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A mixture of two malt liquors, esp. porter and ale, in about equal parts. Dickens.

boon companion; good fellow; -- a term of familiar address and fellowship among sailors. Dickens.

To fetter by tying the legs; to hopple; to clog. " They hobbled their horses." Dickens

gawky young fellow . [Colloq.] All the men, boys, and hobbledehoys attached to the farm. Dickens. .

ate; to drug; as, liquor is said to be hocused for the purpose of stupefying the drinker. Dickens.

masts of a ship. -- The hulks, old or dismasted ships, formerly used as prisons. [Eng.] Dickens.

The act of coming in; arrival. The incomings and outgoings of the trains. Dickens.

sparage his intended, . . . I would add that to me she seems to be throwing herself away. Dickens.

To make or render invalid or infirm. "Invalided, bent, and almost blind." Dickens.

irate colonel . . . stood speechless. Thackeray. Mr. Jaggers suddenly became most irate. Dickens.

A baked sheep's head. [Slang, Eng.] Dickens.

To deceive; to outwit; to hoax. [Slang] Dickens.

To cure, by splitting, salting, and smoking. "Kippered salmon." Dickens.

tinkled the strings of his kit with his fingers, and the young ladies stood up to dance. Dickens.

A frolic; a jolly time. [Colloq.] Dickens.

A plan; a scheme. [Slang] Dickens. Lay figure. (a) A jointed model of the human body that may be put in any attitude; -- used for showing the disposition of drapery, etc. (b) A mere puppet; one who serves the will of others without independent volition. -- Lay race, that part of a lay on which the shuttle travels in w…

odious days. Tennyson. You remember . . . the life he used to lead his wife and daughter. Dickens.

ing or deviating; as, she leaned out at the window; a leaning column. "He leant forward." Dickens.

ondon, . . . where I lay one night only. Evelyn. Mr. Quinion lay at our house that night. Dickens.

ad a healthy color in his cheeks, and his face, though lined, bore few traces of anxiety. Dickens.