Glossary

Several Dutch and Colonial words occurring in this work, the subjoined Glossary is given, explaining the principal.

Alle wereld!

Gosh!

Aasvogels

Vultures.

Benauwdheid

Indigestion.

Brakje

A little cur of low degree.

Bultong

Dried meat.

Coop

Hide and Seek.

Inspan

To harness.

Kapje

A sun-bonnet.

Karoo

The wide sandy plains in some parts of South Africa.

Karoo-bushes

The bushes that take the place of grass on these plains.

Kartel

The wooden-bed fastened in an ox-wagon.

Kloof

A ravine.

Kopje

A small hillock, or “little head.”

Kraal

The space surrounded by a stone wall or hedged with thorn branches, into which sheep or cattle are driven at night.

Mealies

Indian corn.

Meerkat

A small weazel-like animal.

Meiboss

Preserved and dried apricots.

Nachtmaal

The Lord’s Supper.

Oom

Uncle.

Outspan

To unharness, or a place in the field where one unharnesses.

Pap

Porridge.

Predikant

Parson.

Riem

Leather rope.

Sarsarties

Food.

Sleg

Bad.

Sloot

A dry watercourse.

Spook

To haunt, a ghost.

Stamp-block

A wooden block, hollowed out, in which mealies are placed to be pounded before being cooked.

Stoep

Porch.

Tant or Tante

Aunt.

Upsitting

In Boer courtship the man and girl are supposed to sit up together the whole night.

Veld

Open country.

Velschoen

Shoes of undressed leather.

Vrijer

Available man.