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| anvil | a steel-faced iron block on which metal is shaped |
| arduous | difficult, hard to accomplish |
| ballad | a simple song; a poem that tells a story of adventure, or romance, or of a hero |
| bellows | a device that produces a strong current of air when it is spread apart and then pressed together |
| chaps | leather leggings worn especially by ranch workers |
| depleted | reduced in amount by using up |
| dutch oven | a cast iron kettle with a tight cover that is used for baking in an open fire |
| frontier | a region that forms the edge of the settled part of a country |
| heirloom | something of special value handed on from one generation to another |
| homestead | the home and adjoining land occupied by a family; a tract of land acquired from U.S. public lands by filing a record and living on and cultivating the tract |
| keg | a small cask or barrel |
| maize | Indian corn |
| miscellaneous | consisting of many things of different sorts;not in any given category |
| perilous | full of danger |
| prairie schooner | a covered wagon used by pioneers in cross-country travel |
| provisions | stock of materials or supplies; a stock of food |
| ration | food allowance for one day; the amount one is allowed by authority; to use sparingly |
| rustler | one who steals (cattle) from the range |
| scout | to go about and observe in search of information |
| scythe | a tool that had a curved blade on a long curved handle that is used for mowing grass or grain by hand |
| simulation | to imitate to give the appearance or effect of |
| sod | the grass-covered surface of the ground; turf |
| vise | any tool having two jaws for holding work that can close, usually by a screw or lever |
| vital | concerned with or necessary to the continuation of life |
| yoke | a wooden bar or frame by which two work animals (such as oxen) are harnessed at their heads or necks for drawing a plow or load |
