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gutter, a small channel at the side of a road or elsewhere to lead off surface water.
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cavalry-horses, horses belonging to the cavalry or that branch of the army which serves on horseback.
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customary evolutions, the evolutions that they have been accustomed to go through.
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bugle call, a summons on a bugle, as to call soldiers to duty. The bugle is a brass or copper wind instrument curved and somewhat high-pitched.
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omnibus- and car-horses, horses employed to draw such vehicles. The omnibus is a heavy four-wheeled public vehicle designed to carry a comparatively large number of people; a car is a vehicle adapted to the rails of a railroad.
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menagerie, a collection of wild or foreign animals in cages or inclosures kept especially for exhibition, as with a circus.
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flywheel, a heavy wheel for opposing and moderating by its inertia any fluctuation of speed in the machinery with which it involves.
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ordinance, order.
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walks, occupations.
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deck hand, a common sailor.
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nurture, bringing up; fostering care.
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strata . A stratum is a body of sedimentary rock or earth of one kind formed by natural causes and consisting usually of a series of layers lying between beds of other kinds. Here, social strata refer to the different groups that make up a society.
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mannerism, a recurrent trick of style or behavior.
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cleavage, division, way in which a thing tends to split.
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“shop,” one’s occupation or business as a topic of conversation, especially when introduced unseasonably.
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set like plaster, grown hard, become fixed like plaster.
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fixing, making or becoming rigid.
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vocalization, act of vocalizing or forming into voice; giving intonation or resonance to.
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nasality, in speaking, having the twang described as speaking through the nose.
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veriest, the superlative of very ;most very;most actual, veritable, real.
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“swell,” a slang expression to mean a stylish or ultrafashionable person.
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orbit, social group within which he moves. An orbit is the path described by a heavenly body in its revolution around another body. Here, a man’s social group within which he moves.
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contrive, manage.
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ally, one joined to another by alliance, treaty, or league.
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automatic, acting of itself; having an inherent power of action or motion.
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