tough battle

outrage - to do violence to; to subject to outrage; to wrong grossly, treat with gross violence or indignity, injure, insult, violate.

hinterland* - the district behind that lying along the coast (or along the shore of a river); the 'back country'. Also applied spec. to the area lying behind a port, and to the fringe areas of a town or city.

supply (pl. supplies) - provision of funds or food; (a quantity of) money or provisions supplied or to be supplied: now chiefly spec. the food and other stores necessary for an armed force.

supplication* - humble or earnest petition or entreaty; humble prayer addressed to God.

on the house* - at the expense of the tavern, saloon, etc.;        hoose = house (obs.)

nose down* - to head down, to turn down

sublation - the act of taking away, removal

ratification

byebye* - a colloquial and nursery variant of good-bye.

tout - a spy, an informer; one who solicits custom; one who surreptitiously watches the trials of race-horses, so as to gain information for betting purposes.

pump - to raise or move water or other fluid by means of a pump.

lank - a lanky or lean person

Sandy - a shortened form of the name Alexander, chiefly used in Scotland; Hence used as a nickname for a Scotchman.

next door - the (door of the) nearest or adjoining house.

rotter - a thoroughly objectionable person

rook - to cheat; to defraud by cheating, esp. in gaming; to clean of money by fraud, extortion, or other means.

rhymer - one who makes rimes or verses; esp. an inferior poet, a mere versifier.

lap - to drink greedily up (like an animal)

pill - to plunder, rifle, pillage, spoil                                                                                  built

videlicet* - that is to say

Roderic O'Connor* - (d. 1198), king of Connaught and the last high king of Ireland; he failed to turn back the Anglo-Norman invasion that led to the conquest of Ireland by England.

perchpole* - a long pole used by acrobat for climbing and balancing feats.

monarch* - In early use, a sole and absolute ruler of a state.

stunt - to irritate, provoke to anger; to check the growth or development of (a person, plant, etc.)

needle - a piece of magnetized steel used as an indicator of direction (in later use as a part of the compass), or in connexion with magnetic or electric apparatus such as the telegraph.

point out* - to indicate the place or direction of (something) with the finger or otherwise; to indicate, direct attention to, show.

noodle - a simpleton, a stupid or silly person; the head

noddle - to nod (the head) quickly or slightly

tutti (it) - all

decuman - very large, immense: usually of waves; Rom. Antiq. Belonging to the tenth cohort.

someone's number two* - a person appointed to work closely with and support someone in an important job esp. if he leaves or becomes ill;        number two - a person second in importance or rank to a head of a department, etc., a second in command.

secretary bird - A punning term for a young woman employed as a secretary.

Pandora's box* - the gift of Jupiter to Pandora, a box enclosing the whole multitude of human ills, which flew forth when the box was foolishly opened by Epimetheus; according to a later version, the box contained all the blessings of the gods, which, on its opening, escaped and were lost, with the exception of hope, which was at the bottom of the box;    paullo (l) - little; bucca (l) - mouth.

Solicitor General - a law-officer (in England ranking next to the Attorney-General, in Scotland to the Lord-Advocate), who takes the part of the state or crown in suits affecting the public interest.

indiscriminatingly - in an indiscriminating manner, without discrimination.

make believe* - to pretend or imagine

autosuggestion* - suggestion originating from oneself; spec. in Psychol., the subconscious realization of an idea suggested to oneself for adoption.

schelm - a rascal (a term of abuse or contempt, attributed to German speakers)             Shem

Pelman - the name of Christopher Louis Pelman, founder (in 1899) of the Pelman Institute for  the Scientific Development of Mind, Memory and Personality in London, used attrib. to designate the system of memory training taught by this Institute                                    Penman

chicken pox* - the common name for Varicella, a mild eruptive disease, bearing some resemblance to small-pox, and chiefly attacking children.

will be the death of - to make (the speaker) laugh so much he might die of laughing.

majesty

postulate - claimed, required

auditress* - a female hearer or auditor

"T"

ephemeral* - Of insects, flowers, etc.: Existing for one day only, or for a very few days.

come off - Of a play, film, etc.: to reach the end of a run.

General Post* - formerly, the post or mail that was sent from the General Post Office in London, originally on certain days, latterly once a day, to all the post offices in the kingdom (opposed to the local 'penny' or 'two-penny' post); hence the first delivery in the morning is still officially designated the G.P. or General Post delivery.

likewise

mickle - much;      so mickle = so much.

latter end* - the concluding part (of a period etc.)

letter

twaddle - to talk or write in a silly, empty, or trashy style.

"L";         cubital - of the length of a cubit (forearm).