A Worn Path

A Worn Path Glossary

Grave

Serious or solemn; often used to describe a situation that is especially grim or somber

Limber

Flexible with a stretchy agility

Radiation

The distribution over an expanse or space or the end result of that process

Furrow

A shallow channel traveling a lengthy distance in the ground

Withered

Wrinkled as a result of having lost moisture

Pullet

A female chicken under a year old

Lolling

Drooping down and hanging freely

illumined

lit up, brightened

nary

no, none

gum

plant resin

bobwhite

a popular game bird (C. virginianus) of eastern and central North America having mottled chiefly reddish-brown plumage (m-w.com)

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