Lion To Guard Us Vocabulary

Vocabulary word list from Clyde Robert Bulla's historical fiction book, A Lion To Guard Us.

Chapter One

• Colony - a group that has located in a different location but still is related to it's country
• Voyage - trip, journey
• Snort - a sound that indicates disgust
• Cruel - mean, harsh

Chapter Two

• Pallet - a temporary wooden platform used as a bed, often stuffed with straw
• Carpenter - person who builds houses and furniture from wood
• Knocker - a metal bar used by visitors to knock at a door
• Brass - a yellow metal made out of copper and zinc

Chapter Three

• Cupboards - cabinets for food
• Idle - not busy, lazy
• Noddy - fool

Chapter Four

• Crosspatch - grouchy personK
• Currant - small berry

Chapter Five

• Nonsense - foolishness

Chapter Six

• Roly-poly - round, fat
• Seized - grabbed roughly

Chapter Seven

• Inn - a place where people spent the night; old fashioned hotel
• Pier - wooden landing along a river where people can get into boats or ships
• Shivering - shaking from cold or fear

Chapter Eight

• Bobbed - moved up and down
• Fetch - bring to someone

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Chapter Nine

• Grate - metal bars over fireplace
• Clank - a heavy sound of metal banging

Chapter Ten

• Packet - small boat that carries passengers on a regularly scheduled route
• Harbor - where ships are docked on shore along a sea coast
• Inn - a large house where travelers stayed (replaced by hotels)
• Admiral - the commander of a fleet of ships
• Mist - very fine drops of water in the air

Chapter Eleven

• Deck - the upper floor of a ship with no roof
• Hold - the lower floors of a ship
• Captain - the master of a ship
• Admiral - the master of a fleet of ships
• Governor - the political ruler of a state or colony

Chapter Twelve

• Galley - kitchen area on a ship
• Overboard - a person falling from a ship's deck into the water

Chapter Fourteen

• Crosspatch - grouch

Chapter Fifteen

• Fierce - violent, severe
• Dodge - move away from
• Afloat - on top of water
• Grinding - rubbing hard against a rough surface

Chapter Sixteen

• Shivered - shook

Chapter Seventeen

• Sandbank - large mound of sand
• Kettle - large pot

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Chapter Eighteen

• Palmetto - tropical palm tree with fan-shaped leaves

Chapter Nineteen

• Guide - to lead

Chapter Twenty

• Quarrel - argument
• Keel - long piece of wood at bottom of a ship
• Hull - the frame of the ship

Chapter Twenty-One

• Harbor - body of water surrunded by land on three sides. Ships frequently dock in harbors.
• Roam - wander
• Coal - charcoal, substance burnt for cooking or heat

Chapter Twenty-Two

• Handful - small number

Chapter Twenty-Three

• Plank - long board to walk on
• Latch - bar that holds a door shut

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