Blurt out, to speak bluntly.
Bust, burst.

Buster, a roistering blade; used also as a general superlative.

to

Coons, a cant term for a now defunct party; derived, per. haps, from the fact of their being commonly up a tree. Cornwallis, a sort of muster in masquerade; supposed have had its origin soon after the Revolution, and to commemorate the surrender of Lord Cornwallis. It took the place of the old Guy Fawkes procession.

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. Demmererat, leadin', one in fa• vor of extending slavery; a free-trade lecturer maintained in the custom-house.

a trimmer.

Fer, for.

Hum, home.

Humbug,

General Taylor's

anti-slavery.

Hut, hurt.

I.

intensive.

Fin', find.

Fish-skin, used in New England

to clarify coffee.

Fix, a difficulty, a nonplus.

Foller, folly, to follow.

In'my, enemy.

Insines, ensigns; used to designate both the officer who carries the standard, and the standard itself.

Inter, intu, into.

Forrerd, forward.

Frum, from.

Fur, far.

Furder, farther

Furrer, furrow. Metaphorically, to draw a straight furrow is to live uprightly or decorously.

Fust, first.

Gin, gave. Git, get. Gret, great

Killock, a small anchor.

Pint, point.

of.

Snaked, crawled like a snake; | but to snake any one out is to track him to his hidingplace; to snake a thing out is to snatch it out. Soffies, sofas.

Sogerin', soldiering; a barbarous amusement common among men in the savage state.

Som'ers, somewhere.
So'st, so as that.

Sot, set, obstinate, resolute.
Spiles, spoils; objects of political
ambition.
Spry, active.

Staddles, stout stakes driven
into the salt marshes, on
which the hay-ricks are set,
and thus raised out of the
reach of high tides.
Streaked, uncomfortable, dis-
comfited.

Suckle, circle.

Sutthin', something.

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.

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.

Suttin, certain.

T.

W.

Wake snakes, to get into trouble. Wal, well; spoken with great deliberation, and sometimes with the a very much flattened, sometimes (but more seldom) very much broadened. Wannut, walnut, (hickory.) Ware, where. Ware, were.

Whopper, an uncommonly large lie; as, that General Taylor is in favor of the Wilmot Proviso.

Wig, Whig; a party now dis-
solved.
Wunt, will not.
Wus, worse.
Wut, what.

Wuth, worth; as, Antislavery perfessions 'fore 'lection ains wuth a Bungtown copper. Wuz was, sometimes were.