Touchstone (54 page)
swoophead
a balding man trying to hide it with a comb-over
Thornlore
the study of various drugs and their effects on different races
thorn-thralled
addicted
tincted
stained, dyed
tregetour
originally a street magician; evolved into the word for a playwright
trimmings
tips thrown onstage to players after the show
trull
prostitute
twice-seen
déjà vu
twitchie
useless, bitchy, upper-class girl
wailful
lamentable
wistly
wistfully
yaffle
to eat ravenously while making unpleasant noises
yark
vomit
AUTHOR’S NOTE
Muchly beholden to: Russ Galen and Danny Baror, Beth Meacham and Melissa Frain, Laurie Rawn, Mary Anne Ford, Lee and Barbara Johnson, Jay and Sonia Busby, Teresa Taylor, AshLeigh Henson, Kandice Adams, and all the other knowledgeable habitués of
www.melanierawn.com
for research help.
There are quite a few words herein that I stole from a perfectly marvelous book called
There’s a Word for It!
by Charles Harrington Elster. (How could the English language possibly have left by the wayside the wondrous
snarge
and
collifobble
and
glisk
?) A couple of the terms I either adapted or made up myself, but as much as I’d love to claim all of them, I ain’t that creative.
TOR BOOKS BY MELANIE RAWN
Spellbinder
Fire Raiser
Touchstone
This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.
TOUCHSTONE
Copyright © 2012 by Melanie Rawn
All rights reserved.
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e-ISBN 9781429987240
First Edition: February 2012