Chapter 8 Vocabulary

Girdling - to cut away the bark and cambium in a ring around (a plant) usually to kill by interrupting the circulation of water and nutrients

Foretold - to tell beforehand

Curdle - to go bad or wrong

Feeble - markedly lacking in strength

Gurgle - to flow in a broken irregular current

Fathoms - a unit of length equal to six feet (1.83 meters) used especially for measuring the depth of water

Counsel - advice given especially as a result of consultation