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Glossary

aberrations a deviation from the normal or the typical.

touchous [Dial.] touchy.

thrift any of a genus of dwarf, evergreen, perennial dicotyledonous plants (order Plumbaginales) with narrow leaves and small, white, pink, red, or purplish flowers.

Appomattox town in central Virginia, near Lynchburg: In a former nearby village (Appomattox Court House), Lee surrendered to Grant (April 9, 1865), ending the Civil War.

caricatures a picture or imitation of a person, literary style, etc. in which certain features or mannerisms are exaggerated for satirical effect.

morphodite comic slang pronunciation of hermaphrodite, a term used to describe a human or animal combining both male and female sexual characteristics or organs.

Missouri Compromise a plan agreed upon by the United States Congress in 1820 to settle the debate over slavery in the Louisiana Purchase area. The plan temporarily maintained the balance between free and slave states.

Ol' Blue Light nickname for Stonewall Jackson, a Confederate general.

lineaments any of the features of the body, usually of the face, esp. with regard to its outline.

hookah a kind of water pipe associated with the Middle East, with a long flexible tube for drawing the smoke through water in a vase or bowl and cooling it.

trousseau a bride's outfit of clothes, linens, etc.

deportment the manner of conducting or bearing oneself; behavior; demeanor.

obstreperous noisy, boisterous, or unruly, esp. in resisting or opposing.

ruination anything that ruins or causes ruin.