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‘bloofer lady’ – apparently, the children mispronounced ‘beau-tiful.’

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à deux mains – in two hands (French)

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Charcot – Jean-Martin Charcot (1825–1893), a French neurologist and professor of anatomical pathology, the founder of modern neurology

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‘Old Parr’ – Thomas Parr (1483 (supposedly) – 1635), an Englishman who was said to have lived for 152 years

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pourparlers – discussions before negotiations (French)

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The Host – consecrated bread used in the Christian ceremony of the Eucharist

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ex post facto – from after the action (Latin) is a law according to which the legal consequences of actions are changed in case the actions were committed before the enactment of the law.

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‘ouse, guv’nor, is the rummiest — house, sir, is the most peculiar

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Blyme – reduced form of ‘blind me,’ as ellipsis from ‘God blind me’; used to express surprise.

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that took the cike – to take the cake = to beat all

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non causa – a part of ‘non causa pro causa’ – non-cause for a cause (Latin), used when a cause is incorrectly identified

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ignoratio elenchi – a mistake in presenting an argument that fails to address the issue in question

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Chersonese — a name given to several different places in ancient times. Most probably, the Tauric Chersonese, ancient name for Crimea.

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pabulum — food, nourishment (Latin)

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the Scholomance – a legendary school of black magic in Transylvania

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In manus tuas, Domine – Into your hands, Lord (Latin)

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depite — deputy

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new-fangled ware’us — newfangled warehouse

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prig of the first water – a self-assured moralistic person who feels superior to the others

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Enoch — a figure in the Generations of Adam, the great-grandfather of Noah

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carnivora – mammals that include dogs, cats, raccoons, bears etc.

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en règle — in due form (French)

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Festina lente – make haste slowly (Greek)

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Tally Ho! – A phrase, originating from hunting with hounds, when a follower sees the game (usually a fox).

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Omme Ignotum pro magnifico. – The unknown seems grand in importance or difficulty. (Latin)

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enkeen – make more pressing

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ptomaines – organic substance formed by the action of putrefactive bacteria, sometimes poisonous

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particulari ad universale – from the particular to the universal (Latin)

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qua criminal — as being a criminal

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speer – watch, spy

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Gin we were nigh — when we were near

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the Old Mon — the Old Man (Devil)

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anent — concerned

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porterage – the work of porters (carrying)

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octroi – local tax

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‘actinic’ rays – photo-chemically active rays (Pity they didn’t have cameras at that time!)

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scout – servant in Oxford and some other universities

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more’n = more than

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Ixion — in Greek mythology the King of the Lapiths, who killed his father-in-law, and for that was bound by Zeus to a fiery wheel that kept revolving.

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Herr Ollendorff — Heinrich Gottfried Ollendorff (1803–1865) was the author of the Latin textbook, the book that Crawford must have considered the most boring one.

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locker which tradition ascribes to Davy Jones — sailor’s idiom ‘Davy Jones’s locker’ means the bottom of the sea, the resting place for those drowned or shipwrecked.