Notes from Great Expectations, 3/29/24 Everyman Classics, ISBN 978-1-85715-056-8 2 pollard, "a tree having its top cut off at some height above the ground, that may throw out branches" 12 the Hulks, "old or dismasted ships, formerly used as prisons", from OE. hulc, "light ship", "heavy ship", also page 36 16 warmint ~ varmint ~ vermin, from L. vermis "worm" 21 Mr. Wopsle, the clerk at the church 39 catechism, book of religious principles 40 purblind, wholly blind