145. =Trossachs.= A wild and beautiful defile between Loch Katrine and Loch Achray. The word signifies "rough or bristled country." 166. =Woe worth the chase.= "Woe worth" is an exclamation, equivalent to "alack!" 178. =Round and around the sounds were cast.= Notice the mimicry of the echo in the vowel sounds of the line. 196. =tower ... on Shinar's plain.= The Tower of Babel. 208. =dewdrops sheen.= What part of speech is _sheen_? Is this use of the word obsolete in prose? 227. =frequent flung.= "Frequent" is used in the original Latin sense (Lat. _frequens_) of "crowded together," "numerous." 256. =Unless he climb, with footing nice.= Scott says: "Until the present road was made through the romantic pass I have presumptuously attempted to describe, there was no mode of issuing out of the defile called the Trossachs, excepting by a sort of ladder, composed of the branches and roots of trees." What is the meaning of "nice" here? What other meanings has the word had? 313. =Highland plunderers.= The clans inhabiting the region about Loch Katrine were in the habit of making incursions into the neighboring Lowlands to plunder and lay waste the country. Their warlike habits were fostered by the rugged and almost inaccessible character of the country, which prevented the Lowlanders from retaliating upon them, and enabled them also to resist the royal authority. 363. =snood.= A ribbon worn by Scotch lassies and upon marriage replaced by the matron's "curch" or cap. =plaid.= A rectangular shawl-like garment made of the checkered cloth called tartan. 438. =couch was pulled.= Freshly pulled heather was the most luxurious bedding known to the Highlander. 440. =ptarmigan and heath-cock.= These birds are a species of grouse, the one red, the other black. 460. =on the visioned future bent.= The gift of second-sight was universally believed in at this period in the Highlands. 504. =retreat in dangerous hour.= "The Celtic chieftains, whose lives were continually exposed to peril, had usually, in the most retired spot of their domain, some place of retreat for the hour of necessity ... a tower, a cavern, or a rustic hut." (Scott's note in edition of 1830.) 546. =target.= What is the connection of this word with that used in archery and gun-practice? 566. =brook to wield.= "Brook" commonly means "endure." What is its exact meaning here? 573. =Ferragus, or Ascabart.= Two giants whose names appear frequently in medieval romances of chivalry. The first is better known as Ferran, under which name he figures in the _Orlando Furioso_ of Ariosto. Ascabart plays a part in the old English metrical romance of Sir Bevis of Hampton. 580. =To whom, though more than kindred knew.= This is a very obscure expression for Scott, who is usually so careful to make himself clear. The meaning seems to be: Ellen regarded her as a mother, though that was more than the actual kinship of the two justified (literally "knew how to recognize").