Cutting: An open, trench-like excavation through a piece of ground that rises above the level of a canal, railway, or road which has to be taken across it. [OED]

Short for cutty pipe; a short pipe for smoking tobacco [OED]

to make a display. A gay or showy appearance, display, parade[OED]

Cut:- length of cloth

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Poisonous gas of two sorts.
Choke damp - the carbonic acid gas (or air largely mixed therewith) which accumulates in old workings in coal-pits, and at the bottom of wells, quarries, and caves; after an explosion in a coal-mine, it often rises and mingling with the remaining nitrogen, steam, smoke and dust, constitutes the after-damp. Also known as stythe damp or black damp.
Firedamp -  Flammable gas, esp. methane (marsh gas), given off by coal in mines and which can form an explosive mixture with air. [OED]

meaning unknown

Damper - A simple kind of unleavened cake or bread made, for the occasion, of flour and water and baked in hot ashes.

A metal plate made to turn or slide in a flue or chimney, so as to control the combustion by regulating or stopping the draught [OED]

To walk idly or purposelessly; to stroll, saunter.[OED]

Generally - One who studies above everything to dress elegantly and fashionably; a beau, fop, ‘exquisite’ [OED]
Dandyism was a plain style adopted in deliberate contrast to the elaborate men's fashion of the later 18th century.
The dandy style is shown in this Caricature of Beau Brummell by Richard Dighton (1805)

Of, belonging to, or characteristic of a dandy or dandies; of the nature of a dandy; affectedly neat, trim, or smart. [OED]

The OED gives "To soil (paper) with ink, or with bad or worthless writing". In the context of bar149 it seems to mean simply "write".

Probably the moon. Diana was the ancient Italian female moon-goddess and Diana was sometimes used to mean the moon personified as a goddess [OED]

A dip; a small hollow in the ground. [OED] (Scottish)

Of inferior quality, sorry, poor; in bad condition, unsound, shaky, 'queer'. [OED]

A worn-out shirt. (Obs. slang.) A detached shirt-front. [OED]

lodgings

A public stage-coach. (Used only in reference to France or other continental countries.) [OED]

The term director originally included shareholders as well as members of the board of company directors