Habit - He was a civilian, if one might judge by his habit, which was that of a planter.
Tow - It is now dry and would burn like tow.
Hemp - He wore a mustache and pointed beard, but no whiskers; his eyes were large and dark gray, and had a kindly expression which one would hardly have expected in one whose neck was in the hemp.
Preternaturally - They were, indeed, preternaturally keen and alert.
Presaging - How coldly an pitiously - with what an even, calm intonation, presaging, and enforcing tranquility in the men - with what accurately measured intervals fell those cruel words:
Habit - Job or Occupation
ReplyDeleteTow - The coarse and broken part of flax or hemp prepared for spinning
Hemp - A tough fiber in a plant that is used to make rope
Preternaturally - outside of nature; supernatural.
Presaging - a presentiment or foreboding.