bindle

a bed roll and/or pack or personal belongings

jack

money

graybacks

lice

buck

a man

buckler

those who move or load heavy objects (like sacks of grain)

skinner

a driver of a draft team of animals

tart

prostitute

mules

shoes or slippers

found

free food and lodgings in addition to wages

hoosegow

jail

hame

part of the collar for a draft animal

booby hatch

insane asylum

floozy

cheap, immoral woman

snooker

a variation of pool played with 15 red balls and 6 balls of assorted colors

mollify

to pacify or soften in feeling or temper

scud

to run or move quickly or hurriedly

console

to allieviate or lessen the grief

scornful

derisive; contemptuous

scuttle

to run with quick, hasty steps; scurry

ominous

portending evil or harm; foreboding

imperiously

dictatorially; overbearingly

writhe

to twist about or squirm as in pain

earnestly

effort made with sincere zeal

brindled

gray or tawny with darker streaks or spots

crestfallen

dejected; dispirited; discouraged

brusque

abrupt in manner; blunt; rough

belligerent

aggressively hostile; warlike

contemptuous

disdainful; supercilious; haughty

profound

having deep insight or understanding

scourge

to punish, chastise, or criticize severely

mottle

to mark or diversify with spots or blotches or color

contorted

twisted in a violent manner; distorted

disarming

removing or capable of removing hostility or suspicion

wryly

bitterly or disdainfully ironic or amusing

pugnacious

quarrelsome; belligerent; combative

morosely

gloomily or sullenly ill-humored

dutiful

duteous

indignation

strong feeling of unjust or insulting actions

derogatory

belittling, uncomplimentary

tick

mattress

dejected

depressed in spirits; disheartened

apologetically

to act with sorrow or regret

craftily

to act in a cunning, sly, or deceitful manner

ominous

foreboding, threatening, with evil or harm

defensive

guarded;protective

complacently

to act placidly with self assurance; unaware of danger or threat

intensity

showing great strength and concentration

amusedly

to act pleseantly entertained or diverted

contemptuously

to act in a scornful or disdainful manner

dutifully

to perform the acts required of a person