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McBroom
OC Unit 4 McBroom and the Big Wind
| word | Definition |
|---|---|
| mite | tiny bit |
| distinctly | clearly or specifically |
| zephyr | the west wind |
| trifling | little or not important |
| rambunctious | active and noisy in a violent way |
| barge | to rudely push oneself into a place |
| staves | one of the thin, curved wood strips used to make a barrel |
| agates | a playing marble with swirls or stripes of several colors in it |
| glassies | a glass marble with colored swirls |
| ornery | disagreeable |
| hibernate | to pass the winter in a long sleep |
| calculate | to measure; to figure out |
| brace | a pair; a couple |
| county seat | the town in which the government of a county is housed |
| shingle | building material used as siding or roofing |
| flapjack | a flat cake fried on both sides on a griddle; pancake |
| draft | a current of air |
| pinfeathers | feathers not fully developed; just pushing through the skin |
| scamper | rushing about hastily |
| topsoil | layer of soil on the surface |