The rudiments of letters, and inform By timely culture unsustained, or run To drudge through a weary life without the help That the whole people should be taught and trained. EXPLANATION OF SOME OF THE Ꮋ Ꭺ Ꭱ Ꭰ Ꭼ Ꭱ WORDS USED IN THIS BOOK. n. Noun; a. Adjective; v. Verb; pa. Participle. Abyss, n. a depth that cannot be Columbine n. a flower. Bard, n. a poet. Bloom, n. bright, fresh appearance V. to make beautiful. Bourne, n. a low eminence. Bushell, n. a dry measure of eight gallons. Conspire, v. agree together for a Emblem, n. a sign. Emblematic, a, containing signs. Contemplate, v. watch carefully Extract, v. draw out. Faery, a. unearthly. Mine, n. an excavation in the earth Fibrous, a. full of thick threads or Mineral, n. what is brought out of fibres. Felt, n. cloth or stuff. mines, Moralize, v. think seriously about Firstling, n. first child or offspring Maple, n. a large tree. when young. Grove, n. plantation of trees. colour. Gourd, n. fruit resembling a melon Harbinger, n. one who foretels O'er, prep. over; to o'er-brow, to the coming of another. Herald, n. one who proclaims or announces anything Humanity, n. nature of men, kind ness. Litharge, n. oxyde of lead; the overlook; o'er-brim, fill up. Pilgrim, n. traveller, from wood-ashes. Pledge, n. promise. noise. Pore, v. look closely and steadily. dross which arises in puri-Pearly, a. shone through by light fying silver with lead. Law, n. rule of government. Manufacture, n. workmanship. Mead, n. a field with water running through it. |