Sentence:  Bazaar “<WSD>gup</WSD>,” too, speaking with the tongue of a lying jade on the eve of the expedition, had so added to the deadliness of the Abor reputation that one party of able-bodied men became panic-stricken when they realised the nature of the work before them, and disappeared in a night! 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Gossip or rumor; nonsensical or silly talk; blather.