It has been a long time since I read some paperback from my bookshelf. I decided to take one book and try to finish it despite my preference for ebooks. I chose the Father Brown Mysteries, the most accessible writing of G.K. Chesterton, one of my favorite British author and philospher.
I have read this book before but I don’t remember where I stopped reading. I decided I would just pick one I haven’t read before. “The Three Tools of Death” title was compelling so I went with that.
Cataract
a descent of water over a steep surface; a waterfall, especially one of considerable size.
Gaeity
a happy and lively quality
Puritanical
very strict in moral or religious matters, often excessively so; rigidly austere.
Dram
a small drink of liquor.
Prosaic
commonplace or dull; matter-of-fact or unimaginative:
Impinge
to strike; dash; collide (usually followed by on, upon, or against):
Sable
the color black, often being one of the heraldic colors.
Baronet
a member of a British hereditary order of honor, ranking below the barons and made up of commoners, designated by Sir before the name and Baronet
Hedge
a row of bushes or small trees planted close together, especially when forming a fence or boundary
Totter
to walk or go with faltering steps, as if from extreme weakness.
Chap
a fellow; man or boy.
Enliven
to make sprightly or cheerful; brighten:
Stolid
not easily stirred or moved mentally; unemotional; impassive.
Provincial - furniture
having or showing the manners, viewpoints, etc., considered characteristic of unsophisticated inhabitants of a province; rustic; narrow or illiberal; parochial
Draught
a current of air, esp one intruding into an enclosed space
Exuberance
the state of being exuberant; effusively and almost uninhibitedly enthusiastic; lavishly abundant:
Tweed
a coarse wool cloth in a variety of weaves and colors, either hand-spun and handwoven in Scotland or reproduced, often by machine, elsewhere.
Aspen
any of various poplars, as Populus tremula, of Europe, and P. tremuloides (quaking aspen) or P. alba (white aspen) of America, having soft wood and alternate ovate leaves that tremble in the slightest breeze.
Grizzled
having gray or partly gray hair.
Bristle
one of the short, stiff, coarse hairs of certain animals, especially hogs, used extensively in making brushes.
Incongruity
the quality of being incongruous; out of keeping or place; inappropriate; unbecoming: