rudesby (10) unmannered fellow.
"fortune stays him from his word" (23) "misfortune keeps him from fulfilling his promise."
turned (44) turned inside out in order to get more wear from the material.
candle-cases (45) discarded boots, used only as a receptacle for candle ends.
chapeless (47) without the chape, the metal plate or mounting on a scabbard, especially that which covers the point.
hipped (48) wounded in the hip.
glanders (50), chine (50), lampass (51), spavins (52), fives (53), staggers (54) diseases that afflict horses.
windgalls (52) soft swellings of the fetlock joint of a horse.
yellows (53) jaundice.
bots (54) the larvas of the botfly.
near-legged (55) with knock-kneed forelegs.
half-cheeked bit (56) one in which the bridle is attached halfway up the cheek, thus not giving the rider sufficient control over the horse.
crupper (60) a padded leather strap passed around the base of a horse's tail and attached to the saddle or harness to keep it from moving forward.
kersey boot-hose (65) coarse, lightweight woolen cloth for wearing under boots.
list (67) a strip of cloth.
prodigy (96) an extraordinary happening, though to presage good or evil fortune.
"steal our marriage" (140) "elope."
"took him such a cuff" (163) "gave him such a blow."
list (165) choose.
forwhy (167) because.
rout (181) a group of people; company (ie: a wedding party).
jolly (213) arrogant; overbearing.
"stay my leisure" (217) "wait until I'm ready."
action (234) legal action by which one seeks to have a wrong put right; lawsuit.
"wants no junkets" (248) "lacks no sweetmeats."
