"They can win these skirmishes in the woods, but as soon as the British catch them in planned battle they'll be done for." What is the definition of the word skirmishes?

"Father said that surveyors always knew about the good deals on land and could get rich gambling." What does the word surveyor mean?

"Sam said his regiment had made a magnificent retreat and the British were lucky they'd got out of it alive." What does the word regiment mean?

"A lot of times they were on very short rations, eating just hardtack and water day after day." What does the word hardtack mean?

"The boy has to learn a lesson, he's far too headstrong." What does the word headstrong mean?

"The cows were edging out into the pastures alongside the road looking for forage." What does the word forage mean?

"All that part of Westchester County had gotten to be a kind of no man's land, with roving bands wandering around plundering people." What does the word plundering mean?

"Scattered along the riverbank were docks and wharves with skiffs and rowboats tied up to them." What does the word skiff mean?

"The people in Mohegan heard that a drover from Norfield had been shot two days ago and his cattle driven off." What does the word drover mean?

"He said that Sam was too smart a boy to be fooled by sedition." What does the word sedition mean?

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