A Land Remembered Glossary

A Land Remembered Glossary

grieve

to mourn the loss of something

breech

he part of a cannon behind the bore

Seminole

a member of an American Indian people of the Creek confederacy

pewter

a grey alloy of tin with copper of shade bluish or silver grey

cistern

a tank for storing water

contorted

to twist

submerged

to sink into

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