"A member of the clergy engaged as assistant to a vicar, rector, or parish priest", or "A minister with pastoral responsibility" (OED). In this context, Henry either has engagements (appointments) to keep with his assistant, or he has engagements (duties) of his own as a clergyman.

"A piece of land set aside for recreation and enjoyment, esp. one ornamented and laid out for this purpose" (OED). These were generally in the form of a garden attached to an estate, as below.

"A person with official charge of post. The official at each of the stations or stages of a post-road; primary duty to carry mail to the next state" (OED).

"Inordinate desire of acquiring and hoarding wealth; greediness of gain, cupidity" (OED).

"Grotesque or ludicrous representation of persons or things by exaggeration of their most characteristic and striking features" (OED).

"Belonging to the serving class; of low social status; engaged in ‘servile’ or mechanical occupations" (OED).

"A boy who carries and delivers post; a boy or man who rides express. Delivers letters, newspapers, dispatches, etc." (OED).

"Restlessness (of the body) caused by pain, uneasiness, or debility" (OED).

"A room or building where a pump is housed or worked; spec. a place at a spa where the medicinal water is dispensed" (OED).

A type of lace, so called because it was primarily produced in Mechelen, Belgium. It was also produced in Antwerp and Brussels. It was very popular throughout the 18th century, but the "disappearance of lace ruffles before 1780 from women's sleeves, and the disappearance of the cravat and men's ruffles" seriously reduced its place in fashionable dress (http://belovedlinens.net/lace/Mechlin.html ).

An extension of the phrase a hackney horse, a "horse let out for hire; depreciatively, a sorry or worn out horse; a jade" (OED). 'Post-chaise' refers to a "horse-drawn, usually four-wheeled carriage (in Britain usually having a closed body, the driver or postilion riding on one of the horses) used for carrying mail and passengers, esp. in the 18th and early 19th centuries" (OED). Therefore, 'hack post-chaise' means that the entirety of the post-chaise was hired and not owned.

"The action of lessening, or seeking to lessen, the guilt of (an offense or fault) by alleging partial excuses; an instance or means of doing this; a plea in mitigation of censure" (OED).

"A person, traditionally the female head of a household, who manages the running of a household" (OED).

In this context, housekeeper means the female head of the household, typically the wife of the homeowner, not a domestic servant.

“A long, narrow piece of linen, muslin, or other fine cloth, worn around the neck and either tied under the chin in a knot or bow with long flowing ends” (OED).

“Without a dowry” (OED).

The striking surroundings that are within her view (Johnson).

The plotting of a malicious contrivance against Catherine (OED).

An artificial behavior or putting on of airs (OED).

"Weariness, toil, fatigue, drudgery" (OED).

"The general sense or meaning, drift, import, effect" (OED).

"Cleverness, good humoured slyness" (OED).

"Fine rain or drizzle" (OED).

"A place to accommodate or hold something" (OED).

"Separation into parts or constituent elements" (OED).

"Meaning in a weeks time" (OED).

"Conceited, in this case and usage is not just thinking well of oneself but, being witty, amusing; employing or characterized by conceits" (OED).

"Something carried, sustained, endured, etc" (OED).

"To make known in person, esp. in a formal manner, with announcement of name, title, or other identification" (OED).

In Jane Austen's time, snuffing a candle meant "to free from the snuff, by pinching or cutting this off, or removing it with a special instrument" (OED). This allowed the candle to burn brighter.

Japan was a black varnish imported from Japan that had an exceptional hard finish. Japan could also refer to a piece done in the Japanese style that was "varnished, and adorned with painted or raised figured" (OED).

“Originally: a female domestic servant, esp. one in charge of the reception rooms and bedrooms. Now more generally: a woman who is employed to perform various domestic tasks, esp. cleaning, in a person's home, a hotel, etc” (OED).

"The state of being partly undressed, or dressed in a negligent or careless style; undress" (OED).

"Put by devious means in the place of another; fraudulently substituted for the genuine thing or person" (OED).

"A term of reproach to women" (Regency Assembly Press).

Define "throwback".

Inconstancy, changeableness.

"The duties of house." As the only female family in residence at Northanger Abbey, Miss Tilney would be expected to act as the hostess.

This duty would normally be performed by the wife of the household, and in her absence, the eldest daughter or at times, the sister of the host.

The quality or character of being supercilious; haughty, proud, arrogant or contemptuousness.

Details.

Lack of/ absence of.

Enthusiasm/enjoyment.

Could not be doubted.

Comfort.

To see someone "to greater advantage" would be to see them in a more positive way.

"The action of tilting, sloping, turning over or about" (OED).

"To cheat, defraud by deceit" (OED).

A clergyman who (especially after the Act of Uniformity of 1662) who is separated from the Church of England; another way to say a Protestant Dissenter (OED).

"An assembly, a meeting; esp. a regular meeting of any society, corporation, body, or order of men" (OED).

“As a name of opprobrium applied to a grasping or extortionate person (whether Jewish or not) who drives hard bargains.” Often used as an offensive and derogatory word as so in the context. (OED)

Jews are considered tradesmen who have no faith (Grose). Turks are considered cruel, coldhearted men (Grose).

Regarded as a piece of a horse-harness (OED).

To take fortune, also regarded as time, by the forelock means to sieze an opportunity. (Oxford Dictionaries)

The term “healths," refers to to an alcoholic beverage, the act of drinking, and the act of toasting while drinking. (OED)

A male lover (OED).

A term for a 17th century Royalist; “a name given to those who fought on the side of Charles I in the war between him and the Parliament” (OED).

A servant or an attendant, usually male. (OED)

Noun. A fool, simpleton (obs.); now, a foolish, conceited, showy person, vain of his accomplishments, appearance, or dress; a fop; 'a superficial pretender to knowledge or accomplishments'. (OED)

Alternate word for seamstress. (OED)

Noun. A person who deals in textile fabrics, esp. silk, velvet, and other fine materials; spec. a member of the worshipful Company of Mercers, a livery company of the City of London. Also (occasionally): a dealer in haberdashery. (OED)

v. to beg ernestly for, entreat (a thing). (Oxford English Dictionary)

Phrase. Used as exclamation or mild oath. (OED)

1. (WOO v.) To sue to or solicit (a woman) in love, esp. with a view to marriage; to pay court to, court.

1. (FIDDLE-STICK noun). The bow strung with horsehair with which the fiddle is played. the devil rides on a fiddle-stick: = here's a fine commotion.(OED)

1. trans. To make obdurate (OBDURATE adj. 1); stubbornly unapologetic; to harden in wickedness, or against moral influence; to harden the heart. (Oxford English Dictionary)

(QOL)- general well being of individuals and societies. QOL has a wide range of contexts including fields of international development, healthcare, politics, and employment (Google/Wikipedia)

A woman who gathers, cultivates and/or sells oysters.

Oyster-women were associated with bawds, whores, and beggar women that took part in a 1637 riot in a church that made so much noise that it drowned out the service. They were described by a royalist newspaper as a carnivalesque mob.

A conventional representation of an angel. (OED)

To cheat, defraud by deceit. (OED)

"Jack-sauce" n. Obs. a saucy or impudent fellow. (OED online)

A thought or circumstance that troubles the mind or conscience; a doubt, uncertainty or hesitation in regard to right and wrong, duty, propriety, etc.; esp. one which is regarded as over-refined or over-nice, or which causes a person to hesitate where others would be bolder to act.

A disreputable or dissolute person; a rogue

censorious (adj.) - severely critical, judgmental, condemnatory

A woman who has lost her chastity; a harlot or strumpet; a kept mistress

A woman that hires her person, a prostitute

One employed in pandering to sexual debauchery; a procurer or procuress; orig. in a more general sense, and in the majority of passages masculine, a ‘go-between,’ a pander; since c1700 only feminine, and applied to a procuress, or a woman keeping a place of prostitution; a woman in charge of a brothel

An act or spell of petty talk; an item of small talk or gossip

Wag (n.) - a joker, mischievous person

arch Wag (n.) - an extreme joker

Legal term also called a bill "not found." Meaning there is insufficient evidence of charges brought forth - the indictment is dropped and the accused is released.

"A person who deserts, betrays, or is disloyal to an organization, country, or set of principles; a turncoat, a traitor" (OED).

"good citizen, patriot"(OED).

"A daughter of the king and queen of Spain or Portugal; spec. the eldest daughter who is not heir to the throne." (OED) is the literal meaning. However, it can be "[a]pplied analogously or fancifully to other young ladies." (OED)

"A speech addressed to an assembly; a loud or vehement address, a tirade; formerly, sometimes, a formal or pompous speech" (OED).

Alderman meaning a man and "Draw-tooth" was in reference to the action of getting his teeth pulled.

From French, Billet-Doux means "love letter" (billet meaning "note", and doux meaning "sweet"). (OED)

"A case or bag for carrying clothing and other belongings when travelling; (originally) one of a form suitable for carrying on horseback," (OED).

"The place in which the Cardinals meet in private for the election of a Pope," (OED).

Another way to spell lantern, mainly because the lanterns glass was made of boiled horns.

A fool or simpleton; a foolish, conceited, showy person, vain of his accomplishments, appearance, or dress; a fop (OED).

The state of being happy, also referring to that which causes or promotes happiness; a source of happiness, a blessing (OED).

A person who rails, especially a person who rants, or is argumentative or abusive (OED).

Can be used to mean a curse or hex that someone wants placed upon someone or something. (Grammarist.com)

A French coin (OED).

A position or juncture in which one can do no more, an extremity, ‘a hopeless exigence’ (Johnson). Usually in phrase at a dead lift. (Very common in the 17th c.: now arch. or dial.) (OED)

A person who curries favour with another, esp. by informing against someone else; a flatterer, a sycophant; a telltale. (OED)

An abbreviation of God's life (see god n. and int.Phrases 3b(a)) used as a petty oath or exclamation. (OED)

Their key elements of a "good learning environment" - sociality, joint activity, sharing knowledge, concrete successes, self-guidance and organization.

I understand these elements to be related closely to those described in Lave and Wenger's discussion of LPP and apprenticeship learning

I like thinking of this game play as "tangled up with other cultural practices." I see this as multisited work, and actually helps me understand the interconnectedness of multisited work better.

Clear definition of "guided participation" - refers to both the role of the adult or teacher and the active participation of the learner

to prevent something from happening