Anna of the Five Towns

1

Tellwright: tile-wright, a name specially characteristic of, and possibly originating in, this clay-manufacturing district.

2

Bank: manufactory.

3

Biscuit: a term applied to ware which has been fired only once.

4

Terrick: a corruption of Tellwright.

5

Jacket-man: the artisan's satiric term for anyone who does not work in shirt-sleeves, who is not actually a producer, such as a clerk or a pretentious foreman.

6

Saggars: large oval receptacles of coarse clay, in which the ware is placed for firing.

7

Welly: nearly.

8

Meet: meet in class – a gathering for the exchange of religious counsel and experience.

9

Cut: canal.