For Bread-poultice, Baize, Rope-yarn, And Hearthstone we have a term and definition in Charles Dickens.

Bread-poultice, Baize, Rope-yarn, And Hearthstone (Charles Dickens)

These references apply to the convicts that rode with Pip to the Hulks. Bread-poultice was bread soaked in hot water, put in cloth, and applied to bruises and swellings. Baize was a cheap, thick wool cloth probably used for prison clothes. Rope-yarn refers to the fact that prisoners were often put to work unraveling old rope. Hearthstone refers to stone broken up to use to whiten doorsteps and hearthstones. (Great Expectations)

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