_Blower._ A winnowing machine. _Bumble._ A rush used to make the seats of chairs. _Bun._ The stalk of hemp. _Casson._ Cow dung. _Charking._ The wall lining a well. _Choo._} _Huigh._} Words used in driving pigs. _Connifolde._ To cheat; to deceive. _Coul Rake._ An instrument used to scrape mud from roads. _Dozel._ A toppen; a ball placed on the highest point of a corn-rick. _Feat._ Clever. _Fingers-and-toes._ Turnips are said to go to fingers and toes when instead of forming bulbs they branch off into small knotty substances. _Gizen._ To stare vacantly. _Grave._ To dig turf. _Gyme._ A breach in a bank. _Hales._ The handles of a plough. _Hethud._ A viper. _Kedge._ Trash; rubbish. _Kelp._ The handles of a pail. _Ketlack._ Wild mustard. _Kittlin._ A kitten. _Lew._ A word used in driving geese. _Livery._ Sad; heavy; said of freshly-ploughed soil. _Mazzen._ To stupify; to make dizzy. _Meant._ Meaning of. _Nobut._ Only. _Nout._ Nothing. _Nozzel._ The spout of a pump. _Rate._ To revile. _Snail-shelley._ Cankered; said of wood. _Tod._ Dung. K. P. D. E. LONDON STREET CHARACTERS. (Vol. v., p. 270.) I believe more than one of the courts to be haunted by persons who may have suggested Mr. Dickens's "Little Old Lady." More than twenty years ago a female of about fifty was a constant attendant on the Court of Queen's Bench in Banco: I never saw her at a Nisi Prius sitting. She was meanly but tidily dressed, quiet and unobtrusive in manners, but much gratified by notice from any barrister. It was said she had been ruined by a suit, but I could not learn anything authentic about her; though I several times spoke and listened to her, partly from curiosity and partly from the pleasure which she showed at being spoken to. Her thoughts seemed fixed upon the business of the day, and I never extracted more than, "Will they take motions?--Will _it_ come on next?--I hope he will bring it on to-day!" but who was "he," or what was "it," I could not learn; and when I asked, she would pause as if to think, and pointing to the bench, say, "That's Lord Tenterden." I have seen her rise, as about to address the court, when the judges were going out, and look mortified as if she felt neglected. I cannot say when she disappeared, but I do not remember having seen her for the last eight years. I have heard that an old woman frequented Doctors' Commons about seven years ago. She appeared to listen to the arguments, but was reserved and mopish, if spoken to. She often threw herself in the way of one of the leading advocates, and always addressed him in the same words: "Dr. ----, I am _virgo intacta_."