First 2 paragraphs from "Call of the Wild"

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  1. brumal
    characteristic of or relating to winter
    “Old longings nomadic leap,
    Chafing at custom's chain;
    Again from its brumal sleep
    Wakens the ferine strain.”
  2. ferine
    wild and menacing
    “Old longings nomadic leap,
    Chafing at custom's chain;
    Again from its brumal sleep
    Wakens the ferine strain.”
  3. grape arbor
    an arbor where grapes are grown
    There were great stables, where a dozen grooms and boys held forth, rows of vine-clad servants’ cottages, an endless and orderly array of outhouses, long grape arbors, green pastures, orchards, and berry patches.
  4. artesian well
    a well drilled through impermeable strata into strata that receive water from a higher altitude so there is pressure to force the water to flow upward
    Then there was the pumping plant for the artesian well, and the big cement tank where Judge Miller's boys took their morning plunge and kept cool in the hot afternoon.
  5. interlace
    spin, wind, or twist together
    The house was approached by graveled driveways which wound about through wide-spreading lawns and under the interlacing boughs of tall poplars.
  6. interlacing
    linked or locked closely together as by dovetailing
    The house was approached by graveled driveways which wound about through wide-spreading lawns and under the interlacing boughs of tall poplars.
  7. chafe
    become or make sore by or as if by rubbing
    “Old longings nomadic leap,
    Chafing at custom's chain;
    Again from its brumal sleep
    Wakens the ferine strain.”
  8. nomadic
    relating to persons or groups who travel in search of food or work
    “Old longings nomadic leap,
    Chafing at custom's chain;
    Again from its brumal sleep
    Wakens the ferine strain.”
  9. steamship
    a ship powered by one or more steam engines
    Because men, groping in the Arctic darkness, had found a yellow metal, and because steamship and transportation companies were booming the find, thousands of men were rushing into the Northland.
  10. poplar
    any of numerous trees of north temperate regions having light soft wood and flowers borne in catkins
    The house was approached by graveled driveways which wound about through wide-spreading lawns and under the interlacing boughs of tall poplars.
  11. veranda
    a porch along the outside of a building
    It stood back from the road, half hidden among the trees, through which glimpses could be caught of the wide cool veranda that ran around its four sides.
  12. orderly
    neat or organized
    There were great stables, where a dozen grooms and boys held forth, rows of vine-clad servants’ cottages, an endless and orderly array of outhouses, long grape arbors, green pastures, orchards, and berry patches.
  13. patch
    a small contrasting part of something
    There were great stables, where a dozen grooms and boys held forth, rows of vine-clad servants’ cottages, an endless and orderly array of outhouses, long grape arbors, green pastures, orchards, and berry patches.
  14. primitive
    characteristic of an earlier ancestral type
    Into the Primitive.
Created on Sun Mar 04 14:55:13 EST 2012 (updated Sun Mar 04 14:57:12 EST 2012)

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