Jint, joint.

Ollers, olluz, always.

On, of; used before it or them, or at the end of a sentence, as, on 't, on 'em, nut ez ever I heerd

on.

On'y, only.

stance.

K.

P.

Keer, care.

Peaked, pointed.

Kep, kept.

Peek, to peep.

Pickerel, the pike, a fish.

Pocket full of rocks, plenty of

Mean, stingy, ill-natured.

Resh, rush.

Min', mind.

N.

Revelee, the réveille.

Rile, to trouble.

Riled, angry; disturbed, as the

sediment in any liquid.

Riz, risen.

Taters, potatoes.
Tell, till.
Tetch, touch.

Tetch tu, to be able; used always after a negative in this sense. 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 con sult 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' Goin' ta Boston.

tu?

U.

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.

V spot, a five-dollar bill. Vally, value.

solved.

an antislavery slaveholder, a humane buyer and seller of men and women, a Christian hero generally.

A.

A. B., information wanted con-
cerning, 86.

Adam, eldest son of, respected,
11.

Eneas goes to hell, 114.
Eolus, a seller of money, as is
supposed by some, 115.
Eschylus, a saying of, 58, note.
Alligator, a decent one conjec-
tured to be, in some sort, hu-
mane, 137.
Alphonso the Sixth of Portugal,
tyrannical act of, 141.
Ambrose, Saint, excellent (but
rationalistic) sentiment of,

40.
"American Citizen," new com-
post so called, 118.
American

Eagle, a source
of inspiration, 50 hitherto
wrongly classed, 58-long
bill of, 59.
Amos, cited, 40.

Anakim, that they formerly ex-
isted, shown, 142.
Angels, providentially speak
French, 28 conjectured to
be skilled in all tongues, ib.
Anglo-Saxondom, its idea, what,

26.

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Anglo-Saxon mask, 26.
Anglo-Saxon race, 20.

Appian, an Alexandrian, not
equal to Shakspeare as an
orator, 45.

Ararat, ignorance of foreign
tongues is an, 60.
Arcadian background, 120.
Aristophanes, 39.

Arms, profession of, once es-
teemed especially that of gen-
tlemen, 12.
Arnold, 47.
Ashland, 120.

Astor, Jacob, a rich man, 103.
Astræa, nineteenth century for-
saken by, 116.

Athenians, ancient, an institu-
tion of, 46.

Atherton, Senator, envies the
loon, 69.

Austin, St., profane wish of, 48,

note.

Aye-Aye, the, an African an.-
mal, America supposed to be
settled by, 31.