| A | B |
|---|
| scouges | to whip severely |
| swamper | a person who lives in a swamp |
| graybacks | lice |
| tick | blood sucking insect that feeds off warm blooded animals |
| liniment | thinner than ointment that relieves pain when placed on skin |
| buck | throw |
| skinner | a driver of draft animals-mules |
| cultivator | a machine that loosens soil while crops are growing |
| plaintively | expression of sorrow or woe |
| barley | a cereal grass, used in malt beverages and as stock feed |
| mollified | to soothe on temper or disposition |
| pugnacious | having a quarrelsome or belligerent nature |
| handy | clever in wsing the hands also, convenient for use |
| skeptically | slow to believe or reaky to question |
| ominously | foretelling evil |
| derogatory | intended to lower the reputation of a person or thing |
| tart | sharp to taste, small pie also a prostitute |
| contorted | to twist into an unusual appearance or unnatural shape |
| mules | a machine for drawing and spinning |
| brittle | easily broken, cracked or snapped |
| bridle | the headgear with which a horse is controlled |
| archly | pertly and mischieviously |
| apprehensive | fearful of what may be coming |
| wheeler | something that has wheels |
| profound | having intellectual depth and insight |
| complacently | self satisfied |
| grizzled | sprinkled, streaked or mixed with gray |
