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THE ELDERBUSH by Hans Christian Andersen |
elderflower | |
n. flower of elder, used to make drinks |
accord | |
n. voluntary or spontaneous impulse to act |
haughty | |
a. arrogantly superior and disdainful |
spout | |
n. an opening that allows the passage of liquids or grain |
waterpail | |
n. a water bucket |
barge | |
n. a flatbottom boat for carrying heavy loads |
sake | |
n. the purpose of achieving or obtaining |
scavenger | |
n. an animal that feeds on carrion, dead plant material, or refuse |
tingle | |
v. cause a stinging or tingling sensation |
methinks | |
v. it seems to me |
hurrah | |
n. a victory cheer |
waving | |
n. (physics) a movement up and down or back and forth |
bower | |
n. a framework that supports climbing plants |
endow | |
v. give qualities or abilities to |
astride | |
prep. with the legs stretched far apart; with a leg on each side of |
neigh | |
v. make a characteristic sound, of a horse |
yonder | |
a. distant but within sight |
scrape | |
v. scratch repeatedly v. bend the knees and bow in a servile manner |
strut | |
v. walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others |
smithy | |
n. a workplace where metal is worked by heating and hammering |
bang | |
v. strike violently |
damsel | |
n. a young unmarried woman |
verdure | |
n. the lush appearance of flourishing vegetation n. green foliage |
chivalry | |
n. the medieval principles governing knighthood and knightly conduct |
embattle | |
v. prepare for battle or conflict v. fortify by furnishing with battlements for defense |
gable | |
n. the vertical triangular wall between the sloping ends of gable roof |
cairn | |
n. a mound of stones piled up as a memorial or to mark a boundary or path |
barn | |
n. an outlying farm building for storing grain or animal feed and housing farm animals |
soothsayer | |
n. person supposed to be able to foresee future |
hoar | |
a. greyish white |
keepsake | |
n. something of sentimental value |
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