nd wherein my labours may be more prospered, and
apply myself diligently to the preparation of my next Sabbath's
discourse.--H. W.]

GLOSSARY.

A.

Act'lly, _actually_.

Air, _are_.

Airth, _earth_.

Airy, _area_.

Aree, _area_.

Arter, _after_.

Ax, _ask_.

B.

Beller, _bellow_.

Bellowses, _lunge_.

Ben, _been_.

Bile, _boil_.

Bimeby, _by and by_.

Blurt out, _to speak bluntly_.

Bust, _burst_.

Buster, _a roistering blade_;
used also as a general superlative.

C.

Caird, _carried_.

Cairn, _carrying_.

Caleb, _a turncoat_.

Cal'late, _calculate_.

Cass, _a person with two lives_.

Close, _clothes_.

Cockerel, _a young cock_.

Cocktail, _a kind of drink_;
also, _an ornament peculiar to soldiers_.

Convention, _a place where people are imposed on_;
_a juggler's show_.

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_.

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.

Demmercrat, leadin', _one in favour of extending slavery_;
_a free-trade lecturer maintained in the custom-house_.

Desput, _desperate_.

Doos, _does_.

Doughface, _a contented lick-spittle_;
a common variety of Northern politician.

Dror, _draw_.

Du, _do_.

Dunno, dno, _do not_ or _does not know_.

Dut, _dirt_.

E.

Eend, _end_.

Ef, _if_.

Emptins, _yeast_.

Env'y, _envoy_.

Everlasting, an intensive, without reference to duration.

Ev'y, _every_.

Ez, _as_.

F.

Fer, _for_.

Ferfle, ferful, _fearful_;
also an intensive.

Fin', _find_