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Hondo Glossary

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Squinting

To look with eyes partially closed; peek.

Buckskin

The skin of a deer or male deer - a buck.

Juniper

A shrub or land that has the genus of junipirus.

Ingrained

Planted and firmly established.

Arroyo

A stream of a brook that is usually dry unless of floods.

Foliage

Trees, plants, shrubs and general greenery.

Gaunt

Thin and malnourished; underweight.

Moccasin

Soft leather shoes often associated with Native American culture.

Spasmodically

Irregular and unsteady.

Hardtack

A hard, saltless biscuit that was formally used as rations for soldiers and sailors.

Coyote

A prairie wolf, native to North America.

Indentations

Marks or imprints.

Backtrailed

To retrace your steps.

Squaw

Used to describe a female American Indian.

Sparse

Thin and distributed.

Ranch

An area of land used to read farm animals.

Fatigue

Weariness; exhaustion; tiredness.

Holster

A covering (like a sheath) that can be tied to a saddle.

Corral

A part of land where farm animals are kept.

Mustang

A breed of horse from the American plains, originating from Spain.

Girth

The distance around the middle of an object, typically a person.

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