next to nothing - hardly anything
toploftical - very superior in air or in attitude
burning bush - an of several plants (so called fr. the bush in exod 3:2 that was on fire but was not consumed).
abob - to astonish, confound; atop - on the top of, above.
bauble - a child's plaything or toy, something foolish; Babel - the city and tower, of which the attempted construction is described in Genesis xi, where the confusion of languages is said to have taken place.
larrom* - a tumultuous noise, a hubbub, uproar
tooler - a broad chisel used by stone-masons for random tooling
clitter - to make frictional or rattling sound
tomble = tumble - an act of tumbling, a fall, downfall.
clotter - to run together in clots, to coagulate
arms = heraldic arms - heraldic insignia or devices, borne originally on the shields of fully armed knights or barons, to distinguish them in battle (hence properly called armorial bearings), which subsequently became hereditary, and are the property of their families.
wassail* - a carousal; riotous festivity, revelling
crest - a figure or device (originally borne by a knight on his helmet) placed on a wreath, coronet or chapeau and borne above the shield and helmet in a coat of arms; the apex or ''cone'' of a helmet; hence a helmet or head piece.
heraldry* - heraldic title or rank, a collection of heraldic devices.
ancillary* - serving to aid of assist
troublance - the action of troubling, disturbance, sorrow, pain; tremblant - Of an ornament, jewel, etc.: incorporating springs or fine projecting wires which tremble or vibrate when affected by movement; true blue - faithful, staunch and unwavering.
argent - the silver of a coat of arms; the silver or white colour in armorial bearings.
hegoat* - male goat; heoak - an Australian tree
poursuivant - a follower, a junior heraldic officer attendant on the heralds.
horned - having, bearing, or wearing an appendage, ornament, etc., called a horn; having horn-like projections or excrescenses.
scutcheon* = escutcheon - the shield or shield-shaped surface on which a coat of arms is depicted; also in wider sense, the shield with the armorial bearings.
fesse - an ordinary formed by two horizontal lines drawn across the middle of the field, and usually containing between them one third of the escutcheon.
archer - one who shoots with bow and arrows, a bowman
strung - in a state of tension
helio - heliotrope; a shade of purple like that of the flowers of the heliotrope.
hootch = hooch - alcoholic liquor esp. when inferior or obtained illicitly.
husbandman - one that plows or cultivates land, farmer
hoe - an agricultural and gardening tool, consisting of a thin iron blade fixed transversely at the end of a long handle.
Finn - the name used by the Teut. nations for an individual of a people in North-Eastern Europe and Scandinavia.
sunday; someday - at some time in future
fine - to purify from extraneous or impure matter, to clarify, refine.
agent* - a deputy, emissary, any natural force acting upon matter; one who acts for another.
bring about - to cause to take place, effect, accomplish
municipal - pertaining to the internal affairs of a state as distinguished from its foreign relations; pertaining to the local self-government or corporate government of a city or town.
cubby house* - a little house built by children in play; a very small and confined room.
earwitness - a person who can testify to something heard by himself.
shabby* - discreditably inferior in quality, making a poor appearance
unqualified; calif - the title given in Muslim countries to the chief civil and religious ruler, as successor of Muhammad.
Muslim muezzins; muezzin - in Muslim countries, a public crier who proclaims the regular hours of prayer from the minaret or the roof of a mosque.
blackguardize* - to reduce to the condition of a blackguard
whitestone - memorial of a fortunate event (among the ancients)
hurtle - to propel violently, catapult
stay - to remain in order to wait, to prop, sustain
wherefore - on account of or because of which; in consequence or as a result of which.
righteousness* - justice, uprightness, rectitude
sustainer - one that sustains, a sufferer, one who provides another with the necessaries of life.
featherbed* - a bed stuffed with feathers
a nod is as good as a wink* - a sign is all that is necessary
nadir* - point directly opposite the zenith
provost - the head or president of a chapter, or of a community of religious persons; Applied by Caxton to a Muslim muezzin; the chief magistrate of a town; an officer charged with the apprehension, custody, and punishment of offenders.
scoff - to speak derisively, mock, jeer
Bedouin - an Arab of the desert between
between the devil and the deep sea* - between two comparable evils.
jebel - a hill in northern Africa, a hill or mountain
crop - to cut off or remove the 'crop' or head of (a plant ,tree,etc.) proverb
crunch - an act, or the action, of crunching; to crush or grind under foot, wheels, etc., with the accompanying noise.
decide - to cut off, separate (obs. rare.)
on site - on a particular site
helper - one who helps or assists; spec. a groom's assistant in a stable.
dreamy - given to dreaming or fantasy; delightful, beautiful (colloq.)
heed - to have a care, pay attention, take notice
missfire - to make a mistake, to fail
extend* - to widen the range, scope, area of application of (a law, operation, dominion, state of things, etc.)
Walhalla* = Valhalla - In Old Northern mythology, the hall assigned to those who have died in battle, in which they feast with Odin.
Rolls-Royce* - a Rolls-Royce motor car, any product considered to be of the highest quality.
wardmote* - a meeting of the citizens of a ward; esp. in the City of London, a meeting of the liverymen of a ward under the presidency of the alderman; moat - trench.
basilica*- an early christian church
pagoda* - an far eastern temple
peeler - a nickname given to members of the Irish constabulary; a strip-tease artist, a stripper.
Mecklenburg* - region in northern Germany
Marlborough* - provincial district in New Zealand; merlin - a European species of falcon.
burrock - an aparatus made of wickerwork for catching fish
pore - to gaze, study or think long or earnestly; forecourt - the court or enclosed space in front of a building, the first or outer court.
bore - a hole made by boring, a perforation; an aperture (irrespective of shape), a chink, crevice, or cranny; a fit of ennui or sulks, a dull time.