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[1] Learned poet: Wordsworth; the quotation, which follows, is from "My heart leaps up."

[2] A fortiori: for a stronger reason.

[3] Environments: surroundings.

[4] Functionary: one charged with the performance of a duty.

[5] Scatter-brain: thoughtless.

[6] Nŏtable: industrious, smart.

[7] Cardinal: chief.

[8] Drat: plague take.

[9] Bist: art.

[10] Puritan: the Puritans were those who were dissatisfied with the English Church and wished to purify it, as they said, from certain ceremonies. They quite generally gave their children Bible names.

[11] Whey: in making cheese the milk separates, the thick part forming curd, and the watery portion whey.

[12] Pattens: wooden-soled shoes.

[13] Heir-apparent: the legal heir.

[14] Break cover: come out from his hiding-place.

[15] Pillion: a seat, for a woman, attached to the hinder part of a saddle.

[16] Fetish: an idol.

[17] Full-bottomed wig: this was a large wig worn by all men of fashion in the last century.

[18] Valeted: served; (from valet, a gentleman's private servant).

[19] Stickleback: a small fish.

[20] Pop-joying: nibbling by fish.

[21] Float: a cork or bit of wood attached to a fish-line.

[22] Petty sessions: a criminal court held by a justice of the peace.

[23] Dragoons: soldiers who serve on foot or on horseback, as occasion requires.

[24] Old gamester: a person skilled in the game of single-stick or back sword.

[26] Statute feasts: festivals established by law.

[25] Wiltshire and Somersetshire: counties west of Berkshire.

[27] Booths: temporary sheds, etc., for the sale of refreshments, pedlers' goods, and the like.

[28] Cricket: the English national game of ball.

[29] Tutelage: guardianship.

[30] Lancet windows: high, narrow windows of the earliest Gothic architecture.

[31] Pottered: walked slowly, sauntered.

[32] "Cheap Jacks": pedlers.

[33] Legitimate: lawful.

[34] Fairings: ribbons, toys, and other small articles sold for presents.

[35] Buckskins: buckskin breeches.

[36] Top-boots: high boots.

[37] Fustian: coarse cloth.

[38] Stuff: woollen.

[39] Pipe and tabor: fife and drum.

[40] Caravans: show wagons.

[41] Pan-pipe: several pipes or fifes fastened together in a row, and blown by an attendant or "satellite," in the Punch and Judy show.

[42] Purely: nicely.

[43] Minds: remember.

[44] Wench: a young peasant girl.

[45] Martinmas: the feast of St. Martin, Nov. 11.

[46] Aim: intend.

[47] Tuppence: two pence or four cents; the English penny, being equal to two cents.

[48] Quaint: odd, old-fashioned.

[49] Muzzling in a flour-tub: running their heads into a tub of flour to fish out prizes.

[50] Half-sovereign: ten shillings ($2.50).

[51] Down shepherd: a shepherd on the downs or chalk hills.

[52] Chaff: make fun, ridicule.

[53] Wooy: why.

[54] He: here, him.

[55] Arra: any.

[56] Poaching: game-stealing.

[57] Castor: a tall silk hat.

[58] Basket-handle: a handle protected by wicker-work.

[59] Feint: to pretend to make a thrust or to give a blow.

[60] Umpire: judge or referee.

[61] 'ee: thee, you.

[62] A'nigst: near.

[63] Summut: something or somewhat.

[64] Vlush: flush.

[65] Twod: a toad.

[66] Veathers: feathers.

[67] Blethering: talking nonsense.

[68] Shovel: a broad-brimmed hat turned up at the sides. It was formerly much worn by clergymen of the Church of England.

[69] Wos-bird: a bird that steals corn.

[70] Sir Roger de Coverley: a typical old country gentleman of delightful simplicity of character. See Addison's "Spectator."

[71] Gi's: give us.

[72] A: he.

[73] Wur: where.

[74] Tie: a contest in which neither side gains the victory.

[75] Life-guardsman: one of the Queen's body-guard.

[76] "Vizes": a contraction of Devizes, a town in Wiltshire.

[77] Yeast: a novel by Charles Kingsley.

[78] Grapnel: a grappling hook.

[79] Bona fide: real.

[80] Priggism: affectation, conceit.

[81] Skittles: the game of ninepins.

[82] Palaver houses: talk houses—the Houses of Parliament.

[83] West-End Clubs: clubs in the fashionable quarter of London.

[84] Old John: John Bull.

[85] Red-tape: official routine and formalism.

[86] Toady: flatter.

[87] Costermonger: a fruit and vegetable pedler.