poppet* - a small or dainty person
guage = gauge - to ascertain by exact measurement the dimensions, proportions, or amount of; fig.; esp. to 'take the measure' of (a person, his character, etc.)
bribe - a reward given to pervert the judgment or corrupt the conduct.
gaper - one that stares or gazes in wonder or curiosity
evidence; vivid - clearly or distinctly perceived or perceptible.
panto - pantomime
suppline = sipling - a sapling (a young or inexperienced person); supine - lying on one's back.
thrown - Of silk: Twisted into thread
tights - a woman's or girl's one-piece stretchable garment covering the legs and body up to the waist, worn in place of stockings.
bottleholder - one who holds a bottle; spec. one who waits on a pugilist at a prize-fight: fig. a second, a backer, a supporter.
winning - attractive, charming
rudimental - of the nature of a rudiment; undeveloped, immature, imperfect.
sable* - black
sodalist - a member of a Roman Catholic sodality or religious fraternity.
bunt* - to strike, knock, push, butt bented
nog - a kind of strong beer, brewed in East Anglia knees
regatta* - a boat- or yacht-race
disserve - to do the contrary of to serve; to serve badly, to do an ill turn to deserve
fain - gladness, joy
goldrush - a rush to goldfields in search of gold
gainst - against
silverness* - the essential quality of silver
mishmash* - a confused mixture; a medley, hodgepodge, jumble.
deepsea* - the deeper part of the sea or ocean at a distance from the shore.
bourne - the ultimate point aimed at, or to which anything tends; destination, goal; ...The dread of something after death, The vndiscouered Countrey, from whose Borne No Traueller returnes (Shakspere's famous passage probably meant the 'frontier or pale' of a country; but has been associated contextually with the goal of a traveller's course) born
unclothed* - not covered with clothes; bare, naked
pillow - to rest or place (the head, etc.) on or as on a pillow; to lay down on a pillow.
how now? - Ellipt. for 'How is it now?' Often used interjectionally (arch.)
whoa - command to stand still
in re - concerning
incarnated* - embodied in flesh
odd rabbit - a meaningless word used as an imprecation
...There seems to be very strong ground of suspition that some such thing was designed by Manetho.
take up - to obtain or get from some source; to grasp with the mind, to apprehend, understand.
stiff - inflexible of purpose, steadfast, resolute, firm, constant; hard, difficult.
batton = baton - a staff or stick generally
Turk - a native or inhabitant of Turkey
what's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander
catastematic* - sedate, moderate, tranquil; Catastematick - permanent pleasure, which consisteth in privation of Grief and a quiet void of all disturbance, which Epicurus held [to be our ultimate end].
Ruffin - the Devil
supposedly* - in the way of supposition, as is (or was) supposed.
dire - dreadful, dismal, mournful, horrible, terrible, evil in a great degree dear
daffy - silly, foolish, stupid
deaconess - the name of an order of women in the early church, 'who appear to have undertaken duties in reference to their own sex analogous to those performed by the deacons among men'.
Lilith* - In rabbinic literature Lilith is variously depicted as the mother of Adam's demonic offspring following his separation from Eve or as his first wife, who left him because of their incompatibility.
brutal - a brutal person; coarsely cruel, savage, fierce Brutus
croon - a low murmuring or humming sound, as of a tune hummed in an undertone crown
persecutor* - one who persecutes
nugget - a rough lump of native gold; a small, compact, stocky animal or person.
nipper - a boy, a lad. Also, a girl; a child of either sex.
to blow the gaff - to let out a secret; to reveal a plot, or give convicting evidence.
ides of March* - the 15th of March
full stop* - the end of a sentence; Falstaff - a fat, humorous, jovial knight in Shaks. Hen. IV, Hen. V, and Merry Wives.
rote - mechanical practice or performance
warr = war (obs.)
thrust* - to put, drive, or force into some place or position
soort = sort (obs.)
close* - the closing passage of a speech, argument, etc.
whisht - silence; a whisper
weald - a wooded district or an open country, a wold
bay - the deep prolonged barking of a dog when pursuing or attacking.
binding - the state or condition of being bound (in various senses of the vb.)