.

Revelee, _the reveille_.

Rile, _to trouble_.

Riled, _angry_;
_disturbed_, as the sediment in any liquid.

Riz, _risen_.

Row, a long row to hoe, _a difficult task_.

Rugged, _robust_.

Row-de-dow, _troublesome talk_.

S.

Sarse, _abuse_, _impertinence_.

Sartin, _certain_.

Saxon, _sacristan_, _sexton_.

Scaliest, _worst_.

Scringe, _cringe_.

Scrouge, _to crowd_.

Sech, _such_.

Set by, _valued_.

Shakes, great, _of considerable consequence_.

Shappoes, _chapeaux_, _cocked-hats_.

Sheer, _share_.

Shet, _shut_.

Shine, _a fancy or liking_, also written _shindy_.

Shut, _shirt_.

Skeered, _scared_.

Skeeter, _mosquito_.

Skooting, _running_ or _moving swiftly_.

Slarterin', _slaughtering_.

Slim, _contemptible_.

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_.

Swan, _to swear_.

T.

Take on, _to sorrow_.

Talents, _talons_.

Taters, _potatoes_.

Tell, _till_.

Tetch, _touch_.

Tetch tu, _to be able_;
used always after a negative in this sense.

Tollable, _tolerable_.

Toot, used derisively _for playing on any wind instrument_.

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.

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