Act'lly, actually.
Air, are.
Airth, earth.

Airy, area.

Aree, area.

Arter, after.

Ax, ask.

Cockerel, a young cock.

Cocktail, a kind of drink; also, an ornament peculiar to soldiers. Convention, a place where people are imposed on; a juggler's show. Coons, a cant term for a now defunct party; derived, perhaps, from the fact of their being commonly up

a tree. Cornwallis, a sort of muster in masquerade; supposed to have had its origin soon after the Revolution, and to commemorate the surrender of Lord Cornwallis. took the place of the old Guy Fawkes procession.

It

Crooked stick, a perverse, froward

person.

Cunnle, a colonel.

Cus, a curse; also, a pitiful fellow.

D.

Darsn't, used indiscriminately, either in singular or plural number, for dare not, dares not, and dared not. Deacon off, to give the cue to; derived from a custom, once universal, but now extinct, in our New England Congregational churches. An important part of the office of deacon was to read aloud the hymns given out by the minister, one line at a time, the congregation singing each line as soon as read.

Demmercrat, leadin', one in favour of extending slavery; a free-trade lecturer maintained in the customhouse.

Desput, desperate.
Doos, does.

Doughface, a contented lick-spittle; a common variety of Northern politician.

Dror, draw.

Du, do.

W.

Wake snakes, to get into trouble. Wal, well; spoken with great deliberation, and sometimes with the a very much flattened, some. times (but more seldom) very much broadened.

Wannut, walnut (hickory).
Ware, where.
Ware, were.

Whopper, an uncommonly large lie;
as, that General Taylor is in
favour of the Wilmot Proviso.
Wig, Whig; a party now dissolved.
Wiz, to whiz; go off (like a rocket).
Wunt, will not.

Wus, worse. Wut, what.