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boon
a giftbower
a rustic dwellingburthen
burdencataract
a waterfallcopses
patches of brush or growthcoronal
a crown of flowerscorporeal
bodilycreed
a system of beliefculling
to gatherdiurnal
dailydower
a natural giftenmity
hatredequipage
a carriagefen
a swampy marshlandfretted
irritatedHebrides
a grouping of more than 500 islands off the western coast of Scotlandjocund
joyfullea
an open tract of landlinnet
a small finch (bird)lore
a traditional body of knowledgepalsied
having lost strength from agepensive
deeply thoughtfulporringer
a bowl for porridgerecompense
compensationroe
a small deersordid
morally degradedstagnant
stale or foul from standing, as a pool of watersteep
to soak or saturatetabor
a small drumthrostle
a song thrush (bird)vernal
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