored
piper: plumber
pong: stink
portents: predictions or signs of future events
portints: portraits made from ambrotype photographs that are hand-painted to colorize
posh, posher: wealthy aristocrat
poxbox: diseased prostitute
prayerhouse: the Fleers’ religious gathering places
privy: restroom
prodder: iron fireplace poker
prommy: the promenade in the city’s central park used by horseback riders and carris
pyre: crematorium
queensland, the: England
Queen’s Voice, The: the Crown’s official newspaper
questioning: police interrogation at New Scotland Yard
rasher: strip of bacon
red joy, ruddy joy: opium
redcoats: English militia
redstone: brick
reticule: purse
rondella: an automated carousel-type apparatus
rounder: a rubber carri tire
rub: massage
Rumsen: major city on the west coast of Toriana, roughly equivalent to San Francisco in the United States
satchel: tote bag carried by women
scrabbler: a person who makes a living by scavenging
scram: salvage
seeing: an act by a fortune-teller of predicting a client’s future
seeking: an act by a fortune-teller of finding someone or something
Settle: Seattle
shaman: a native Torian holy man
shopkeep: shop proprietor
short sheet: a hastily printed, illegal daily list of horse races and other events for the purpose of placing bets
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
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
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
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
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Since 2000, LYNN VIEHL has published 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.
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