1. aseity — metaphysical quality of absolute self-sufficient self existence, existence derived solely from self
Though perhaps other aspects of God may be reproduced anagogically by we lesser beings, aseity is starkly centered in and derived solely from the Godhead itself.
2. fifth chain — chain used connecting lead horse to pole when five horses are used in a team
Though they had done wonders clearing and leveling the trail up to the rise, it was still too steep for even a four-in-hand to haul up the heaviest wagons, so Captain Landress added a fifth chain to the harness and finally the party and all our baggage crested the ridge.
3. sickerly — surely, certainly; assuredly
Aye, I know his name full sickerly, and trow he’ll feel my wrath afore Midsummer’s Eve.
4. knacker’s yard — abattoir, slaughterhouse
Whenever I drive by his estate I have the disquieting fear of an old nag passing the knacker’s yard.
5. calx — fine powder left after calcining or burning a substance
The calx of egg shells will have more force if vinegar is added while they are before the fire.
6. jetton — token or counter of metal, etc.
He dropped his last jetton into the slot and strode through the turnstile.
7. spring tide (also spring-tide) — tide soon after a new or full moon; copious rush, swelling flow; springtime
Baxter reveled in the spring tide of youth, wilding on the beaches and dancing until the dawn, as if he knew even then that these pleasures were to come to such an abrupt end.
8. chlamys — short cloak worn by ancient Greeks; longer mantle worn during Byzantine epoch
As the enemy closed in each man wound his chlamys about his arm as a rude shield.
9. stope — step-like cut in mining excavation
As Jessup examined the dark streak running across the stope he noticed a whitish patch which seemed to move as his lamp played across its surface.
10. astart — to befall; to escape, to start off
Let not a single sound astart your lips, else our plans will fail utterly.
Bonus Vocabulary
(19th c. British slang)
ramp — to swindle
After Pettison ramped him over those Indo-Turkish railway shares, Lord Leith would have nothing to do with the dashing man about town.