Just Above a Whisper (52 page)

Authors: Lori Wick

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hard cider:
fermented apple juice.

laying out:
preparing a body for burial, usually done by family or neighbors.

meetinghouse:
a building for public assembly, including the church on Sunday.

millpond:
the pond of water that feeds the mill and is fed by spring thaw, or in the case of Tucker Mills, by a huge river that doesn’t run dry in summer.

parlor
or
sitting room:
where people sat in the evening, entertained visitors, and unless the house was very large, ate their meals. The table in the kitchen was mostly for work and not for eating.

pins:
straight pins were often used to hold dresses on. Buttonholes were a lot of work, and women avoided making them.

tea:
also called snack—this was the evening meal, which used leftovers from dinner.

theocentric
and
theocentricity:
I cover the meaning of this in the book, but this entry is to tell you that technically I shouldn’t be using it. My dictionary doesn’t list this word until 1886, but I needed it to make my point.

tin kitchen:
made of bright tin plate, the tin kitchen is a small roaster that sits by the fireplace and is for meats and poultry.

whortleberry:
a European blueberry that’s light bluish gray.