Glossary
Vocabulary (Sources found below)
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
Barbed wire (noun): twisted wires armed with barbs or
sharp points—called also barbwire
Brand (noun): a mark made by burning with a hot iron to
attest manufacture or quality or to designate ownership
Breeding (verb): to propagate (plants or animals) sexually
and usually under controlled conditions <bred several strains of
corn together to produce a superior variety>
Culture (noun): the integrated pattern of human knowledge,
belief, and behavior that depends upon man’s capacity for learning
and transmitting knowledge to succeeding generations
Graze (verb): to feed on growing herbage, attached algae, or
phytoplankton
Grama (noun): any of several pasture grasses (genus Bouteloua)
of the western U.S.
Market (noun): a geographical area of demand for commodities
or services
Molasses (noun): the thick dark to light brown syrup that is
separated from raw sugar in sugar manufacture
Range (noun): an open region over which animals (as
livestock) may roam and feed
Reservation (noun) a tract of land set apart by the federal
government for a special purpose, especially one for the use of a
Native American people.
Roundup (noun): the act or process of collecting animals (as
cattle) by riding around them and driving them in
Slaughter (noun): the act of killing; specifically: the
butchering of livestock for market
Territory (noun): a geographical area belonging to or under
the jurisdiction of a governmental authority
Wrangler (noun): short for horse-wrangler, probably part
translation of Mexican Spanish caballerango groom]: a ranch hand who
takes care of the saddle horses; broadly: cowboy
Yearling (noun): an animal one year old or in the second
year of its age
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