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Heart of Darkness
Joseph Conrad

A STEP BEYOND

GLOSSARY

ALIENEST
Psychiatrist

ASSEGAIS
Light, slender spears

ASTERN
Toward the stern, or rear, of a boat

BOILER
The tank or container in which water is heated into steam to provide power for the steamboat. A vertical boiler is a relatively simple type that takes up little space.

BOWS (IN THE BOWS)
Toward the bow, or front, of a boat

CALIPERS
An instrument with two curved, movable legs, used to measure the diameter of a thing

CONCERTINA
A kind of small accordion

DRAKE, SIR FRANCIS
English navigator (1540?-1596). The first Englishman to sail around the world, which he did in his ship the Golden Hind (1577-80). Participated in the defeat of the Spanish Armada (1588).

ESTUARY
The mouth of a river

FAIRWAY
The navigable part of a river

FALERNIAN WINE
A well-known ancient wine which was made in southern Italy

FIREMAN
The man who tends the steamboat's furnace, stoking it with wood

FLEET STREET
An important business street in London

FRANKLIN, SIR JOHN
British explorer (1786-1847). With his ships the Erebus and the Terror, he set out for the Arctic in 1845 to search for the Northwest Passage- an expedition that ended, tragically, in the deaths of all members.

FUNNEL
Smokestack

HELMSMAN
The man at the helm (steering mechanism), who steers the boat

MARTINI-HENRY
A kind of military rifle

MEPHISTOPHELES
In the Faust legend, the wily devil who tempts Faust

MIZZENMAST
A mast toward the back of a boat

OFFING
The distant part of the sea visible from the shore

PILOT-HOUSE
The enclosed cabin in which the helmsman steers the boat

RAVENNA
The site of an important Roman naval base in northern Italy

SCOW
A flat-bottomed boat with square ends, used for transporting freight

SOUNDING-POLE
The long pole used to sound, or measure, the depth of the water

STERN-WHEEL
The paddle wheel at the back (stern) of a steamboat

STONE
14 Pounds (British measurement) 16 stone = 224 pounds

TIME CONTRACTS
Legal contracts to work for a specified period of time. Such contracts were used to exploit the African natives, who had little understanding of European law.

TRIREME
An ancient Roman ship with three tiers of oars on each side

YAWL
A small sailboat
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