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Little House vocab
vocab ch. 11-13
Question | Answer |
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cradles | a framework of support / a sharp steel blade fastened to wooden slats |
grain | a small hard seed or kernel of cereal |
stalk | the main part of a plant |
hulls | hard outer covering of a seed |
shock | a group or bundle of grain |
whetstone | a stone used to sharpen a knife |
rind | tough outer layer that may be peeled |
braid | to interweave three or more strands of something |
eight-horsepower | a machine used to process wheat (it had the power of eight horses) |
yellow jacket | a wasp |
separator | machine used to separate grain from straw |
progress | to move forward / to advance |
herbs | a plant used as medicine or food |
horrified | strong emotion caused by disgust |
monstrously | horrible / extremely bad |
Threshing machine | a machine used to separate seed from the plant / replaced the threshers |
yearling | an animal that is one year old |
deerling | salt that occurs naturally that animal’s come to lick |
fiddle | a violiin |