which the hay-ricks are set,
and thus raised out of the
reach of high tides.
Streaked, uncomfortable, dis-
comfited.
Stuffy, old-fashioned, peculiar.
Suckle, circle.
Sure enuf, sure enough, really,
actually.
Sutthin, something.
Suttin', certain.
Swarth, swath, the line of grass
mowed.
Swon, to swear; "I swon (or I
swow) he did it,” “i. e. I
swear, &c.
Swow, to swear.
Take on, to sorrow.
Talents, talons.
Tarnal, tarnation,—euphemism for damnable, &c.
Tater patch, vulgar equivalent for a person's grounds, estate, or abode. Taters, potatoes. Tell, till. Tetch, touch.
Tetch tu, to be able; used always after a negative in this sense. Thru, through. Thunder, political principles, oratorical copyright, partyism. Thunder; "by Thunder," a species of soft swearing common in the U.S.
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.
To-hum (to home), at home. Tollable, tolerable. Toot, used derisively for playing on any wind instrument. True grit, genuine, of the right quality,-not counterfeit. 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.
Wake snakes, to get into trouble.
Wal, well; spoken with great
deliberation, and sometimes
with the a very much flat-
tened, sometimes (but more
seldom) very much broad-
ened.
A. B., information wanted con-
cerning, 106.
Adam, eldest son of, respected,
Eneas goes to hell, 135.
Eolus, a seller of money, as is
supposed by some, 135.
Eschylus, a saying of, 79, note.
Alligator, a decent one conjec-
tured to be, in some sort, hu-
mane, 156.
Alphonso the Sixth of Portu-
gal, tyrannical act of, 160.
Ambrose, Saint, excellent (but
rationalistic) sentiment of,
61.
"American Citizen," new com-
post so called, 137.
American Eagle, a source of
inspiration, 71 hitherto
wrongly classed, 80-long
bill of, 80.
Amos, cited, 60.
Anakim, that they formerly ex-
isted, shown, 161.
Angels, providentially speak
French, 48-conjectured to
be skilled in all tongues, 49.
Anglo-Saxondom, its idea, what,
46.
Anglo-Saxon mask, 46.
Anglo-Saxon race, 41.
|Anglo-Saxon verse, by whom
carried to perfection, 35.
Antonius, a speech of, 65-by
whom best reported, ib.
Apocalypse, beast in, magnetic
to theologians, 114.
Apollo, confessed mortal by his
own oracle, 114.
Apollyon, his tragedies popular,
103.
Appian, an Alexandrian, not
equal to Shakspeare as an
orator, 65.
Ararat, ignorance of foreign
tongues is an, 82.
Arcadian background, 139.
Aristophanes, 59.
Arms, profession of, once es-
teemed especially that of
gentlemen, 33.
Arnold, 67.
Ashland, 140.
Astor, Jacob, a rich man, 123.
Astræa, nineteenth century for-
saken by, 136.
Athenians, ancient, an institu-
tion of, 66.
Atherton, Senator, envies the
loon, 90.
Austin, St., profane wish of,
68, note.
Aye-Aye, the, an African ani-
mal, America supposed to be
settled by, 51.
Babel, probably the first Con-
gress, 81-a gabble-mill, ib.
Baby, a low-priced one, 132
Bago wind, Hon. Mr., whether to
be damned, 93.
Baldwin apples, 161.
Baratarias, real or imaginary,
which most pleasant, 136.
Barnum, a great natural curio-
sity recommended to, 76.
Barrels, an inference from see-
ing, 161.
Bâton Rouge, 140-strange pe-
culiarities of laborers at, ib.
Baxter, R., a saying of, 61.
Bay, Mattysqumscot, 155.
Bay State, singular effect pro-
duced on military officers by
leaving it, 47.
Beast in Apocalypse, a load-
does not deny fun at Corn-
wallis, 38, note-his idea of
militia glory, 41, note-a pun
of, 42, note-is uncertain in
regard to people of Boston,
43-had never heard of Mr.
John P. Robinson, 52—ali-
quid sufflaminandus, 53-his
poems attributed to a Mr.
Lowell, 58-is unskilled in
Latin, 59-his poetry ma-
ligned by some, ib.-his dis.
interestedness, ib.-his deep
share in commonweal, ib -
his claim to the presidency,
40-his mowing, ib.-resents
being called Whig, 61— op-
posed to tariff, ib.-obsti
nate, ib.-infected with pecu-
liar notions, ib.-reports a
speech, 65-emulates histo-
rians of antiquity, ib.-his
character sketched from a
hostile point of view, 80-a
request of his complied with,
94-appointed at a public
meeting in Jaalam, 107-con-
fesses ignorance, in one mi-
nute particular, of propriety
ib.-his opinion of cocked
hats, ib.-letter to, ib.-called
"Dear Sir," by a general, ib.-
probably receives same com-
pliment from two hundred
and nine, ib.-picks his
apples, 161-his crop of Bald-
wins conjecturally large, ib.
Billings, Dea. Cephas, 39.
Birch, virtue of, in instilling
certain of the dead languages,
134.
stone for whom, 114.
Beelzebub, his rigadoon, 91.
Behmen, his letters not letters,
106.
Bellers, a saloon keeper, 145-
inhumanly refuses credit to a
presidential candidate, 146.
Biglow, Ezekiel, his letter to
Hon. J. T. Buckingham, 23-
never heard of any one named
Mundishes, 25-nearly four-
score years old, 25-his aunt
Keziah,a notable saying of, ib.
Biglow, Hosea, excited by com-
position, 24-a poem by, 25,
96-his opinion of war, 27-
wanted at home by Nancy, 30
-recommends a forcible en-
listment of warlike editors, ib.
-would not wonder, if gene
rally agreed with, 31-versi-
fies letter of Mr. Sawin, 35-Blind, to go it, 131.
Bird of our country sings ho-
sanna, 41.
a letter from, 37, 86-his Blitz pulls ribboas from his
opinion of Mr. Sawin, 37- mouth, 41.
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