| A | B |
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| anvil | a heavy iron or steel block on which metals are hammered into shape |
| barrow | a two-wheeled cart with poles for pushing it |
| bounty | a reward paid by the government |
| buckshot | pieces of lead shot used in hunting rifles |
| chink | to fill in the cracks with mortar or mud |
| cultivate | to plow the land to prepare for crop growing |
| employ | to hire |
| enable | allow |
| expand | to grow larger, increase |
| flail | to beat or thrash |
| ford | to cross a river at a shallow place |
| foresee | to predict |
| forge | to heat metal and hammer it into shape while it is still soft |
| grizzly | grayish, or mised with gray |
| liniment | a soothing mixture for rubbing onto the skin |
| pemmican | dried buffalo meat mixed with berries a formed into a cake |
| quill | the hollow barrel of a feather, sometimes used for writing |
| schooner | a sailing ship with several masts |
| stockade | an enclosure or pen |
| vulture | a bird of prey that eats only dead meat |
