reconstitute - to constitute anew, to restore the previous constitution of.
bowl - a drinking vessel Paul
to pack up* - to stop working; to give up an enterprise; to surrender; to die; to cease to function; to collapse.
present - the present time, the time that now is; the thing or person that is present.
as regards - so far as relates to, so far as it concerns
absence - the state of being absent or away (from any place); also the time of duration of such state.
everlastingness* - endless existence; perpetual continuance; eternity.
stillhead - quietness
blank* - fig. A vacant space, place, or period; a void.
shut up* - to shut one's mouth, to stop talking; Often in imperative.
down - to come or go down, to descend; to drink down.
to sing dumb - to be silent, hold one's peace
glass - grey
darkly - dark-looking, somewhat dark
lit - to colour, dye; to stain; to blush deeply
allaround - everywhere around; affecting equally every one in a circle or company.
vociferant* - clamouring, bawling, vociferating; a clamorous or noisy person.
vice versa* - with a reversal or transposition of the main items in the statement just made.
namely - to wit, that is to say, videlicet
slava - a festival of a family saint in Yugoslavia, a name-day.
as to - as it regards, so far as it concerns
pertain - to belong, be connected (in various ways)
educe - to evoke, give rise to (actions, manifestations, etc.)
beauty - a beautiful woman
bath - the action of bathing
bind - to tie, restrain, confine, restrict by a non-material bond or force of any kind.
beholder - a watcher, looker on, spectator
Pride's Purge* - a name given in Eng. Hist. to the exclusion of those members of the Long Parliament who were suspected of Presbyterian and Royalist leanings, by Colonel Pride, on the 6th of December, 1648.
appoint - to determine authoritatively, prescribe, fix (a time, later a place) for any act.
penance - repentance, penitence
libel - Civil Law. The writing or document of the plaintiff containing his allegations and instituting a suit.
lame - fig. To cripple, maim, disable
low - wanting in decent breeding; coarse, vulgar; not socially 'respectable'.
lofty - exalted in dignity, rank, character, or quality
housed - lodged, enclosed, or shut up in or as in a house
harrow - to harry, rob, spoil; Used especially in the phrase to harrow hell, said of Christ (Christ spoiled or (as they were wont to speake) harrowed Hell).
rout - to search out, bring to light; to compel to flee in disorder.
rollicking - extremely jovial or gay, boisterously sportive
rule - to control, guide, direct, exercise sway or influence over (a person, his actions, etc.).
racketeer - a member of a gang or association of criminals practising extortion, intimidation, violence, and other illegal acts on a large scale; any person making easy money by such means; Also transf., one who achieves an easy result by illegitimate means.
romp - one who romps; esp. a play-loving, lively, merry girl (or woman).
rein - fig. To rule, guide, or govern; to put a check or restraint upon (something).
rockery - an artificial heap or pile of rough stones and soil used for the ornamental growing of ferns and other plants.
ride - a turn or spell of riding; an excursion or journey in some vehicle or conveyance, now esp. a public one.
ramble - Of persons: To wander, travel, make one's way about (now usually to walk) in a free unrestrained manner and without definite aim or direction Dublin
nightclothes - such clothes as are usually put on at night immediately before going to bed.
sway - to move or swing first to one side and then to the other, as a flexible or pivoted object.
assent - to give or express one's agreement with a statement or matter of opinion; to agree to an abstract proposition, or a proposal that does not concern oneself, or involve one's own action.
inlooker - one who looks into a thing, an inspector
oxman - a man who looks after oxen, a herdsman
tongue - speech, talking, utterance, voice; also, what is spoken or uttered; words, talk, discourse.
stall - to place; to assign a particular place to (a person or thing); Of cattle: To be lodged in stalls.
stable - to put (a horse) into a stable, or into a place which is used as a stable.
wellnourished - well-fed
seven days - a week; often referred to as the period of the Creation.
overlord - one who is the lord of other lords or rulers, a lord paramount, supreme lord; a person (occas. an animal) in a position of superiority, authority, or power.
contain* - to refrain from expressing or yielding to feeling, passion, etc.; to restrain oneself.
hangster - a woman who performs the function of a hangman
constrain - to compel or enforce (an action, etc.); to bring about by compulsion or of necessity; fig. To restrain within bounds, to limit.
gain - advantage, use, avail, benefit
changeful* - full of change, greatly given to change; changing, variable, inconstant.
mintage - the action or process (occas. the privilege) of coining or minting money; coinage; the product of a (particular) mint; a coin, or the coins collectively, minted by a specified person or in a specified place or country.
vast - to lay waste, destroy; waster - one who wastefully dissipates or consumes his resources, an extravagant spender, a squanderer, spendthrift.
shift - a woman's 'smock' or chemise
topside - on the top; Also fig. Freq. with reference to the upper deck of a ship.
atween - between
showdown* - fig. An open disclosure of plans, means, etc.; also, a declaration or trial of one's strength or position; a final confrontation, a reckoning (intended to be conclusive).
fellah - fellow; a peasant in Arabic-speaking countries
bladder - a membranous bag in the animal body; orig. The musculo-membranous bag which serves as the receptacle of the urinary fluid secreted by the kidneys.
warmer - a person who warms (poet.)
couch - an article of furniture for reclining or sitting on; a lounge: now commonly distinguished from a sofa by having a half-back and head-end only.
fore - beforehand, in advance
leper - one affected with leprosy, a leprous person
nobbut - only, merely, just
wonderer* - one who wonders at something; a wonder-worker wanderer
allfather* - the father of all, the universal father
bespeak - to speak about
lie detector - an instrument intended to indicate when a person is lying by detecting changes in his physiological characteristics.
whatever* - 'no matter what'