a small dwelling characteristic of the frontier, especially when built from logs with simple tools and not constructed by professional builders, but by those who meant to live in it.

Physical strength; muscularity.

a light meal usually eaten around midday, notably when not as main meal of the day.

a secret political clique or faction.

the control center of the central nervous system of an animal located in the skull which is responsible for perception, cognition, attention, memory, emotion, and action.

The ordinal (indicating position in a sequence) form of the number nine.

a small long, narrow boat with a high prow and stern, propelled with a single oar, especially in Venice.

Characterized by rigorous self-denial or self-discipline; austere; abstinent; involving a withholding of physical pleasure.

brushwood for fences and hedges.

a sweet confection served as the last course of a meal

simple past tense and past participle of grant; to give (permission or wish).

the core, central part of something, around which other elements are assembled.

an excessively violent or vicious attack; an atrocity; the resentful, indignant, or shocked anger aroused by such acts.

having lasted from a remote period; having been of long duration; of great age, very old.