Word origins

• 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.
• toteA tote bag.
• shipperA seaman; mariner; skipper.
• HesterA female given name from Persian, of 17th century and later usage.
• doitA small Dutch coin, equivalent to one-eighth of a stiver.
• snarlTo entangle; to complicate; to involve in knots.
• bowspritA spar projecting over the prow of a sailing vessel to provide the means of adding sail surface.
• dawdleChiefly followed by away: to spend (time) without haste or purpose.
• widdershinsAnticlockwise, counter-clockwise.
• cluntTo walk in a heavy, noisy manner.
• scrumpAnything small or undersized.
• shoodThe husk of oats after it has been threshed.
• spletTo split.