A Glossary of Words

Posted on May 30, 2024 in Geology

Abode

A place in which a person stays.

Plaster

Concrete light mixture to apply on walls.

Chimney

Structure that rises above the roof as escape route for smoke.

Chinks

A crack, break, fissure or narrow opening.

Hewn

Handmade, with physical effort.

Stud

Casing: framework around a window.

Dew

Moisture in small drops on a surface.

Exude

To come out gradually in drops.

Midst

Airborne visible vapor.

Ripple

Small undulation or soft waves.

Sturdily

Strongly built; firm.

Rout

To defeat decisively.

Swath

Path cut or formed in grass.

Mean

(in the story: how simple is life) to have as its sense.

Hastily

Unduly quick; precipitate.

Clout

Hit, punch strongly.

Unfathomed

Unreachable.

Vessel

Tubular container.

Pebbly

Surface covered with small stones.

Cleaver

Knife for cutting meat into pieces.

Discern

To distinguish between good and bad.

Rifts

Tearing apart something that used to be together, separation.

Fore-paws

Front paws.

Burrow

A hole or tunnel in the ground made by animals.

Gouged

Pushing to pop something out.

Frittered

To break or tear into small pieces, waste little by little.

Wretched

Miserable, horrid.

Reckon

To judge, to count.

Parish

A local church.

Forsake

Give up, leave, abandon.