water-wheel used to draw water from well

obstinate

pupleness/lividness of lips due to fear

the state of being purple, the purple colour

groaning sound

little bit, slightly, somewhat

mercantile correspondence, the business of weighing, selling, or holding in charge the merchandise of dealers, also the remuneration for this service or agency, sale by commission

Literary: one third of half, sixth part, i.e: little bit, very little, very little part,

in straitened circumstances

displeased

crooked, cross

fly

fly, flying

fly

upbraid, scold soundly, berate

rumour

weighing less

rumour, hearsay, gossip

rumour, hear-say, an unreliable news or report, unconfirmed news

thirty-eighth

forty-eighth

incomplete, partial

to seek or seize the shelter (of), to hide or screen oneself (behind), to shelter oneself under a false excuse, to make a pretence (of), to pretend

wholesaler, commission agent, consignee,

a kind of cotton cloth

wholesaler

shelter, protection

to be very perceptive

to know a crook at sight, to be so intelligent or clever

be smart as a whip, be very clever, be very perceptive, be so shrewd as to guess correctly

thirty-eight

forty-eight, (numeric) 48

wholesaler

forty-eight

incongruous, mismatched, incompatible