The Sign of the Beaver

Vocab Ch 1-4

18 cards·by karens

sign of the beavervocabulary

blunderbuss

thundergun

chinking

to fill in narrow cracks of a log hut

daubed

smeared

gravely

seriously

halfheartedly

lacking interest

matchlock

a gun

passel

a large number

pewter

dishes or utensils made mostly of tin

proprietors

people who are owners

puncheon table

table made out of a barrel

quavering

trembling

ruefully

regretfully

shambles

a mess

solitary

all alone

surveyor

one who finds out the area of land

venturing

to go ahead in spite of danger

deprived

to keep from having something

flint

hard quartz that produces a spark when struck by steel