Barley: Hardy cereal that has coarse bristles extending from the ears. It is widely cultivated, chiefly for use in brewing and stockfeed.
Noun. No less important was the barley for the Romans.
Chickpea: A hard, pale brown, round bean that can be cooked and eaten.
Noun. here is trying to say is that organization and discipline are the keys to running a clean pirate ship.
Coal: A hard, black substance that is dug from the earth in pieces, and can be burned to produce heat or power, or a single piece of this.
Noun. How much coal was mined here?
Corn: (the seeds of) plants, such as wheat, maize, oats, and barley, that can be used to produce flour.
Noun. Grains of corn.
Crude oil: Oil in a natural state that has not yet been treated.
Noun. The plant processes 405,000 barrels of crude oil each day.
Gem: a jewel (= precious stone), especially when cut into a particular regular shape.
Noun. You are a true gem.
Honey: A sweet, sticky, yellow substance made by bees and used as food.
Noun. UK set honey/runny honey.
Iron: A chemical element that is a common greyish-coloured metal. It is strong, used in making steel, and exists in very small amounts in blood.
Noun. Iron rusts easily.
Leather: Animal skin that has been treated in order to preserve it and is used to make shoes, bags, clothes, equipment, etc.
Noun. He was wearing leather gloves.
Oat: Made of or from oats.
Noun. Oat crackers.
Pea: A round, green seed, several of which grow in a pod, eaten as a vegetable.
Noun. Tommy was shouting over the bouncers, You pea brain.
Silk: A delicate, soft type of cloth made from a thread produced by silkworms, or the thread itself.
Noun. They came and saw our silk.
Soil: The material on the surface of the ground in which plants grow.
Noun. So is the soil bacteria.
Squash: to crush something into a flat shape.
Noun. She must squash it now.
Sunlight: The light that comes from the sun.
Noun. Sunlight hits the dark cave.
Timber: Trees that are grown so that the wood from them can be used for building.
Noun. Timber, of course, and ships.
