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C

Corrie loch

A corrie loch (also known as a tarn) is a mountain lake or pool.


K

Kubla Khan

Kubla (or Kublai) Khan was the founder of the Yuan dynasty in China.


L

Laureate

For the Lakes poets, it meant that they were the Official Royal Poet.


T

Tarn

A tarn (also known as a corrie loch) is a mountain lake or pool.


Thwaite

A clearing, a piece of cleared forest land.


X

Xanadu

This was in what is now Inner Mongolia and was the summer capital of the Dynasty of Kubla Khan


M

mere

A lake or pond -any body of water -see Grasmere or Windermere.


P

pensive

thoughtful (as "In vacant or in pensive mood, They flash upon that inward eye" in Wordsworth's "Daffodils".