The Hound of the Baskervilles 7: The Stapletons of the Merripit House - Things Learned while reading "The Hound of the Baskervilles" - Sherlock Holmes

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A tin box for botanical specimens - Things Learned while reading "The Hound of the Baskervilles" - Sherlock Holmes

A tin box for botanical specimens hung over his shoulder and he carried a green butterfly- net in one of his hands.


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Propitious - Things Learned while reading "The Hound of the Baskervilles" - Sherlock Holmes

Sir Henry had numerous papers to examine after breakfast, so that the time was propitious for my excursion.

Propitious | Define Propitious at Dictionary.com: "pro·pi·tious   
[pruh-pish-uhs] Show IPA
–adjective
1.
presenting favorable conditions; favorable: propitious weather."

Efface - Things Learned while reading "The Hound of the Baskervilles" - Sherlock Holmes

The fresh beauty of the following morning did something to efface from our minds the grim and gray impression which had been left upon both of us by our first experience of Baskerville Hall.

Efface | Define Efface at Dictionary.com: "ef·face   
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–verb (used with object), -faced, -fac·ing.
1.
to wipe out; do away with; expunge: to efface one's unhappy memories.
2.
to rub out, erase, or obliterate (outlines, traces, inscriptions, etc.)."

copses - Things Learned while reading "The Hound of the Baskervilles" - Sherlock Holmes

I drew aside my curtains before I went to bed and looked out from my window. It opened upon the grassy space which lay in front of the hall door. Beyond, two copses of trees moaned and swung in a rising wind.
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copses - definition of copses by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia.: "copse (kps)
n.
A thicket of small trees or shrubs; a coppice."
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Minstrels' gallery - Things Learned while reading "The Hound of the Baskervilles" - Sherlock Holmes

At one end a minstrel's gallery overlooked it.

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Baluster - Things Learned while reading "The Hound of the Baskervilles" - Sherlock Holmes

A square balustraded gallery ran round the top of the old hall, approached by a double stair.  
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Dame - Baa Baa Black Sheep

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Mary Cleia was singing Baa Baa Black Sheep and got stuck on the word "dame." I wanted to know what the formal definition for dame was.

Dame - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: "A Dame may be:
Dame (title), a female title of rank, equivalent to 'Sir' used as the title of a knight
A female Lord or Seigneur, or the wife of one"

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The Hound of the Baskervilles- Chapter 6 - Things Learned while reading "The Hound of the Baskervilles" - Sherlock Holmes

The Hound of the Baskervilles- Chapter 6
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Battlement - Things Learned while reading "The Hound of the Baskervilles" - Sherlock Holmes

"From this central block rose the twin towers, ancient, crenelated, and pierced with many loopholes."

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Battlement - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: "A battlement (also called a crenellation) in defensive architecture, such as that of city walls or castles, comprises a parapet (i.e. a short wall), in which portions have been cut out at intervals to allow the discharge of arrows or other missiles. These cut-out portions form crenels (also known as carnels, embrasures, loops or wheelers)."
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Asplenium scolopendrium, Hart's Tongue Fern - Things Learned while reading "The Hound of the Baskervilles" - Sherlock Holmes

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"high banks on either side, heavy with dripping moss and fleshy hart's- tongue ferns."

Asplenium scolopendrium, Hart's Tongue Fern

Gable - Things Learned while reading "The Hound of the Baskervilles" - Sherlock Holmes

"Rolling pasture lands curved upward on either side of us, and old gabled houses peeped out from amid the thick green foliage,"

Gable - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: "A gable is the generally triangular portion of a wall between the edges of a sloping roof."
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Cob (horse) - Things Learned while reading "The Hound of the Baskervilles" - Sherlock Holmes

"Outside, beyond the low, white fence, a wagonette with a pair of cobs was waiting."

Cob (horse) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: "A cob is a small horse, usually of a stout build, with strong bones, large joints, and steady disposition; it is a body type of horse rather than a specific breed."
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Wagonette - Things Learned while reading "The Hound of the Baskervilles" - Sherlock Holmes

"Outside, beyond the low, white fence, a wagonette with a pair of cobs was waiting."

Marathon Mustang Pair Wagonette Model-6 Passenger: "Marathon Mustang - Pair Wagonette Model-6 Passenger"
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Moorland - Things Learned while reading "The Hound of the Baskervilles" - Sherlock Holmes

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"I tell you it is all as new to me as it is to Dr. Watson, and I'm as keen as possible to see the moor."

"Are you? Then your wish is easily granted, for there is your first sight of the moor," said Dr. Mortimer, pointing out of the carriage window.

Over the green squares of the fields and the low curve of a wood there rose in the distance a gray, melancholy hill, with a strange jagged summit, dim and vague in the distance, like some fantastic landscape in a dream."

Moorland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: "Moorland or moor is a type of habitat, in the Temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands biome, found in upland areas, characterised by low growing vegetation on acidic soils."

Webley Revolver - Things Learned while reading "The Hound of the Baskervilles" - Sherlock Holmes

"You have arms, I suppose?"

"Yes, I thought it as well to take them."

"Most certainly. Keep your revolver near you night and day, and never relax your precautions."

It is possible Dr. Watson's revolver was a Webley, since he was a military man.

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Injunction - def - Things Learned while reading "The Hound of the Baskervilles" - Sherlock Holmes

"Mr. Sherlock Holmes drove with me to the station and gave me his last parting injunctions and advice."

Injunction | LII / Legal Information Institute: "An injunction is a court order requiring a person to do or cease doing a specific action."

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toff - Things Learned while reading "The Hound of the Baskervilles" - Sherlock Holmes

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"He was dressed like a toff, and he had a black beard, cut square at the end, and a pale face."

toff - Wiktionary: "toff (plural toffs)
(obsolete) An elegantly dressed person.
(UK) A person of the upper class or high class pretence and usually communicating an air of superiority."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toff:  In British English slang, a toff is a mildly derogatory term for someone with an aristocratic background, particularly someone who exudes an air of superiority.   

Foil - Things Learned while reading "The Hound of the Baskervilles" - Sherlock Holmes

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"I feel a foil as quick and supple as my own. "

Foil (literature) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: "In fiction, a foil is a character who contrasts with another character (usually the protagonist) in order to highlight various features of that other character's personality, throwing these characteristics into sharper focus."

Imprudent Definition - - Things Learned while reading "The Hound of the Baskervilles" - Sherlock Holmes

Imprudent | Define Imprudent at Dictionary.com: "–adjective
not prudent; lacking discretion; incautious; rash."

Holmes cast a swift glance of triumph at me. "Oh, he mentioned his name, did he? That was imprudent.

"You have always kept together, I presume?"

"Except yesterday afternoon. I usually give up one day to pure amusement when I come to town, so I spent it at the Museum of the College of Surgeons."

"And I went to look at the folk in the park," said Baskerville.

"But we had no trouble of any kind."

"It was imprudent, all the same," said Holmes, shaking his head and looking very grave. "I beg, Sir Henry, that you will not go about alone.

Gospel Principles Chapter 25: Fasting

Gospel Principles Chapter 25: Fasting: "All members who are physically able should fast. We should encourage our children to fast after they have been baptized, but we should never force them."