Poems of James Russell Lowell - LightNovelsOnl.com
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Hut, _hurt_.
I.
Idno, _I do not know_.
In'my, _enemy_.
Insines, _ensigns_; used to designate both the officer who carries the standard, and the standard itself.
Inter, intu, _into_.
J.
Jedge, _judge_.
Jest, _just_.
Jine, _join_.
Jint, _joint_.
Junk, _a fragment of any solid substance_.
K.
Keer, _care_.
Kep', _kept_.
Killock, _a small anchor_.
Kin', kin' o, kinder, _kind_, _kind of_.
L.
Lawth, _loath_.
Less, _let's_, _let us_.
Let daylight into, _to shoot_.
Let on, _to hint_, _to confess_, _to own_.
Lick, _to beat_, _to overcome_.
Lights, _the bowels_.
Lily-pads, _leaves of the water-lily_.
Long-sweetening, _mola.s.ses_.
M.
Mash, _marsh_.
Mean, _stingy_, _ill-natured_.
Min', _mind_.
N.
Nimepunce, _ninepence_, _twelve and a half cents_.
Nowers, _nowhere_.
O.
Offen, _often_.
Ole, _old_.
Ollers, olluz, _always_.
On, _of_; used before _it_ or _them_, or at the end of a sentence, as _on't_, _on 'em,_ _nut ez ever I heerd on_.
On'y, _only_.
Ossifer, _officer_ (seldom heard).
P.
Peaked, _pointed_.
Peek, _to peep_.
Pickerel, _the pike_, _a fish_.
Pint, _point_.
Pocket full of rocks, _plenty of money_.
