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"The Highwayman" Vocabulary
| Questions |
Answers |
| roadside robber |
highwayman |
| violent flow |
torrent |
| large sailing ship |
galleon |
| wild area of the countryside |
moor |
| a deep red color |
claret |
| a sword with a long slender blade |
rapier |
| braiding |
plaiting |
| a small door or gate |
wicket |
| one who tends horses at an inn |
ostler |
| the English spelling of of moldy, which means stale from age or rot |
mouldy |
| cause distress by repeated attacks |
harry |
| a hinged window |
casement |
| an orangey brown color tinged with gold |
tawny |
| to laugh disrespectfully |
sniggering |
| something j oked about i n a scornful or derisive way |
jest |
| waved in a threatening way |
brandished |
