Vocabulary

shadow of a tree

arboriculture; tree growing

arboriculture; tree growing

manned satellite; manned orbiter

chief trader (of the Dutch trading post at Dejima)

acute (of the shape of a leaf tip)

acuminate (of the shape of a leaf tip)

Commonwealth realm

acute (of the shape of a leaf); acuminate; pointed

obtuse (of the shape of a leaf); rounded

overflow

Constitution Act, 1982 (part of the Canadian Constitution)

fur trade

Métis

First Nations (i.e. non-Inuit or Metis aboriginal peoples in Canada)

creation myth

tarpan (extinct subspecies of wild horse, Equus ferus ferus); Eurasian wild horse

hartebeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus)

pollack; pollock

one's chance; the right time; target; objective

rabbi

waste meat; meat scraps; offal

with a bang bang (e.g. repeated sound of a hammer or gunfire)

to attain enlightenment

epic (e.g. poem); descriptive; narrative

traditional art; traditional performance art

record low; worst ever

leucism; pigmentation loss

exorcism

long bath; staying in the bath for a long time

making things out of straw (winter work for farmers)

night-soil bucket; honey bucket

to boil, then discard the liquid (in order to remove astringency)

uncontainable; irrepressible; uncontrollable

nod; inclination of the head

polished plate glass

to rove; to prowl; to go cruising

Statute of Westminster (1931)

British North America Act (now known as the Constitution Act 1867)

Constitution Act 1867 (which established Canada)