griddlecake
a flat cake of thin batter fried on both sides on a griddle
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But shaded for the moment by the mesa, the rangeland looked gray, flat and smooth like a griddlecake .
rangeland
land suitable for grazing livestock
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But shaded for the moment by the mesa, the rangeland looked gray, flat and smooth like a griddlecake.
gelding
castrated male horse
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The chestnut-and-white gelding shifted impatiently.
vaquero
local names for a cowboy (`vaquero' is used especially in southwestern and central Texas and `buckaroo' is used especially in California)
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“Easy, Vaquero ,” the girl crooned.
Mesa
a city in Arizona just to the east of Phoenix; originally a suburb of Phoenix
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The huge, magenta sun peeked over the top of the Mesa , three miles to the east.
cinch
stable gear consisting of a band around a horse's belly that holds the saddle in place
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She gritted her teeth and tightened the cinch around her horse’s belly as far as it would go.
silhouette
a drawing of the outline of an object; filled in with some uniform color
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The table-mountain was silhouetted , black against the pale orange sky.
aspen
any of several trees of the genus Populus having leaves on flattened stalks so that they flutter in the lightest wind
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In the forest south of the Rancho, the aspens , cedars and pines were tipped with gold.
grit
a hard coarse-grained siliceous sandstone
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She gritted her teeth and tightened the cinch around her horse’s belly as far as it would go.
chestnut
any of several attractive deciduous trees yellow-brown in autumn; yield a hard wood and edible nuts in a prickly bur
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The chestnut -and-white gelding shifted impatiently.
shadowy
filled with shade
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Within the rancho’s large, shadowy courtyard, three painted horses stood tied to the hitching rack near the ‘pony pasture’.
sunrise
the daily event of the sun rising above the horizon
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Sunrise had come to the Painted Acres Rancho.
painted
coated with paint
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Sunrise had come to the Painted Acres Rancho.
pasture
a field covered with grass or herbage and suitable for grazing by livestock
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Within the rancho’s large, shadowy courtyard, three painted horses stood tied to the hitching rack near the ‘pony pasture ’.
pony
any of various breeds of small gentle horses usually less than five feet high at the shoulder
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Within the rancho’s large, shadowy courtyard, three painted horses stood tied to the hitching rack near the ‘pony pasture’.
acres
extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use
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Sunrise had come to the Painted Acres Rancho.
saddle
a seat for the rider of a horse or camel
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Andra Britten turned to check that her saddle was on securely.
pine
a coniferous tree
NOTES:
In the forest south of the Rancho, the aspens, cedars and pines were tipped with gold.
smooth
having a surface free from roughness or bumps or ridges or irregularities
NOTES:
But shaded for the moment by the mesa, the rangeland looked gray, flat and smooth like a griddlecake.
gray
of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black
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But shaded for the moment by the mesa, the rangeland looked gray , flat and smooth like a griddlecake.
horse
solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
NOTES:
Within the rancho’s large, shadowy courtyard, three painted horses stood tied to the hitching rack near the ‘pony pasture’.
sky
the atmosphere and outer space as viewed from the earth
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The table-mountain was silhouetted, black against the pale orange sky .
gold
a soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element; occurs mainly as nuggets in rocks and alluvial deposits; does not react with most chemicals but is attacked by chlorine and aqua regia
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In the forest south of the Rancho, the aspens, cedars and pines were tipped with gold .
sun
the star that is the source of light and heat for the planets in the solar system
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The huge, magenta sun peeked over the top of the Mesa, three miles to the east.
mountain
a land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill
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The table-mountain was silhouetted, black against the pale orange sky.
mile
a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters
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The huge, magenta sun peeked over the top of the Mesa, three miles to the east.
white
being of the achromatic color of maximum lightness; having little or no hue owing to reflection of almost all incident light
NOTES:
The chestnut-and-white gelding shifted impatiently.
girl
a young woman
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“Easy, Vaquero,” the girl crooned.
silhouette
