Vocabulary in The Hunting of the Snark
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Vocabulary in The Hunting of the Snark, a classic poem by Lewis Carroll, includes:
- snark - an imaginary animal invented for humor by the poet (and mathematician) Lewis Carroll
- 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 Ëhelmz-mÉn, 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 krÄg, it is a neck or throat, or a steep rock projecting upward or sometimes outward
- clime - pronounced phonetically as klīm, it is short for climate
- uffish - grumpy or ill-tempered, as first coined by Lewis Carroll himself
- grog - an alcoholic drink
- Will-o'-the-wisp - initially a fairy carrying a wisp of light (fire) who could never be caught, and now any elusive goal
- Boojums - pronounced Ëbü-jÉm, a desert tree that is tall and spiny, and lives a long time
- cress - leaves used in salads, suc as watercress and garden cress
- conundrum - pronounced kÉ-nÅnâ²drÉm, a riddle or dilemma
- antediluvian - pronounced Ëan-ti-dÉ-Ëlü-vÄ-Én, before the Great Flood, or anything ancient and outdated such as a viewpoint or car
- thimble - pronounced thÄmâ²-bÉl, a small metal cup worn to protect a finger during sewing, or a tubular sleeve in machinery, or a metal rung fitted in the sail's eye as protection against chafing.