lit vocab the devil and Daniel Webster
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- Ichabod
- Hebrew name meaning "inglorious" or "the glory is departed"
- '12
- war of 1812
- adduce
- give as evidence
- ague
- shivering fit
- denunciations
- public accusations
- mastiff
- breed of large dog
- legacy
- inheritance
- whitlow
- painful swelling
- gimlets
- tools used to drill holes
- abide
- tolerate to bear
- jappaned
- varnished to a hard, glossy finish.
- decry
- speak out against
- contretemps
- embarassing situations
- catamount's
- wildcat's
- eloquence
- forceful speech
- reviling
- blaming; attacking verbally
- John C. Calhoun
- South Carolina statesman who clashed with Webster on the slavery issue.
- indivisible
- unable to be divided
- glower
- glare; scowl
- anthracite
- hard coal