Wondrous Words Wednesday

Wondrous Word Wednesday is hosted by Kathy of BermudaOnion

This weeks' words are takem from A Song in Stone by Walter H. Hunt.

1). Leaden (Page 7): the wind in the elms---remarkable really: hadn't seem many of them (elms) since Dutch Elm Disease took hold-------leaden clouds behind.

adj.

1. Made of or containing lead.
2. 1. Heavy and inert.
   2. Listless; sluggish.
3. Lacking liveliness or sparkle; dull: a leaden conversation.
4. Downcast; depressed: leaden spirits.
5. Dull, dark gray in color: drizzle from a leaden sky.

2). Sacristy (Page 13): There was a little collection of seashells set on end in an alcove at the east end of the sacristy.

n.

A room in a church housing the sacred vessels and vestments; a vestry.