deportment the manner of conducting or bearing oneself; behavior; demeanor.
divinity a soft, creamy kind of candy.
Dixie Howell popular University of Alabama football player in the 1930s.
ecclesiastical of the church, the organization of the church, or the clergy.
entailment the act of entailing or of giving, as an estate, and directing the mode of descent. In this case, Walter Cunningham is most likely in a dispute over who is rightful heir to a piece of property.
ex cathedra with the authority that comes from one's rank or office: often specif. with reference to papal pronouncements, on matters of faith or morals, regarded as having authoritative finality.
feral savage; wild.
fey strange or unusual in any of certain ways, as, variously, eccentric, whimsical, visionary, elfin, shy, otherworldly.
flivver [Old Slang] a small, cheap automobile, esp. an old one.
foot-washing Baptist rural missionary Baptists who essentially take the Bible literally.
fractious peevish; irritable; cross.
Franklin stove a cast-iron heating stove resembling an open fireplace, named for Benjamin Franklin who invented it.
frog-sticking a method of hunting frogs on bayou banks with a small pitchfork.
furtive done or acting in a stealthy manner, as if to hinder observation; surreptitious; stealthy; sneaky.
