Glossary
- abundance
- a large, plentiful amount.
- Admiral
- The sailor in charge of a group of boats.
- affirm
- To state as being true.
- afresh
- Again.
- ancestors
- Person from whom others descended.
- archives
- A place or collection containing records, documents, or other papers of historical interest.
- armed forces
- The military.
- article
- Sections of an official document.
- attendants
- A person who help or serve other people.
- backlog
- Large logs in the back of a fireplace.
- bedstead
- A bed frame.
- bill of fare
- Menu.
- binding
- Legally required to obey.
- cable
- A strong, thick rope.
- castle
- A private and secure place.
- claim
- Land taken in a formal manner by a miner or homesteader.
- compulsory
- Required.
- conclude
- Decide.
- contrary
- Opposed or opposite.
- design
- Aim or purpose.
- determine
- Decided.
- diligence
- Sticking with something; persistence.
- doctrine
- A rule or principle of law that has been established by previous court decisions.
- dressing wounds
- Applying medicine or bandages to injuries.
- expenditures
- Expenses.
- export
- A product sold to people and businesses in another country.
- exteriorally
- On the outside.
- export
- A product sold to people and businesses in another country. .
- foment
- To help something grow.
- hereunto
- Here, in this place.
- hewn
- Cut with an ax.
- Honorable Body
- Used as a title of respect for a group of high government officials..
- inherently
- By its very nature.
- interiorally
- On the inside.
- invested
- Provided or given.
- league
- A distance of three miles.
- merit
- Great worth, value, or talent.
- modesty
- Being unlikely to boast about one's own abilities.
- noblest
- Something extremely courageous, generous, and selfless .
- notwithstanding
- Despite something.
- parties
- People who have gathered to participate in an activity.
- perpetual
- Constant, without ending.
- plaintiffs
- The people who bring a case to court.
- plough
- To break up and turn the earth with a heavy blade so that seeds may be planted.
- political disabilities
- Political disadvantages, such as not having the right to vote..
- poop
- A platform that sits above the main deck at the back of a boat.
- prospect
- To search for gold.
- pseudonym
- A make-believe name, especially a name used for writing.
- ratified
- Officially approved, in this case by the President.
- rations
- A fixed amount of food.
- rawhide
- Dried skin from cattle or another animal.
- relief
- Removal of a burden.
- residing
- Living in a place permanently.
- riseth
- Wakes up.
- rush
- A marsh plant.
- sachem
- A chief of an American Indian tribe .
- scarce
- Barely.
- situated
- Placed under particular circumstances.
- somewhat
- Something.
- sow
- To plant.
- stalk
- The branch of a plant.
- tangible
- Something that physically exists and can be touched.
- trot
- To move quickly.
- tyrant
- Someone who rules over someone else, often in a cruel manner.
- vessel
- A boat.
- W.
- The direction west.
- W.S.W.
- The direction west southwest.
- whereof
- Of which.