parlour
sitting room or the front room
pantry
a small room or closet, apart from a kitchen, where cutlery and food porvisions are kept.
gauzy
thin and transparent like a gauze mesh
hither
here
crest
a tuft or growth of hair
wily
sly or crafty
flitting
a rapid fluttering or darting movement
aloft
in a higher place
dismal
dreary or gloomy