| A | B |
| arming | providing with weapons |
| drilling | doing exercises to become efficient |
| fierce | ferocious |
| just | honorable and fair |
| kin | people related by blood of marriage |
| peered | looked at with concentration |
| rebels | people who oppose or defy the government that exists |
| skirmish | a small, short fight between enemies |
| skittish | nervous and jumpy |
| seams | lines formed by sewing two pieces of material together |
| arming | providing with weapons |
| mill pond | a small lake created by damming up a stream |
| English goods | items of value brought from England |