Glosary A Convict's Tale

Chapters 1-6

Convict: a person found guilty of a criminal offence and serving a sentence of imprisonment
Maid: a female servant
Housekeeper: a person, usually a woman, whose job is to manage the shopping, cooking, cleaning, etc, in a house or an institution
Sewer: an artificial passage, usually underground, for carrying off waste water and refuse
Court: a place where legal justice is administered
Proud: feeling pleasure or satisfaction over something thought of as bringing credit or honor to oneself
Tablecloth: a cloth for covering the top of a table
Buns: a round bread roll, plain or sweetened

Advice: an opinion or recommendation offered as a guide to action.

Temper: a state of mind or feelings;habit of mind;
Relief: a feeling of comfort or ease caused by the ending or stopping of pain or distress 
Trust: reliance on the goodness, strength, or ability of a person or thing;confidence
Deck: a floorlike surface taking up one level of a hull of a vessel
Drown: to die from being put under wáter
Sickness: a particular disease or malady

Yard: the ground that is immediately next to, or that surrounds, a house, public building, etc

Bruises: to injure by striking or pressing, without breaking the skin but causing a discolored spot to develop