Dialect Word-List. 



BY W. H. CARRUTH. 



The following are some of the dialect words that have come to one 

 observer's ears within the past triennium. They are all from Kansas, 

 unless otherwise noted. They are printed here to interest others, and 

 to secure a basis for observation. The writer will be under obliga- 

 tions to any one who will note his familiarity with any of these words, 

 insert others, or other meanings, and send them, with a statement of 

 his place of birth and childhood, to him at Lawrence: 



among': all of, as, Where are you going among you? 



all: all gone, as. The corn is all. (Indiana, Penn.) Comp. 

 German. 



bat: a 'hard case.' 



bid, in, to bid the time of day. (Indiana.) 



beeslings: preparation of artificially curdled milk. (Indiana and 

 Kansas.) 



become: to look well in, as. He becomes that coat. 



bad: desperate, as in, A bad citizen=:a desperate fellow. 



behave: to behave well, as in. Do behave now! 



bump on a log: something lifeless, as, He sat there like a bump 

 on a log. 



bier: sham, as in pillow-bier. (Vermont.) 



branch: a small stream. 



breeze: a torrent of talk, as in. He gave me a breeze. 



boo: dried mucous. 



buckle down: to work persistently. 



conniptions: a fit, also 'conniption fit.' 



caba: an old valise. (Penn.) 



craps: a game with dice; playing, it is called, 'shooting craps.' 



crawl: to try to escape from an embarrassing situation without 

 admitting one's mistake. 



crawfish: same as 'crawl.' 



crock: an earthenware vessel, a large bowl. 



chuck: lunch. 



^95) KAN. V'NIV. qi.-AR., vol.. I., NO. 2, OCT., 1S92. 



