39

HISTORICAL ANNOTATION 667

46.34 crashy tow-linen] A light coarse fabric, used for draperies and towels.
47.4--5 arrayed. . .every day."] Douglass quotes Luke 16:19.
47.10 Muscovite] A greenish-black gooselike duck having heavy red wattles.
47.11 Guinea fowls] Guinea fowls can be any of several common African birds
of the family Numididea. Several types of Guinea fowl have been domesticated and
raised for flesh and eggs. The most common variety has a bony casque on its head,
and dark gray plumage spotted with white .
47.11 pea-fowls] A peacock or peahen.
47.17 drums] A name of various American Sciaenoird fish with the ability to
make a drumming noise.
47.17 crocus] A freshwater drum-fish.
47.17 terrapin] Any of the various edible North American turtles living in fresh
or brackish water.
47.25 McDermott] In 1824 Aaron Anthony hired William McDermott to work for
Edward Lloyd V. McDermott lived and ate at Anthony's house at least through the
spring of 1825. Aaron Anthony Ledger A, 1790-1818, folders 94, 42-43, Dodge
Collection, MdAA.
47.33 aromatic coffee from Java] An island in the Malay archipelago. In the mid-
nineteenth century, "java" became slang for coffee.
48.15-16 gigs, phaetons, barouches, sulkeys] A gig is a light two-wheeled one-
horse carriage. A phaeton is a species of four-wheeled open carriage, of light construction,
usually with two seats facing forward. A barouche is a four-wheeled carriage
with a half-head behind that can be raised or let down at pleasure, having a seat in the
front for the driver, and seats inside facing each other. A sulky is a light two-wheeled
carriage or chaise, seated for one person.
49.4 viands] A choice or tasty dish of food.
49.5 gourmandizer] Glutton.
49.6 dyspepsia] A generic term in the nineteenth century for disorders of the
digestive organs, especially the stomach, usually involving weakness, loss of appetite,
and depression of spirits.
49.7 lumbago] A rheumatic affection in the lumbar regions of the body.
49.7 gout] A usually hereditary disease, mainly occurring in male subjects; characterized
by painful inflammation of the smaller joints that often spreads to the larger
joints and the internal organs.
49.10-11 old and young Barney] Old Barney was Barnett Sampson (c. 1768-?).
He was listed as fifty-five years old in January 1824. Old Barney was owned by
Edward Lloyd V and was the father of Young Barney, Barnett Bentley (c. 1810-?).
Return Book, 1 January 1824, Land Papers--Maintenance of Property, Land Volume
39, reel 10, Lloyd Family Papers, MdHi.
49.14 farrier] One who both shoes horses and treats their ailments.
49.14 ostler] Variant of "hostler,'' one who takes care of horses and mules.
49.14-15 could bleed, remove lampers from their mouths] Lampers, or lampas,