Across
- 5. have offspring
- 6. a body of troops in close array
- 8. having lost your bearings
- 10. in an energetic manner
- 12. call to duty, such as military service
- 14. resist doing something
- 15. pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness
- 16. the side between ribs and hipbone
- 17. harass with persistent criticism or carping
- 18. an enveloping cloth or bandage
- 19. enclosed firmly in a surrounding mass
- 21. burn superficially or lightly
- 22. walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud
- 23. a flask for carrying water; used by soldiers or travelers
Down
- 1. burns slowly and without a flame
- 2. thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot
- 3. large metal container in which coal or charcoal is burned
- 4. marked by simplicity; having a humble opinion of yourself
- 5. difficult to detect or grasp by the mind or analyze
- 6. a feather or cluster of feathers worn as an ornament
- 7. a workplace where metal is worked by heating and hammering
- 9. smother or suppress
- 11. summon into action or bring into existence
- 13. a state of elated bliss
- 14. search haphazardly
- 20. people who are members of the same social or cultural group