"So it is," said Squeers. "Ain't it, Nickleby?"

"I believe there is no doubt of that, sir," answered Nicholas.

"Of course there is n't," said Squeers. "A horse is a quadruped, and
quadruped's Latin for beast, as everybody that's gone through the grammar
knows, or else where's the use of having grammars at all?"

"Where, indeed!" said Nicholas, abstractedly.

13. "As you're perfect in that," resumed Squeers, turning to the boy, "go
and look after my horse, and rub him down well, or I'll rub you down. The
rest of the class go and draw water up till somebody tells you to leave
off, for it's washing day to-morrow, and they want the coppers filled."


DEFINITIONS.--1. Fus'tian, a kind of cotton stuff, including corduroy,
velveteen, etc. 2. Re-solved', made clear, disentangled. 4.
De-form'i-ties, misshapen persons. Stunt'ed, checked in growth. Mea'ger,
thin, lean. 5. Gro-tesque' (pro. gro-tesk'), fanciful, absurd.
Ad-min'is-tered, gave, dispensed. In-stall'ment (literally, part of a
debt), part, portion. Cor-po're-al, bodily. 6. Phys'ick-ing, doctoring,
treating with medicine. 7. Di-lut'ed, weakened by the addition of water.
8. Com-mod'i-ty, article, wares. Pro-found', intellectually deep, wise.
Ap-pre-hen'sion, comprehension, knowledge. 10. Tem'po-ra-ry, for the time
being. 11. Dis-con-cert'ed, confused, abashed. Sig-nif 'i-cant-ly, with
meaning. 12. Ab-stract'-ed-ly, in an absent-minded way.