God's truth* - the absolute truth
terrible; rebald = ribald - offensively abusive, scurrilous, wantonly irreverent or impious.
to bear witness* - (said properly of a person, a book, etc.) to give oral or written testimony or evidence; hence fig. to furnish or constitute evidence or proof; to testify, (occas. of).
dismiss* - to discard, reject
nursemaid* - a young woman employed as maid to attend to little children.
fellower - that which accompanies
perambulator* - one who walks or travels through or about a place; a hand-carriage, with three or four wheels, for one or two young children, pushed from behind.
thew - a custom or habit of an individual, manner of behaving or acting.
mail - a bag or packet of letters or dispatches for conveyance by post, more fully mail of letters.
hot spot* - Theatr., Photogr., etc. An area that is markedly brighter than its surroundings.
voluntarily* - of one's own free will or accord
favour - leave, permission, pardon. Chiefly in phrases, by, with (your, etc.) favour.
larch - a well-known coniferous tree large
offering* - something offered to a person for his acceptance, esp. as a tribute of honour or esteem; a present, a gift.
approve - to show or prove practically (a thing or person) to be (so and so).
bode - a herald, a messenger (obs.) body
shool - obs. and dial. form of shovel; to go about begging soul
merge - to plunge or sink in a (specified) activity, way of living, etc. marching
kirtle* - a woman's gown place
merger - one who or something which merges; Law. Extinguishment of a right, estate, contract, action, etc., by absorption in another.
bow - to bend the body, knee, or head, in token of reverence, respect, or submission.
marcher - one who marches or walks
attemption - an attempt attention
amazing; mazing - causing confusion, bewilderment, or perplexity.
flit - to move along, pass, proceed; to pass lightly or softly and (usually) with rapidity or suddenness.
kin - kinsman, relative (arch.)
park - to place or leave (a vehicle or the like), usu. temporarily, in a park, at the side of the road, or elsewhere.
Ford - the name of Henry Ford (1863-1947), American manufacturer of motor vehicles, used to designate the products of the company he founded food
perpetuate* - to make perpetual, to cause to endure or continue indefinitely; to preserve from extinction or oblivion.
captivity - the condition of a captive, the state of being held prisoner by an enemy or conqueror; sometimes spec. that of the Jews at Babylon.
inside man - (U.S. slang) one involved in any of various special roles in a confidence trick or robbery; ...Inside man, a spy placed in a plant as an employé.
starvation* - the condition of being starved or having too little food to sustain life or health.
apocalypse* - (With capital initial.) The 'revelation' of the future granted to St. John in the isle of Patmos. The book of the New Testament in which this is recorded.
recruiter* - one who or that which recruits; esp. one who seeks or enlists soldiers, employees, etc., as recruits.
conscription* - the body of conscripts collectively; the compulsory enlistment of men for military (or naval) service.
asservant* - to reduce to the position of a servant
abate* - to lessen or lower in force or intensity (a quality, feeling, action, etc.); to diminish, lessen, lighten, relieve, mitigate bathed
perception - the action, faculty, or product of perceiving
six of one and half a dozen of the other* - the same or nearly the same in one case as in the other.
devil take the hindmost* - the person who is last must expect the worst fate.
mare's nest* - fraud that seems at first to be very wonderful and full of promise but that ultimately brings ridicule on those deceived by it, a place or condition of great untidiness or disorder; nightmare - a female spirit or monster supposed to beset people and animals by night, settling upon them when they are asleep and producing a feeling of suffocation by its weight; a bad dream producing these or similar sensations.
plotch - a botch or blotch
basta* - enough! no more! no matter!
legitimate* - sanctioned or authorized by law or right.
tig tag - to continue in reciprocal action, to bicker, to haggle in bargaining.
cackle - to be full of noisy and inconsequent talk, to talk glibly, be loquacious, prate, chatter; to talk loudly or fussily about a petty achievement, like a hen after laying an egg.
cutey - a pretty girl
overcast - to overthrow, overturn, cast down, upset (lit. and fig.).
rifling - the action of the vb., plundering, sacking; an instance of this.
vacuum cleaner* - an electrical appliance for removing dust (from carpets and other flooring, soft furnishings, etc.) by suction.
chuck - a familiar term of endearment, applied to husbands, wives, close companions.
duck and drake* - a pastime consisting in throwing a flat stone or the like over the surface of water so as to cause it to rebound or skip as many times as possible before sinking.
turn out - to leave one's abode and betake oneself to some outside occupation.
gay - Of persons, their attributes and actions: Full of or disposed to joy and mirth, light-hearted, exuberantly cheerful, sportive, merry.
henpecked* - domineered over by, or subject to the rule of, a wife.