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  1. hoist
    raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help
    And use your thoughts to hoist the sails and deck the ships awaiting us this early, gray, and misty dawn in 1885 –
  2. reign
    the period during which a monarch is in power
    – a crucial year in the reign of Her Majesty, Queen Victoria –
  3. grace
    a disposition to kindness and compassion
    – who, by her grace, had only just knighted a new peer of the realm –
  4. peer
    a nobleman who is a member of the British aristocracy
    – who, by her grace, had only just knighted a new peer of the realm –
  5. realm
    the domain ruled by a king or queen
    – who, by her grace, had only just knighted a new peer of the realm –
  6. dedicated
    devoted to a cause or ideal or purpose
    – Lord Leonard Aster, dedicated minister to the Queen and devoted father –
  7. devoted
    zealous in allegiance or affection
    – Lord Leonard Aster, dedicated minister to the Queen and devoted father –
  8. insatiable
    impossible to fulfill, appease, or gratify
    – a life that made her insatiably curious, insufferably bright, and pretty much friendless at school.
  9. insufferable
    extremely unpleasant or annoying
    – a life that made her insatiably curious, insufferably bright, and pretty much friendless at school.
  10. brink
    the limit beyond which something happens or changes
    And so it was, on the brink of a new adventure –
  11. hubbub
    loud confused noise from many sources
    A hubbub while two trunks are carried downstage.
  12. deliberately
    with intention; in an intentional manner
    Two trunks, deliberately similar to each other in their...trunkness.
  13. accompany
    go or travel along with
    – to be accompanied by Leonard Aster, aboard one of the ships, a spanking new frigate –
  14. chum
    a close friend
    – commanded by Leonard’s old school chum, the legendary Robert Falcon Scott.
  15. legendary
    so celebrated as to having taken on the nature of a myth
    – commanded by Leonard’s old school chum, the legendary Robert Falcon Scott.
  16. brisk
    quick and energetic
    A model of the Wasp appears and is passed briskly along to him.
  17. bound
    headed or intending to head in a certain direction
    Fastest ship afloat. Bound for the remote kingdom of Rundoon!
  18. remote
    located far away spatially
    Fastest ship afloat. Bound for the remote kingdom of Rundoon!
  19. scoff
    laugh at with contempt and derision
    EVERYONE scoffs and groans as the unimpressive Neverland model is passed along.
  20. merchant
    a businessperson engaged in retail trade
    – a merchant ship, taking a longer route to Rundoon, just to be safe.
  21. crew
    the people who work on a vehicle
    Food for snakes, more like. [pays GREMPKIN for the boys, then hollers to his crew] Crate o’ boys comin’ aboard!
  22. adieu
    a farewell remark
    STOW YER CARGO! START YER PLAY! ADIEU! ADIEU!
Created on Wed Jun 05 10:40:57 EDT 2019 (updated Thu Jun 06 13:55:57 EDT 2019)

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