rede - to put in order; interpret, explain; to relate, tell
poule - prostitute
tummeln (d) - to move tell
ouse - ox out
lesson one; inne - in; inn listen
brandnew - conspiciously new and unused, quite new, perfectly new
bankside - the margin of sea, lake or river
bedamp = bedamn - damn
plumper - that which plumps or makes plump; a downright lie flower
at that - as well
putty - a light shade of yellowish grey; sticky mud at the bottom of a body of water.
affair - any object or collection of objects not clearly distinguished or only vaguely specified.
yap - to talk idly or loquaciously
Dane - a native or subject of Denmark; in older usage including all the Northmen who invaded England from the 9th to the 11th c.
hoddy doddy* - a henpecked man, cuckold, fool, simpleton; dodder - one who dodders, a feeble or inept person.
frugal - Of things, esp. food: Sparingly supplied or used
larder - a room or closet in which meat (? orig. bacon) and other provisions are stored.
altered - changed in some particulars; thirsty
doze - a short slumber
lord of the manor - the person having the seignorial rights of a manor
Knight of the Shire - a gentleman representing a shire or county in parliament; originally one of two of the rank of knight.
strike - to make one's way, go
dip - to put down or let down temporarily or partially in or into a liquid give
dace - a small fresh-water cyprinoid fish, Leuciscus vulgaris
worshipful - distinguished, honourable
run out of - to use up or come to the end of tha available supply of
horsebrose - a dish made by pouring boiling water on horsemeat, seasoned with salt and butter.
only for - except for, but for, were it not for
lep = leap
off with - go away; off with you! - be off!
slob - mud, esp. soft mud on the sea-shore
della (i) - of, pertaining to
plage - the beach or sea-front promenade at a seaside resort
aire - nobleman in early irish society air
onon = anon
potter - a vendor or hawker of earthenware
man of the house* - the chief male in a household
hard - p. of hear (obs.)
Askari - native soldiers of East Africa
hazel - attrib. and Comb. Consisting of a mixture of sand or gravel, clay, and earth as hazel earth, ground, etc.
hatchery - a place for hatching eggs; spec. one for hatching the ova of fish by artificial means.
freshet - a stream of fresh water, a great rise of a stream caused by heavy rainsor melted snow.
alevin* - a young fish, the newly hatched salmon
tool - a bodily organ, spec. the male generative organ
rede - interpret, explain, guess; to teach or give (one) a knowledge of (something) (obs.).
confine - to relegate to certain limits
kirkyard* = churchyard - a burial ground for the parish or district, a cemetery
smack - to open or separate (the lips) in such a way as to produce a sharp sound; to bring, put, or throw down with a smack or slap; to strike (a person, part of the body, etc.) with the open hand or with something having a flat surface.
boxing - the action of fighting with fists
infallible - Of things: Not liable to fail, unfailing
slipper - an instrument of punishment with which a child (etc.) is disciplined by beating.
ayther = either
yea = yes
rechristen* - to christen again, to rename
Lorelei* - In German legend, a beautiful woman with long blonde hair who sat on the Lorelei rock and with her fine singing distracted boatmen, so that they drowned when their ships foundered on the rock.
Loddon - The name of a tributary of the River Thames
lode - an ore deposit; course, path, waterway, canal
heigh ho - an exclamation usually expressing yawning, sighing, weariness, disappointment.
on the cards - within the range of probability
shed - to pour, pour out, to emit, give forth