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Go to Puzzle Number:   1    2    3    4 Word-Search Puzzle No. 1: The Words of Waterspell The following words are hidden in the grid. Some are spelled left to right; some right to left; some top to bottom; some bottom to top. Others are on the diagonal, reading forward, backward, upward, or downward at a slant. Can you find them all? (Hint: Print this page, then circle each word as you find it.) arrah bannock bantling betony bray byre cadger calendula caltrop cant cantrip carking casquebug costrel darkling dhera faugh fay feverfew firedrake firestone firkin forfend gillie hyweldda jennet kitling knacker lathy lay minx numbles quillwort reiver 'scried scurf smallclothes span sprat starveling stone tench unchancy varlet whiffet wight woad woundwort S T S H M Y L R G N I L T N A B A Y R E I T H G I W E U H M T W V A R L E T S Z B A D G E R B U N E N O T S E R I F L O T R H Y W E L D D A T E D W I T L M E X O P E N U P C D B A R K V I V E L O R E R S E Q U E A R R A H J B A E N I E T Y S M S U M O L L A H N E E D R A G U S H O A C I W H E A Y R E N T H C D R O O M C L U L G C N T M A D N O D A E N F C H B L R L F A D H E R A E N C R I D E R W A C F W I N U Y S S R T Y C K I E V A H N L P O R T L A C E K A M R I D G E L I D O N R E R A F K L L M I D N E F R O F S T E T D I M C U B I F N H G U A F B F W H A E R P A L O M N T X D A L L E S E N E S P A N D E L U G E A G U A E W E T O S H A K I T L I N G N I L E V R A T S 'S C R I E D E E M U N C H A N C Y B E R D E W O U N D W O R T H F O R T B E N D Mix-and-Match Puzzle No. 2: Good Old Words Listed below are some interesting old words that I came across in my reading and research for Waterspell. For most of them, I needed a dictionary to work out their meanings. Can you match the word with its definition without consulting a dictionary? (Answers are at the bottom of the page.) ____  1. ataghan a. growing, blooming, or ripening early in the year or season; quick, active ____  2. beshrew b. a large, high mirror, especially one designed to occupy the wall space between windows ____  3. besom c. the period usually of three days immediately preceding Ash Wednesday ____  4. burn d. an unnaturally excited or distraught woman ____  5. chase e. power to bless; power to protect against evil ____  6. ensample f. low-lying land along a watercourse ____  7. flummery g. a hot drink of sweetened and spiced milk curdled with ale or wine ____  8. groat h. to set with gems ____  9. helve i. armed robber, pirate, plunderer ____ 10. holm j throat, gullet, windpipe ____ 11. kite k. Turkish saber having a doubly curved blade ____ 12. maenad l. instance; example ____ 13. Marry m. an old British coin worth four pennies ____ 14. pier glass n. a brook or rivulet; creek ____ 15. posset o. broom, especially one made of twigs ____ 16. rapparee p. a person who preys on others ____ 17. rath q. to curse; to invoke evil upon ____ 18. saining power r. a handle of a tool or weapon; haft ____ 19. Shrove-Tide s. oatmeal or flour (porridge) boiled with water until thick; complete nonsense, foolish drivel ____ 20. weasand t. used for emphasis and to express amused or surprised agreement Word-Search Puzzle No. 3: More Good Old Words Now find (in the grid below) the words you just learned, along with another 28 that make up Puzzle No. 4. ataghan beshrew besom betimes burn chase chausses churl cooper ensample fell fens fey flummery freestone greensward groat helve holm kite kittle maenad manse Marry phial pierglass pillion posset quern rapparee rath roisterers sainingpower salver scrip settle shakedown shrovetide quean stoup surtout tinker weasand whinbush caitiff wirra wisha wolds A W E S O M E L Y D S C A R I N M Y R A N H L E O C H R  I N A H G A T A G I R L N I L S T H R E M A N S E L T T E S O C O N E C H A N C E S H A K E D O W N W O Q B F I M U L C H A S E I S R A S I T O E U R O I S T E R E R S O S H A S M A P L S D W A S Z Y S W P H I A L H P R N E S H E L V E S E G B U R N L A I R P T R W A V E Y S M F R E W O P G N I N I A S B E L T T I K B E A N V O R W M K L A R R O O S T Y E H E L V E F E N S R L T D I F R E E S T O N E D T H I G U L I P S F A B S H O E S S L W I T P H R N O C L L Q M R Y T S S W P I D I C U T O N A D T H E F R E S C A M A E N A D O N A  I S E W O L D S O R R A T H K I N U T H T O F A T L I M P I D S Q U E A N T U S  I D B E S A M P L P O N D Y R E M M U L F E I Q U E R N O O N E K C I W O R D O F D Mix-and-Match Puzzle No. 4: Even More Good Old Words Your task again is to match the words with their definitions. Answers are given below. ____  1. betimes a. cowardly or despicable ____  2. chausses b. a bed spread on the floor, composed of cloaks, etc.; any makeshift bed ____  3. churl c. a tray for serving food or beverages ____  4. cooper d. a primitive hand mill for grinding grain ____  5. fell e. vial; small closable vessel especially for liquids ____  6. fens f. noisy revelers ____  7. fey g. Irish-English exclamation of sorrow or lament ____  8. freestone h. early; in good time ____  9. greensward i. an open, hilly district; wild plain ____ 10. kittle j. tankard, flagon, drinking mug ____ 11. manse k. young or unmarried woman ____ 12. phial l. a mender of household utensils ____ 13. pillion m. a man's close-fitting overcoat ____ 14. quern n. a person who makes or repairs casks, barrels, etc. ____ 15. roisterers o. trousers covering the hips, legs and feet, worn in Europe in medieval times ____ 16. salver p. an interjection expressing surprise ____ 17. scrip q. a pad or cushion attached behind a saddle, especially as a seat for a woman ____ 18. settle r. perplex ____ 19. shakedown s. any stone, as sandstone, that can be freely worked or quarried; especially one that cuts well in all directions without splitting ____ 20. quean t. large, imposing residence ____ 21. stoup u. a rude, ill-bred person ____ 22. surtout v. a wooden bench with arms, a high solid back, and an enclosed foundation that can be used as a chest ____ 23. tinker w. any thorny or prickly shrub, especially gorse ____ 24. whinbush x. a bag or wallet carried by wayfarers ____ 25. caitiff y. low, boggy land; a marshy region ____ 26. wirra z. fierce, cruel, dreadful, deadly ____ 27. wisha aa. doomed, fated to die; appearing to be under a spell ____ 28. wolds bb green, grassy turf Mix-and-Match Answers: Puzzle No. 2   Puzzle No. 4   1. k   6. l 11. p 16. i   1. h   8. s 15. f 22. m   2. q   7. s 12. d 17. a   2. o  9. bb 16. c 23. l   3. o   8. m 13. t 18. e   3. u 10. r 17. x 24. w   4. n   9. r 14. b 19. c   4. n 11. t 18. v 25. a   5. h 10. f 15. g 20. j   5. z 12. e 19. b 26. g   6. y 13. q 20. k 27. p  7. aa 14. d 21. j 28. i Questions? 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