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Orison = a prayer.

Throes = intense or violent pain and struggle, especially accompanying birth, death, or great change.

Shoat = a young pig, especially one which is newly weaned.

Chum = an old friend.

Lickered = an old slang term, often found in older texts like Gone with the Wind, meaning to be drunk or intoxicated with liquor.

Gimcrack = showy but cheap or badly made.

Clabber = klepať

Pounce = (of an animal or bird of prey) spring or swoop suddenly so as to catch prey.

Pigheadedness = the quality of being extremely stubborn, unreasonable, and unwilling to change your opinion or listen to others, even when it's clearly not in your best interest;

Biddy = a woman, especially an elderly one, regarded as annoying or interfering.

Gesso = a hard compound of plaster of Paris or whiting in glue, used in sculpture or as a base for gilding or painting on wood.

Sufferance = absence of objection rather than genuine approval; toleration.

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