bivouac - a temporary encampment under little or no shelter, 1702

brigade - group of people organized for special activity, 1637

canon - form of canyon, deep narrow valley with steep sides often with a stream flowing through it (American spelling), 1837

doll up - to dress elegantly or extravagantly, to make more attractive (as by addition of decorative details), 1906

enfranchised - to endow with a franchise as to admit to the privileges of a citizen and especially of the rights of suffrage, 15th century

jollifications - festivity, merrymaking, 1809

Postum - cereal coffee, late 1800's

rudiments - a basic principle or element or fundamental skill, 1548

strychnine - a bitter poisonous alkaloid, used as a poison for rodents, 1819