Killock, a small anchor. Pint, point. Kin', kin' o', kinder, kind, kind Pocket full of rocks, plenty of 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. Sot, set, obstinate, resolute. Staddles, stout stakes driven Suckle, circle. Sutthin', something. Suttin, certain. 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 la 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. 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.) Whopper, an uncommonly large lie; as, that General Taylor is in favor of the Wilmot Proviso. Wig, Whig; a party now dissolved. Wunt, will not. Wuth, worth; as, Antislavery perfessions 'fore 'lection aint with a Bungtown copper. Wuz, was, sometimes were. A. INDEX. Antonius, a speech of, 181-by Apollyon, his tragedies popular, Appian, an Alexandrian, not equal to Shakspeare as an Ararat, ignorance of foreign Arms, profession of, once es- Astor, Jacob, a rich man, 230. Athenians, ancient, an institu- Atherton, Senator, envies the Austin, St., profane wish of, Aye-Aye, the, an African ani- B. Babel, probably the first Con- |