Across the Wide Dark Sea

Week 7

settlement

• A place people develop so they can live there.

• Noun• These ruins show

that there was once a large settlement here.

lurked

• To be ready to attack while hiding from view.

• Verb• The leopard

lurked in the jungle, quietly searching for food.

vast

• Of very large size; enormous; huge

• Adjective• The Atlantic

Ocean is vast in size.

rigging

• The lines and chains used with sails and masts on a sailing vessel.

• Noun.• Julian found that

the hardest part of making a model ship was setting up the rigging correctly.

furl

• To wrap up tightly and then tie, such as a sail.

• Verb.• Dori had to furl the sail after tying

the small sailboat to the dock.

huddled

• To nestle close together, as for protection.

• Verb.• The pigeons

huddled together against the wind.

beams

• The heavy crosspiece of a ship or building.

• Noun• The main beams

gave the ship its structure.