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| Anvil: A heavy steel faced iron block where metal is shapes
Apprentice: Someone who works for a Cooper, Silversmith, etc. for a period of time until he is trained enough to become what ever he studied in this time. Arithmetic: The mathematics of solving addition, multiplication, subtraction, and division. Card: A wire-toothed brush or a machine fitted with rows of wire teeth, used to disentangle fibers, as of wool, prior to spinning. Craftsman: A workman in any skilled occupation Dutch Oven: A cast iron usually a three legged kettle with a thight cover, where coals may be heaped that is used for baking in a open fire. Flax Brake: A tool used to take off the outer shaft of flax Harvest: The time when people go and gather their crops before winter. Hogshead: A large barrel that hols from 63 to 140 gallons Hornbook: A wooden paddle that has a piece of paper attached to it that says the alphabet and possibly a verse from the bible. Keg: A small barrel having a capacity of 30 gallons or less Loft: A low space or attic directly under a roof. Rhetting: The process of taking off the outer part of flax by laying flax in water Salamander: A metal disk or plate heated and held over a food to heat the food item up Scour: To clean, polish, or wash something Shear: To cut off the sheep’s wool Silversmith: Someone who works with silver and makes silverware, plates, bowls, etc. Spit: A long wooden stick that is turned to have all sides of the food item cooked Statement: A short expression of a idea or act Tallow: The fat of animals that is white and is tasteless Tavern: An inn Threshed Grain: Grain that is beat with a flail so as to separate the grain from the husk Wash tub: A tub that colonists would wash in Weave: To make a fabric by interlacing threads or yarns on a loom |