The Monk and the Riddle (Randy Komisar)

trance: .

a half-conscious state characterized by an absence of response to external stimuli, typically as induced by hypnosis or entered by a medium.

gyration

crooked:

elliptically: (of speech or writing) using or involving ellipsis, especially so as to be difficult to understand.

bucolic: relating to the pleasant aspects of the countryside and country life.

assuage: make (an unpleasant feeling) less intense.


Scottish dish
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haggis