| A | B |
|---|
| Blockaded | To close off an area |
| Fife | A musical instrument similar to a flute. Used primarily to accempany drums in military music. |
| Regiment | A militay unit of ground troops consisting of at least two Battalions. |
| Staunch | Firm and steadfast, strong |
| Whig | A supporter of the war against England during the American Revolution. |
| Tory | An American settler who favored the English side during the American Revolution. |
| Ruffian | A tough or rowdy fellow, a thug or gangster. |
| Militia | A citizen army as destinct from a body of professional soldiers. |
| Frolic | A carefree time, to behave playfully. |
| Privies | Made a participant in knowledge of something private or secret. |
| Chamber pots | A portable vessel used as a toilet. |
| Merchant | A person whose occupation is the wholesale purchase and retail sale of goods for a profit. |
| Procure | To obtain, acquire. To bring about. |
| Deigned | To think it approprite or suitable to one's dignity to do something. |
| Impertinent | Not constrained within proper or established limits, especially of manners or good taste. |
| Saucy | Impertinent or disrespectful |
| Seized | To take into custody. |
| Monotonous | Repetitiously dull or lacking in variety. |
| Oafish | a big, clumsy, thick headed person. |
| Jeering | To mock, to taunt |
| Beseeched | To address an earnest or urgent request, to implore. |
