| A | B |
|---|
| sheathed | covered or covering |
| indivisible | not able to be divided |
| liable | likely |
| patriarchs | father or ruler of family or tribe |
| mastiff | kind of dog |
| anthracite | hard, black, glossy coal |
| borers | insects that cut a round hole in wood |
| blight | a disease that kills plants |
| spavins | disease of horses in which a bony swelling forms in the hocks (horse's ankle) causing lameness |
| plowshare | blade of the plow |
| ailing | sickness, sickly |
| whitlow | a very painflu inflamation of the finger or toe near the nail |
| vouch | give a guarantee |
| sleek | well fed or well groomed |
| prosperous | well to do or well off |
| selectman | (in most New England states) one on a board of town officers chosen to manage certain public affairs |
| contented | satisfied |
| twinge | a sudden, sharp pain |
| punctual | not late; prompt |
| decry | to speak disparagingly of; denounce or find fault with; censure |
| specifications | a detailed description of requirements |
| considerable | rather large or great in size |
| mortgage | to place under advance obligation; pledge |
| moth | any of numerous insects of the order Lepidoptera, generally distinguished from butterflies by having feathery antennae; nocturnal also |
