Lesson #2
a person who mends shoes.
cobbler
someone who makes tools out of metal
blacksmith
buy and sell goods and services
trading
the skin of an animal prepared for writing on.
parchment
to wrap around with something to cover.
bind
a man who served his lord as a mounted soldier in armor.
knight
a person who works in a stable to take care of horses
groom
a disease likely to be transmitted to people.
infectious
a machine that produces printed copies.
printing press
composition or document written by hand.
manuscript
a fast run for a horse.
galloping
a person who makes and repairs wooden objects
carpenter
filling a space beyond what is comfortable or safe.
overcrowded
a person who decorates a manuscript or parchment
illuminator
to decorate a manuscript with gold or silver or colors or designs or pictures.
illuminate
a person involved in wholesale trade.
merchant
a person who hunts
huntsman
of, from, in, or characteristic of a country other than one's own.
foreign
a place where coins, medals, or tokens are made
mint
to be able to move into a different social group.
social mobility
worker skilled in making weapons or shields or war clothing.
armorer
a city with its surrounding territory that is an independent state
city-state
not clean or healthful.
unsanitary
a process in which hot liquid metal is put into a mold.
metal casting
a harmful health condition with a certain set of symptoms.
disease