The Prisoner of Zenda (55 page)

rimy
ADJ
rimy is an
adj
ective which means covered in ice or frost
It was a rimy morning, and very damp
(
Great Expectations
by Charles Dickens)

riper
ADJ
riper means more mature or older
At riper years to Wittenberg he went
(
Doctor Faustus chorus
by Christopher Marlowe)

rubber
NOUN
a set of games in whist or backgammon
her father was sure of his rubber
(
Emma
by Jane Austen)

ruffian
NOUN
a ruffian is a person who behaves violently
and when the ruffian had told him
(
Treasure Island
by Robert Louis Stevenson)

sadness
NOUN
sadness is an old term meaning seriousness
But I prithee tell me, in good sadness
(
Doctor Faustus 2.2
by Christopher Marlowe)

sailed before the mast
PHRASE
this phrase meant someone who did not look like a sailor
he had none of the appearance of a man that sailed before the mast
(
Treasure Island
by Robert Louis Stevenson)

scabbard
NOUN
a scabbard is the covering for a sword or dagger
Girded round its middle was an antique scabbard; but no sword was in it, and the ancient sheath was eaten up with rust
(
A Christmas Carol
by Charles Dickens)

schooners
NOUN
A schooner is a fast, medium-sized sailing ship
if schooners, islands, and maroons
(
Treasure Island
by Robert Louis Stevenson)

science
NOUN
learning or knowledge
Even Science, too, at hand
(
The Prelude
by William Wordsworth)

scrouge
VERB
to scrouge means to squeeze or to crowd
to scrouge in and get a sight
(
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
by Mark Twain)

scrutore
NOUN
a scrutore, or escritoire, was a writing table
set me gently on my feet upon the scrutore
(
Gulliver's Travels
by Jonathan Swift)

scutcheon/escutcheon
NOUN
an escutcheon is a shield with a coat of arms, or the symbols of a family name, engraved on it
On the scutcheon we'll have a bend
(
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
by Mark Twain)