Good and fearless horse-women themselves, their whole delight seemed to be in the discussion of matters pertaining to the stable; and when meeting any young lady friend from a distance, the first questions were not enquiries after parents, sisters, brothers, or friends: no, nor even the lady-beloved talk of weddings and dress; but the discourse almost invariably took a “turfy” turn, that was, to say the least, unfeminine in the extreme.

Presumably he is here alluding to the Stoic idea that the meaning of a concept-word can be split into a lectical and a real component. The lectical component is something conceptual.

Wan was in front, beway he was the ginral, walkin' wid his chin up, proud as a paycock.

He raiſeth vp the poore out of the duſt: and lifteth the needie out of the dung-hill: