abacuses
instruments for performing calculations by sliding counters along rods or in grooves
abated
reduced in degree or intensity; moderated
brazier
a pan for holding burning coals
cavortings
leaping and dancing about in a lively manner
consummate
complete in every detail; perfect
cormorants
any of various dark-colored web-footed waterbirds (family Phalacrocoracidae, especially genus Phalacrocorax) that have a long neck, hooked bill, and distensible throat pouch
creel
a wicker basket (as for carrying newly caught fish)
efficacy
the power to produce an effect
fifes
small transverse flutes with six to eight finger holes and usually no keys
garrulity
the state of being garrulous (given to prosy, rambling, or tedious loquacity; pointlessly or annoyingly talkative)
genuflections
touching the knee to the floor or ground especially in worship
hawser
a large rope for towing, mooring, or securing a ship
indomitable
incapable of being subdued; unconquerable
loath
unwilling to do something contrary to one's ways of thinking; reluctant
mincing
uttering or pronouncing with affectation
precipitous
very steep, perpendicular, or overhanging in rise or fall
prostrate
stretched out with face on the ground in adoration or submission
querulous
fretful; whining
quoits
a game in which the quoits (a flattened ring of iron or circle of rope used in a throwing game) are thrown at an upright pin in an attempt to ring the pin or come as near to it as possible
raillery
good-natured ridicule; banter
raucous
disagreeably harsh or strident; hoarse
seining
fishing
squalid
marked by filthiness and degradation from neglect or poverty
taciturn
temperamentally disinclined to talk
travesty
a debased, distorted, or grossly inferior imitation
tumulous
mound or small hill
vetch
any of a genus (Vicia) of herbaceous twining leguminous plants including some grown for fodder and green manure
volition
an act of making a choice or decision; the power of choosing or determining
wheedling
trying to influence or entice by soft words or flattery
winch
any of various machines or instruments for hauling or pulling; especially : a powerful machine with one or more drums on which to coil a rope, cable, or chain for hauling or hoisting
