Vulgar words in The Elson Readers, Book 5 (Page 1)
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That Icarus Was a silly cuss-- Him an' his daddy, Daedalus.
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When he got home, he left the two asses that were laden with gold for his wife to unload; and having told her what had happened, he led the other ass to his sister-in-law's.
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Call upon them often, and you will learn one of the blessedest things about life, the companionship of boobs.
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fatal (fa'tal), destructive fatigue (fa-teg'), weariness favorable gale (fa'ver-a-b'l gal), wind blowing in the direction he wished to sail feasting his eyes, enjoying looking at features and tokens (fe'turz; to'k'nz), parts of the face, and expression feeling but one heart-beat, all having the same feelings and wishes feet unwilling, moving slowly without interest fenlands (fen'landz'), swamps fervently (fur'vent-li), warmly feuds (few-dz), quarrels fevered mart (fev'erd mart), market place full of excitement fib'rous (fi'brus), made of fibers; strong filled the night, made it all light fissure (fish'ur), narrow crack fitfully blows (fit'fool-li), blows and then stops fit to be made a tool of, suitable to be deceived by flattery to do the work of others flags, long, narrow leaves of a plant flanking parties, riders who were going to stand at the sides flaunt (flant), make a great showing of flaunting (flant'ing), waving flaunting nigh (falnt'ing al), making a great show near them flecked with leafy light, spotted with sunlight shining through the trees fleck its lonely spread (flek), show as a dark spot against the great stretch of grass flesh creeps, shudder with horror flexibility (flek'si-bil'i-ti), ability to be bent flight of song, where a song goes flitting (flit'ing), flying about flow in music, glide along so as to make pleasant sounds flow'ry dells, little valleys with flowers in them flutter (flut'er), are in motion foliage (fo'li-aj), leafy plants folly laughs to scorn (fol'i lafs to skorn), one who is foolish makes fun of fond, loving forbear (for-bear'), keep from forbear thy stroke (for-bear'), do not chop it down forbidding further passage (for-bid'ing fur'ther pas'aj), keeping them from going on forbore (for-bor'), held back ford, a shallow place where the soldier could cross without a bridge forefather (for'fath'er), ancestor forehead (for'ed), upper part of the face forest-fighters (for-est-fit'erz), men used to fighting among trees forest's life was in it, it was made from the trees and seemed alive like them forever and a day, for all time for-lore' (for-lorn'), poor and lonely former state, condition it had been in formidable (for'mi-da-b'l), dreadful fortnight (fort'nit), two weeks foul footsteps pollution (po-1u'shun), dishonor of the country, caused by an enemy being in it fowling piece, gun for shooting birds fragments (frag'ments), scraps fragrant (fra'grant), sweet-smelling frame of mind, feeling this way franchise of this good people (fran'chiz), vote of the men of this colony freight'ing (fra'ting), burden freight it with (frat), load the boat with frenzy (fren'zi), joyous madness frequented (fre-kwent'ed), visited fretted, tired; teased frigate (frig'at), light, sailing warship fringed with trees, with a thin line of trees along it frol'ic (frol'ik), play frolic chase, game of running after each other frosted (frost'ed), frostbitten, and, as a result, loosened frothy (froth'i), having bubbles frowning pine forest (froun'ing pin for'est), dark evergreen forest fugitives (fu'ji-tivz), horses which were trying to escape full glory reflected (re-flekt'ed), with all its colors showing full of invention (in-ven'shun), good at thinking up plans furrows (fur'oz), shallow trenches made by the plow furze (furz), an evergreen shrub with yellow flowers gainsaid (gan'sed'), changed gallantly (gal'ant-li), bravely gallantly streaming (gal'ant-li strem'ing), bravely flying gaunt (glint), thin from, hunger gauze (goz), thin, transparent stuff gave me a good character (kar'ak- said I was a reliable man gave myself up for lost, stopped having any hope of being saved genial (je'ni-al), favorable to growth genial hour (je'ni-al), pleasant spring time genius (jen'yus), a person who can do more or better than ordinary people Genius (jen'yus), a powerful spirit gentian (jen'shan), a beautiful flowering plant, usually blue gesture (jes'tur), motion ghastly spectacle (gast'li spec'ta- horrible sight gigantic (ji-gan'tik), very large gilt, gold-plated metal gimlet (gim'let), tool which bores small holes as it is turned Gitche Gum'ee (gi'che OW), Lake Superior gitche Manito (gi'che man'i-to), Great Spirit give back the cry, answer give me thought for thought, tell me his ideas and listen to mine glade (glad), an open, grassy space in a wood gladness breathes, joy seems to come gleaming (glem'ing), light glean, gather glens, little valleys dimmer (glim'er), gleam glimmering o'er (glim'er-ing), shining brightly over corn and people glittering (glit'er-ing), shining glorified the hill (glo'ri-fid), sent beautiful rays of light upon the hill glory fell chastened (chas'nd), his light at the height of its brightness cast but a soft light glossy (glos'i), shining gold'en ears before (gol'd'n), yellow ears of corn taken from their husks and piled in front of the huskers goodly root (good'li root), the much prized potato gophers (go'ferz), ground-squirrels gorgeous (gor'jus), magnificent; beautiful gossip of swallows, bird-notes that sound like chatter go the entire round, make the furrow around the field Governer (guv'er-ner), the chief man of the colony gracious-ly (gra'shus-li), with kind courtesy Granada (gra-na'da) granaried harvest (gran'a-rid), grain and vegetables stored for the winter gratifying his utmost wishes (grat'i-fy-ing), giving him anything he might wish for grave (grav), serious-looking gray of the morning, faint light before the sun is up greatest disquietude (dis-kwe'e-tood), worst trouble Great Spirit, God grievously (grev'us-li), painfully grim, stern; unyielding grimace (gri-mas'), made-up face griping landlord (grip'ing), stingy man who rents houses for high rent grope (grop), feel without seeing grow into tangles (tang'g'lz), grow wild as in the woods or fields guard thy repose (gard; re-poz'), protect you while you sleep guidance (gid'ans) showing him the right course to take guided of my counsel (gid'ed; koun'-sul), take my advice guiding lines (gid'ing), reins by which horses are driven guileless (gil'les), pure in heart guinea (gin'i), English coin ($5.11) gullies (gul'iz), small valleys dug out by water gushing (gush'ing), freely flowing habitable (hab'it-a-b'l), fit to live in had occasion to go out (o-ka'zhun), needed to go somewhere in the town hailed his coming, called out gladly when they saw him half-faced camp, shack with three walls and one open side half-section of unfenced sod, 320 acres of unbroken ground with no fence hallooed (ha-lood'), shouted halloo hallow us there (ha1'o), give us a feeling at home as of sacred things hamlet without name (ham'let), few houses near together, but not called a town hampers (ham'perz), woven baskets handiwork (han'di-wurk'), what I make handkerchiefs (hang'ker-chifs) hand of art, tasteful plan happily arranged, growing in pretty clumps hardy gift (har'di), fruit of the sturdy plant which is given by the earth harrowing additions (har'o-ing a-dish'unz), things added that are painful to hear hart (hart), male red deer Harunal-Rashid' (ha-roon'-ar-ra-shed'), Caliph of Bagdad harvest (har'vest), dry seeds has an ax to grind, wants someone to do some hard work without pay hate is shadow, feelings of dislike darken everything haughty (ho'ti), proud haunches (hanch'ez), hind legs haunt (hint), come back again and again haunts (hants), places where one loves to go often haunts of Nature (na'tur), out-of-doors havoc of war (hav'ok), ruin caused by fighting hawk-eyed eagerness (hok-id e'ger-nes), watching impatiently and with the sharpness of a hawk hearken (har'ken), listen hearthrug (harth'rug), rug in front of the fireplace heart outran his footsteps, wanted to be there before he was hearts-ease, comfort in trouble hearts right hand of friendship, a greeting that shows we feel friendly heartstrings, love heath (heth), land covered with heather, which has a purple blossom heav'n-rescued land (hev'n-res'kud), country saved by God heavy-rolling flight, running with a rocking movement from side to side heir (ar), one who takes the property of another after he is through with it helm (helm), helmet, a protection for the head; the machinery that steers the ship he must be cold, he lacks feeling herb'age (ur'baj), grass and other plants eaten by grazing animals here, on earth heroic blood (he-ro'ik), descended from brave men hewed (hud), chopped Hiawatha (hi-a-wath'a) hidden silk has spun (hid'n), threads of down in the pod that resemble those which the silkworm spins hideous (hid'e-us), horrible-looking hie (hi), go; take high relief (re-lef') carved so that the features stood up from the box hireling (hir'ling), paid soldier his proper sphere (prop'er sfer), his own place his reverence (rev'er-ens), the minister hither (hith'er), here hoard (hord), supply of provisions hoary (hor'i), old and gray hold (hold), lower part of a ship, where cargo is stored hollows that rustle between' (hol'oz; rus'l be-twen'), low, quiet places between large, noisily-roiling waves home-brew served for wine, home-made drinks were used instead of wine homely old adage (hom'li; ad'aj), common saying hoodwinked, blindfolded horror (hor'er), great fear horror of my situation (hor'er; sit'u-a'shun), great danger of the place I was in horseplay, rude play or jokes host (host), great number hotly pressed, closely followed hovel (hov'r1), small, poor house hovered (hub'erd), fluttered huddled (hud'ld), crowded hue (hu), color hues of summer's rainbow (huz), colors in the rainbow in summer human (hu'man), exactly like man Humber (hum'ber), a river in northeastern England humble (hum'b'l), lowly; not proud humor (hu'mer), temper humor better suited to his own (hu'-mer), more like his hurrah (hoo-ra'), a word used as a shout of joy hurricane (hur'i-kan), great storm hush of woods, quiet of the forest Iagoo (e-a'goo) Icarus (ik'a-rus), the son of Daedalus--which *see* ideas (i-de'az) thoughts idle, golden freighting (fra'ting), burden of golden-colored autumn leaves if to windward, if the hunter is in the direction from which the wind blows imaginable (i-maj'i-na-b'l), I could think of; possible immortal in their childhood (i-mor'-tal), so placed that they would never grow any older Imperial (im-pe'ri-al), royal imperious (im-pe'ri-us), demanding much implement (im'ple-ment), tool imply a share of reason (im-pli'; re'-z'n), suggest some power to think impression continuing (im-presh'-un kon-tin'u-ing), the effect remaining inability (in-a-bil'i-ti), that you cannot incalculable (in-kal'ku-la-b'l), cannot be counted incapable (in-ka'pa-b'l), not able incline (in-klin'), slope in darker fortunes tried (for'tunz), they had when they were poor indifference (in-dif'er-ens), not caring indigestible (in'di-jes'ti-b'l), impossible to digest indignation (in'dig-na'shun), anger against what is wrong induce (in-dus'), cause indulge it to the utmost (in-dulj'; ut'most), be as cross as be could infinite (in'fi-nit), everlasting infinitely (in'fi-nit-li), much more ingenious (in-jan'yús), clever inhaling (in-hal'ing), smelling inheritance (in-har'i-tans), a gift from our ancestors initial mound (in-ish'al), first furrow around the field inquíries (in-kwir'iz), questioning in such wise, so fiercely intelligent (in-tel'i-jent), clever intent upon (in-tent'), interested in interminable forests (in-tur'mi-na-b'l), woods that seemed endless interrupt his lay (in'te-rupt'), stop his song in the largest sense, in the broadest meaning intimate association (in'ti-mat a-so'si-a'shun), close companionship intolerable (in-tol'er-a-b'l), unbearable intruder (in-troo'der), an uninvited guest invention (in-ven'shun), schemes Islands of the Blessed (i'landz; bles'-ed), in mythology, islands where people lived happily, after death isles (ilz), islands jasper (jas'per), a dark, hard stone jaunty (jan'ti), gay and easy jet, black jib (jib), swing around joined to such folly (fol'i), a partner in such foolishness joyance (joi'ans), happiness judgment (juj'ment), idea; opinion Justiciar (jus-tish'i-ar), chief judge justs/jousts (justs), mock fights between knights on horseback Kagh (kag), the hedgehog keel (kel), bottom of a ship keep, support kept, made to go on khan (kan), an unfurnished building for the use of traveling traders King's Council (koun'sil), men who met with the King to advise him kissed into green (kist), changed to green when touched by the sun's rays knight (nit), in Great Britain, a man with the title Sir knights of old (nits), men of olden times who went about doing brave deeds knoll (nol), a little round hill knows full well, knows very well Kwansind (ksa'sind) lady, the wife of a knight lamentable (lam'ín-táa-b'l), distressed lamentable tone, sad voice languidly (lang'gwid-li), carelessly lank (lank), thin lapsed (lapst), slipped larch (larch), tree which looks like an evergreen but sheds its needles lariat (lar'i-at), long rope with running noose laudable (lod'a-b'l), praiseworthy laughing (laf'ing) launch (lanch), get it afloat lavish horn (lav'ish), overflowing horn; from the mythological story of the horn that could become filled with whatever its possessor desired lea (le), ground covered with grass league (lee-g), about three miles learned (lur'ned), highly educated learning (lurn'ing), knowledge leave unmoved (un-moovd'), unharmed lee of the land, shelter of the shore legends (lef'endz), old stories only partly true lei'sure (le'zhur), time to do what he wished levee (lev-e'), reception given by a ruler or his representative liege (lej), having the right to claim service light and boon, bright and pleasant lightsome (lit'sum), cheery life a Turk, as people do in Turkey Lilliput (lil'i-put) Lilliputians (lil'i-pu'shanz) limes (limz), fruit like lemons, but smaller and more sour linden (lin'den), made from basswood listless (list'les), caring about nothing livelihood (liv'li-hood), living livelong (liv'long'), whole loam (lam), earth lone (lon), lonely lone post of death, place where he must die alone looked westerly (wes'ter-li), turned toward the west, the direction in which the wind was blowing before it stopped loosed (loost), set free lost their labor, got no good from the work they had done lovely tokens (luv'li to'k'nz), beautiful signs lower (lo-ur), darken lowly thatched cottage, small one-story house with roof of straw lozenge (loz'enj), a tablet of medicine lust, strong wish luster of midday (lus'ter; mid'da), light bright as at noon lustrous (lus'trus), radiant lusty rogue (lus'ti rog), lively little rascal magic arts (maj'ik), power over spirits magician (ma-jish'an), one who uses magic arts magic his singing (maj'ik), charming way he sang magnificence (mag'nif'i-sens), grandeur Maharaja (ma-ha-ra'ja), title of the principal Hindu chief Mahngotaysee (man-go'ta'se), brave maintain (man-tan'), keep make amends to the human race (a-mendz'), make up to people everywhere make a stand, hold out against; fight man-builded today, built by people now maneuver (ma-noo'var), planned movement of a large number man of might, strong, important man man's dominion (do-min'yun), for the use of people mansion (man'shun), large and handsome residence many a happy return, many more mariners (mar'i-nerz), sailors marred (mard), spoiled marred the whole scene (mard) spoiled the effect planned marvel (mar'vel), wonderful thing marveled (mar'veld), wondered Massasoit (mas'a-soit') match, able to win against matchless, having no equal matrons (ma'trunz), married women mayhap, maybe maze (maz), confusing number of paths which cross meads (medz), meadows measures (mezh'urz), melodies meditated (med'i-tat'ed), thought meeting-house, church melancholy (mel'an-kol-i), sad melted them to pity, softened their feelings so they were filled with gentle thoughts merchandise (mur'chan-diz), goods merchant-man (mur'chant-man), a trading vessel merest (mer'est), simplest merry (mer'i), joyous metallic (me-tal'ik), of metal metal true, really good iron methinks (me-thinks'), it seems to me Midas (mi'das) milder glory shone (mil'der), a softer and paler glow cast its light mildew (mil'du), mold; rust mingled into one (ming'g'ld), so united that one could not be distinguished from the other miniature (min'i-a-tur), very small Minnehaha (min'e-ha'ha) Minnewawa (min'e-wa'wa) mirthful to excess (murth'fool; ek-ses'), too gay mischievious (mis'chi-vus), fun-loving misdoings (mis-doo'ingz), wrong acts mission (mish'un), errand mists of the deep, fog over the water moccasins of magic (mok'a-sinz), charmed shoes moderation (mod'er-a'shun), fair way modest bell, bell-shaped flower that hangs over molder in dust away (mol'der), lose their form and become earth again molested (mo-lest'ed), troubled molten (mol't'n), melted monarch (mon'ark), ruler Monongahela (mo-non'ga-he'la), river in Pennsylvania Monsieur (me-syur'), French for Mr. moor sandy, wet ground more enterprise (en'ter-priz), willingness to try to do things Morgiana (mor'gi-a'na) mortal (mor'tal), human mortal enemy (mor'tal en'e-me), man who hates you so much he would like to kill you mortal fear, greatest fear mortal-ly (mor'tal-i), so as to cause death mosques (mosks), places of worship in Mohammedan countries moss (mos), a tiny grasslike plant, very soft moss-green trees, trees with trunks covered by green moss mount to the sky, fly out of sight mow (mo; here, mo for rime) much amiss (a-mis'), very wrong much contriving (con-triv'ing), making great plans much frequented (fre-kwent'ed), often visited much inclined (in-klind'), having a great liking for Mudwayaushka (mud'way-oush'ka) multiply his heaps, make his piles many times greater mummies (mum'iz), dead bodies which have been preserved in a dried state; here, persons whose minds are dry and not open to new ideas Munchausen (mun-cho'zen), a teller of extravagant tales Musketaquid (mus-ket'a-kwid) Muskoday (musk'o-day) mute (m-yut), voiceless; quiet muttering, saying in a low tone muzzle (muz'l), nose and,mouth my design (de-zin'), my plan mysterious (mis-te'ri-us), puzzling mystic splendors (mis'tik splen'-derz), magic brightness naked sword (nay'kd sord), sword without a sheath narrow bound, thin wall keeping them out national constellation (nash'un-al kon'ste-la'shun), group of stars belonging to the nation native language (na'tiv lang'gwaj), way that is natural to them natural death (nat'u-ral), died without being killed naught (not), nothing navigate the azure (nav'i-gay-t; az'-ur), sail through the sky Nawadaha (na'wa-da'ha) near his cot, not far from his cottage neither (ne'ther) neither willing nor reluctant (ne'-ther re-luk'tant), not showing whether she wanted to go or stay nephew (nef'u), the son of a brother or sister nicest goldsmith, most skillful worker in gold niche (nich), small opening nimble (nim'b'l), quick to do things noble (no'b'l), coin worth about $1.60; man of high rank Nokomis (no-ko'mis) nostrils (nos'trilz), the openings in the nose for breathing note if harm were near, to see if there were any danger round about obliterated (ob-lit'er-at'ed), taken away obscure (ob-skur'), dark obscured their passage (ob-skurd'; pas'aj), hid their line of movement observation (ob'zer-vay'shun), careful notice obstacle (ob'sta-k'l), something in the way obtained a foothold (ob-tand'), got a start occupied with her grief (ok'u-pi-d), full of sorrow o'cean's breast (o'shanz brest), calm surface of the sea O drug, useless thing o'er-shadowed Thanksgiving Day (or-shad'od), brought up sad thoughts on the holiday o'er the combers (or; kom'erz), over the long rolling waves of all degrees, of all kinds, large and small of a serious nature (se'ri-us na'tur), of a dangerous kind officially recognized (o-fish'al-i rek'og-nizd), known and stated ointment (oint'ment), precious salve Ojibways (o-jib'waz), a tribe that lived just south of Lake Superior ooze and tangle (ooz), mud and roots oozing outward (ooz'ing), flowing from the tree Opechee (o-pech'e) open-handedness, generosity operations of the enemy (op'er-shunz; en'e-mi), doings of those fighting against us oppression lifts its head (o-presh'-shun), people are treated unjustly original (o-rij'i-nal), first outlaw', one who breaks the laws and flees to escape punishment overcame this handicap (han'di-kap), got over this disadvantage Owaissa (o-was'a) packet (pak'et), bundle pack train, a number of animals carrying the supplies of the party pagans (pa'ganz), not Christians painted pulpit (pool'pit), green and purple over-arching leaf of the jack-in-the-pulpit flower painted tribes of light, gay, bright flowers of spring painted white, white-skinned, like an Indian's face covered with paint pale skies, gray skies of early spring palfreys (pol'friz), saddle-horses palisades pine-trees (pa1'i-say-dz'), tall pines, standing like a wall on each bank palpitated (pal'pi-tat'ed), shook Pandora (pan-do'ra) parched (parcht), dry parent (par'ent), the giver of life partake (par-tak') share particularly (par-tik'u-lar'li), very partners (part'nerz), companions past will no longer be the past (past), things that happened long ago will seem as real as though going on now pathos (pa'thos), sad sweetness patient weathercocks (pa' shent we'-ther-koks), patient, waiting for the wind to blow Pauwating (pa-wa'ting) St. Mary's river, joining Lakes Superior and Huron pay my court (kort), show my respect by visiting you peace of mind, calm thoughts with nothing to disturb them peasants (pez'ants), lowest class of people peer (per) peep cautiously pennon (pen'un), flag performing these good offices (per-for'ing), doing these kind acts perilous (per'i-lus), dangerous periodical (pe'ri-od'i-kal), printed matter, in the form of a magazine, published regularly (not daily) perplexity (per-plek'si-ti), difficulty persevered (pur'se-verd') persisted perseveringly (pur'se-ver'ing-li), continually personage (pur'sun-aj), creature pest, disease which kills pestered (pes'terd), annoyed pettishly (pet'ish-li), crossly pheasants (fez'antz), wild birds of delicious flavor phoebe (fe'be), a kind of bird phrase (fray-z), expression physical and moral courage (fiz'i-kal; mor'al kur'aj), bravery of body and mind physique (íf-zék'), build and health piece of cover (kuv'er), bit of underbrush large enough to hide behind pierce like a shaft (pers; shaft), fly through like an arrow pine-clad hills, hills covered with pine trees pinion (pin'yun), wing pitiable (pit'i-a-b'l), sad place of deposit (de-poz'it), keeping place plagued the realm (plagd; relm), made trouble in the country plague the Abbot (plag), annoy the Abbot plaiting (plat'ing), braiding Plantagenets (plan-taj-e-nets), the English Kings from 1154 to 1485 plenty, enough of everything pliant as a wand (pli'ant; wond), as easily moved as a willow twig is bent plow had violated (vi'o-lat-ed), had been turned up by the plow, and thus spoiled for the small owners plowshare' (plou'shar'), blade of the plow; part which turns up the earth plundered store (plun'derd), goods he had taken by force Poet Laureate (lo're-at), poet chosen by the King to write on great events of the nation point to windward (wind'werd), turn in the direction from which the wind came poised it in the air (poizd), held it high political bustles (po-lit'i-kal bus'-lz), activities of politics pollution (po-lu'shun), soiling and making impure pomp (pomp), show ponder (pon'der), think pondering much, thinking things over ponderous (pon'der-us), heavy Ponemah (po-ne'ma) poniard (pon'yard), dagger porcelain (por'se-lan), fine white ware possessed authority (po-zest' o-thor'i-ti), knew how to control power of prophecy (prof'e-si), ability to foretell events practice decency (prak'tis de'sen-si), do the right thing every time prattle (prat'l), child's talk presence (prez'ens), being there presently (prez'ent-li), soon prevent (pre-vent'), keep from Prideaux (pre-do') pried into (prid), tried to pull apart prig, one who thinks himself good prime (pri-m), best princely (prins'li), like a prince proclaim (pro-klam'), show profusion of flowers (pro-fu'zhun), great many flowers projected (pro-jekt'ed), extended proudly we hailed, looked at with pride and joy province (prov'ins), one of the divisions of certain countries prudence (proo'dens), wisdom; sense psalm (salm), sacred song publican (pub'li-kan), tax gatherer pull fodder (fod'er), pull up cornstalks by the roots pulp, wet mixture of which paper is made pumpkin (pump'kin) purpose (pur'pus), object; work pursuit (pur-sut'), chase put me in mind, suggested to me quail (kway'-l), the bobwhite quirk (kwurk), turn quoit (kwoit), ring quoth (kwoth), said radiance (ra'di-ans), brilliance radiant (ra'di-ant), beaming raid (ray-d), attack made to get something ramparts (ram'parts), protecting walls for defense rangers (ran'jerz), men who live on the range or prairie rapturous (rap'tur-us), very happy rarities (rar'i-tiz), rare and precious things ravenous (rav'n-us), very great rayless disk of red, flat, burning circle, not seeming to throw off any rays of light reappeared (re'a-perd'), came in sight again rear (rer), raise rearing (rer'ing), standing on her hind legs recalling (re-kol'ing), remembering received in trust (re-sevd'), taken, to protect honorably reckless (rek'les), careless recognized (rek'og-nizd), saw recoil (re-koil'), rebound recovering himself (re-kuv'er-ing), coming back to his natural state of mind red-coats, British soldiers, so called because of their red uniforms redeem them (re-dem'), buy them back redoubled (re-dub'ld), repeated reeds, large tall swamp grasses reenforcing (re'en-fors'ing), covering again reflected (re-flekt'ed), thought regions of the morning (re'junz), place where the sun rises; the East regular order (reg'-u-lar or'der), in straight lines, one behind the other related (re-lat'ed), told relaxed (re-lakst'), loosened; let go Reldresal (rel'dre-sal) remnant (rem'nant), few that are left remotest corner of Africa (re-mot'-est), part of Africa the farthest away render (ren'der), give back renown (re-noun'), fame repaired to her house (re-pard'), went to her house repair the mischief (re-par'; mis'-chif), make up for the harm repast (re-past'), feast repelling (re-pel'ing), driving back repentance (re-pen'tans), regret resembles (re-zem'b'lz), is like resin (rez'in), dried sap resolutely (rez'o-lut-li), determinedly resoled (re-zolvd'), with his mind firmly made up resplendent (re-splend'ent), shining brightly restore (re-stor'), put back retired chamber (re-tird' cham'ber), room away from the main part of the house retreat (re-tret'), hiding place revels (rev'els), wild enjoyment reverberations (re-ver'ber-a'-shunz), echoes reverence (rev'er-ens), great respect richly decked (dekt), wearing beautiful and costly blankets and other decorations rich stuffs, costly cloth of different kinds ridges, raised lines of ground ridiculous (re-dik'u-lus), deserving to be laughed at rills, little streams ring of the same, sound of it ripened charge (rip'end charj), precious object in its keeping, now ready for husking rippling (rip'ling), blowing in curves rival for one hour (ri'val), equal at the time of greatest beauty riveted (riv'et-ed), fastened by bending down the end riveted his at-ten'tion (riv'et-ed; a-ten'shún), put all his thought roam (rom), wander robes of darkness, blue-black foliage clothing it roc (rok), imaginary bird of great size roguishly defied (ro'gish-li de-fid'), resisted in a joking way Roha (ro'ha) root (root), the potato rosy morn (ro'zi morn), reddish tint of the sky at sunrise round-tower of my heart, safest place for a prisoner route (root), way ruefully (roo'fool-i), sadly rue the day (roo), regret what I had done that day rugged (rug'ed), uneven rugged vales be-stow' (rug'ed vay'lz be-sto'), rough valleys furnish ruined (roo'ind), destroyed ruminating (roo'mi-nat'ing), chewing their cuds run over with joy, be wildly happy rushes, coarse grasses russet (rus'et), reddish brown or reddish gray Sachem (sa'chem), Indian chief sacrificing (sak'ri-fic'ing), giving up sad sea wave, ocean seeming sad because you are sad sage speeches (say'j), wise remarks saluted the company (sa-lut'ed; kum'pa-ni), greeted those assembled sandal-wood (san'dal-wood), a highly prized, fragrant Asiatic wood from a tree of the same name sank deep into my mind, made a lasting impression on me sate (sat), old spelling of satin satin burs (sat'in), prickly husks of chestnuts with their smooth, soft lining satisfy his mind (sat'is-fi), find out what he wanted to know save, except savory (sa'ver-i), pleasing to the smell scaled the wall (skald), got over the wall, as soldiers climbed by ladders over the walls of an old-time city scars of all wars, marks left from injuries got in fighting scope (skop), reach scorched (skorcht), heated until burned scoured the seas (skourd), hunted over the seas scour for spoils (skour), hunt for dainty foods scour'ing down the meadow (skour'ing; med'o), sweeping over the grassland sear (ser), withered seaward glide (se'werd glid), flow toward the ocean Sebowisha (seb'o-wish'a) secure him against evil (se-kur'; a-genst' e'v'l), protect him from harm sedges (sej'ez), grasslike plants with tall heads of seeds señor (se'nyor), Spanish for sir sense of elation (e-la'shun), feeling of joy sequin (se'kwin), a coin, no longer in use, worth about 82.25 serene of look and heart (se-ren'), with a calm face and mind service liketh us, we like to serve sesame (ses'a-me), a kind of grain grown in the East and used for food severed (sev'erd), cut off Severn (sev'ern), a river in southwestern England shadow of an infinite bliss (in'fi-nit), hint of happiness that cannot be measured shanty, small, unfinished house shaped them to a framework, bent and fastened them to form the skeleton of the canoe share, see plowshare sheath (sheth), put into its case sheaves (shevz), bundles of grain sheer into the river, straight down into the water shiftless (shift'les), poorly kept shilling, coin worth $0.24 shining land of Wabun (wa'bun), bright light (Wabun is the East Wind) shining shoulders, bare, wet shoulders glistening in the sun shipping, passage on shipboard shirk (shurk), one who tries to get out of work shivering shock, force that breaks its timbers shoal (shol), sandbar shoot a main, have a match shot his shining quills, cast off some of his smooth spines shoulder your matchlocks, take your guns shroud, rope of a ship shuttle (shut'l), tool used in weaving sieve (siv), a utensil for separating the coarse particles from the fine signify union (sig'ni-fi un'yun), mean joining sincerity (sin-ser'ity), honesty sinews (sin'uz), tough strips singing pine trees, pines through which the wind blew with a pleasant sound singled out (sing'g'ld), chose sire (sir), father situation (sit'u-a'shun), state in which things were skillet (skil'et), frying pan skimming (skim'ing), flying so close as to brush the surface skirted (skurt'ed), walked along the edge of; grew along the edge of skyward cast (ski'werd), hung high slab (slab), thick slice slaughtered (slo'terd), killed for food sledge (slej), a heavy hammer sleep shall be broken, you will be awakened sleight-of-mouth tricks (slit), mysterious disappearanoes slow sloping to the night (slop'ing), sinking slowly in the West sluices (sloos'ez), gates to hold back the water smiling fields, patches of grain growing well smirk (smurk), put-on smile smite the ore (smit), hammer the iron into shape smoldered (smol'derd), slowly burned Soangetaha (son'ge-ta'ha) soaring (sor'ing), floating in the air sobered by his adventure (so'berd; ad-ven'tur), made wise by his experience softly pictured wood (soft'li pik'turd), beautifully colored foliage showing up in soft tints solace (soi'as), comfort somber (som'ber), gloomy soothe, comfort sore of heart, weary and discouraged sorry pass, sad state sound of their shock, noise when they struck sovereign (sov'er-in), ruler spacious (spa'shus), large spake with naked hearts, hid no secrets from each other spare yards, extra poles used to support the sails spars (sparz), masts speaks sublimely (sub-lym'li), has a noble meaning specter-like figure (spek'ter-lyk'), person looking like a ghost spelled down, beat in spelling sphere of gold (sfer), golden globe spikes, large nails spire, a slender rod, or tower, extend ins upward from the top of a build ins; here, for the weathercock spiritualizes (spir'it-u-al-iz-ez), purifies spirit was gradually subdued (spir'it; grad'u-al-li sub-dud'), she was tamed splendor dazzles in vain (splen'der), bright show of glory does not tempt splendor wild (splen'der), light rising and falling spoils of forest free, things that come from trees sported, played spray (spra), twig sprites (sprits), fairies square heaven of blue, blue part of the flag stalwart (stol'wert), brave stanch (stanch), faithful stanched (stancht), checked the bleeding from standing in for the shore, coming toward the land stand you in yeoman's stead (yo' manz sted), be of help to you in your adventures star spangled, sprinkled with stars state and person, country and the man himself stately (stat'li), standing proudly stature (stat'ur), height stayed my walk, stopped me stay surety (shoor'ti), be security stern, the back part of a boat steward (stu'erd), man in charge of the food stick to your sphere (sfer), do the things you can do; don't try to do those you can't stiff, not to be bent or changed stifled murmur (sti'f'ld mur'mur), a low sound not easily heard stirred their souls to passion (pash'un), moved their deepest feelings store, large amount storm still brave, stand firm in a hard wind stoutest, bravest stout fellow, gay young man Straits of Gibraltar (strats; ji-brol'tar), narrow waterway between Spain and Africa strength allied to goodness (a-lid'), bodily power added to virtues strewn (stroon), covered stricken (strik'en), frightened strife comes with manhood, men have to fight stroked in ripples (strokt; rip'lz), gently made into little folds stubble (stub'l), short stalks left in the ground after grain has been cut studied the situation (stud'id; sit'u-a'shun), thought over the state in which things were sturdy (stur'di), strong; firm sublimely (sub-lim'li), with great nobility and purity succeeded to the gloom (suk-sed'ed; gloom), followed the cloudiness such an old mustache (mus-tash'), so fierce a soldier suitable to that character (sut'a-b'l; kar'ak-ter), such as dancers wore Sultan (sul'tan), title of the ruler in some Asiatic countries summit of the Cedar (sum'it), top of the tree summoned (sum'mund), called sun benignant (be-nig'nant), kindly sun sun is under the sea, sun has set sunshine of sweet looks, brightness of expression supple (sup'l), easily bent supported the dog's chances (su-port'ed; chans'ez), said that the dog would succeed suppressed (su-prest'), kept down surety (shoor'ti), security surge's swell (surj'ez), waves of the rising sea surpassed (sur-past'), did better than swam (swim) sweeping westward, moving swiftly toward the west sweetmeats, candied fruits swell the merriment (mer'i-ment), make louder the sound of happy voices swept down into a valley, sloped gradually to low land swerve (swurv), go crooked swoon (swoon), faint symbol (sim'bol), sign symbolizes (sim'bol-iz-ez), means tamarack (tam'a-rak), tree that looks like an evergreen but sheds its needles in winter tang to the spirit (tang; spir'it), fancied taste Taquamenaw (ta'kwa-me'no), river in Michigan tarnished (tar'nisht), stained taught wisdom from the past, having learned better things from what had happened before Tawasentha (ta'wa-sen'tha), name of a valley in New York tawny (ta'ni), yellowish-brown tax, a part of one's wealth given up by law to benefit the public tedious (te'di-us), tiresome terrace (ter'as), a raised level platform of earth text, the subject of a talk theater (the'a-ter), building in which plays are acted their green resume (re-zum'), are again covered with grass the night is behind us, night-time is almost here therefore (thar'for), for that reason thick zigzags (zig'zagz'), many paths running this way and that thinned to a thread, grew so narrow she could barely be seen thongs (thongz), narrow strips of leather threshold (thresh'old), piece of timber under the door thrilled (thrild), filled with joy thunder halls (thun'der holz), far up, where the thunder dwells thundering down the valley (thun'der-ing; val'i), running along level ground with a noise like thunder thus accoutered (a-koo'terd), dressed in this way thus disposed (dis-pozd'), so arranged thwarted the wily savage (thwort'ed; wi'li), fought against the tricks of the Indians tinge (tinj), color; tint tinkered (tink'erd), worked without knowing just how tiny (ti'ni), very small tipped with flint, having points of flint, the hardest kind of stone 'tis meet, it is right tittered (tit'erd), laughed mockingly titter of winds, merry sound of the breeze toil is the real play, work is more fun than playing toil'some (toil'sum), hard tolerable (tol'er-a-b'l), bearable toll (tol), tax; money took no toll (tol), did not rob them took shipping, engaged passage on shipboard took to his revels (rev'elz), went on with his wild play tormentors (tor-men'toerz), flies which bit them tortured by their lances (tor'turd), in great pain from the sharp bites touchhole (tuch'hol'), the place where the powder was lighted tour (toor), trip tourneys (toor'niz), meetings where knights fought toward (to'erd), in the direction of towering steep (tou'er-ing), high slope towers (tou'erz), high parts of the castle tracker (trak'er), one who traces the path an animal has taken trade winds, winds which always blow in the same direction tradition (tra-dish'un), story handed down traffic (traf'ik), business train, those in a company tranquil (tran'kwil), motionless because there was no wind transparent (trans-par'ent), able to be seen through transport (trans'port), great excitement transport (trans-port'), to remove traveling schoolmaster (trav'el-ing), teacher who went from one place to another treason (tre'z'n), attempt to injure the government tribes of men might prosper, all nations might live in better ways trickling (trik'ling), of water running in a small stream trims, smooths neatly triumph (tri'umf), victory triumphant (tri-um'fant), glad of success trophy (tro'fi), prize troubled spirit (trub'ld spir'it), soul of the dead man which cannot rest tryst (tryst), meeting place turban (tur'ban), headdress worn in Mohammedan countries, a cap with a sash or scarf wound about it turquoise (tur'koiz), a precious blue stone turret (tur'et), a small tower tusks (tusks), large, projecting teeth twining (twyn'ing), creeping up and winding about twinkle of its candle, little glow like that from a candle twinkling, moment tyrant would be lord (ti'rant), cruel master would rule everything unaccustomed to vexations (un'a-kus'tumd; vek-sa'shunz), not used to any sort of bothers unanimously elected (u-nan'i-mus-li), given every vote unapt (un-apt'), unlikely unbounded freedom (un-bound'ed), state where they did as they liked uncomfortable state of affairs (un-kom'fer-ta-b'l; a-farz'), hard way of living unconscious (un-kon'shus), feeling and knowing nothing uneasiness (un-ez'i-nes), worry unequal fight, ill-matched struggle unfolded to your gaze, spread out before you unhoused (un-houzd'), turned out of their homes unknown, crowded nations, great masses of people of different races unwittingly, by accident upon their kind, against other men useless (us'les), without having been made good use of utmost (utmost), greatest utter itself in words (ut'er), speak its meaning vagrant (va'grant), idle wanderer vague (vag), not clear vague lisps (vag), talk that could not be understood vales (valz), little valleys valor (val'er), bravery varied riches (va'rid), good foods of different kinds vault (volt), walled-up space under- ground vauntingly (vant'ing-li), boastingly veered (verd), turned venomous (ven'um-us), poisonous verdant (vur'dant), green vest that is bright, red breast vexation (vek-sa'shun), anger vexations (vek-sa'shunz), troubles victuals (vit'lz), food villain (vil'in), wicked man virgin air (vur'jin), clear, fresh air of spring.