Glossary Lists<title></head> <body bgcolor="#ffffc6"> <h1><center>Glossary</center></h1> <dl> <dt><b>Adjudication</b><br> <dd>judgement, decision of a judge or court. <dt><b>Bipedal</b><br> <dd>having two feet. <dt><b>Bushwhacker</b><br> <dd>Keelboat men would move boat close to the shore and pull overhanging branches. to propel the boat forward. <dt><b>Cobbler</b><br> <dd>person who mends shoes; a fruit pie baked in a deep dish. <dt><b>Circumlocution</b><br> <dd>a lengthy or roundabout way of expressing something. <dt><b>Cooper</b><br> <dd>person who makes or repairs barrels. <dt><b>Dakota Dictionary</b><br> <dd>Dakota-English dictionary compiled by pioneer missionary Stephen return Riggs. <dt><b>Daguerrean artist</b><br> <dd>a person who used an early method of photography to make pictures on silver metal or glass plates. <dt><b>Daguerreotypes</b><br> <dd>an early method of photography, a photograph made using a chemically treated meal or glas plate. <dt><b>De mortuis nil nisi bonum</b><br> <dd>speak only good of the dead <dt><b>Derivation</b><br> <dd>the source or origin of something. <dt><b>Effacing</b><br> <dd>to avoid notice, seek anonymity, to try to be inconspicuous. <dt><b>Fallible</b><br> <dd>to make mistakes, liable to err, to be wrong <dt><b>Grass widow</b><br> <dd>a woman divorced or separated from her husband. <dt><b>Heterogeneous</b><br> <dd>varied, not at all similiar, made up of unlike elements or parts. <dt><b>Hoosier</B><br> <dd>native or inhabitant of Indiana. <dt><b>Hoosierdom</b><br> <dd>native or inhabitant of Indiana. <dt><b>Interlocutory</b><br> <dd>conversation or dialogue made during a lawsuit; not final. <dt><b>Interloper</b><br> <dd>intruder, trespasser. <dt><b>Miasm</b><br> <dd>poisonous vapor rising from the earth, swamp exhalations. <dt><b>Mollified</b><br> <dd>appeased, softened, pacified, mitigated. <dt><b>Mosaic</b><br> <dd>of Moses, or of writings ascribed to him, Mosaic law ancient laws. of the Hebrews <dt><b>Proclivities</b><br> <dd>inclinations or tendencies. <dt><b>Puerilites</b><br> <dd>foolish or childish acts, ideas or statements. <dt><b>Summer complaint</b><br> <dd>disease. <dt><b>vide</b><br> <dd>see, refer to.