id="n73">73
Squire: a country gentleman.
74
'E: thee or you.
75
Malignant: The Parliamentary or Puritan party during the civil wars of Charles I. called those who adhered to the king "malignants."
76
Tighe: this legend relates a conspiracy by which young Tighe was led into the thick of a fight and killed.
77
Pusey horn: the Pusey family hold their estate not by a title deed, but by a horn, given, it is said, to William Pecote (perhaps an ancestor of the Puseys) by Canute, a Danish king of England in the eleventh century. The horn bears the following inscription: "I, King Canute, give William Pecote this horn to hold by thy land."
78
Freeholders: landowners.
79
Moated grange: a farm or estate surrounded by a broad deep ditch for defence in old times.
80
Marianas: Mariana, a beautiful woman, one of the most lovable of Shakespeare's characters. See "Measure for Measure."
81
West-countryman: a west of England man.
82
Angular Saxon: a play on the words
83
Adscriptus glebæ: attached to the soil.
84
Chaw: "chaw bacon," a nickname for an English peasant.
85
Vools: fools.
86
Whum: home.
87
For this old song see Hughes's "Scouring of the White Horse."
88
J. P.: justice of the peace.
89
Calico: white cotton cloth called calico in England, to distinguish it from print.
90
Smock frocks: coarse white frocks worn by farm laborers.
91
Yule-tide: Christmas. Clubs are formed by the poor several months in advance, to furnish coal, clothes, and poultry for Christmas time, – each member contributing a few pence weekly.
92
Mummers: maskers, merrymakers in fantastic costumes.
93
Vernacular: one's native tongue.
94
Ten-pound doctor: a quack doctor.
95
Mysteries: rude dramatic plays of a religious character, once very popular.
96
Lieges: loyal subjects.
97
Jobbers: speculators or members of corrupt political rings.
98
Assizes or Quarter Sessions: sessions of courts of justice.
99
Yeomanry review: a review of the county militia.
100
Don: a nickname for a university professor.
101
Sirens: sea-nymphs who enticed sailors into their power by their singing, and then devoured them.
102
Clement's Inn: formerly a college and residence for law students in London. It is now given up to law offices.
103
Hop-picking: all the vagabonds of London go to Kent and Surrey in the autumn to pick hops for the farmers, regarding the work as a kind of vacation frolic.
104
Courier: a person hired by wealthy travellers to go in advance and engage rooms at hotels, etc.
105
Imperial: the best seat on a French diligence or stage-coach.
106
Comme le limaçon, etc.: like the snail, carrying all his baggage, his furniture, and his house.
107
Chalet (shal-ay'): a Swiss herdsman's hut.
108
Kraal: a Hottentot hut or village.
109
"Sar' it out": deal it out.
110
"Holus bolus": all at once.
111
Learned poet: Wordsworth; the quotation, which follows, is from "My heart leaps up."
112
A fortiori: for a stronger reason.
113
Environments: surroundings.
114
Functionary: one charged with the performance of a duty.
115
Scatter-brain: thoughtless.
116
Nŏtable: industrious, smart.
117
Cardinal: chief.
118
Drat: plague take.
119
Bist: art.
120
Puritan: the Puritans were those who were dissatisfied with the English Church and wished to
121
Whey: in making cheese the milk separates, the thick part forming curd, and the watery portion whey.
122
Pattens: wooden-soled shoes.
123
Heir-apparent: the legal heir.
124
Break cover: come out from his hiding-place.
125
Pillion: a seat, for a woman, attached to the hinder part of a saddle.
126
Fetish: an idol.
127
Full-bottomed wig: this was a large wig worn by all men of fashion in the last century.
128
Valeted: served; (from
129
Stickleback: a small fish.
130
Pop-joying: nibbling by fish.
131
Float: a cork or bit of wood attached to a fish-line.
132
Petty sessions: a criminal court held by a justice of the peace.
133
Dragoons: soldiers who serve on foot or on horseback, as occasion requires.
134
Old gamester: a person skilled in the game of single-stick or back sword.
135
Wiltshire and Somersetshire: counties west of Berkshire.
136
Statute feasts: festivals established by law.
137
Booths: temporary sheds, etc., for the sale of refreshments, pedlers' goods, and the like.
138
Cricket: the English national game of ball.
139
Tutelage: guardianship.
140
Lancet
