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"Obadiah Comes Fourteen" Vocabulary Words A-L |
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| adze | A tool similar to an ax, with an arched blade used for trimming and shaping wood. |  |
| andiron | Either of a pair of metal stands used to hold logs in a fireplace. |  |
| bobbin | Wound with thread or yarn. |  from http://www.amherst-antiques-folkart.com/Antiques_Textiles3.htm |
| brocade | A heavy fabric of silk, cotton or wool woven with a raised design. |  from http://www.baronbrocade.com/brocade_d_fabric/spring_brocade.html |
| calico | Bright cotton cloth with a printed pattern. |  from http://www.maggiesmodestclothing.com/fabric.htm |
| caraway seeds | Aromatic tiny fruits from the herb plant caraway. |  from http://www.gardenguides.com/seedcatalog/herbs/caraway.htm |
| cider | A drink made of freshly pressed apples. Can also be fermented apple juice. |  |
| cornhusk | The outer layer of covering of a ear of corn. |  |
| cornmeal | Ground corn. Made into cornmeal mush, cornbread and hasty pudding. |  from http://www.whispermill.info/grains/index.php |
| damask | A reversible fabric usually of cotton, linen or silk with a pattern woven into it. |  from http://www.seemydesign.com/livingroom/elementsideas/designelements/pattern/ |
| destitute | Lacking the money, resources and possessions to be able to carry on life. | |
| English pound | A British form of currency (could be a bill or a coin). | |
| farthing | A British coin worth about a quarter of a penny. | |
| flax | A plant that yields linen fibers from its stems. |  from http://www.kpt.k12.tn.us/roos/flax.htm |
| gristmill | A mill where grain or corn is ground. |  |
| horn book | A page of text made for the teaching of reading covered with a thin layer of transparent horn. |  |
| linsey-woolsey | A coarse cloth made from linen interwoven with wool or cotton. | |
| loom | Weaving apparatus for weaving thread or yarn into cloth. |  |
| loosestrife | A plant with purple spikes of flowers. |  from http://www.jhwma.org/loosestrife.html |
| ludicrous | Utterly ridiculous. | |