Lima - the name of the capital of Peru
limousine - a (luxury) motor car with a compartment for the passengers and a separate compartment for the driver.
hillman - one who frequents the hills; spec. applied to the Scottish Covenanters.
minx - a pert girl, hussy; a lewd or wanton woman.
Flemish* - of or belonging to Flanders or its inhabitants
scapular - a short cloak covering the shoulders; prescribed by the Rule of St. Benedict to be worn by monks when engaged in manual labour, and adopted by certain religious orders as a part of their ordinary costume.
bead - prayer; pl. prayers, devotions (obs.)
stump - something (e.g. a pencil, quill pen, cigar) that has been reduced by wear or consumption to a small part of its original length.
trimming - adornment, decoration
coconut* - the nut or seed of the coco-palm; In pugilistic slang, and humorously: The human head.
dring - to crowd, press, squeeze ringing
undergang = undergo - to bear, endure, sustain, suffer, go through (pain, suffering, danger, etc.)
Hibernian* - a native of Ireland: an Irishman
knocker - one who or that which knocks; esp. one who knocks at a door in order to gain admittance ...The knock-knocking at the door sending a thrill through the pulse.
stone - a measure of weight, usually equal to 14 pounds avoirdupois (18 of a hundredweight, or half a 'quarter'), but varying with different commodities from 8 to 24 pounds.
corpus (l) - body
entis (l) - being, creature
itch* - fig. An uneasy or restless desire or hankering after something, a restless propensity to do something: usually spoken contemptuously.
freckle - a yellowish or light-brown spot in the skin, said to be produced by exposure to the sun and wind.
lock - one of the portions into which a head of hair, a beard, etc., naturally divides itself; a tress.
fancy - capricious or arbitrary preference, individual taste, an inclination, liking.
to have clean hands* - to be innocent of wrong-doing
footer - With a numeral prefixed: A person or thing whose height or length is of that number of feet; as six-footer, twenty-one-footer, etc.
hance - to raise, lift, elevate, exalt; hand off - to push off an opponent with the hand.
nancy - an effeminate man or boy, a homosexual
scaldhead - disease of scalp with falling of hair and pustules.
monkeydoodle business* - monkey business (foolish, trifling, or deceitful conduct).
birchen - of, pertaining to, or composed of birch
nurse - to foster, tend, cherish, take care of
skerry - a rugged insulated sea-rock or stretch of rocks, covered by the sea at high water or in stormy weather; a reef.
fistful - as much as a fist will hold, a handful
missus* - Used by servants (usually without article) in speaking of their mistresses.
bran - the husk of wheat, barley, oats, or other grain, separated from the flour after grinding.
never say die* - never consent or resign oneself to death, never give in.
longbow - the name given to the bow drawn by hand and discharging a long feathered arrow (and so distinguished from cross-bow), the national arm of England from the 14th c. till the introduction of firearms.
slick - a clever or smart person; a cheat or swindler
soft - to mitigate or moderate, to lower or reduce the intensity of (a passion, emotion, etc.)
Merry Widow* - the English name of Franz Lehár's operetta Die Lustige Witwe (first produced (in German) in Vienna, 1905, and (in English) in London, 1907) used allusively, freq. joc., of an amorous or designing widow Virgin Mary
forbed - furbished; furbish - to brush or clean up (anything faded or soiled); to give a new look to (an object either material or immaterial).