BTGHS+Questions

Our questions about By The Great #|Horn Spoon.

=**From Chapters 1-6 (created on 2-14-2013)**=

1. What is Cholera? cholera is a disease.(B.A. 2/19/13) 3. What are Pantaloons? Tight trousers extending from waist to ankle with straps passing under instep. (G.B.Feb. 14, 2013) 4. What does teetering mean? It means to woble and tillt around. (B.B. 2/14/13) 5. What does “By Grabs” mean? "By Grabs" means to do whatever it takes. (N.C. Feb. 14, 2013) 6. What is canvas? Canvas means a closely woven heavy cloth of cotton, hemp, or linen used for tents. (J.G 4/3/13) 7. What are accomadations? 8. What are guava’s?a kind of plant.[Evan, #13 4/4/13] 9. What are carpetbags? Bags made from #|carpet (N.F. Feb. 14, 2013) 10.What are yardarms? The yardarms on a sailing ship are the horizontal timbers or spars mounted on the masts. (A.S. Feb. 14, 2013) 11.What is a boat swain? A warrant officer or petty officer in charge of the rigging, #|cables and deck crew. (J.G. Mar. 11,2013) 12.What is a capstan? A machine for moving or raising heavy weights.( Jake, 3/12/13) 13.What does the word notorious mean? It is what you are known for. (Evan, 2/14/13) 14.What are paddlewheels? A steam driven #|wheel with boards around it's circumference, situated at the stern or side of a ship so as to propel the ship by its rotation. [Jonathan, 2/14/13] 15.What is a saloon? Where #|alcohol are drank or a room used for a specific purpose.(C.K.2/14/13) 16.What is fuego? fuego means fire in Spanish. (K.L.feb. 14,2013) 17.What is a scoundrel? A scoundrel is a villain or rouge. (B.M. 2/14/13) 18.What are Argonauts? 19.What is a square-rigger? A square rigger is a sailing vessel that uses a particular arrangements of the sails and rigging.(D.M. Feb 14/13) 20.What is inclement weather? Inclement weather is stormy weather.(T.M.2\14\13) 21.What does dogged crawl mean? It means to be slowed down to a very slow speed{Bmoli} 22.What does monotony mean? boredom or dullness arising from the fact that nothing ever happens. (G M feb 14 2013) 23.What is a headwind? A wind blowing from directly in front,the oppsing forward motion (C.M., Feb 14, 2013) 24.What are stowaways? stowaways are people who hide on board a ship or a airplane in order to obtain free transportation or elude pursuers ( B M apr11 2013) 25.What does undaunted mean? not giving up.(Dianne,Febuary 14,2013) 26.What is buckshot? A buckshot is a heavy shot for bringing down large game.(J N Feb. 14, 2013) 27.What is a quartermaster? 28.Where is Peru? 29.What is an afterdeck? The unpretected deck behind the brige of a ship (Deanna 2-14-13] 30.What does battening mean? A small strip of wood used to cover up an opening, usually by nailing. (P.T.) 31.What does dispel mean? to drive away by or as if by scattering(h.l 3/13/13) 32.Where is Rio de Janeiro? Rio de Janeiro is in Brazil (E.W. Feb. 14,2013)

=** From Chapters 7-10 **=

1. what does "jamoka''mean? 3. What does welling up mean? (B.B.pg 72) Welling up means to fill up with tears. ( N.C.#5 4-3-13)  4.What does anchored to the spot mean?(B.B. April 4,2013)  5. What is the husky-throated boatswain? ( pg 74) N.C. 4-3-13  6.  7.  8.  9.  10. What are peddlers? (J.G. pg 83) 3/18/13  11.  12.  13.  14.  15. What does awnings mean?(C.K 4/3/13 pg.110) An awning is a patio cover to block away the sun and rain.  16. What does voila mean? ( K.L. 3/18/2013).  17. What doesbilly-be hanged MEAN? (H.L.)  18.  19.What is a jostling (D.M.)  20. What is a revolver?a revolver is a type of gun(c.m 4-10-13)  21.  22.  23. What is a jipijapa? a hat (c.m. 4-10-13)  24.  25. Where is Rio De Janerio? ( D.Mutia) rio de janierio is in brazil (c.m. 4-10-13)  26. Where is the Galapagos?(J.N)  27.  28.  29. What is a road agent?(D.S)pg105  30.  31. 32. What is a burro? (A.S)pg122 it is a donkey (c.m. 4-10-13)

=**From Chapters 11 - 16.**=

1whats a canvas[B.A. 4/4] 3. What does doggone mean?(gav bald April 4 2013) 4.What does By The Great Horn Spoon mean?(B.B. April 4,2013) 5.What does near-sighted mean? (J.J 4/4/13) 6. What is a neck tie?(J.J 4/4/13) a little bow that is a tie that goes on your chest(c.m. 4-10-13) 7. 8. 9. 10.What are squatters? (J.G. 4/4/13) 11.what are ivories?(A.Spg164) 12.what is noose?(A.SPG164) 13.what is a tailrace?(A.SPG161) 14. Whats a Burro(Bmoli) it is a donkey (c.m. 4-10-13) 15.what does exasperation mean?(C.K. 4/4GPS pg.112) 16. 17. 18. 19.What are garrisons (D.M.)​ 20.What is a tailrace? 21. 22. what is jamoka it is a type of cofee (c.m. 4-10-13) 23.what is a brawler(c.m. 4-4-13) 24. 25.What is Grubstake?(Dianne M. 4\4\13) 26. Who are the Sonorians?(J.N) 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32.