perched
sat
perched
sat
ensconced
Settled comfortably inside something

donkey
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sooner
rather
worst tempered
gets angry easily
boar
pig
Rings

snoring

pop-holes
Automatic door for a hen-house
boil you down for the foxhounds
turn you into food for the dogs
in succession
repeatedly
clime
climate; environment
perches
a branch or beam where a bird sits

pellets
bullets
whinnied
the "neigh" sound horses make
bleated
the "baa" sound sheep make
lowed
the "moo" sound cows make
unison
at the same time
preliminary
practice
clever
smart
mangel-wurzels
beet

Wheat and barley, oats and hay
Different types of grains grown on farms
spur
The sharp piece on the heel of boots

Bit
Piece of the harness that goes in the horse's mouth

harness

o’erthrown
"Overthrown" - Power will be taken away
tidings
news
 Hearken
listen
hoarse
rough
infancy
baby age
sows
female pigs
engage in trade
do business
vices
bad habits
resemble
act or look like
dissentients
people who vote against something
trotter
pig's foot
dash
run
uproar
loud noise
prosperity
wealth
astray
the wrong direction
falter
lose strength or momentum
tyranny
oppressive rule (like a dictator)
knacker
butcher shop / glue factory
block
place for slaughter
porkers
pigs (they are slaughtered for pork)
cruel
mean, hateful
span
length
rations
amount of food
confinements
time you were pregnant
bore
gave birth to
breeding up
helping to grow
sturdy
strong
tills
digs
plough
Tool for digging rows in a field

enmity
hate
abolished
ended
labour
work
fertile
good for growing
dwell
live
afford
provide
leisure
rest, free time
hideous
extremely bad or ugly
slaughtered
killed
miserable
sad, terrible
laborious
full of hard word
stall
A room in a barn
Comrades
Friends. In Communist Russia, citizens were supposed to call each other comrade to show that they were all equal.
purred
the sound a cat makes
flirting
playfully shake
mane
horse's hair

plaited
braided
mincing
to walk with small, careful steps
nestled
got comfortable
feebly
weakly
paddock
small fenced in field or yard

cynical
distrustful; jaded
seldom
not often
nearly eighteen hands high
Horses are measured in "hands". One hand = 4 inches
foal
baby horse
mare
female horse
concealed
hidden
hoofs
horse foot

cart-horses

fashions
ways
regarded
respected
exhibited
shown in competition

fluttering
the action wings make

scullery
small room connected to the kitchen
lurched
suddenly jerk forward
lantern
tushes
tusks 
tame
not wild
benevolent
kind
stout
fat