Books III & IV
Abacus:
-n. flat tablet at top of column; frame with parallel wires on which slide beads for counting (Collins Gem English Dictionary).
Athlan:
-personal name, male, pronounced At'lan (Author).
Confound:
-vt. O.F. confondre–L. confundère, confüsum, to pour together, mix up. FUSE, v. To defeat, bring to naught; to discomfit; to disconnect, bewilder; to bring into confusion or disorder; to mix up in idea.
Cusses:
-n. Cuss, plural Cusses, p.p. cussed. Pre-p. Cussing, p.p. s. cuss-es. 1. Somebody annoying or animal with a particular, usually irritating trait (or endearing). 2. Vulgar oath (Microsoft ® Encarta ® 08).
Dark Wanderer:
-Author's name for an unknown, dark and large Asteroid; could be as large as a small planet, like Venus.
Dhitter:
-personal Dragon name, female; pronounced Ditter (Author).
Draco Volans:
-The Flying Dragon Lizards, native of the East Indies. ("Man and Vertabrates 1" by A.S. Romer, page 37).
Empath:
-a person, male or female, who can pickup and feel other people's emotions, also called an Emotional Telepath, can sender or a receiver or both (Author).
Feisty:
-energetic; go-getting (informal), hearty, gutsy (informal), lively,
spirited (Microsoft ® Encarta ® 2008).
Gauss:
-(gows), unit of density of magnetic field(100 Gauss is Earth normal). (Collins Gem English Dictionary, page 218).
Geharre:
-personal Dragon name, male; pronounced Ge'har (Author).
Horde(s):
-n. Ultimately (app. Through F. horde) f. Turkish hordä, camp. A
Tribe or troop of nomads; a rabble -vi. To live as in a horde.
Iguanodon:
-Pre-Historic Dinosaur with a spiked thumb from the Lower Cretaceous Era ("PREHISTORIC ANIMALS" by B. Cox. p.86, Bantam Books).
Kin:
-n. O.E. cym. Common Teut. O. Teut. Root kin, kan, kun. Cogn. with genus. King. A family or clan; ones relatives collectively; of kin, related by blood.
Kith:
-n. O.E. cŷth, native land, relationship. F. coth, known. Uncouth. Used In phase 'Kith and Kin,' one's friends and relatives.
Leprechaun(s):
-Old Irish for 'small body.'
Lhorne:
-personal name, male. Pronounced Lorne (Author)
Long Memory:
-people who remember more than one Lifetime, Past, Present and Future Lifetimes; also Parallel Lifetimes and other Realities and Dimensions (Author).
Mores:
-Cultural Mores, or pl. customs prevailing among a people or social
groups that are accepted as right and obligatory, traditional rules; ways; manners. [, < L. mores, manners] (Canadian Senior Dictionary. Pub: Gage publishing Lmtd).
Montrose Totem Pole:
-Sophocereus Schottü Monstrosus, belong to the Spineless Cacti Family ("Cacti & Succulents for Modern Living" by Merchants Pub. comp. page 27).
Nhan:
-personal name, female. Pronounced Na'han or Nan (Author).
Ornithosuchus:
-Primitives Reptile with a bird-like skeleton, from the Triassic Era.
("Man and the Vertebrates: 1"by A.S. Romer. page 87. Pub: Penquin Books).
Pachycephalosaurus:
-Prehistoric Dinosaur, who's head bear a marked resemblance to a modern Dragon's head (the modern one is a bit more horse-like), from "PREHISTORIC ANIMALS" by Barry Cox. Pub:
Bantam Books, page 87.
Repose:
-v. ¹ t. After depose, dispose, & c. f. L. repönĕ, repositum, the replace, to place, put. R-(9). Position.
Rune:
-n. O. N. and Iceland. Rŭn, cogn. With. O. E. rŭn, whisper, mystery.
M. Du. Rune, whisper, secret council. A character of the earliest
Teutonic Alphabet. -runic, a. (B).
Sire:
-n. O.F. sire –L. senior. A term of address to a sovereign; a Father.
Smite, Smiting:
-O.E. Smitan=Old Fris. Smita, to throw. M. Du. Smiten, to throw, strike. M.H.G> Smizen (Ger. Schmeissen), to throw, strike, smear (throwing is perh, the orig. sense). To strike, to destroy, to attack, affect to enamour–To give to blow.
Stile:
-O.E. Stigel. F. stigan, to climb stairs, stirrup. Step for climbing a fence.
Tarry:
-vi. Orig. obscure. To delay, linger.
Tort(s):
-n. O.F. tort. Med L. tortum, wrong. Use as n. Of neut. Pa.pple. Of L. torquĕre. Torment. WA breach of legal duty.
Tote:
-v.t. haul, carry. (Collins Gem English Dictionary. page 543).
Wych-Wood:
-Elm (wood), also seen as Witch(es) Wood (Collins Gem English Dictionary, page 584).
The above definitions are from Blackie's Compact Etymological Dictionary. Pub: Blacke & Son Lmtd, unless otherwise stated.