Square, in England, always means a small park. A backyard is a garden. A subway is always a tube, or the underground. But an underground passage for pedestrians is a subway. An automobile is always a motor-car or motor.
Auto is almost unknown, and with it to auto.
So is machine. He calls a pocketbook a purse, and gives the name of pocketbook to what we call a memorandum-book. His walking stick is always a stick, never a cane. When he applies the adjective homely to a woman he means that she is simple and home-loving, not necessarily that she is plain. He uses vest, not in place of waistcoat, but in place of undershirt.