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Trial of Elizabeth Canning in Howell State Trials (1816) 496: Did you know that road?—I did very well; and that there was such a house, and what sort of a character it bore, that it was a very bad house.at bad-house (n.) under bad, adj.
Trial of Elizabeth Canning in Howell State Trials (1816) 496: Did you know that road?—I did very well; and that there was such a house, and what sort of a character it bore, that it was a very bad house. Trial of Elizabeth Canning in Howell State Trials (1816) 379: [H]e said, he believed we were got into the wrong box, and he believed the girl had never been there.at in a box under box, n.1
Trial of Elizabeth Canning in Howell State Trials (1816) 344: Upon this an old gentleman said, You must cant to her, talk gypsey to her, and she'll answer you.at cant, v.1
Trial of Elizabeth Canning in Howell State Trials (1816) 564: I chare [sic] at 'squire Parsons's, in washing and ironing.at char, v.
Trial of Elizabeth Canning in Howell State Trials (1816) 485: I was wringing my hands and tearing about, and she advised me to go to the cunning man [ibid.] 493: What cunning man was that that lived in the Old-Bailey?—He used to tell fortunes.at cunning man (n.) under cunning, adj.
Trial of Elizabeth Canning in Howell State Trials (1816) 573: I shook hands with mother Wells, and told her she had done for herself.at do for, v.
Trial of Elizabeth Canning in Howell State Trials (1816) 412: Upon my word, I can't tell; there were words passed, but I don't believe there were many; when he hulled the dust in, they bid him be easy.at easy!, excl.
Trial of Elizabeth Canning in Howell State Trials (1816) 491: What condition did she seem to be in with regard to her health?—She seemed to be almost spent, just gone.at gone, adj.1
Trial of Elizabeth Canning in Howell State Trials (1816) 504: She is a very sober, honest girl, as any in England; she always behaved very handsome to every body.at handsome, adv.
Trial of Elizabeth Canning in Howell State Trials (1816) 327: [T]here was another room she heard a noise in of nights, but that it was very quiet of days, being a house of entertainment in the night.at house of delight (n.) under house, n.1
Trial of Elizabeth Canning in Howell State Trials (1816) 352: Who set out with them? [...] The Lord knows, I don't know that.at Lord knows under Lord, n.1
Trial of Elizabeth Canning in Howell State Trials (1816) 509: Do you remember Mrs. Mayle's observation?—I do; that was, that she would take her oath that no man ever lay with her, for if there had, there would have been nature on one side or other.at nature, n.
Trial of Elizabeth Canning in Howell State Trials (1816) 555: Then this affair had made a great deal of noise in the country?—Yes, it had.at noise, n.1
Trial of Elizabeth Canning in Howell State Trials (1816) 543: [W]hen I came home, my people told me, the people that had laid there before, came to ask for lodging again.at people, n.
Trial of Elizabeth Canning in Howell State Trials (1816) 513: She said also, there were two girls in the room when her stays were cut off. We [...] brought them in one by one, and she pitched upon Virtue Hall and Lucy Squires.at pitch on (v.) under pitch, v.
Trial of Elizabeth Canning in Howell State Trials (1816) 502: Were you not under the care of any surgeon, or quack?—No, I was not.at quack, n.1
Trial of Elizabeth Canning in Howell State Trials (1816) 589: You say you believe he hates truth [...] Is he a sad rogue?—Nobody will give him a good character.at sad, adj.
Trial of Elizabeth Canning in Howell State Trials (1816) 487: Can your daughter write?—She can a little; it is a sad hand.at sad, adj.
Trial of Elizabeth Canning in Howell State Trials (1816) 563: I had a scrub-lawyer with me, and, I believe, there are a great many of them in town.at scrub, adj.
Trial of Elizabeth Canning in Howell State Trials (1816) 485: Here was a young man came and said, He'd give half-a-crown to see him; I was told this was some scheme or skit.at skit, n.1
Trial of Elizabeth Canning in Howell State Trials (1816) 483: After you missed your daughter [...] you took all the means in your power to know what was become of her? —Sure I did, I went to all the agents and places where I could think of, fearing some casualty.at sure, adv.
Trial of Elizabeth Canning in Howell State Trials (1816) 350: Mary Squires, a gypsey-woman, was taken up for a robbery.at take up, v.
Trial of Elizabeth Canning in Howell State Trials (1816) 485: I was wringing my hands and tearing about, and she advised me to go to the cunning man.at tear, v.
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