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IASB 25-26 Vocab

QuestionAnswer
Affixedness the state of being affixed; devoted attachment
Badwig a wig fashionable in the 18th century, the back hair of whihc was enclosed in an ornamemental bag
balked frustrated
baniage humorous, witty, or trifling discourse; cheerfulness, playfulness, banter
blank as in not to listen
bosky somewhat the worse for drink, tipsy
brainwork thinking
bufflehead a fool, blockhead, stupid fellow
candle auction an action in which bids were taken for as long as a candle flame burned
common in this sense, a room that was open to all, as contrasted with a private room, such as a bedroom
compass direction
credit belief
derangement disturbance of order or arrangement; displacement
emotion an agitation of mind; an exited mental state tending to excite
gunwale the upper edge of a ship's side; in large vessles, the uppermost planking, which ocvers the timeberheads and reaches from the quarterdeck to the forecastle on either side; in small craft, a piece of timber extending round the top side of the hull
fluster confuse
folly-blind to act foolishly
forcibility the quality of being forcible
glowflies fireflies
gossery stillness such as is attribued to the goose
glumming that which looks glum or sullen
horse-stinger dragonfly
Hudson's River The Hudson River, as it is called today, as been called Hudsons River, Hudson's River, the North River, and even on one (French) map as the Orange River. A British military map (the Ratzer Map, published in 1776) references it as Hudson's River
hugger-mugger concealment, secrecy; especially in the prhase "in hugger-mugger"; in secret, secretly, clandestinely
hurly-burly commotion tumult, confusion
in the fact in the act
indelicacy rudeness
jabber the act of jabbering; rapid and indisctinct or unitelligible talk, gabble, chatter; gibberish (consider "jabberwooky")
jabbled a slight, agitated movement of wataer or other liquid; a splahing or dash-ing in small waves or ripples
kinsmen relatives of the same family
laxy loose in texture
leveler someone who believes in making all people equal without social or property distinctions
linsey-woolsey a textile material woven from a mixture of wood and flax; now a dress material of coarse inferior wool woven upon a cotton warp
mobcap a large cap or bonnet covering much of the hair, typcially of light cotton with a frilly edge, and sometimes tied under the chin with ribbon, worn by women in the 18th and early 19th centuries
muttonhead a dull or stupid person
mumpish sullenly angry; depressed in spirits, sulky
nicknackery small, trifling
nizy a fool or simpleton
pixie-led led astray by pixies; lost; bewildered, confused
plightful full of distress or suffering
plout to fall with a splash; to plunge or splash in water
potheration confusion, turmoil, trouble
puddy short, thickset; stumpy, podgy
puzzledom the state of being puzzled; perplexity, bewilderment
randy having a rude, aggressive manner; loudmouthed and coarsely spoken
rantum-scantum disorderly
resparkle to sparkle
richitic suggesting wealth, riches
sensation an exciting experience; a strong emotion
shay-brained foolish, silly
silly-shally to vacillate, be irresolute or undecided
shingle small roundish stones; loose, water-worn pebbles such as are found collected upon the seashore
stimulative someting having a stimulating quality; a motive inciting to action; a stimulus, incentive
swinking to labor, toil, work hard; to exert oneself
smutty soiled with, full of, and/or chracterized by smut; dirty; blackened
stuck pig stupid
to rise at a feather to become easily upset
topsy-turvey in complete confusion
unknow to cease to know, to forget (what one has known)
unwarp to uncoil, straighten out
upstirring stimulating, rousing
vexed to be annoyed
wondersome wonderful
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