Word origins

• thenAt that time.
• crossA geometrical figure consisting of two straight lines or bars intersecting each other such that at least one of them is bisected by the other.
• stripA long, thin piece of land; any long, thin area.
• padA flattened mass of anything soft, to sit or lie on.
• stampAn act of stamping the foot, paw or hoof.
• brakeA device used to slow or stop the motion of a wheel, or of a vehicle, usually by friction (although other resistive forces, such as electromagnetic fields or aerodynamic drag, can also be used); also, the controls or apparatus used to engage such a mechanism such as the pedal in a car.
• lazyUnwilling to do work or make an effort; disinclined to exertion.
• toteA tote bag.
• rustThe deteriorated state of iron or steel as a result of moisture and oxidation; it consists mostly of iron(III) oxide (ferric oxide) and iron(II) oxide (ferrous oxide).
• TolkienA surname.
• smackA distinct flavor, especially if slight.
• shipperA seaman; mariner; skipper.
• flukeA lucky or improbable occurrence that could probably never be repeated.
• roperA ropemaker (a maker of ropes).
• sparA rafter of a roof.
• HesterA female given name from Persian, of 17th century and later usage.
• sommerjust because; answer to questions (especially "why" questions) that you do not want to answer or don't have a specific answer for.
• doitA small Dutch coin, equivalent to one-eighth of a stiver.
• RiesA surname from German.
• hawkerA peddler, a huckster, a person who sells easily transportable goods.
• paarA hypothesized shifting of four geologic blocks: northeast Africa west of Red Sea and north of the Ethiopian valley, the Arabian Peninsula, the Sinai Peninsula, and the Horn of Africa east of the rift valleys, which is used to explain the structural features of the area.
• swedeThe fleshy yellow root of a variety of rapeseed, Brassica napus var. napobrassica, resembling a large turnip, grown as a vegetable.
• peltThe skin of an animal with the hair or wool on; either a raw or undressed hide, or a skin preserved with the hair or wool on it (sometimes worn as a garment with minimal modification).
• greavesThe unmeltable residue left after animal fat has been rendered.
• RostockAn independent city in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.
• paltryTrashy, trivial, of little value.
• WohlA surname from German.
• haringA surname.
• knorrA surname.
• sconeA small, rich, pastry or quick bread, sometimes baked on a griddle.
• RuschA surname.
• snarlTo entangle; to complicate; to involve in knots.
• welkOf a plant: to wither, wilt, decay.
• TolleA surname.
• gravencarved, engraved
• glumDespondent; moody; sullen.
• haseA surname.
• SchorrA surname.
• KnechtA surname from German.
• HuseA surname.
• skinkA shin of beef.
• BuddeA surname.
• KlockA surname.
• KrahnA member of an ethnic group from Liberia and Ivory Coast
• sasseA sluice or lock, as in a river or canal, to make it more navigable.
• yawlA small ship's boat, usually rowed by four or six oars.
• PothA surname.
• ProppA surname.
• KnaackA surname.
• bowspritA spar projecting over the prow of a sailing vessel to provide the means of adding sail surface.
• KnobbeA surname.
• KaschA surname from German.
• KloppA surname.
• dawdleChiefly followed by away: to spend (time) without haste or purpose.
• BundeA surname from German.
• SiekA surname from German
• widdershinsAnticlockwise, counter-clockwise.
• KumpA surname.
• stopeA mining excavation in the form of a terrace of steps.
• SchoppA surname.
• ScheppA surname.
• KoopmannA surname from German.
• DaulA surname.
• cluntTo walk in a heavy, noisy manner.
• lubishRelating to denominations belonging to a money of account formerly in extensive mercantile use in North Germany.
• palterlyMean; paltry.
• RhinegraveA German count whose hereditary lands are in the Rheingau area north of the river Rhine, especially one descended from the counts of Salm.
• roof rabbitcat meat
• scrumpAnything small or undersized.
• shoodThe husk of oats after it has been threshed.
• SpieringA surname.
• spileA splinter.
• spletTo split.