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A baked apple pressed down into a flat, round cake; a dried apple. Dickens.

cose] In our youth we have heard him spoken of by the bigwigs with extreme condescension. Dickens.

sale of goods; a placard; a poster; a handbill. She put up the bill in her parlor window. Dickens.

ned so often that its purchase crumbled, . . . it turned and turned with nothing to bite. Dickens. To bite the dust, To bite the ground, to fall in the agonies of death; as, he made his enemy bite the dust. -- To bite in (Etching), to corrode or eat into metallic plates by means of an acid. -- To bite the thumb at (a…

unctiva is inflamed or irritated. His eyes were bloodshot, . . . and his hair disheveled. Dickens.

A shilling. [Slang, Eng.] Dickens.

Hearty; in good spirits. [Low, Eng.] Dickens.

ceman; -- from Sir Robert Peel, who remodeled the police force. See Peeler. [Slang, Eng.] Dickens.

The state of being bored, or pestered; a state of ennui. Dickens.

Having the nose bottleshaped, or large at the end. Dickens.

A present in a box; a present; esp. a Christmas box or gift. "A Christmas box." Dickens.

exhaust. Mr. Tulkinghorn arrives in his turret room, a little breathed by the journey up. Dickens.

A good-humored, slow-witted fellow; -- usually said of an elderly man. [Colloq.] Dickens.

glass lens on one side for concentrating the light on any object; also, the lens itself. Dickens.

A kind of candy, mainly composed of sugar and butter. [Colloq.] Dickens.

up. He was a tall, fat, long-bodied man, buttoned up to the throat in a tight green coat. Dickens.

A boy servant, or page, -- in allusion to the buttons on his livry. [Colloq.] Dickens.

nibus to open and shut it, and to receive fares; an idle hanger-on about innyards. [Eng.] Dickens.

One who gets his living by trickery or begging. [Prov. or Slang] "The gentleman cadger." Dickens.

s eye, to interrupt captiously while speaking. [Colloq.] "You catch me up so very short." Dickens. -- To catch up, to snatch; to take up suddenly.