Takes - Allotments of copy to each printer. Tantz,(Ger.) - Dance. Tantzen,(Ger.) - To dance. Tarnal - Eternal. Taub, Taube,(Ger.) - Dove. Taugenix, Taugenichts - Good-for-nothing fellow. Teufelsjagersmann - Devil's huntsman. Theil,(Ger.) - Part. Thoom - Thumb. Thrip,(Southern Amer.) - Threepence. Thusnelda - The wife of Arminius,(Hermann,) the Duke of the Cheruskans and conqueror of Varus. Tie a dog loose. Losbinden Tiger - An American term for a gambling table. Tixey - "I wish I was in Dixie." The origin of this song is rather curious. Although now thoroughly adopted as a Southern song, and "Dixie's Land" understood to mean the Southern States of America, it was, about a century ago, the estate of one Dixie, on Manhattan Island, who treated his slaves well; and it was their lament, on being deported south, that is now known as "I wish I was in Dixie." Todt,(Ger.) - Dead. Todtengrips, Todtengerippe - Skeleton. Tofe - Dove. To House,(Ger. zu Hause) - At home. Tortled - To tortle, to move off. From turtle. Touch the dirt - Touch the road. Treppe - Stairs. Treu,(Ger.) - Faithful, true. Throw him with ecks - Pelt him with eggs. Turchin - Colonel Turchin's men ravaged the town of Huntsville (Ala.) during the civil war. Turkas - Turquoise. Turner,(Ger.) - Gymnast. Turner Verein,(Ger. Turnverein) - Gymnastic Society. Tyfel, Teufel - Devil. Tyfeled, Verteufelt - Devilish. Tyfelfest - From Teufel, here in the sense of "best" or "worst." Tyfel-shnake, Teufelsschnaken - Devilries. Tyfel-strikes, Teufels-streiche - Devil-strokes. Tyfelwards - Devilwards. Uber Stein and Schwein,(Ger.) - Over stone and swine. Ueberschwengliche,(Ger.) - Transcendental, elevated. Uhr,(Ger.) - Clock, watch, hour, time. Used for "hour" in the ballad. Uhu,(Ger.) - Owl. Uliverus - Oliver, another of the twelve Paladins of Charlemagne, who fell at Roncesvalles (a Roland for an Oliver). Und lauter guter Ding,(Ger.) - And of thoroughly good cheer. Un-windoong,(Ger. Entwicklung?) - Unravelling. Unvolkommene technik - Unfinished style or method. Urbummeleid,(Ger. vulg.) - Arch-loafer's song. Urlied,(Ger.) - The song of yore. Van't klein komt men tot't groote,(Dutch) - Great things have small beginnings. (Concordia res parvae crescunt - Legend on the Dutch ducats; or "Magna molimur parvi.") Varus - The Roman commander in Germany, conquered by Arminius. Veilchen,(Ger.) - Violets. Vercieren,(Flem.) - Adorn; exalt. Verdammt,(Ger.) - D---d. Verfluchter,(Ger.) - Accursed. Verloren,(Ger.) - Forlorn. Verstay, Verstehen - Understand. Versteh, Verstehen,(Ger.) - To understand. Vertyfeln, Verteufeln - To botch. Villiam - William Street at New York, inhabited by many Germans. Vivat! - The same as vive! in French. Hurrah! Vlaemsche - Flemish. Von - One. See Preface. Voonderly,(Ger. Wunderlich) - Wondrous, curious. Voruber,(Ger.) - Past.