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| galleon | n. a heavy sailing ship used for war or commerce by the Spanish from the 15th - 18th centuries |
| claret | n. a dark purplish red |
| ostler | n. hostler - one who takes care of horses |
| bonny | adj. attractive |
| harry | v. to force to move along by harrassing |
| casement | n. a window sash that opens on hinges at the side |
| sniggering | v. snickering - to laugh in a covert or partly concealed manner |
| doggerel | n. any poorly executed attempt at poetry |
| couplet | n. two lines of verse with similar end rhymes |
| ballad | n. a form of verse adapted for singing or recitation, usually about a dramatic episode |
| league | n. unit of distance from about 2.4 - 4.6 miles |
| brigade | n. a large body of troops |
| blunder | v. to make a mistake through stupidity, ignorance or carelessness |
| sundered | v. to break apart or break in two |
| spangling | v. to sparkle |
| moil | v. to work hard, to swirl or churn |
| ghastly | adv. terrifyingly horrible to the senses |
| derelict | adj. abandoned especially by owner or occupant |
| grisly | adj. inspiring horror or intense fear |
| elegy | n. a sustained and formal poem setting forth the poety's meditation on death or upon a grave theme |
