Vocabulary in The Hunting of the Snark

Vocabulary in The Hunting of the Snark, a classic poem by Thomas Hood, for new readers include:

• snark - an imaginary animal

Bellman - someone who assists guests with luggage and doing small errands

• Barrister - the name used in England for an attorney
• starboard - the right side of a ship when viewed forward from it
• larboard - the left side of a ship when viewed forward from it, better known as its port
• helmsman - pronounced ˈhelmz-mən, he is the person who directs a boat, using a handle or wheel
• bowsprit - a pole extending outward from the front of a boat
• portmanteau - a large leather suitcase opening with two hinged compartments; also a word formed the same way: by merging two separate words
• crag - pronounced krăg, it is a neck or throat, or a steep rock projecting upward or sometimes outward

The neck; the throa

• clime - pronounced phonetically as klīm, it is short for climate