1. chuck-farthing — [British] game similar to pitchpenny prevalent in 18th & 19th Centuries
Lorson had the eye and arm to almost always succeed in the first round of chuck-farthing, but he flung his coins instead of bunching them in the second round, so was almost always a loser in the end.
2. incontinent — unable to control bladder or bowels; having no or little moral or sexual restraint
But the second letter to Timothy also points out that these self-loving men (which condition we once styled as narcissism) will thus be incontinent in all their dealings with others, as they care not a whit for any persons than their own.
3. dule tree (also dool tree) — [Scots] gallows tree, mourning trees where gibbets were hung
The dule trees upon which the men of Gilnockie were hung were said to have withered and died in shame at playing a role in such treachery.
4. whin — gorse, furze
Eventually Mr. Tytler fed all of his horses upon the whins prepared in this manner, finding prudent use for the gorse which his land had in such abundance.
5. whin — hard dark rock
In these hills the whin is always found in a layer above the shale being quarried.
6. thrawn — twisted, misshapen; perverse, obstinate
But she forgave Petey’s behavior, telling all and sundry not to take any never no-mind, as he was just having one of his “thrawn days.”
7. madreporic — of or related to madrepore coral; resembling stony coral
But the bones had been weathered and fused into the gray sand as the shore retreated over the centuries, leaving only this madreporic ossuary to bear witness to the tragedy that had occurred.
8. hap — [archaic] to happen, to occur
“Aye! and if so it once happed it may well hap again.”
9. blackavised (also black-avised, black-a-viced, blackavized, blackaviced) — swarthy, having a dark complexion
But this blackavised jongleur was quite content to play the minor parts in these rural hamlets.
10. withindoors (also within-doors) — [obsolete] indoors, into or inside a house
These hair decorations are only revealed withindoors, however, for the tribe believes that evil sky spirits will be jealous of the bizarre decorations and would plague or even slay the wearer in consequence.
Bonus Vocabulary
(Norse mythology)
Fimbulwinter — the harsh three years long summerless winter which precedes the end of the world
The barn door was frozen shut tightly in place as if held in Fimbulwinter‘s icy doomed grasp.