Early American Writers Vocab Wade

Ancestor

People from who other people descend.

Apparel

Clothing

Brushwood

a heavy undergrowth of small trees and bushes

Discern

to perceive or recognize something

Flyers

Part of a spinning that twists twine into yarn

Manifold

Many and varied

Abominable

thoroughly detestable

Patent

(n.) exclusive rights over an invention; copyright; (v.) to arrange or obtain such rights; (adj.) plain, open to view; copyrighted

Prize

to value highly

Distaff

stick on which flax or wool is wound for use of spinning

Abhor

to regard with disgust

Appease

to bring peace, quiet, or calm to; to soothe

Ascribe

to attribute to a specified cause or source

Budge

to move or change the position of something

Induce

to succeed in persuading someone to do something

Mound

a pile of earth, stones, or some other material

Pinked

decorated with a perforated pattern

Quench

to put out (a fire); to satisfy (thirst)

Deliverance

rescue from danger

Grasp

to take hold of something

incensed

to cause to be extremely angry

Mitigation

lessening of something that causes suffering

protruded

stuck out; extended

timber

standing trees or their wood

scrubby

covered with low or undersized trees

enclosure

area that is fenced in or surrounded

sundry

of various kinds

recompense

repayment; reward

webbed

joined by membranes, often of skin

persevere

to keep going; not give up; persist

tremble

to shake or vibrate

sentinels

a person or thing that watches or stands as if watching

swift

speedy; fast; rapid

diverse

difference, variety; a condition of having many different types of forms

rendezvous

a meeting planned at a certain time and place

scattered

spread around; sprinkled

mines

Excavated or dug out areas from which ore and valuable minerals may be obtained

ordinances

sacraments or religious rites

quills

windles, spindles, or bobbins

whet

sharpened