English

Cards (15)

  • alarum
    clamor, excitement
  • breach
    a broken, ruptured, or torn area
  • hard-favoured
    having a harsh ugly unpleasant appearance, aspect, or character
  • galled
    boldness with impudent assurance and insolence
  • fet (fetched)

    to go or come after and bring or take back
  • even
    evening (archaic)
  • yeomen
    an attendant or officer in a royal or noble household
  • mettle
    vigor or strength of spirit or temperament
  • slips
    a leash so made that it can be quickly slipped
  • afoot
    in the process of development
  • guillotine
    a machine with a vertical blade used for beheading
  • fetter
    a chain around the ankles for restraining a prisoner
  • inquisition
    a tribunal established for the discovery of heresy, done through severe questioning and torture
  • manacle
    a chain with metal bands used for fastening a person's hands or ankles
  • throttle
    to attack someone by choking or strangling