Nestegg:

An egg left in the nest to keep the hen from forsaking it.

"Books and money laid for shew,
Like nesteggs, to make clients lay."

-Hudibras

Excise

A hateful tax levied upon commodities, and adjudged not by the common judges of property, but wretches hired by those to whom excise is paid.

Excise,
"With hundred rows of teeth, the shark exceeds,
And on all trades like Cassawar she feeds."

-Marvel

Logomachy

A contention in words; a contention about words.

Catcal:

A Squeaking instrument, used in the playhouse to condemn plays.

Clapperclaw

To tongue-beat; to scold.

Protervity

Peevishness; petulance

Bespawl:

To daub with spittle.