Caleb's Crossing Glossary

Caleb's Crossing Glossary

Paganism

an older system of belief premised on multiple gods; not a main world religion

meekness

to be tender and gentle; to be mellow and easily influenced

dwell

to think about something; to remain obsessed about a certain thing; to live somewhere

tarried

to remain somewhere; to stay somewhere even when you should be going

withered

to wilt; to die and shrivel

dormant

not alive; not active

barley

a type of grain; a cereal

weary

to be exhausted; to be tired

leagues

a distance, about three miles; the way people used to measure three miles

rim

the edge

benevolent

to have good will for someone

thicket

bushes and trees growing close together

seized

to be captured; to be taken

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