The settlement at Roanoke: Glossary |
| abusing | mistreating, taking advantage of |
| apothecary or apothecarie | plants used to make medicine |
| Barke or barque | a small sailing ship |
| Cassava/casada | a plant whose root can be used as food |
| Chieftain | leader of a group or tribe |
| Christendom | the Christian world |
| coarse | rough |
| colony | an area (region or country) controlled by another country |
| courtier | someone who serves the monarch at court |
| cultivate | grow |
| deteriorate | grow worse |
| encampment | a camp, normally a military camp |
| equerry | an officer of the Royal Household serving the Royal family. Normally connected with horses. |
| establish | to set up |
| expeditionary | relating to a journey made for a specific purpose |
| exploit | make use of |
| flax | a plant whose stem can be used to make thread and, therefore, cloth |
| generate | creates, brings into being |
| harvest | time of the year when crops are gathered in before winter |
| hostilities | being in opposition to, at war with |
| incessantly | continuing, without stopping |
| interrogate | to question |
| intreated (entreated) | pleaded |
| Maine | the mainland, rather than an island |
| minerals | natural inorganic matter |
| pinnace | a light boat, moved by sails or oars |
| planters | another name for a settler |
| scarce | in short supply |
| sowed | scatter seed over the ground, to plant |
| Spanish Armada | A fleet of Spanish ships that hoped to invade England in 1588 |
