Bale-fire: a large outdoor fire; bonfire.
Behoof: benefit or advantage.
Chimney-corner: a warm seat at the side of an old-fashioned fireplace.
Consecration: a solemn commitment of your life or your time to some cherished purpose.
Customs House: a governmental building or office where customs are collected and ships are cleared for entering or leaving the country.
Horn-book: an early primer consisting of a single page protected by a transparent sheet of horn, formerly used in teaching children to read.
Hussy: an impudent or immoral girl or woman.
Ignominy: public shame or disgrace.
Infamy: the state of being well known for some bad quality or deed.
Magistrate: a civil officer or lay judge who administers the law, esp. one who conducts a court that deals with minor offenses and holds preliminary hearings for more serious ones.
Malefactress: a woman who violates the law or does evil.
Potentate: a monarch or ruler, esp. an autocratic one.
Scaffold: a raised wooden platform used formerly for the public execution of criminals.
Unhallowed: not formally consecrated.
Verily: truly; certainly.
Zenith: the highest point reached by a celestial or other object.
Behoof: benefit or advantage.
Chimney-corner: a warm seat at the side of an old-fashioned fireplace.
Consecration: a solemn commitment of your life or your time to some cherished purpose.
Customs House: a governmental building or office where customs are collected and ships are cleared for entering or leaving the country.
Horn-book: an early primer consisting of a single page protected by a transparent sheet of horn, formerly used in teaching children to read.
Hussy: an impudent or immoral girl or woman.
Ignominy: public shame or disgrace.
Infamy: the state of being well known for some bad quality or deed.
Magistrate: a civil officer or lay judge who administers the law, esp. one who conducts a court that deals with minor offenses and holds preliminary hearings for more serious ones.
Malefactress: a woman who violates the law or does evil.
Potentate: a monarch or ruler, esp. an autocratic one.
Scaffold: a raised wooden platform used formerly for the public execution of criminals.
Unhallowed: not formally consecrated.
Verily: truly; certainly.
Zenith: the highest point reached by a celestial or other object.