mommet (dialect) a term of abuse or contempt.
“dust and ashes” Job 42:6.
Cybele the Many-breasted Phrygian fertility goddess who, in the form of a mother with many breasts, symbolizes nature.
“clipsed or colled” (dialect) embraced.
swede-hacking a swede is a Swedish turnip, or rutabaga.
Old Lady Day April 6, date used to set the beginning or ending of employment.
copy-holders people who hold land by copyhold.
wroppers (dialect) wrappers.
“early Italian conception of the two Marys”` because of their weepings and pensive looks, they resemble painted representations from the Renaissance of Mary, the mother of Christ, and Mary Magdalen after the death of Jesus.
“like the moves of a chess player” death is sometimes represented as a chess player.
reed-drawing preparing straw to be used as thatching material.
“white pillar of a cloud” from Exodus 13:21.
percipience a perceiving, esp. keenly or readily.
premonitory giving previous warning or notice.
thirtover (dialect) thwart-over, meaning perverse.
guindée stiff, stilted, formal (French).
prudish like or characteristic of a prude; too modest or proper.
impressibility the state of being impressed or impressionable.
contravene to go against; oppose; conflict with; violate; to disagree with in argument; contradict.
habiliments clothing; dress; attire.
supervened came or happened as something extraneous or unexpected; to take place; ensued.
“Publicans and Sinners … Scribes and Pharisees” they were biased in favor of those who had fallen.
publican in Britain, any owner or proprietor of a pub.
Antinomian a believer in the Christian doctrine that faith alone, not obedience to the moral law, is necessary for salvation.
“O foolish Galatians…” from Galatians 3:1.
