Jack Sharp's Archives 1999	Pioneer Words Glossary Word Meaning adze a tool used to cut away wood or notch logs; like an axe bateau a flat bottomed boat bee a gathering in which neighbours help each other.   Example: a quilting bee (make a quilt) or a house raising bee blacksmith a person who made things out of iron such as spikes, nails, hinges, latches, horseshoes, and wagon wheels cooper a person who made kettles corduroy road a road made by laying logs side by side flax a grass-like plant;  the stalks could be soaked, beaten and spun into linen thread Gaelic a language spoken by the Scots grist grain that can be ground into flour grist mill a mill that grinds grain immigrant a person who comes to settle in a new land Loyalist a person (mostly American) who supported Britain during the American Revolution in 1774 peddler a person who travelled from farm to farm trading or selling goods pioneer the first person to settle in an area potash a product made from ashes that was used to make soap shanty the first log shack built by settlers as soon as they arrived stonemason a person who cuts and builds with stone tinker a peddler who sold tin ware like pots or tin dippers venison deer meat weaver a person who wove wool into cloth on a loom; a good pioneer weaver could make 2.7 metres of 76 centimetre wide cloth a day yolk a piece of wood, curved to fit over the shoulders of people or animals to help carry or move things Suggest a word!
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