=sleep:= to give lodgings. I have heard, We can eat and sleep him. =smoodle:= a sycophant. (Kansas University.) Comp., ‘swipe.’ =smokewood:= dried water-soaked wood used by small boys as substitute for cigars. =smearcase:= a preparation of clabber, often called ‘Dutch cheese.’ =snake:= to snatch stealthily. =snum:= to vow, as in, Well, I snum. Reported as common among girls. =snouge:= unfair, as, a snouge game. =snide:= inferior, unfair, as, a snide game, a snide watch, etc. =so fashion:= thus, as, Do it so fashion. =soap:= bribe money in elections. =sugar:= same as soap. =sugar=, (explet): pshaw! =split:= anything, as, He ran like split, also, lickety split. =spunky:= pouting, incensed. =sprinkle= ┐ ├ =:= a small number; also a considerable number. =sprinkling= ┘ =stag:= masculine, as, A stag-party. =stag:= to go to an entertainment without a lady companion, as, to stag it. =Stoughton-bottle:= an unimpressionable fellow. (From Stoughton’s Bitters, common in the 50’s.) =streak:= rapid rate, as, He talked a streak, or more commonly, a blue streak. =streak:= to run, as, He streaked it for home. =steer:= to manage (votes), as, A steering committee, the same as ‘whips’ in Parliament. =striffin=, or =strifning:= the membrane surrounding the abdominal viscera. (Missouri.) =swan:= to vow, as, in exclamation, I swan! =swat:= to slap or strike, as, Swat him in the eye. =suz:= (excl.)=:= me, as in, Dear suz, and Law suz. =swipe:= a sycophant. (Harvard.) =tacky:= not fashionably dressed. =tewed:= harrassed, as, I’m tewed and fretted. =that:= so, as in, Not that far. =throw over:= to ‘cut’ (an acquaintance). =throw over:= to stop, as, I threw her over, i. e., stopped talking. Common among railroad men; derived from the use of the reverse lever. =tear-down:= to thrash, as, He gave the boy a good tearing down. =toad on a tussock:= anything dull or lifeless. He sat there like a toad on a tussock. =tousle:= to disarrange (hair). =tousey:= frowsy. =topside:= on top of, as in, The best man topside o’ God’s green earth. =trade-lash:= an exchange of compliments. (Wellesley.) =trottin’-riggin’s:= best suit of clothes. =two sticks:= anything, as, He’s as cross as two sticks. =up above:= up, as in, Up above stairs. =whootle-dasher:= a ‘rustler.’ =want:= for was not, were not, etc. =wamus=, =wampus=, =warmus:= a close, generally knit jacket. (Illinois, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Wisconsin, New England.) PROSPECTUS. The KANSAS UNIVERSITY QUARTERLY is maintained by the University of Kansas as a medium for the publication of the results of original research by members of the University. Papers will be published only upon recommendation by the Committee of Publication. Contributed articles should be in the hands of the Committee at least one month prior to the date of publication. A limited number of author’s _separata_ will be furnished free to contributors.