Huckleberry Finn Vocabulary Ch 8-11

Honest Injun

"Honest Indian!"; an assertion that one is telling the truth.

dog-leg

a crude, cheap tobacco

wood-flat

a flat-bottomed boat used to carry wood.

currycomb

a large comb with metal teeth for cleaning a horse or other domestic animal.

barlow knife

a large pocket knife with a single blade.

cooper shop

a place where wooden barrels were made

corn-pone

a plain corn bread common in the south

calico

a printed cotton cloth.

hank

a skein or coil of yarn or thread.

reticule

a small purse or handbag used by women to carry needlework or other small articles.

hair trunk

a trunk covered with animal hide with the hair still on it.

camp-meet'n

an outdoor religious gathering, often held in a tent and led by an itinerant pastor

'prentice

apprentice; one who is contracted to work for another in order to learn a trade.

chuckleheads

blockheads; foolish, stupid persons.

britches-pocket

breeches pocket; pants pocket

gashly

ghastly.

power

great deal; large amount.

haggled

hacked or cut rudely

lynched

hanged by a mob

keeping mum

keeping still; not telling

blinders

leather flaps fastened alongside a horses eyes so that the horse can only see straight ahead.

mud-turkles

mud turtles

nigh

near

Abolitionist

one who advocated the abolition of slavery and, sometimes, helped to free slaves

traps

personal belongings or baggage

peart

pert; impudently clever

rubbage

rubbish

fantods

shakes or nervous fidgets

taller

tallow; animal fat used to make candles and soap.

hocus

to fool or decieve (from hocus-pocus)

varmint

vermin; pest.