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Full Glossary for To Kill a Mockingbird

johnson grass a forage and pasture grass, widespread in the Southern U.S., often as a weed.

Kudzu a fast-growing, hairy perennial vine of the pea family, with large, three-part leaves: sometimes planted in the South for soil stabilization or forage.

Ladies' Law law from the criminal code of Alabama prohibiting the use of "abusive, insulting, or obscene language," especially around girls or women; punishable by up to $200 in fines, imprisonment in the county jail, or up to six months hard labor.

largo slow and stately: a musical tempo.

lavation the act of washing.

lineaments any of the features of the body, usually of the face, esp. with regard to its outline.

Lorenzo Dow a fiery, itinerant Methodist preacher of the Eastern and Southern United States.


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