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.

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)

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)

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