cottage
noun
°A small house; a cot; a hut.
°A seasonal home of any size or stature. A recreational home or a home in a remote location.
verb
°(British slang) Of men: To have homosexual sex in a public lavatory; to practice cottaging.
°To stay at a seasonal home, to go cottaging.

herbal
adjective
°Made from or with herbs.
°Made from natural herbs specifically as opposed to from synthetic materials.
"People think herbal supplements are safer because they are natural."
noun
°A manual of herbs and their medical uses.
°An herbal supplement.

"remedies" is not in the dictionary.


witch
noun
°(archaic _ or _ dialectal) A man who practises witchcraft.
°A woman who is learned in and actively practices witchcraft.
verb
°(obsolete) To practise witchcraft.
°To bewitch.

crone
noun
°(obsolete) An old woman.

"food-stores" is not in the dictionary.


rot
verb
°to decay or decompose; to become bad.
noun
°The process of becoming rotten; putrefaction.
°Any of several diseases in which breakdown of tissue occurs.

disappear
verb
°To vanish.
°To make vanish.
synonyms: dematerialize, vanish

"grief-stricken" is not in the dictionary.


"barns" is not in the dictionary.


haggard
adjective
°Looking exhausted and unwell, in poor condition.
°Wild or untamed.
noun
°A stackyard, an enclosure on a farm for stacking grain, hay, etc.
°(falconry) A hunting bird captured as an adult.

suspicious
adjective
"His suspicious behaviour brought him to the attention of the police."
"I have a suspicious attitude to get-rich-quick schemes."
synonyms: questionable, doubtful

enchanted
verb
°past tense of enchant.
adjective
°Under the influence of enchantment.

"miller’s" is not in the dictionary.


toothache
noun
°A pain or ache in a tooth.
synonyms: odontalgia, dentalgia

tooth
noun
°A hard, calcareous structure present in the mouth of many vertebrate animals, generally used for eating.
°A sharp projection on the blade of a saw or similar implement.

remedy
noun
°Something that corrects or counteracts.
°The legal means to recover a right or to prevent or obtain redress for a wrong.
verb
°To provide or serve as a remedy for.
synonyms: redress, help, correct, cure

nightshirt
noun
°A shirt-like garment (often oversized) that is worn to bed.
"He wore a blue striped nightshirt and bedroom slippers."

restrain
verb
°To control or keep in check.
°To deprive of liberty.

cries
noun
°Shouts or screams.
"The crowd paid no attention to her cries for help."

assist
noun
°a statistic used in different sports to quantify the act of helping another player score points or goals; in baseball, an assist is defensive, allowing a teammate to record a putout.
"He had two assists in the game."
verb
°(archaic) To stand (at a place) or to (an opinion), to attend a theatrical performance.
"A great part of the nobility assisted to his opinion."
°To help.
"Would you please assist John with learning English."

frantic
adjective
°(now _ rare) Insane, mentally unstable.
°In a state of panic, worry, frenzy or rush.
"They returned the missing child to his frantic mother."

sharp-eyed
adjective
°Attentive, given to noticing things, aware.
"The sharp-eyed detective noticed things the ordinary patrolman missed."
°Having acute vision, having good eyesight.

"townsmen" is not in the dictionary.


unearthly
adjective
°Not of the earth.
°Non-terrestrial.

"pitchforks" is not in the dictionary.


commotion
noun
°A state of turbulent motion.

"far-sighted" is not in the dictionary.


bullet
noun
°A projectile, usually of metal, shot from a gun at high speed.
°The ammunition for a sling or slingshot.
verb
°To draw attention to (text) by, or as if by, placing a graphic bullet in front of it.
°To speed, like a bullet.

hip
noun
°The outward-projecting parts of the pelvis and top of the femur and the overlying tissue.
°The fruit of a rose.
adjective
synonyms: cool, groovy

leapt
verb
°past tense of leap.

bonfire
noun
°(obsolete) A fire in which bones were burned.
°A fire to burn unwanted or disreputable items or people: proscribed books, heretics etc.

stake
noun
°A piece of wood or other material, usually long and slender, pointed at one end so as to be easily driven into the ground as a support or stay; as, a stake to support vines, fences, hedges, etc.
"A sharpened stake strong Dryas found. --Dryden"
°A slender rod, or stick, to be driven into the ground as a mark.
"We have stakes at all four corners of this field, to mark exactly its borders."
verb
°To fasten, support, or defend with stakes; as, to stake vines or plants.
°To pierce or wound with a stake.

curse
noun
°A supernatural detriment or hindrance.
°A vulgar epithet.
verb
°To place a curse upon (a person or object).
°To speak or shout a vulgar curse or epithet at someone or something.
synonyms: swear

"villagers" is not in the dictionary.


revenge
noun
°Any form of personal retaliatory action against an individual, institution, or group for some perceived harm or injustice.
"Indifference is the sweetest revenge."
verb
°To take one's revenge (on or upon) someone.
"I will revenge myself upon you!"
°To take revenge for (a particular harmful action), to avenge.
"Arsenal revenged its loss to Manchester United last time with a 5-0 drubbing this time."
synonyms: payback

unmarked
adjective
"an unmarked highway patrol vehicle"
°free from blemishes.
synonyms: anonymous, undercover, like new, mint more» , pristine, overlooked

chant
verb
°To sing, especially without instruments, and as applied to monophonic and pre-modern music.
noun
°Type of singing done generally without instruments and harmony.

summon
verb
°To call people together; to convene.
°To ask someone to come; to send for.

vengeful
adjective
°Vindictive or wanting vengeance.
"His chains now broken, the prisoner turned a vengeful eye toward his former captors."

tear
verb
°To rend (a solid material) by holding or restraining in two places and pulling apart, whether intentionally or not; to destroy or separate.
°To remove by tearing.
noun
°A hole or break caused by tearing.
"A small tear is easy to mend, if it is on the seam."
°A drop of clear, salty liquid produced from the eyes by crying or irritation.
"There were big tears rolling down Lisa's cheeks."
synonyms: rend, rip

rip
noun
°A tear (in paper, etc).
°A type of tide or current.
verb
°To cause something, usually paper, to rapidly become two parts.
°To cut wood along (parallel to) the grain. Contrast crosscut.
synonyms: tear, tear

mutilated
verb
°past tense of mutilate.

unfortunate
adjective
°not favored by fortune.
°marked or accompanied by or resulting in misfortune.
noun
°an unlucky person.
synonyms: unsuccessful, unlucky

torment
noun
°(obsolete) A catapult or other kind of war-engine.
°Torture, originally as inflicted by an instrument of torture.
verb
°To cause severe suffering to (stronger than to vex but weaker than to torture.).

trapped
verb
°past tense of trap.
adjective
°caught in a trap.