Story of the Flood

babel

a confusion of sounds or voices

abyss

bottomless pit

keel

chief structural part of the boat

planking

flooring of the boat

wedge

a piece of wood that tapers to the thin edge and is used for splitting wood and rocks

punt

a boat

furnace

an enclosed structure in which heat is produced

bullocks

young bulls

ballast

something that gives off stability

cower

to shrink away or crouch

cur

an inferior dog

travail

labor

hatch

an opening in the deck of a ship

budge

move

cedar

usually tall coniferous tree of the pine tree family

myrtle

a common evergreen bushy shrub

lapis lazuli

a semiprecious stone that is usually rich azure blue

transgression

violation of a law

pestilence

an infectious epidemic disease