Vocabulary Expansion

Profanation p. 167 (A Chapter On Ears)
1. The action or an act of profaning; desecration or violation of that which is held to be sacred; defilement.
2. In extended use: the degradation of anything considered worthy of reverence or respect; a cheapening or vulgarization of something.
Copiously p. 165 (A Chapter On Ears)
1. Plentifully, abundantly; in or with abundance.
2. With fullness of treatment or expression; fully, profusely.
Tippling p.215 (The Lantern Bearers)
1. The retailing of ale or other strong drink; the business of a ‘tippler’. Obs.
2. The drinking of intoxicating drink, esp. in small quantities and often; habitual indulgence in liquor (to some degree of excess, but usually not amounting to positive drunkenness).