[22] Petty sessions: a criminal court held by a justice of the peace.
[23] Dragoons: soldiers who serve on foot or on horseback, as occasion requires.
[24] Old gamester: a person skilled in the game of single-stick or back sword.
[26] Statute feasts: festivals established by law.
[25] Wiltshire and Somersetshire: counties west of Berkshire.
[27] Booths: temporary sheds, etc., for the sale of refreshments, pedlers' goods, and the like.
[28] Cricket: the English national game of ball.
[29] Tutelage: guardianship.
[30] Lancet windows: high, narrow windows of the earliest Gothic architecture.
[31] Pottered: walked slowly, sauntered.