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  1. articulated
    consisting of segments held together by joints
    As Oliver gave this first proof of the free and proper action of his lungs, the patchwork coverlet which was carelessly flung over the iron bedstead, rustled; the pale face of a young woman was raised feebly from the pillow; and a faint voice imperfectly
  2. beadle
    a minor parish official who serves smaller church functions
    But these impertinences were speedily checked by the evidence of the surgeon, and the testimony of the beadle; the former of whom had always opened the body and found nothing inside (which was very probable indeed), and the latter of whom invariabl
  3. delegate
    a person appointed or elected to represent others
    Are you aweer, Mrs. Mann, that you are, as I may say, a porochial delegate, and a stipendiary?'
  4. farming
    the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock
    It cannot be expected that this system of farming would produce any very extraordinary or luxuriant crop.
  5. implant
    fix or set securely or deeply
    But nature or inheritance had implanted a good sturdy spirit in Oliver's breast.
  6. inheritance
    hereditary succession to a title or an office or property
    But nature or inheritance had implanted a good sturdy spirit in Oliver's breast.
  7. overload
    place too much a burden on
    Sevenpence-halfpenny's worth per week is a good round diet for a child; a great deal may be got for sevenpence-halfpenny, quite enough to overload its stomach, and make it uncomfortable.
  8. paralyse
    cause to be paralyzed and immobile
    The assistants were paralysed with wonder; the boys with fear.
  9. per diem
    a daily allowance for living expenses
    Oliver Twist and his companions suffered the tortures of slow starvation for three months: at last they got so voracious and wild with hunger, that one boy, who was tall for his age, and hadn't been used to that sort of thing (for his father had kept a sm
  10. perspective
    a way of regarding situations or topics
    Apparently this consolatory perspective of a mother's prospects failed in producing its due effect.
  11. specimen
    a bit of tissue or fluid taken for diagnostic purposes
    For a long time after it was ushered into this world of sorrow and trouble, by the parish surgeon, it remained a matter of considerable doubt whether the child would survive to bear any name at all; in which case it is somewhat more than probable that these memoirs would never have appeared; or, if they had, that being comprised within a couple of pages, they would have possessed the inestimable merit of being the most concise and faithful specimen of biography, extant in the literatu...
  12. stipend
    a sum of money allotted on a regular basis
    So, she appropriated the greater part of the weekly stipend to her own use, and consigned the rising parochial generation to even a shorter allowance than was originally provided for them.
  13. stipendiary
    receiving or eligible for compensation
    Are you aweer, Mrs. Mann, that you are, as I may say, a porochial delegate, and a stipendiary?'
  14. surgeon
    a physician who specializes in surgery
    For a long time after it was ushered into this world of sorrow and trouble, by the parish surgeon, it remained a matter of considerable doubt whether the child would survive to bear any name at all; in which case it is somewhat more than probable that these memoirs would never have appeared; or, if they had, that being comprised within a couple of pages, they would have possessed the inestimable merit of being the most concise and faithful specimen of biography, extant in the literatu...
Created on Wed Jun 06 11:12:37 EDT 2012 (updated Wed Jun 06 11:14:51 EDT 2012)

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