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| bayonet | a daggerlike steel weapon that is attached to or at the muzzle of a gun and used for stabbing or slashing in hand-to-hand combat |
| sin | transgression of divine law |
| envied | to have felt discontented or coveted with regard to another's advantages |
| musket | a heavy, large-caliber smoothbore gun for infantry soldiers, introduced in the 16th century: the predecessor of the modern rifle |
| livestock | the horses, cattle, sheep, and other useful animals kept or raised on a farm or ranch |
| plundering | the robbing of goods or valuablesby open force as in war |
| curt | rudely brief in speech or abrupt in manner |
| stockade | a defensive barrier consisting of strong posts or timbers fixed upright in the ground |
| cholera | an acute, infectious disease, endemic in India and China and occasionally epidemic elsewhere, characterized by profuse diarrhea, vomiting, cramps, etc. |
| mutiny | revolt or rebellion against constituted authority |
| mortar | a cannon very short in proportion to its bore, for throwing shells at high angles |
