Jest, just. Jine, join. Jint, joint. Shakes, great, of considerable conse quence. Junk, a fragment of any solid sub- Shappoes, chapeaux, cocked-hats. Sheer, share. Shet, shut. Shut, shirt. Skeered, scared. Skeeter, mosquito. Skooting, running, or moving swiftly. Slarterin', slaughtering. Slim, contemptible. Snake, crawled like a snake; but to snake any one out is to track him to his hiding-place; to snake a thing out is to snatch it out. Tollable, tolerable. Toot, used derisively for playing on any wind instrument. Thru, through. Thundering, a euphemism common in New England for the profane English expression devilish. Perhaps derived from the belief, common formerly, that thunder was caused by the Prince of the Air, for some of whose accomplishments consult Cotton Mather. Tu, to, too; commonly has this sound when used emphatically, or at the end of a sentence. At other times it has the sound of t in tough, as, Ware ye goin' tu? Goin' ta Boston. Ugly, ill-tempered, intractable. Uncle Sam, United States; the largest boaster of liberty and owner of slaves. Unrizzest, applied to dough or bread; heavy, most unrisen, or most incapable of rising. V-spot, a five-dollar bill. Vally, value. Wake snakes, to get into trouble. Wannut, walnut (hickory). Whopper, an uncommonly large lie; Wuth, worth; as, Antislavery perfes- Yaller, yellow. Zack, Ole, a second Washington, an anti-slavery slaveholder; a humane buyer and seller of men and women, a Christian hero generally. A. wants his axe ground, 295. INDEX A. B., information wanted concern- Abraham (Lincoln), his constitutional Abuse, an, its usefulness, 326. Adam, Grandfather, forged will of, 262. Eneas goes to hell, 129. Eolus, a seller of money, as is sup- Eschylus, a saying of, 86, note. Applause, popular, the summum bo- Ararat, ignorance of foreign tongues Arcadian background, 133. Ar c'houskezik, an evil spirit, 272. British, their natural sympathies, 288. Arms, profession of, once esteemed Alligator, a decent one conjectured to Astor, Jacob, a rich man, 120. be, in some sort, humane, 146. Allsmash, the eternal, 306. Alphonso the Sixth of Portugal, tyran- Ambrose, Saint, excellent (but ration- American Eagle, a source of inspira- Anakim, that they formerly existed, Angels providentially speak French, Anglo-Saxondom, its idea, what, 59. Antonius, a speech of, 75- by whom Apocalypse, beast in, magnetic to the- Apollo, confessed mortal by his own Apollyon, his tragedies popular, 104. Astræa, nineteenth century forsaken Athenians, ancient, an institution of, Atherton, Senator, envies the loon, 94. "Atlantic," editors of. See Neptune. Austin, Saint, prayer of, 217. B., a Congressman, vide A. Balcom, Elder Joash Q., 2d, founds a Baldwin apples, 150. Baratarias, real or imaginary, which Barnum, a great natural curiosity rec- Barrels, an inference from seeing, 150. |