E. Pauline Johnson: Poetry Glossary

by E. Pauline Johnson

E. Pauline Johnson: Poetry Glossary

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maim

to hurt, to injure, to mutilate

Union Jack

name of the national flag of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

stripling

young, inexperienced

quell

to defeat, to overcome, to suppress

hapless

unlucky, miserable, cursed

tomahawk

a small ax, mainly used by Native Americans

quiver

to shake, to tremble

taking no heed

not paying attention

leagues of water

measurement of water

quaint

strange, unusual

spectre

ghost

usurped

Taken away without right or justification

rear

to set up

cleave

to divide

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