[25] A clasp or folding-knife.
[26] "_Tant Cavalerie, infanterie que dragons_" "Horse,
foot, and dragoons," was, within my recollection, a familiar phrase
expressive of any overpowering force or number. Dragoons were first
raised in France by the Marshal de Brisac in 1600, and being trained to
fight both on foot and horseback, were frequently in the seventeenth
century thus distinguished from the general cavalry and infantry.
[27] Narrow ribbon used to embroider silk, satin, or velvet
with, a favourite work of ladies in the last century; but, looking
at the character of Minute, it is probable the author meant a scarf
composed of nothing but the ribbon itself.