• Glossary (Not strictly a British term, but in the interests of clarity it’s being included here.) A kind of hand-made knotted lace, used particularly for edging or trimming (NSOED) – the kind of lace on Ron’s first set of dress robes might have been tatting, for instance. Read More
• Glossary A cosy made to put over a tea pot for insulation, to help keep it hot. Read More
• Glossary Checked or crossed. “Ticked off” can also mean “annoyed”. Read More
• Glossary Schedule. At Hogwarts, each student is given his or her timetable at the beginning of the year, specifying the times of the various classes the student is taking. Read More
• Glossary Nonsense. “The slang tosh is a blend of the words ‘trash’ and ‘bosh.’ Bosh comes from the Turkish word for empty. Tosh means ‘nonsense’ or ’empty, worthless talk.'” (contributed by Sebastian Chen)… Read More
• Glossary Athletic shoes, also called sneakers. Trainers, although ostensibly for sport, are popular everyday footwear for many people, young and old. Read More
• Glossary Treacle is a by-product of the sugar refining process and can vary in grade from very light Golden Syrup to Black Treacle (rather like molasses). Treacle Pudding is a plain steamed suet pudding which has warmed treacle poured over it. Treacle tart is a flat pastry case filled with treacle… Read More
• Glossary Very good or very well. If something “looks a treat” it looks great, i.e., a treat to the eyes. “A treat” is a common phrase in some dialects, and can be used in other contexts, e.g., “I’ve polished this goblet and it’s come up a treat”. Read More
• Glossary A layered dessert of sponge cake soaked in sherry, topped with chopped fruit in jelly (jello), topped with custard, topped, in turn, with whipped cream. The top of that may be decorated with angelica, glace cherries, chocolate flakes or hundreds and thousands (tiny rainbow sugar candy pieces). Read More
• Glossary The stomach of a cow or ox, eaten as a dish. Yes, it is disgusting. Tripe is also used to mean nonsense as well as the wonderful gliding food. Read More
• Glossary A tuft of stringy things (such as blades of grass, threads, or hairs) held together or growing together at a common base. Read More
• Glossary Twiddle means to play around with, perhaps uncertainly, and is also a synonym for fiddle or fiddly; e.g. twiddly bits can be read as fiddly bits. Twiddly usually refers to something small – often a control of some sort that can be turned or rotated; e.g., a volume control can be… Read More
• Glossary A woven fabric, sometimes used in making clothing, with a surface of diagonal parallel ridges, produced by passing the weft threads over one and under two or more threads of the warp (instead of over and under in regular succession, which is how a lot of fabric is woven). (The… Read More
• Glossary A course in which one learns to write something by means of a typewriter or computer, usually blindly (without looking at the keyboard). Read More