Pioneer Dictionary from A to Z (AlphaBasiCs)

Kalman, Bobbie; Lewis, Jane

ISBN 10: 0865053901 ISBN 13: 9780865053908

Publisher: Crabtree Pub Co, 2000

Synopsis

An alphabetical listing of words related to life on the American frontier, from ague and bank barn to wheelwright and zoetrope

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Jane Lewis was Director of the Qualitative Research Unit at NatCen Social Research from 1998-2007, and then Director of Research and Evaluation at the National Children's Bureau. Her career has since focused on research utilisation and implementation in child and family services. She ran the national support agency for evidence-informed practice Research in Practice and is now centrally involved in the development of UK implementation science and practice as a Director of the Colebrooke Centre for Evidence and Implementation.

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Taken from Chapter 6: F fan - An object made of feathers or paper that people wave to keep cool farrier - A person who shoes horses felloe - A curved section of wood that formed part of a wagonwheel rim fiddle - A type of violin fife - A small flutelike musical instrument finishing mill - A sawmill that prodticed smooth planks of wood, doors, railings, and wall moldings fire brigade - A group that fights fires firedog - see andiron firepan - A long-handled metal pan used for carrying burning coals from one place to another fireplace - A brick or clay structure in which a fire can be built safely firkin - A small barrel often used to hold butter or soap flail - A tool used by farmers to thresh grain, or remove the seeds from the stalks flapjack - A small pancake cooked on a griddle flatiron - A heavy iron that was heated over a fire or stovetop and used to press wrinkled fabric flatter - A hammer used by metalworkers to smooth out the surface of metal; also called a set hammer flax - A plant with thin stems and blue flowers whose fiber is used to make linen cloth fleam - An instrument used for cutting skin in order to draw blood fleece - The wool of a sheep fob - (I ) A ribbon or chain attached to a watch; (2) An ornament attached to the end of a watch chain foot stove - A metal box filled with hot coals and kept near the feet to warm the toes forge - A raised fireplace on which a blacksmith works founder - A person who melts different metals together to create new metals and shapes them into objects such as candlesticks frame house - A house built by nailing planks to a frame; also called a plank house frolic - see bee frontier - The undeveloped region beyond a settled area frumenty - A porridge made ot wheat boiled in milk

About this edition

• Publisher: Crabtree Pub Co
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0865053901
• ISBN 13: 9780865053908
• Binding: Library Binding
• Number of pages: 32