solely - only, merely, exclusively
hitch - to put (as by an effort) into a story, into verse, or the like; to insert or mention in a literary work, esp. by way of exposure or ridicule.
cock eye - fig. goggle-eyed; topsy-turvy, absurd, ridiculous; drunk
snap - to take (an instantaneous photograph), to snap-shot.
on the sly - secretly
upsidaisy* - an exclamation made to a child on encouraging or assisting it to rise from a fall, etc., or to surmount an obstacle, or when raising it in the arms or jerking it into the air.
pert - a pert person or thing; lively; brisk, sprightly; in good spirits, cheerful, 'jolly'.
tinker - a clumsy or inefficient mender, a botcher
rann - a verse, a strain
keen - an Irish funeral song accompanied with wailing in lamentation for the dead.
newsboy* - a boy who sells newspapers in the streets, or delivers them at houses.
to make ducks and drakes of* - to throw away idly or carelessly; to handle or use recklessly; to squander.
bowler hat - a low-crowned stiff felt hat
deductive - deductive reasoning; reasoning from generals to particulars detective
hoax - a humorous or mischievous deception, usually taking the form of a fabrication of something fictitious or erroneous, told in such a manner as to impose upon the credulity of the victim.
chestnote - a note produced in the lowest register of the voice
heat wave* - a wave of radiant heat; a 'wave' or access of excessive heat in the atmosphere, esp. when regarded as passing from one place to another.
rename* - to name again; esp. to give another or new name to.
paperboy* - a boy employed to sell newspapers
footle - to talk or act foolishly, to trifle or 'potter'
foil - to dishonour; to overthrow, defeat (an antagonist); to baffle, frustrate the efforts of (a person).
flouter - one who flouts or mocks
sprit - to spring, dart spit
phiz - face
bis - encore, again
pudden = puding
to take one's leave* - to depart with some expression of farewell, to bid farewell.
cowboys; culpa
submerged - sunk under water; covered or overflowed with water, inundated.
dough - a mass consisting of flour or meal moistened and kneaded into a paste, with or without leaven, ready to be baked into bread, etc.
doughty - like dough in appearance, consistency, or character.
doubleface - a double-faced person, a hypocrite
waterside - the side or brink of water; the bank or margin of the sea, or of a river, stream, or lake.
chance - to risk, venture, take one's chance of
windship - a wind-powered ship, a sailing-ship
foursquare - having four equal sides, square
trust - confidence in or reliance on some quality or attribute of a person or thing, or the truth of a statement; Law. The confidence reposed in a person in whom the legal ownership of property is vested to hold or use for the benefit of another; hence, an estate committed to the charge of trustees.
piteousness - pitiableness (pitiable quality or condition)
turtle - to turn over
spake - to hasten (to do something)
hawk - to carry about from place to place and offer for sale; to cry in the street.
theatricals* - the performance of stage plays; matters pertaining to the stage and acting.
precarious* - unfounded, doubtful, uncertain
drain - an artificial conduit or channel for carrying off water, sewage, etc.
by whiles - by turns (obs. rare.)
rere - rearwards
midden - a dunghill, manure-heap, refuse-heap
appurtenant - a thing appertaining, a 'belonging'; belonging as a property or legal right (to); proper, suited, or appropriate to; relating, pertinent.
thereof - of that, of it
salve - to clear up, explain, account for (a difficulty, point in dispute, etc.); to overcome (a doubt, objection).
wump - a foolish or feeble person
pump - an attempt at extracting information from any one, by exhaustive or skilful questioning; one who is clever at this.
wherein - in which (matter, fact, action, condition, etc.); in, at, during, or in the course of which (time).
thereout* - out of doors, in the open
bowery = bower - a dwelling, habitation, abode
hindering* - that hinders, impedes, or obstructs; hinter - one who or that which hints or gives a hint.
Anglo-Saxonism* - anything peculiar to the Anglo-Saxon race; esp. A word, phrase, idiom, or habit of speech, belonging to, or derived from, the Old English, unaffected by Romanic or other foreign admixture.
barely - nakedly, without covering, nudely; openly, without disguise or concealment, clearly, plainly.
misunderstood* - improperly understood, taken in a wrong sense.