bonne - good; facies - Humorously for: Face, countenance (obs.) benefices
blash - watery stuff; said of very liquid mud, poor tea, watered milk.
wind up - to put in order and settle (an affair) with the view of bringing it to an end; to bring to a final settlement.
befall* - a case, circumstance, incident, accident
mocked - imitated
mansion - a structure or edifice serving as a dwelling or lodging place.
House of Commons* - the representatives of the third estate in Parliament; the Lower House; hoose = house.
gettogether - a meeting, gathering; an informal conference; esp., an informal social gathering.
Thanksgiving Day* - a day set apart for public thanksgiving for Divine goodness.
anniversary - the day in any year which agrees in date with a particular day in a former year.
Holy Communion* - participation in the Christian sacrament of the Lord's Supper; also, the sacrament itself as administered or observed, the Eucharist; homy - cosy, familiar, friendly.
beanfeast - an annual dinner given by employers to their work-people; Also, (colloq.) any festive occasion.
cornfactor - a dealer in corn or grain, a corn-merchant
paramount chief - esp. in African countries, a tribal chief of the highest order, whose authority extends over an entire district.
polemarch - the title of an officer in ancient Greece, originally, as the name implies, a military commander-in-chief, but having also civil functions varying according to date and locality.
preelectric - occurring or pertaining to the time before the use of electricity, esp. in the making of gramophone records.
the Last Supper - the last meal taken by Jesus Christ with the apostles before his crucifixion, at which he instituted the Eucharist.
umbrageous - forming or affording shade, shady; abounding in shade, overshadowed.
radio beam* - a directional radio signal
for the time being - during the period under consideration
such as one is - having the character that he has, no more and no less; used chiefly with a depreciatory or contemptuous reference, or apologetically.
preeminent - eminent before or above others; excelling or surpassing others.
whilom - at some past time; some time before or ago; once upon a time.
joky - inclined to joke, jocular; Also, subject to jokes, ridiculous.
old top - In addressing or speaking of persons with whom one has an acquaintance of some standing, or whom one treats as such (old boy, chap, fellow, man, etc.)
...the Fianna flourished under the reign of Cormac mac Airt in the 3rd century AD.
leathered - covered, loaded or provided with leather, or leathers
poached - Of an egg: Cooked in boiling water, without the shell; Also in extended use.
pot - a vessel of cylindrical or other rounded form, and rather deep than broad, commonly made of earthenware or metal (less commonly glass), used to hold various substances, liquid or solid, for domestic or other purposes.
take to - to betake oneself to (a place); to repair, resort, or retire to; to take refuge in.
weeping eczema - a variety of eczema characterized by abundant exudation; eczema - an acute, or chronic, non-contagious, simple inflammation of the skin, characterized by the presence of itching papules and vesicles which discharge a serous fluid, or dry up.
scarce - Of food or other commodities: Existing or accessible in deficient quantity.
lather - to cover with or as with a lather; to wash in or with a lather
frizzle - to curl (hair) in small crisp curls
surging - rising, swelling, rolling, or tossing heavily, as waves
cause - a matter of concern, an affair, business; the case as it concerns any one.
somersault* - a leap or spring in which a person turns heels over head in the air and alights on his feet.
sleet - snow which has been partially thawed by falling through an atmosphere of a temperature a little above freezing-point, usually accompanied by rain or snow.
neat - an animal of the ox-kind; an ox or bullock, a cow or heifer.
rex - a king
auspicious - ominous, esp. of good omen, betokening success, giving promise of a favourable issue; Of persons: showing favour, propitious, kind.
waterproof - impervious to water; capable of resisting the deleterious action of water.
pile - a small castle, tower, or stronghold