ANARCHIST

One who promotes the absence of government, political disorder, or violence. In Farewell the presence of anarchists in the army indicates the political temper of the times, opposition to the government

ARMOIRE

A free-standing clothes closet

ARTICULATION

As used in the novel, the movement of a joint in the body, specifically Henry's knee joint

CAMION

A large military truck used to transport men and supplies

CAMPANILE

A bell tower, usually on or near a church

CARUSO, ENRICO

A famous operatic tenor in the early years of the twentieth century

CONCIERGE

A hotel employee whose job is to act as gatekeeper, caretaker, and janitor.

COVA

A cafe in Milan

DOLCE

Literally a sweet, generally a dessert

ENCYST

To become enclosed in a capsule or cyst

GRAPPA

A strong alcoholic drink distilled from the leavings of wine pressing

HOYLE

A book of rules for various card games, origin of the phrase, "according to Hoyle"

JAUNDICE

Disease resulting from excess bile production in the liver

LANCET, THE

A famed British medical journal

LA SCALA

Milan's opera house; to sing in La Scala is to make the big time

MILAN CATHEDRAL

One of the finest examples of the decorative Italian Gothic architectural style

MINNENWERFER

An Austrian/German trench mortar, an artillery piece designed to loft projectiles into dugouts and trenches

MUSETTE

A small piece of hand luggage

POTATO-MASHER

Slang term for Austrian/German hand grenade, so-called because of its shape, which resembled a potato masher

PUTTEES

Covering for the lower leg in the form of a spirally wound cloth strip, part of the Italian military uniform

RUCKSACK

A small backpack

SALVARSAN

A compound of arsenic used in the treatment of syphilis

SHRAPNEL

An artillery shell filled with many metal fragments that scatter on explosion

SIGHT DRAFT

A draft or check payable on presentation

STREGA

A sweet cordial, a liqueur

SYNOVIAL FLUID

Fluid that lubricates the joints in the human body

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