infirmity - weakness or want of strength; lack of power to do something; a failing in one or other of the faculties or senses.
to have a finger in every pie* - to be concerned in some way with a large number of plans, arrangements etc. at the same time.
glue - to fix or attach firmly (as if by gluing)
anker - a measure of wine and spirits, used in Holland, North Germany, Denmark, Sweden, and Russia; a cask or keg holding the above quantity.
juke - a roadhouse or brothel; spec. a cheap roadside establishment providing food and drinks, and music for dancing.
by Jesus, Jesus Christ* - a strong exclamations of surprise, disbelief, dismay, or the like.
in the matter of (= law Latin in re)* - in relation to, with regard to; chiefly in Law.
Arthur* - legendary British king
riches - abundance of means or of valuable possessions; wealth. Also, in certain constructions, the possession of wealth, the condition of being rich.
manhood - men collectively; the adult male members of a population, nation, or the like.
mill - a money of account in the U.S., being one-thousandth of a dollar (one-tenth of a cent).
ranger - a rover, wanderer; pl. A body of mounted troops, or other armed men, employed in ranging over a tract of country.
halfmoon - the moon, when only half its disk appears illuminated.
hemicycle* - a half circle, semicircle; a semicircular structure, as an orchestra or apse-like recess.
dye - to tinge with a colour or hue; to colour, stain die
hold hard - to pull hard at the reins in order to stop the horse; hence gen. to 'pull up', halt, stop; Usually in imper. (colloq.)
yearing = yearling - an animal a year old, or in its second year (esp. a sheep, calf, or foal; also applied to certain birds and fishes; rarely to a child).
in camera* - in the judge's chamber, not in open court; privately, secretly.
binge - a heavy drinking-bout; hence, a spree.
yelp - to utter with a loud cry; to express by yelping or in a yelping tone help
to kiss the book* - i.e. the Bible, New Testament, or Gospels, in taking an oath.
bully - Of persons: Worthy, 'jolly', admirable
goff - a foolish clown, a silly fellow, an oaf; to blow the gaff - to let out a secret; to reveal a plot, or give convicting evidence.
twinger - one who or that which twinges twin
to read out - to read to the end of, to finish the reading of (obs.); to expel by public reading of dismissal.
Nazi - of, pertaining to, or connected with the National Socialist Party in Germany or a political organization with similar aims, beliefs, or methods elsewhere.
prier - a close inquirer, inquisitive person
Wecker (d) - alarm clock
to give the show away* - to blab; to betray the deficiencies, pretentiousness, etc. of an affair in which a number of persons are concerned.
scrum - to jostle, crowd
Tribune - the title of a British weekly journal, founded in 1937, advocating radical left-wing policies.
sport - to display or exhibit, esp. in public or company. Freq. with implication of some degree of parade, ostentation, or show.
journal* - a daily newspaper or other publication
bribe - to influence corruptly, by a reward or consideration, the action of (a person); to pervert the judgement or corrupt the conduct by a gift.
widower - a man whose wife is dead (and who has not married again); a husband bereaved of his wife.
grave - now esp. in unfavourable sense, of faults, evils, difficulties, responsibilities, etc.: Highly serious, formidable.
embezzlement* - fraudulent appropriation of entrusted property
mace - a heavy staff or club, either entirely of metal or having a metal head, often spiked: formerly a regular weapon of war nice
magnes - a magnet, loadstone
burrow - to lodge as in a burrow, hide oneself
play down - to minimize, to try to make (something) appear smaller or less important than it really is; to make little of.
slavey - a female domestic servant, esp. one who is hard-worked; a maid of all work.
cutter - a tailor (obs.)
espy - to perceive by chance or unexpectedly; to discover by spying or by looking out, to catch sight of.
lofe = love (obs.)
please; price
adapt - to fit (a person or thing to another, to or for a purpose), to suit, or make suitable.
caulk - to stop up the seams of (a ship, etc.) by driving in oakum, or the like, melted pitch or resin being afterwards poured on, so as to prevent leaking.
trudger - one who trudges (to walk laboriously, wearily, or without spirit, but steadily and persistently) trousers
deceitful* - misleading, false, fallacious
moya - Used as an ironic interjection