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  Faith
  
  pg. 18 — Chansonnette
  It is any lyric-driven French song, usually polyphonic and secular

  Pg. 18 - gramophone
  Also known as a phonograph. 

  Pg. 18 - The Engineer
  Refers to Maria/Marina/Masha (pg. 19; pg. 20). All of these names typically represent Orina. 

  Pg 19. - Manometer
  An instrument for measuring the pressure acting on a column of fluid, especially one with a U-shaped tube of liquid in which a difference in the pressures acting in the two arms of the tube causes the liquid to reach different heights in the two arms. [picture will be inserted]

  Pg. 19 - Damper
  A device designed to absorb and reduce shock impulses incurred when a railcar is in motion. Dampers also help reduce noise and track wear.

  Pg. 19 - Syphon
  These were most commonly attached to the rear of passenger trains, due to the need to quickly transport the enclosed milk from farmer to the milk processing facility in the shortest possible timescale.

  Pg. 20 - Viaduct
  A long bridge-like structure, typically a series of arches, carrying a road or railroad across a valley or other low ground.

  Pg. 20 - Masha
  Same as Maria (introduced on the first page of this chapter). She’s another woman who blends with Orina's character.

  Pg. 20 - Habanera
  An Afro-Cuban dance and song

  Pg. 20 - polka
  Polka, lively courtship dance of Bohemian folk origin

  Pg. 20 - Quadrilla
  A quadrille is a type of dance for four couples, with each couple forming a single side of a square

  Pg. 20 - Jackdaw
  A small gray-headed crow that typically nests in tall buildings and chimneys, noted for its inquisitiveness. Birds are referenced several times throughout the novel (e.g., magpie). They are disliked by many of the characters and symbolically represent thieves. 

  Pg. 20 - The Artist
  Tries to emulate Maria’s face in his masks

  Pg. 21 - Dolorous
  From dolor: feeling or expressing great sorrow or distress

  Pg. 21 Anthropomorphous
  Human in form or nature. This typically is used to describes non human objects or living things to give them human characteristics. This is utilized heavily throughout the book. E.g. 

  Pg. 21 - Bolero
  Two distinct genres of slow-tempo Latin music and their associated dances

  Pg. 23 - Dale of the river
  I’m not sure what this is. 

  Pg. 24 - Vernissage
  A private viewing of paintings before public exhibition

  Pg. 24 - Atelier
  Workshop or studio, especially one used by an artist or designer.

  Pg. 24 - Somnambulistically
  An abnormal condition of sleep in which motor acts (such as walking) are performed

  Pg. 24 - Photinias
  A genus of small trees and shrubs (family Rosaceae) native to Asia that have shining, evergreen leaves, showy white paniculate or corymbose flower clusters, and typically red fruits and that are widely cultivated as ornamentals

  Pg. 24 - “Gesture of providence”

  Pg. 24 - Mnemosyne
  Greek goddess of memory and mother of the Muses by Zeus

  Pg. 25 - Aztrakhan
  It is the curled fleece of fetal or new born lambs

  Pg. 25 - Passion bearers Fedot and Yakov
  Passion Bearer is the customary title for saints

  Pg. 25 - vita sine libertate nihil
  Life without regrets.

  Pg. 25 - Vivere est militare
  To live is to fight

  Pg 28 - Cracow
  City in Poland

  Pg. 28 - Red Cahors
  Red wine

  Pg. 29 - Monsieur Gevelot
  Invented caps

  Pg. 30 - La Manche
  The English Channel

  Pg. 34 - Gorgon
  Three sisters, Stheno, Euryale, and Medusa, who born snakes for hair and turned anyone who looked at them to stone