unshaped incoherent.
collection inference.
aim to guess or conjecture.
botch a badly patched place or part
cockle hat a hat adorned with cockle shells and worn by pilgrims.
shoon shoes.
Larded garnished.
Saint Valentine's Day February 14. The old belief was that the first man seen by a maid on that day was destined to be her husband, and vice versa.
dupp'd opened.
Gis corruption for Jesus.
Cock corruption for God
Hugger-mugger secret haste.
buzzers gossipers.
Murdering-piece cannon loaded with grapeshot.
Switzers Swiss mercenary soldiers; in this case, acting as the royal bodyguard.
counter on the false trail (a hunting term); treason.
swoopstake in a clean sweep.
life-rendering pelican The pelican was supposed to feed its young with its own blood.
turn the beam overbalance the scale.
hatchment a diamond-shaped panel bearing the coat of arms of a person who has died.
formal ostentation public ceremony.
