Spring poems McKay & Hopkins

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Across
  1. 2. making a low, continuous dull noise
  2. 5. wood used for buildings and furniture; the long, large pieces of wood used to build e.g a ship
  3. 6. abundant, green, healthy; very attractive or appealing
  4. 8. create a feeling of nauseousness from too much of something that one liked at first
  5. 9. in the direction of the south, towards the south
  6. 12. hits with force, hits deliberately
  7. 14. edge of roof that project beyond the side of a building
  8. 15. archaic young unmarried woman, virgin, modern female servant
  9. 16. try to find
Down
  1. 1. throw something with force, to ‘have a fling’ = archaic to engage in a wild dash, modern to have a short sexual relationship
  2. 3. group of trees close together
  3. 4. a brook or stream, a narrow channel (of water) formed e.g. by soil erosion
  4. 7. move quickly or suddenly in a direction, also noun plants (or new parts of plant) that are beginning to grow
  5. 9. tall, pointed structure usually on a church or cathedral
  6. 10. hold hands together and twist them, the action to remove water from wet cloth
  7. 11. quick wash (often repeated) with clean water, to wash out a taste from your mouth
  8. 12. take off, cast off, drop off e.g. a snake’s skin, an animal’s hair, leaves from trees in autumn
  9. 13. poetic usage with beams of sunlight shining through the trees, making lines of light and shadow