Across
- 2. a cylindrical container bulging out in the middle, traditionally made of wooden staves with metal hoops around them
- 4. fired from the shoulder
- 6. a small axe with a short handle for use in one hand
- 7. the line at which the earth's surface and the sky appear to meet
- 8. / a deep, narrow gorge with steep sides
- 10. / a light axe used as a tool or weapons by north american Indians
- 12. the motion of pushing or lunging suddenly or violently
- 15. keep from sight; hide
- 18. the religious rite of sprinkling water onto a person's forehead or of immersion in water, symbolizing purification or regeneration and admission to the Christian Church
- 21. make a stupid or careless mistake; act or speak clumsily
- 22. a member of the Society of Jesus, a Roman Catholic order of priests founded by St. Ignatius Loyola, St. Francis Xavier, and others
- 23. A person who worries a great deal, especially unnecessarily
- 24. run or move with a long bounding stride
Down
- 1. the action of following or pursuing someone or something
- 3. a blade that may be fixed to the muzzle of a rifle and used to stab an opponent in hand-to-hand fighting
- 5. scrape or brush the surface of (a shoe or other object) against something
- 9. an improvised barrier erected across a street or other thoroughfare to prevent or delay the movement of opposing forces
- 11. deceive or defeat by greater ingenuity
- 13. (of a thing) make a quick short movement up and down
- 14. (of a person) lean and haggard, especially because of suffering, hunger, or age
- 16. burned and blackened
- 17. a hillock, knoll, or mound
- 19. ball a solid projectile that is shot by a musket
- 20. / the front leg below the knee