Loon, _the northern diver_. M. Mash, _marsh_. Mean, _stingy_, _ill-natured_. Min', _mind_. N. Ned, a slang phrase, going it like Ned, equivalent to our 'going like old Harry.' 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_. Pooty, _pretty_. Pop'ler, _conceited_, _popular_. Pus, _purse_. Put out, _troubled_, _vexed_. Q. Quarter, _a quarter-dollar_. Queen's arm, _a musket_. R. Resh, _rush_. Revelee, _the réveille_. 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.