1. targe — [archaic] buckler, small shield
Any doubts I had about the value of Kenwyth’s targe were erased when I saw the bowman knock two skirmishers to the ground with the small shield, with hardly a pause in his shooting.
2. heriot — feudal tribute of equipment or chattel
The young knight, to replace the steed lost through his own poor judgment, boldly claimed as heriot the best horse of William’s herd.
3. dooly — rude litter used in India
We rigged up a dooly from the bedclothes and some broomsticks and carried the colonel out the back window of the cabin upon it.
4. endore — to make a bright golden color in cooking
A mixture of egg yolks and butter is spread over the outer pastry to endore it just before placing it into the oven.
5. nathemore — [archaic] nevermore
But Sir Patrick will return from across that darksome sea nathemore.
6. tufa — limestone formed from calcareous deposits from springs or lakes
Many fossils have been found in porous tufa, which is generally so friable as to make excavation of the relics quite easy.
7. soutane — cassock of Roman Catholic clergy
Father Xavier shut the aumbry and began to unbutton his soutane, his thoughts still upon what the friar had told him the evening before.
8. wattle — fleshy lobe hanging down from neck or head of certain fowl
Even though he had been warned, even though he had been strictly forbidden, Preston could not keep his eyes of the matron’s infamous wattle, which shook and shuddered all the more as she realized that he was focusing upon her least favorite feature.
9. deodand — item or animal that caused a human death and that was then forfeited to the Crown for pious use; sum of money in lieu of such item or animal
The second time she painfully stubbed her toe upon my old war souvenir (this time causing a fracture, as the doctor informed us later), I offered to rid our home of the heavy brass trophy, donating it to Goodwill as a deodand, but she wouldn’t hear of it, saying that anything I had managed to carry across country not once but three times must have some value, at least to me.
10. minimus — creature of the smallest size; fifth digit, little finger or toe
The toe that was broken, as we learned later, was the minimus.
Bonus Vocabulary
(Scots)
gillie — guide for hunting or fishing
You may chafe under the strict instructions of the gillie, but remember that he knows the fish of these lakes—and their favorite lures—a fair sight better than you ever will.