the state of being purple, the purple colour

pupleness/lividness of lips due to fear

obstinate

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

fly

fly, flying

fly

rumour

weighing less

rumour, hearsay, gossip

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

wholesaler

thirty-eighth

forty-eighth

wholesaler

forty-eight

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,

little bit, slightly, somewhat

a kind of cotton cloth

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

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

displeased

crooked, cross

incongruous, mismatched, incompatible

take shelter

in straitened circumstances