Poems of James Russell Lowell - Part 66
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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_.