demesne.
resources; means.
To debase; to lower; to degrade.
To subtract the mean from (a value, or every observation in a dataset).
To mortify.
To humble, humble oneself; to humiliate.
mischief.
Wickedness; cruelty.
An act of such mischief, wickedness, cruelty, or witchcraft.
An action performed with the help of a devil; witchcraft.