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- BIRKENMade of birch; birchen.
- BRANDISHTo move or swing a weapon back and forth, particularly if demonstrating anger, threat or skill.
- BROGUEA strong dialectal accent, usually Irish or Scottish.
- DUCKTo quickly lower (the head or body), often in order to prevent it from being struck by something.
- DWARFAny member of a race of beings from (especially Scandinavian and other Germanic) folklore, usually depicted as having some sort of supernatural powers and being skilled in crafting
- ESPIONAGEThe act or process of learning secret information through clandestine means.
- FROTHFoam.
- GIRDLEThat which girds, encircles, or encloses; a circumference.
- GLISTENTo reflect light with a glittering luster; to sparkle, coruscate, glint or flash.
- GRUELA thin, watery porridge, formerly eaten primarily by the poor and the ill.
- GUMPTIONCommon sense, initiative, resourcefulness.
- HOVENalternative past participle of heave
- MIREDeep mud; moist, spongy earth.
- MOURNTo express sadness or sorrow for; to grieve over (especially a death).
- PUCKA mischievous or hostile spirit.
- SCREECHA high-pitched strident or piercing sound, such as that between a moving object and any surface.
- SILTMud or fine earth deposited from running or standing water.
- SLEDGEA sledgehammer.
- SLOVENA habitually dirty or untidy man or boy; the male equivalent of slattern, or slut.
- STRAKEAn iron fitting of a traditional wooden wheel, such as a hub component or bearing (e.g., box, bushel), a cleat, or a rim covering.
- VIXENA female fox.
- WEFTThe horizontal threads that are interlaced through the warp in a woven fabric.
- WIMPLEA cloth which usually covers the head and is worn around the neck and chin. It was worn by women in medieval Europe and is still worn by nuns in certain orders.
- WRANGLETo convince or influence (someone) by arguing or contending. Followed by out of: to elicit (something) from a person by arguing or bargaining. To speak or write (something) in an a