All these words are therefore synonymous. Think of them

(21) Assaulted. They were, although out of danger, terrified by the attacks of the sow, and their fear was shared by the kiln, which began to smoke!

(22) Watling-street, the Roman way from Catterick to Bowes.

(24) Scott, not understanding this expression, has inserted 'Jesus' for the initials 'I. H. S.,' and so has given a profane interpretation to the passage. By a figure of speech the friar is called an I. H. S., from these letters being conspicuously wrought on his robes, just as we might call a livery-servant by his master's motto, because it was stamped on his buttons.

(25) The meaning here is obscure. The verse is not in Whitaker.

(27) It is probable that by guest is meant an allusion to the spectre dog of Yorkshire (the BARGUEST), to which the sow is compared.

(29) The monastery of Gray Friars at Richmond. - See LELAND, ITIN., vol. iii, p. 109.

(30) This appears to have been a cant saying in the reign of Charles II. It occurs in several novels, jest books and satires of the time, and was probably as unmeaning as such vulgarisms are in general.

(31) A cake composed of oatmeal, caraway-seeds, and treacle. 'Ale and parkin' is a common morning meal in the north of England.