GLOSSARY. Act'lly, actually. Air, are. Airth, earth. Airy, area. Aree, area. Arter, after. A. Darsn't, B. Ax, ask. Coons, a cant term for a now defunct party; derived, perhaps, from the fact of their being commonly up a tree. Cornwallis, a sort of muster in masquerade; supposed to 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. D. 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. Demmercrat, leadin', one in favor of extending slavery; a freetrade lecturer maintained in the custom-house. Desput, desperate. Doughface, a contented lickspittle; a common variety of Northern politician. Dror, draw. Du, do. Dunno, dno, do not, or does not know. Cus, a curse; also, a pitiful fellow. | Fin', find. Rile, to trouble. Taters, potatoes. Riled, angry; disturbed, as the Tell, till. sediment in any liquid. Riz, risen. sequence. Shappoes, chapeaux, cocked-hats. Shet, shut. Skootin', running, or moving swiftly. Slarterin', slaughtering. Snaked, crawled like a snake; but to snake any one out is to track him to his hiding-place; 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, discomfited. Suckle, circle. Sutthin', something. Suttin, certain. T. Take on, to sorrow. Talents, talons. Tetch, touch. Tetch tu, to be able; used always after a negative in this sense. 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 consult Cotton Mather. Tollable, tolerable. Toot, used derisively for playing on any wind instrument. 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' t' Boston. rationalistic) sentiment of, 406. American Eagle, a source of inspi- Anakim, that they formerly ex- speak French, 400 conjectured to be es- Arms, profession of, once Astor, Jacob, a rich man, 436. Athenians, ancient, an institution Atherton, Senator, envies the loon, 419. Austin, Saint, profane wish of, 409, Aye-Aye, the, an African animal, B. Babel, probably the first Congress, Barrels, an inference from seeing, Bâton Rouge, 443-strange pecu- Beelzebub, his rigadoon, 419. Bellers, a saloon-keeper, 446 in- |