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. Junk, a fragment of any solid sub- Ossifer, officer (seldom heard). stance. K. P. Keer, care. Peaked, pointed. Kep, kept. Peek, to peep. Pickerel, the pike, a fish. Killock, a small anchor. Kin', kin' o', kinder, kind, kind of. Pint, point. 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. Nimepunce, ninepence, twelve and Row, a long row to hoe, a diffi Taters, potatoes. 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. Wig, Whig; a party now dis- Zach, Ole, a second Washington, solved. an antislavery slaveholder, a humane buyer and seller of men and women, a Christian hero generally. INDEX. A. A. B., information wanted con- Adam, eldest son of, respected, Eneas goes to hell, 114. 40. Eagle, a source Anakim, that they formerly ex- 26. - Anglo-Saxon mask, 26. Appian, an Alexandrian, not Ararat, ignorance of foreign Arms, profession of, once es- Astor, Jacob, a rich man, 103. Athenians, ancient, an institu- Atherton, Senator, envies the Austin, St., profane wish of, 48, note. Aye-Aye, the, an African an.- |